Yes, last night's episode featured a pretty decent Pete plotline (although it ended on a kind of cheesy note. That was a cold-hearted revenge fuck if ever I have seen one, so what is all this weepy…   Read Story »

Another weird episode! This one was directed by John Slattery. Should he direct more things? I'll leave that to Judge Judy to decide. But there were some very odd moments, like Pete's face dissolving…   Read Story »

And so, after a year and a half hiatus, last night was the season 5 premiere of Mad Men. ZOOBIE ZOOBIE ZOO, indeed. We got to see Don's new apartment, and black people, and Joan's secret love baby,…   Read Story »

Doctor Faye wakes Don up in the middle of the night to tell him that she has to get ready for a 7AM flight, "thanks to you." Whoa. NO SPOILERS, but considering what is about to happen, maybe there is…   Read Story »

Don is having a secret meeting with the guy from Heinz trying to get some business so that the firm doesn't close. The guy from Heinz explains how hard it is to get the word out about beans when…   Read Story »

Peggy's at the beach. (REMINDER: Mad Men season 4 takes place in the year 1965, before the world was covered in water and our only remaining memory of beaches was of burning fields of endless…   Read Story »

Last week, Mad Men opted to air an episode during the National Holiday. Fair enough. I, on the other hand, opted to air myself. Out. On the beach. And so: there was no recap of what was easily one of…   Read Story »

Someone has created a repository for all of Pete Campbell's bitchfaces. Thanks, stranger!   Read Story »

Rolling Stone Magazine has some nice photos of the cast of Mad Men goofing around behind the scenes. And by goofing around I mean dressed up in their beautiful costumes and looking very serious.   Read Story »

[This week's episode of Mad Men has been recapped by Benji Meyer, a 10-year-old who lives with his parents in Ohio.] Yesterday we went to the park. It was pretty good. We played soccer and had…   Read Story »