Mad Men
May 21st, 2013 at 6:19 am
Mad Men “The Crash”: An Expert Opinion
Written By Jesse McLean
While this episode opens with a wild joyride, I can’t help but wonder if Don Draper will ever experience the full crash promised by the show’s opening credits. The most
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May 8th, 2013 at 6:05 am
Mad Men "For Immediate Release": An Expert Opinion
Written By Jesse McLean
Mad Men “For Immediate Release”: An Expert Opinion In an episode that saw a rekindling of sorts between Don and Megan Draper, I present a brief snippet of a conversation
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April 24th, 2013 at 6:59 am
Mad Men: "To Have and To Hold": An Expert's To-Do List
Written By Jesse McLean
Mad Men “To Have and to Hold”: An Expert Opinion Previous seasons have seen a slow burn with a dramatic donkey-kick by the third episode. Season six has seen more
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April 16th, 2013 at 6:56 am
Mad Men "The Collaborators"--Dirty Little Spy: An Expert Opinion
Written By Jesse McLean
At first blush, the second episode of season six is all about sex as currency. Pete making tacit arrangements to exchange Broadway tickets for Hair for a rendezvous in his
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April 9th, 2013 at 6:14 am
Mad Men The Doorway--Old Fear Stirring: An Expert Opinion
Written By Jesse McLean
“Midway on our life’s journey, I found myself In dark woods, the right road lost. To tell About those woods is hard—so tangled and rough And savage that thinking of
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June 13th, 2012 at 6:22 am
Mad Men "The Phantom": An Expert Opinion
Written By Jesse McLean
There are a number of nominees for the titular Ghost Who Walks in this episodemost notably the sorely missed Lane Pryce. While cheap dramatics have never been Matthew Weiner's
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May 31st, 2012 at 6:53 am
Mad Men: "The Other Woman" An Expert Opinion
Written By Jesse McLean
I have been sick for what feels like a month so I could be forgiven thinking that the most recent episode was less the culminating chord in a season about
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May 1st, 2012 at 1:25 pm
Mad Men: "At the Codfish Ball"--An Expert Opinion
Written By Jesse McLean
I have settled into a habit this season, one that I suspect is not unknown to fellow viewers, but certainly is unknown to viewers of any other showI don't look
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April 25th, 2012 at 6:37 am
Mad Men: "Far Away Places"--An Expert Opinion
Written By Jesse McLean
Mad Men: 'Far Away Places' An Expert Opinion Far away places with strange sounding names Far away over the sea Those far away places with the strange sounding names are
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April 19th, 2012 at 6:49 am
Mad Men “Signal 30” An Expert Opinion
Written By Jesse McLean
I like Pete Campbell. I don't know why. If I met a guy like him, and I'm sure that I have, I'd have to stifle an urge to punch him
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April 10th, 2012 at 7:05 am
Mad Men "Mystery Date" -- An Expert Opinion
Written By Jesse McLean
'The evil that men do lives after them,'Act Three, Scene Two, Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. 'There's my Don Draper. I like him when he's a cad.'My wife, Sunday April
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March 27th, 2012 at 6:58 am
Mad Men Season 5 - A Little Kiss - A Little Review
Written By Jesse McLean
Yes, it's been a while since we've been privy of the dramas at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce (Did Don Draper actually marry that French-Canadian girl Megan? What is the aftermath
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