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July 19, 2017
Mad Men didn't change TV as much as you'd expect. It's time to fix that.
The show turns 10 this year, in a world where TV mostly learned the wrong lessons from it.
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May 22, 2015
The most iconic moments for Mad Men's 7 most important characters
One last look back at one of the greatest TV shows of all time.
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May 21, 2015
Peggy's Mad Men storylines were always about work. Why was her ending about romance?
The conclusion of Peggy's story undercuts so much of what she stood for.
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May 20, 2015
Mad Men earned all those happy endings
The show always reminded viewers that failure is right there, waiting to pounce.
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May 19, 2015
Mad Men finally gave Peggy her big rom-com moment. It was a great choice.
Happiness and love are a part of life, too. Why shouldn't the finale reflect that?
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May 19, 2015
The real reason people write so much about Mad Men: you keep clicking
The show hit at just the right time to ride the growing TV recap boom.
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May 18, 2015
The Mad Men series finale is a Rorschach test for the show's viewers
It perfectly allows for both cynical and hopeful readings of its characters' final moments.
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May 18, 2015
Mad Men's series finale was a beautiful, perfect ending to the show
It served as a series of curtain calls for the characters viewers loved so much.
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May 17, 2015
Stream 19 of the best TV series finales ever
Here's a quick series finale history lesson, featuring everything from Cheers to The Sopranos to, yes, Lost.
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May 17, 2015
Has Don Draper already committed Mad Men's ultimate sin?
Where things shake out in the finale may have to do with how willing the characters are to change with the times.
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May 15, 2015
See how Mad Men’s characters have transformed since the first season
We've all changed, too — and it's only obvious in retrospect.
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May 14, 2015
In praise of Mad Men's Pete Campbell, world's most honest man
Here's what Don could learn from his sniveling weasel of a colleague.
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May 13, 2015
Mad Men's Betty Francis offers an extraordinary example of grace
Her response to bad news shows just how strong she truly is.
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May 12, 2015
Watch: This exclusive trailer for the Mad Men finale will make you tear up
This promo has no spoilers, so don't worry.
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May 12, 2015
I think I know how Mad Men is going to end
Maybe all Don wants to do is buy the world a certain sugary beverage.
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May 11, 2015
Not even the Mad Men characters are immune to the effects of cigarette smoking
That lung cancer diagnosis might seem too melodramatic — but it's what would really happen.
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May 11, 2015
Mad Men recap: in the next-to-last episode, a time for reconciliation and new beginnings
Pete reconciles with Trudy. Betty reconciles with Sally. And Don reconciles with Dick.
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May 8, 2015
What Mad Men gets right about the history of feminism
Joan taking the best choice out of a bunch of bad options is almost certainly what would have happened.
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May 7, 2015
Mad Men is at its funniest and most surreal when its main character isn't around
Don plays things too straight to ever get as weird as some of his coworkers.
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May 6, 2015
One of the best things about Mad Men is how weird it's willing to be
Oh, Roger Sterling noodling on an organ, we'll miss you most of all!
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May 5, 2015
McCann Erickson is an incredibly effective Ghost of Mad Men Past
The show uses the larger agency to depict just how much the characters have changed.
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May 4, 2015
McCann Erickson is to Mad Men's final season as the neo-Nazis were to Breaking Bad's
Both are largely unsubtle villains designed to throw the show's protagonists into relief.
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May 4, 2015
Joan is Mad Men's most tragic character — and an example of why we need feminism
Let's hope the latest episode isn't the last time we see the character.
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May 4, 2015
Mad Men, perfectly explained in a single shot
Everybody's looking to escape their false utopias.
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May 1, 2015
Mad Men stopped being about advertising just when advertising got interesting
Plop, plop, fizz, fizz. (Go ahead. Sing the rest.)