https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/category/television/mad-men/ Sat, 22 Dec 2018 06:18:38 +0000 en hourly 1 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-UC-Favicon-1-32x32.png https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/category/television/mad-men/ 32 32 Some are born film critics, some become critics, and some have film criticism thrust upon them. Each week, Michael (The Unaffiliated Critic) convinces his reluctant wife Nakea (The Unenthusiastic Critic) to sit down and watch a classic film that nearly everyone else on the planet has already seen. The Unenthusiastic Critic true episodic The Unenthusiastic Critic michael@unaffiliatedcritic.com podcast Destroying our marriage, one movie at a time... https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/The-Unenthusiastic-Critic-Podcast-Logo.png https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/category/television/mad-men/ Chicago, Illinois Chicago, Illinois Weekly 22706606 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/05/mad-men-7x14-person-to-person/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/05/mad-men-7x14-person-to-person/#respond Sat, 23 May 2015 18:39:55 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=23865 Mad Men's ending is as perfect as we could ask, and nowhere near as cynical as it appears. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/05/mad-men-7x14-person-to-person/feed/ 0 23865 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/05/mad-men-7x13-the-milk-and-honey-route/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/05/mad-men-7x13-the-milk-and-honey-route/#respond Sat, 16 May 2015 18:46:42 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=23739 Mad Men, it's still all about the journey, not the destination. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/05/mad-men-7x13-the-milk-and-honey-route/feed/ 0 23739 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/05/mad-men-7x12-lost-horizon/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/05/mad-men-7x12-lost-horizon/#respond Thu, 14 May 2015 04:59:49 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=23512 Mad Men has always been about individuals, but at its end it may be about a changing culture that has little room for individualism. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/05/mad-men-7x12-lost-horizon/feed/ 0 23512 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/04/mad-men-7x11-time-life/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/04/mad-men-7x11-time-life/#respond Thu, 30 Apr 2015 10:44:30 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=23314 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/04/mad-men-7x11-time-life/feed/ 0 23314 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/04/mad-men-7x10-the-forecast/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/04/mad-men-7x10-the-forecast/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2015 23:53:31 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=23110 Mad Men ponders the future, the emptiness is a problem. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/04/mad-men-7x10-the-forecast/feed/ 0 23110 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/04/mad-men-7x09-new-business/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/04/mad-men-7x09-new-business/#respond Wed, 15 Apr 2015 22:26:39 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=22955 Mad Men episodes to be one of the last. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/04/mad-men-7x09-new-business/feed/ 0 22955 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/04/mad-men-7x08-severance/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/04/mad-men-7x08-severance/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2015 20:45:08 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=22790 Mad Men, the characters—and we—are already asking: is that all there is?]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/04/mad-men-7x08-severance/feed/ 2 22790 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2013/04/mad-men-s06e03-4-the-collaborators-to-have-and-to-hold/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2013/04/mad-men-s06e03-4-the-collaborators-to-have-and-to-hold/#respond Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:48:37 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=13606 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2013/04/mad-men-s06e03-4-the-collaborators-to-have-and-to-hold/feed/ 0 13606 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2013/04/mad-men-s06e01-2-tv-review-the-doorway/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2013/04/mad-men-s06e01-2-tv-review-the-doorway/#respond Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:42:26 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=13478 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2013/04/mad-men-s06e01-2-tv-review-the-doorway/feed/ 0 13478 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/06/mad-men-s05e11%e2%80%9312/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/06/mad-men-s05e11%e2%80%9312/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:39:20 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=8463 Mad Men each feature a major character leaving Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. One leaves in a considerably more permanent fashion than the other, but I'd still be hard pressed to say which departure is sadder.]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/06/mad-men-s05e11%e2%80%9312/feed/ 2 8463 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/05/mad-men-s05e09-10/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/05/mad-men-s05e09-10/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 00:06:37 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=8284 Mad Men: it was the realization that none of these people—not a single goddamned one of them—will ever, ever be happy.]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/05/mad-men-s05e09-10/feed/ 1 8284 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/05/mad-men-s05e07-08-tv-review/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/05/mad-men-s05e07-08-tv-review/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 20:47:37 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=8128 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/05/mad-men-s05e07-08-tv-review/feed/ 1 8128 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/04/mad-men-s05e06-tv-review/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/04/mad-men-s05e06-tv-review/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:09:33 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=7978 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/04/mad-men-s05e06-tv-review/feed/ 1 7978 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/04/mad-men-s05e05-tv-review-2/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/04/mad-men-s05e05-tv-review-2/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:11:30 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=7819 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/04/mad-men-s05e05-tv-review-2/feed/ 1 7819 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/04/mad-men-s05e04-tv-review/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/04/mad-men-s05e04-tv-review/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:58:45 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=7583 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/04/mad-men-s05e04-tv-review/feed/ 1 7583 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/04/mad-men%e2%80%94s05e03-tv-review/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/04/mad-men%e2%80%94s05e03-tv-review/#respond Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:19:39 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=7320 Normal, as Roger understands it, is officially a thing of the past.]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/04/mad-men%e2%80%94s05e03-tv-review/feed/ 0 7320 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/03/mad-men-%e2%80%93-s05e01-02/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/03/mad-men-%e2%80%93-s05e01-02/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:25:14 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=7170 Mad Men all along, and their entire way of life has been built on racial injustice and the subjugation of women. Change won't come quickly, but it is coming.]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/03/mad-men-%e2%80%93-s05e01-02/feed/ 4 7170