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Mad Men Open Thread: Season 6, Episode 3

Mad_Men_Season_6,_Promotional_PosterWelcome back, folks. Sad to see another weekend go by, but excited for a new episode of Mad Men. Last week left us with so many questions (well, me at least anyways). I’m excited to see what “doorways” our characters go through this season and where each one leads them.

If you missed out because you don’t have cable, AMC has made the premiere available online until April 30, 2013.  My comments will be a little late this week since I’ll be headed back from the airport during the show, but they will be there!

WARNING: THIS POST WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS! IF YOU DON’T WANT TO BE SPOILED, STAY OUT! Continue reading →

Mad Men Post-Mortem: The Doorway

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“What are the events in life? It’s like, you see a door. The first time you come to it you say, “Oh, What’s on the other side of the door?” Then you open a few doors. And then you say, “I think I want to go over that bridge this time, I’m tired of doors.” Finally you go through one of these things and you come out the other side and then you realize that’s all there are: doors! And windows and bridges and gates and they all open the same way and they all close behind you.”

-Roger Sterling, Mad Men, The Doorway

WARNING: THIS THREAD WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS! IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE EPISODE OR DO NOT WANT TO BE SPOILED, DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT COLLECT $200. STAY OUT UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE SPOILED. Continue reading →

Walking Dead: Monday Morning Post-Mortem

walkingdeadFirst, a quick recap of the last week’s episode: Season 3, Ep. 11, “I Ain’t a Judas”, first broadcast Sunday 24 Feb. 2013. The one where Laurie goes to the prison to try to get everyone there to go to Woodbury.

As we open, everyone is getting their heads back together after the low-down dirty rotten surprise attack by Governor Nasty (and the mass zombie-disgorgement from the truck, aka Best Scene in the Whole Series So far).

Helpful Hershel and Increasingly Grown-up and/or Creepy Little Carl tell Alpha Male Again Rick to get his shit together. This is possibly unnecessary, given that the final shot of the previous week’s episode was a close-up of Rick’s narrowed, back-in-charge eyes.

Either way, soon Rick is acting like a real leader again, consulting with Hershel and Daryl. And informing Daryl that he’s responsible for Miserable Son of a Bitch Merle not being a complete prick in future. (Hint: shoot off his jaw, like with the zombies.  Mute Merle would be fairly acceptable, and useful, to have around.) Continue reading →

The Walking Dead MidSeason Finale Recap: Keep Your Friends Close…

So we reach the midseason finale of a show that has worked extremely hard to shake off the cobwebs of its second season which saw most everything drag to an abrupt halt where there was even a question of the show’s survival if it didn’t improve. What’s made the first half of the third season remarkable is the almost new found focus and energy the show’s found by sloughing off most of the trappings of the second season and putting forth a reinvigorated showing to add more balance to the middling product. Continue reading →