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Mad Men: The Final Season

Spring 2015

Mad Men | illustration by Brianna Ashby

Letter from the Editor

Chad Perman·
Mad Men: The Final Season
This month, we're devoting all of our pages to the small screen, focusing on a single show that, over the course of its seven seasons, has proven itself to be one of the most intelligent, layered, compelling, and engaging stories ever told, on any screen. Read More

It Won’t Be Cinematic

Erika Schmidt·
Mad Men: The Final Season
On the one hand, it’s a thrill to see Don out in the open, no longer encumbered by his secret. On the other, honesty doesn’t seem to have clarified his life all that much. Read More

That Should Be Fascinating For Everyone Involved

Erika Schmidt·
Mad Men: The Final Season
There has to be some internal work going on, too. Otherwise the nostalgia will get you in the end. Read More
Matt Zoller Seitz

“Mad Men is smarter than the people who think they are smarter than Mad Men…”

Chad Perman·
InterviewsMad Men: The Final Season
An interview with Matt Zoller Seitz Read More

So We Beat On, Boats Against the Current…

Erika Schmidt·
Mad Men: The Final Season
This is the first time Don has ever been alone, secure but untethered, and without secrets. Read More

The Transition Will Be As Smooth As Possible

Erika Schmidt·
Mad Men: The Final Season
“Time & Life” (Season 7, Episode 11) Yowza. When you’re already cheering during the opening credits, you know it’s gonna... Read More

“TV can be every bit as complex a medium as any novel…”

Chad Perman·
InterviewsMad Men: The Final Season
An interview with Alissa Wilkinson Read More

Now It’s Time To Leave The Capsule If you Dare

Erika Schmidt·
Mad Men: The Final Season
all photos courtesy of AMC “Lost Horizon” (Season 7, Episode 12) I once had vertigo for twenty days straight. The... Read More

“I couldn’t wait for Sunday nights…”

Chad Perman·
Mad Men: The Final Season
An interview with Kara VanderBijl Read More

The Sunset of Promise

Bright Wall/Dark Room·
Mad Men: The Final Season
by Erika Schmidt all images courtesy of AMC (“The Milk and Honey Route”; Season 7, Episode 13) I was always a... Read More
Mad Men | illustration by Brianna Ashby

“The more you invest in the show the more you get back…”

Chad Perman·
Mad Men: The Final Season
An interview with Brianna Ashby Read More

The Pain from an Old Wound

Erika Schmidt·
Mad Men: The Final Season
In the end, Don is saved by strangers. Read More

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