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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.
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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.
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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.
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“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
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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.
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The Transition Will Be As Smooth As Possible

Erika Schmidt·
Mad Men: The Final Season
Yowza. When you’re already cheering during the opening credits, you know it’s gonna be a good one. “Time & Life”...
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“TV can be every bit as complex a medium as any novel…”

Chad Perman·
InterviewsMad Men: The Final Season
An interview with Alissa Wilkinson
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Now It’s Time To Leave The Capsule If You Dare

Erika Schmidt·
Mad Men: The Final Season
I once had vertigo for twenty days straight. The dizziness was worst when I had to look up–to reach for...
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“I couldn’t wait for Sunday nights…”

Chad Perman·
Mad Men: The Final Season
An interview with Kara VanderBijl
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The Sunset of Promise

Erika Schmidt·
Mad Men: The Final Season
I was always a little afraid Betty Draper might grow up to be Livia Soprano. When I tried to imagine...
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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
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The Pain from an Old Wound

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