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Becky Kirsch Mad Men's 5 Maddest Moments: "Blowing Smoke" Oct 11, 2010 7:30 AM The wheels are really coming off the wagon that is Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, and on this week's episode of Mad Men , Don may have added another nail to the coffin. As the water continues to rise for the company, it's getting harder and harder for Don and the rest of the team to land new accounts. Much like the end of season three, it feels like big changes are on the horizon. This week the smaller adjustments begin: layoffs are made, Betty may be uprooting the Draper kids, and Don makes a very big decision regarding the future of the agency without consulting his partners. There's a lot to chew on as we gear up for next week's big finale, so just . Dire straits: Don's big meeting with Heinz doesn't exactly go as planned; the exec is excited about Don's ideas, but doesn't want to get in bed with a company that may be about to go under. The partners at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce call in an adviser, who gets them a meeting for Philip Morris tobacco. With most of their eggs in the proverbial basket, the partners are crushed when they learn that Philip Morris was only using their meeting to get a better deal with Leo Burnett. Pryce manages to get a bank loan, but it requires a hefty collateral fee from the partners — and a round of layoffs. Doctor Feelgood: Sally has a meeting with Dr. Edna, who says she's really proud of Sally's progress and that Sally is ready to have fewer sessions. Unfortunately, Betty is displeased when she hears this news because she's skeptical that Sally has been "cured." Clearly, Betty has been enjoying her monthly sessions with Dr. Edna to talk about Sally complain about Henry, but Betty balks when Dr. Edna tries to refer Betty to a shrink of her own. You know, because Betty "doesn't need a psychiatrist." Hugs, not drugs: Don is shocked (as was I) to see his former love Midge in his office lobby. Now a "starving artist," she chalks the meeting up to coincidence and invites Don back to her apartment to meet her husband, Harry, and check out her paintings. Harry wastes no time trying to hit Don up for cash, and more or less tells Don that he's free to sleep with Midge if he buys one of her paintings. Once Don forks over some money, Midge reveals that she and Harry have become addicted to heroin and that she sought Don out for cash. Clearly pitying her, Don gives her the contents of his wallet for one of her paintings. Man on a mission: After getting rejected by a second tobacco company, Don takes to his notebook again, this time to write a piece called "Why I'm quitting tobacco" (while smoking a cigarette, no less). As it turns out, this isn't just another "dear diary" moment: Don's article about why his ad agency won't be taking on any more tobacco accounts turns up in The New York Times . He waxes poetic about how the product doesn't improve and only hurts people, and even refers future tobacco accounts to his competitors. The partners are furious that they weren't consulted, and Cooper picks up his shoes and quits right there on the spot. Lane calls Don a hypocrite, doe-eyed Megan praises him for taking a stand, and Peggy quietly supports his decision. Ultimately, though, the article means Faye has to resign from her post — which means she and Don can finally go public with their relationship. Overall it's a very gutsy move on Don's part, but it certainly calls attention to the company. Do you agree with his actions or do you agree with the partners? Like mother, like daughter: As Dr. Edna suggests, Sally seems to be calmer and better behaved these days — but her private meetings with Glen are proving to be just as influential as her therapy sessions. Sally's relationship with Glen is pretty sweet (she doesn't even accept his cigarette offer), but her mother doesn't see it that way. In a kind of awkward argument (remember when Glen was in love with Betty?), Betty forbids Sally from seeing Glen anymore. Taking things one step further, she tells Henry that she thinks it's time that the family move to a new neighborhood. What are your thoughts on this week's episode? Will Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce finally fall in next week's finale? Will Sally get even more rebellious? Leave your comments below or take them to the Mad Men community group ! Photo courtesy of AMC
Lauren Bradshaw Mad Men's 5 Maddest Moments: Episode "Chinese Wall" Oct 4, 2010 6:45 AM Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce is plummeting in a downward spiral on this week's Mad Men , and even though there isn't any carnage to be had (yet), the vultures are already circling. When Ken Cosgrove attends a dinner with his fiancee, Cynthia (it's Alex Mack!), he learns through a guy at rival agency BBDO that Lucky Strike has abandoned the Sterling Cooper ship. As a result, the entire staff comes together for a call to arms. Roger does his best fake surprise over the news, Don rallies the troops with a motivational speech, and the partners set their sights on new clients. Can the company be saved? But it's not just all work. Peggy takes it to the sheets with one of her previous suitors, and it's time to break out the cigars for Pete: he's a proud new papa. Let's get down to the nitty-gritty of the night when you . It's the end of the world: Or so everyone would have you believe. When Lucky Strike's departure hits the office (and the advertising gossip mill), the agency scrambles to save its existing clients and add new ones to its Rolodex. But Lucky Strike's departure snowballs a bit, and Glo Coat calls Don to say it's pulling out too (so much for the CLIO). The partners go into desperation mode, even attending the funeral of another agency's head honcho to get face time with his clients. Is nothing sacred? . . . And the end of the affair: Just when things can't get any worse for Roger, precious Joanie puts a stop to their trysts. After he does his song-and-dance routine to fool his colleagues about Lucky Strike's actual departure, his conscience gets the best of him and he confesses the truth to his number one confidant. He pleads with Joan to be by his side during his self-loathing, but when he tries to kiss her, she says she "can't do this anymore." He returns home to Jane, and what should be a proud moment — the unveiling of his book — is nothing more than extra salt in his wounds. Peggy apologizes; she's "not usually like this": Peggy goes to the beach with her beatnik friends, and before you know it, she's bringing Abe back to her place for a followup to their closet incident. He comments on her Olympian shoulders, she teasingly pulls him back to bed in the morning — the woman is glowing. Rizzo picks up on her new aura and interprets it as a come-on (because, you know, "women get sex-crazed" when an agency falls apart). Peggy turns him away, so that when it's time for her important Playtex presentation, he neglects to tell her about the lipstick on her teeth. Luckily, she still nails the pitch. It's a girl! As Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce suffers, Trudy Campbell is in labor. Pete tries to split his time between the hospital and the office until his father-in-law suggests that business is more important. But why decide between the two when you can do work right from the waiting room?! Ted Chaough shows up on the scene to poach Pete for his own agency before the Lucky Strike dust has even settled. Pete turns him away for the time being, though Ted's promise of a new car does sound tempting. Oh yeah, and like the total afterthought the episode makes it out to be, Trudy has her baby . . . a girl. A woman to soothe a weary soul: That long look Don gave his secretary Megan last week wasn't just in our minds. After a fight with Faye (Don asks to use her client list for new business), she storms out his office leaving him to sulk. Enter Megan, who wants nothing more than to stroke Don's ego. Is it any surprise then that these two have sex on his office couch? Perhaps it's the drinks (Don says his limit is three) or Megan's overt aggression, but Don gives in. When he returns to his apartment, however, Faye's waiting at his door with a surprise: she's scheduled a meeting for him with Heinz. Ouch, that guilt has to sting, doesn't it, Don? What did you think of this episode? Do you think Peggy's new beau will stick around? And am I the only one who kind of missed Sally this week? Sound off below or check out the group It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Men World in the BuzzSugar Community to chat more! Photo courtesy of AMC
BuzzSugar Mad Men's 5 Maddest Moments: Episode "The Suitcase" Sep 6, 2010 10:30 AM For such an innocuously-titled episode, this week's Mad Men is anything but. There's both potty humor and the raw honesty, and by the time the vomit and ghosts appeared, I was convinced I was watching the wrong show. The series really roughed up its Emmy -fresh sheen to peel back the curtain and show us a more, uh, interesting side. Aside from the boxing and strength metaphors, this episode is really about Don and Peggy and exposing a new facet of their relationship. Let's get to it, shall we? To discuss the maddest moments of this week's episode, just . The Match: The excitement in the office is around the Cassius Clay/Sonny Liston fight, but the real heavyweight match is between Peggy and Don. It's her 26th birthday, and she's detained by Don until she can come up with a usable idea for Samsonite. The resentment Peggy feels for being ignored when Don won the CLIO last week bubbles up and comes right out of her eyes. After Don yells her into the ground, Peggy breaks Kelly Cutrone's cardinal rule by crying in the office. How not to break up: Ugh, good riddance, Mark. Peggy's boyfriend arranges a surprise dinner for her that includes her family, and he's more than irked that she can't make it. After ripping her a new one for ditching him for work, he then breaks up with her over the phone from the restaurant, in front of her family. No one should be dumped on their birthday, and not while their family awkwardly listens over oysters. Unwelcome goodbye: Don gets an urgent call from California regarding Anna, and he knows it's bad news. He waits until the morning after Peggy's birthday to call, and it confirms that Anna has passed away. Don knew it was coming, especially after glimpsing her ghost as he slept off his drunkenness. We see more vulnerability from Don as he gives into his grief in front of Peggy and sobs, letting her comfort him. If it walks like a Duck, it's probably drunk: The only person more of a hot mess than Don Draper this week is Duck Phillips. Fired from his job, he sends Peggy a birthday bouquet and a stack of presumptuous business cards. The desperation (and alcohol) on his voice is thick, and he describes the agency he wants to form with Peggy from the ground up. She extracts herself from the painful phone call and when she next sees him, his pants are down and he's trying to defecate on Roger's couch. And though I'd like to forget it even happened, I have to say it: Someone farted on Mad Men . Time to get personal: Don and Peggy's relationship stops being polite and starts getting real after their epic fight. Making up over the hilarious tapes of Roger's recordings for his book (I'll never look at Cooper the same way again), they go out for dinner and drinks. I was shocked by how much comes out; Don freely makes references to his old life as Dick Whitman, and then they talk honestly about why they've never slept together (the rules). Is it cute or weird that Don tells Peggy she's "cute as hell"? The season one revelation of Peggy's illegitimate child also comes up, and Peggy admits that her mother thinks it was Don's baby. They're being so open that I'm surprised they stop before Peggy admits that it was Pete who impregnated her. The bonding continues after that — she helps him as he gets sick, falls asleep with him on his couch, and by morning, he tenderly strokes her hand. I've always been weirded out by a possible Peggy-Don love connection, but the sequence of events that leads to them having a new understanding of each other is so touching that I'm almost rooting for them to get together. What did you think of "The Suitcase"? Were you as shocked as I was that they went so far with some things (yes, I'm thinking of all the bodily function situations). Chat me up with your reactions below, and don't forget to join the group It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Men World in the BuzzSugar Community to chat some more! Photos courtesy of AMC
eastcoastgirl Mad Men Season3 Coming Soon!! Jul 29, 2009 11:22 AM Set in 1960s New York, the sexy, stylized and provocative AMC drama Mad Men follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising, an ego-driven world where key players make an art of the sell. Returning for its season, the Golden Globe®-winning series for Best TV drama and actor will continue to blur the lines between truth and lies, perception and reality. The world of Mad Men is moving in a new direction -- can Sterling Cooper keep up? Meanwhile the private life of Don Draper becomes complicated in a new way. What is the cost of his secret identity? Created, executive produced and written by Weiner, this drama series stars Jon Hamm (We Were Soldiers), Elisabeth Moss (The West Wing), Vincent Kartheiser (Angel), John Slattery (Desperate Housewives), Christina Hendricks (Kevin Hill), and January Jones (We Are Marshall) along with guest star (and stage/screen legend) Robert Morse (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying). Michael Gladis (Third Watch), Aaron Staton (The Nanny Diaries), Rich Sommer (The Devil Wears Prada), and Bryan Batt (La Cage Aux Folles") round out the cast. The Premise: The series revolves around the conflicted world of Don Draper (Hamm), the biggest ad man (and ladies man) in the business, and his colleagues at the Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency. As Don makes the plays in the boardroom and the bedroom, he struggles to stay a step ahead of the rapidly changing times and the young executives nipping at his heels. The series also depicts authentically the roles of men and women in this era while exploring the true human nature beneath the guise of 1960s traditional family values. Check out the new series of thirteen video featurettes that will get you up to speed on all the lies, scandal and intrigue behind the show. Watch The Best of Mad Men Season 2. Don Draper-Jon Hamm Coming Soon!! Joan Betty,Joan and Peggy
eastcoastgirl An interview with Peggy-Elisabeth Moss Jul 25, 2009 6:35 AM 'Mad Men' star Elisabeth Moss has been a fan and critic favorite as ambitious Peggy since the show began; as the Emmy-winning drama heads into its third season on Aug. 16, Moss returns to her role with a Lead Actress Emmy nomination of her own. The actress, who was best known as First Daughter Zoey Bartlet on 'The West Wing' before she jumped back in time to the '60s, talks to AOL TV about her Emmy nod, what's ahead for career gal Peggy in season 3 -- and Moss' upcoming wedding to 'Saturday Night Live' star Fred Armisen. -- By Kimberly Potts Does it feel like TV is the place to go for strong female characters right now? Yes, I really do think that. I mean, I think it's possible in film as well, but I think more than ever this time is a real high point for television and for women in television. I mean, look at that category. These women ... Glenn Close, Sally Field ... and it's the same in the male category as well, but I think that it's very noticeable in the female category that there are roles there that have never been possible before. Peggy is still a perplexing character to a lot of viewers ... how well do you think you know her? Pretty well, I'd say. And I feel like I've known her pretty well from the beginning, and I actually really, really like her as a character. I love playing her. Even if I'm just sitting there, and not saying anything, I just really like her. She's been through so many changes, and so many things have happened to her, and I think that she's -- and it's weird speaking about her -- but I'm proud of her and I'm so protective of her. I want good things for her. Peggy had the great speech to Pete at the end of season 2, where she lets him know about the baby and that she isn't interested in him anymore. How'd you feel about that episode? I think it was the kindest thing she possibly could have done to him. I can't really speak for [Pete, Vincent Kartheiser's character], but I think maybe Pete did love Peggy. Or maybe he just ended up loving what she represents. But it wasn't going to work out, and he wasn't going to be happy, and I think that her being honest with him and having that kind of clarity about how she felt was kind. A lot of people also think that moment is just about the baby, and it's not. It's so much more about her love for him. She truly did love him. That speech for me was a dream come true, to say those lines and to work with an actor like Vinnie. He's always so extraordinary, and whatever recognition I get for that scene, I have to give him half of it, because he's so talented and so good. Congratulations on the Emmy nomination! Where were you when you found out? Aw, thank you so much. I was in bed, actually. I slept late and my fiancé woke me at about 11:30 and told me. It was very nice ... it couldn't have been nicer. And I was very surprised and very excited. I mean, to be perfectly honest, it was completely unexpected to be nominated at all, and then hearing about the 15 other nominations [for 'Mad Men'] and both Jon [Hamm] and John [Slattery] being nominated ... I'm so proud of them and of all the writing nominations. All of these people are friends of mine. So it's very exciting for that reason, and on a personal level. And to be nominated along with all these strong and brilliant women ... I'm 26 years old, and I know it sounds cheesy, but I do feel like I already won. In season 1, viewers were coming up with all kinds of theories about Peggy's weight gain, but you knew from the beginning where the story was going. How tough was it to keep that secret, especially since you were wearing prosthetics? It was hard, because there was a really weird period of not being able to say anything. I did know from the very beginning, from before we started filming. ['Mad Men' creator Matt Weiner] had told me, because I had to do all those fittings. So there was that weird period when I was wearing the padding but couldn't say anything about the pregnancy. And I would do interviews and people would ask me like, "So, the clothes aren't very flattering are they?" Or, "Oh, you know, it's really great that you women are representing such real women's bodies," and I would be like, "Yeah, totally, it's awesome." I would have to just basically lie and agree with them, because I couldn't say anything about what was really happening. I wanted to be like, "No, no, no, I'm not gaining weight," but I had to sort of bite my tongue and say that the clothes weren't flattering. You and Jon Hamm have great chemistry as Peggy and her boss, Don. How do you pull that off, especially since they're not in a romantic relationship? Yes, that's one of the cool things about the show, and something that really represents the sort of show it is, that Don and Peggy never fall into a [romance]. That would have been really easy to do, to go there, and we have never gone anywhere near it. That's a testament to the show, and it's made their relationship far more interesting and meaningful. And you'll see even more in season 3. It goes even deeper into that -- this is a very special relationship that they have and far more interesting than if they were just romantically involved. Can you talk about Peggy in the new season? Is she going to continue to become a stronger woman, a stronger career woman? Absolutely, absolutely. I think the theme for Peggy in season 3 is that she's just trying to figure out who she is. I was just speaking to Matt yesterday about this on the phone, and Peggy really is just trying to figure ... what her role is in the office, what her role is as a woman in the 1960s. She's changing, for sure, and she makes some mistakes, but she's just trying to figure it out. Because of the costumes and styling, you look so much different on the show than you do in "real life." What kind of reactions do you get when people see you outside of your Peggy role? [Laughs] A lot of people say, "Oh, you look so different, oh you look smaller." But I like that I look so different on the show. To me, I'm an actor first, so I like to embody a character, and I like to look different with hair and clothes. I like it when people say, "Oh my God, you look different!" I'm like, great, I've achieved what I set out to achieve. So it's always a compliment for me. It means I'm doing my job. You worked as a child actress but have avoided the negative career and personal paths that a lot of former child actors end up taking. To what do you attribute being able to steer clear of those things? I don't know what makes people take the paths they do, but I was lucky, because I had a very well-rounded life. I have a great family, and I was dancing at the same time I was acting, for about 10 years, from ages 5 to 15. So I didn't place the importance on just one thing. Whether or not I got a movie was not the end of the world, because I had ballet class to go to. You know, I was concerned about getting a job, getting the right part in 'The Nutcracker,' school ... so I had a great balance that allowed me to not place too much importance on the wrong thing. I also didn't have a crazy amount of success at 10 or 12 years old, so I had the chance to work on my craft and develop it, to grow into the person and the actress that I am now, at 26. I feel like I'm in a strong place, and I can handle [success] now. You announced your engagement to 'Saturday Night Live' star Fred Armisen earlier this year ... any wedding plans for the near future? Yes, we have set a date, and it's not too far off, so we're definitely in wedding planning mode. I love the wedding magazines, and I love looking online at stuff ... to me, it's just the most fun thing in the world. We're planning this really cool, fun day, and we're kind of deep into it. We're having a nice time with it. Elisabeth Moss

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