View Full Version : “Mad Men’s” midseason finale counters TV’s shock addiction


TMC
05-26-2014, 08:58 PM
http://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/mad-men-finale-death-best-on-tv

Addressing the gentle nature of “Waterloo,” Joanna Robinson says: "I, for one, think it was a particularly fitting commentary on us, the audience, given the ghoulish way we have been predicting a bloody Manson Family end for Megan Draper for over a year. When put in the context of Peggy’s Burger Chef pitch, this episode very much held a mirror up to our modern TV watching practices and general disconnectedness.” PLUS: “Mad Men’s” humanism (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/26/mad-men-finale-review_n_5391049.html) was all over this episode, that ending was perfect (http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/mid-season-finale-review-mad-men-waterloo-the-best-things-in-life-are-free/) for this episode, that final scene was stagey and indulgent (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bastard-machine/mad-men-recap-tim-goodman-707066?) in an otherwise terrific episode, it was a campy moment (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2014/05/25/mad-men-midseason-finale-waterloo/18821/) that didn’t belong, and it was delightfully bizarre (http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117895/mad-men-mid-season-finale-review), that was Kellie Martin (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005192/), and this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n_4t7KcJsQ) is a refresher on Robert Morse's past.


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