Jacob Schraer

SPOILERS BELOW. If you do not watch Mad Men in a timely fashion, please scroll past this post with your eyes shut tight while humming the Satanic Seinfeld theme. Fashion bloggers Tom and Lorenzo stand out in the crowded field of obsessive Mad Men recappers because of their superlatively great Mad Style posts. Every week […]

Alison Hallett, 1968 A quietly eventful episode of Mad Men this week. (Except for that one part, wow.) I’ve enjoyed this season in spots, defended it, but the second half has been far superior to the beginning. Last night’s chain of events offered some insight into what we’ve been watching all spring. More stuff below. […]

AMC AMC’s getting stingy with the MM photos. Here’s Peggy. Was last night the best night of television ever? Between GoT, Mad Men, and Venture Brothers, it was an emotional evening. And while I’m a little jealous of all the Game of Thrones recappers today, I’m going to set aside professional envy and summarize a […]

Last night’s “The Better Half” was this year’s official ladies episode of Mad Men. It was also in my mind the first truly great episode of Season 6, due in no small part to Bob Benson’s shorts. Tom&Lorenzo In a season that’s managed to be both eventful and meandering, last night had lots of tension, […]

An out of control office spends a long, drug-fueled weekend working on the Chevy account in a mad cap episode. AMC I like that table in the background. Chevy proving to be a demanding client, the office pulls a weekend creative session to meet a deadline. Jim Cutler brings in a physician to inject everyone […]

Stoned, bearded Stan is your favorite Stan. Until Now. Did you know Stan was a Teenage Heartthrob in the 90’s? Pajiba Adorable! Hit the jump for this week’s Mad Men recappage. “Man With a Plan” finds us in the wake of the SCDP/CGC merger, the respective staffs meeting up and butting heads and feeling the […]

First of all, the GIF everyone wants to see: That pratfall came right after Pete yelled out, “DRAPER!” like a curse word across the office. Find out why after the jump! Lisa: Look on the bright side, Dad. Did you know that the Chinese use the same word for “crisis” as they do for “opportunity”? […]

This recap is dedicated to my good friend Johnny for his birthday. Thanks for reading John! You are generous and handsome. AMC This morning I taught him how to part his hair. One thing Mad Men consistently reminds me of is that the 60’s were a really insane decade. There are a lot of cliches […]

Sunday night is TV night which for me means Simpsons, Mad Men, Game of Thrones, and Bob’s Burgers. There’s not much more of a solid line up than that, and each show offers a different experience. The Simpsons these days is caustic and surreal, a step down from its glory days but still very funny. […]

Well. Looks like they’re not wasting anytime in Season 6 of Mad Men. Sunday’s episode got things rolling right along. Causes and effects that used to take entire seasons to play out are happening in single episodes now. AMC This is pretty much how I look watching Mad Men. “The Collaborators” There was almost too […]