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Marriage of Rachel
Roberta said it first: Don loves Rachel. Until my DVDs came, I had only seen Marriage of Figaro once—the only episode of Mad Men for which that was true. I didn’t start saving them right away, a… more →
Basket of Kisses
Mad Men 3.9: "Wee Small Hours"
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Jenny wrote 1 month ago: After enduring most of the season waiting for the writers to revisit Sal’s sexual awakening introduc … more →
Mad Men 3.5: “The Fog”
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Jenny wrote 2 months ago: One of the more lyrical episodes we’ve had thus far, “The Fog” unfolded with the hazy logic of dream … more →
Mad Men--Season 1, Episode 1: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Karen wrote 4 months ago: So I’ll be talking about season 1 of Mad Men from the perspective of someone who has seen all … more →
Marriage of Rachel
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Deborah Lipp wrote 1 year ago: Roberta said it first: Don loves Rachel. Until my DVDs came, I had only seen Marriage of Figaro once … more →
Don hadn't thought this through
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Roberta Lipp wrote 1 year ago: Where have we heard that before? Nixon vs Kennedy. Rachel to Don, when he wants them to run away tog … more →
Was Don going to make Rachel Betty?
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Roberta Lipp wrote 1 year ago: Not if she could help it. Awhile ago we got into a feisty discussion about Rachel’s reaction t … more →
The Wheel just keeps on turning!
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Roberta Lipp wrote 1 year ago: So, Eme (sometimes Eme Kay), Basket of Kisses reader and frequent discussion chime-in-er, purchased … more →
Rachel will be back for Season Two
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Roberta Lipp wrote 1 year ago: I have a source on this, and she’s a friend of mine with an inside track, and she totally won … more →
A black fly in your chardonnay
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Roberta Lipp wrote 1 year ago: (I don’t usually issue spoiler warnings, because we started this blog after the first season h … more →
Mad Men Fashions make Huffington
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Roberta Lipp wrote 1 year ago: Grace Dent of the Huffington Post seems to be a Mad Men fan. Or is she? She wrote a fun piece today … more →
Don and Rachel and "from nothing"
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Deborah Lipp wrote 1 year ago: In Long Weekend, we see Don and Rachel connecting the dots. Maybe the first time I saw the episode h … more →
Don Draper is not a womanizer
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Deborah Lipp wrote 1 year ago: I was watching Long Weekend tonight, and taking extensive notes. I’ll have more to say later o … more →
More of that nearly invisible poetry
Roberta Lipp wrote 1 year ago: What a lovely and interesting thread I found woven through Long Weekend. Roger to Mirabelle: Look at … more →
Why I love Television Without Pity
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Roberta Lipp wrote 1 year ago: From their writeup of Marriage of Figaro: Rachel, however, is unimpressed, saying her store already … more →
Don Loves Rachel
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Roberta Lipp wrote 1 year ago: It’s all there in their first ‘date’ in Smoke Gets In Your Eyes… She is 28 a … more →
10 Things I Love About Marriage of Figaro
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Roberta Lipp wrote 1 year ago: This post, via its title, is dedicated to the memory of Heath Ledger. Let me say this. It was this e … more →
Set it and Forget it.
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Roberta Lipp wrote 1 year ago: In Indian Summer, Don and Rachel are in bed together. In the previous episode, Long Weekend, they ha … more →
What is "Babylon"?
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Deborah Lipp wrote 1 year ago: The episode title “Babylon” is more oblique than many. What does it mean? Over lunch, Do … more →
Who is Don Draper?
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Deborah Lipp wrote 2 years ago: Roberta is obsessed with Betty, but for me, it’s mostly Don (although all of the characters ha … more →
