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SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, crack open a bag of Utz—may I recommend The Crab Chip—and watch Mad Men.

One of the most important and least-remarked-on transitions in life is the death of a parent. While it doesn’t get noted the way other developmental milestones do—puberty, graduation, parenthood, etc.—losing a parent is recognizing that you are ultimately responsible for yourself, and as much or more as those other landmarks, …

SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, finish your Valentine’s Day shopping and watch the season two premiere of Mad Men.

Because Mad Men‘s Matthew Weiner wrote for The Sopranos, the comparisons between the two shows tend to get overdone. But the opening …

SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, load up your Kodak Carousel and watch the Mad Men season finale.

SPOILER ALERT: Crack open some creme de menthe and watch Mad Men before you read this post.

SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, plug in your TV–and whatever other appliances you need–and watch Mad Men.

SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this, slip some Dr. Scholl’s in your shoes and watch Mad Men.

SPOILER ALERT: Watch Mad Men before reading this post. Residents of Illinois, fast-forward through all the laxative ads.

SPOILER ALERT: No reading this post until you’ve done an honest day’s work for it, you bum.

So who knew that Mad Men would also turn out to be Carnivale? I’m impressed that, within this already detailed period piece, there turns out to be another period piece (Don/Dick’s childhood in the Depression) that’s just as engrossing and …

SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this, swipe a bottle of booze and watch Mad Men.

So I’ll admit it: I lost faith just for a second. I briefly thought Mad Men was going to start sucking. That moment when Don asks his long-lost brother whether any of their relatives are left surviving, finds out they’re gone, then reaches into his bag? …

SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this, put some slipcovers on your couch and watch Mad Men.

So: Pete–not a total unsympathetic worm? Who knew? Four episodes in, Mad Men is showing an intriguing ability to change itself up from week to week. The first two episodes handled the plot in the usual serial style, bouncing among the various …

SPOILER ALERT: Watch last night’s Mad Men before you read this. And don’t forget the cake.

This week’s was the first episode of Mad Men I didn’t receive an advance screener of, and so watched on TV like a civilian. So it was the first time I saw the interview segments after the show with Matthew Weiner and the cast, talking about the …