The Best of Television 2014
by: L.P. Hanners, Chris Thompson, and Michael Shields Across the Margin digs deep, unearthing its choices for best television shows of 2014…. We live in…
Mad Men
Mad Men Episode 707 (Mid-Season Finale) Deconstructed
by: L.P. Hanners Mad Men soft-shoes its way to its mid-season finale with its most alluring episode in years….. Mad Men has always excelled as…
Mad Men Episode 705 & 706 Deconstructed
by: L.P. Hanners From the height of abnormality, to the sublimity of beauty, oh what a difference a week makes… In “The Runaways,” the fifth…
Mad Men Episode 703 & 704 Deconstructed
by: L.P. Hanners As one episode ushers us back to the past, another vaults us into the future where an aroma of hope curiously lingers…….
Mad Men Episode 701 & 702 Deconstructed
by: L.P. Hanners Our quarterly Mad Men recaps commence, as the final season sets sail with Don in an all too familiar place…. “Are you…
Mad Men Season 6, Episode13 Deconstructed
by: L.P. Hanners and Michael Shields A glimmer of hope crowns an extremely stressful season….. I can’t say it was exactly fun. It wasn’t smooth…
Mad Men Season 6 Episode 12 Deconstructed
by: L.P. Hanners This week’s episode of Mad Men analyzes “The Quality of Mercy”…… Don Draper is a phony. He was born in 1926 and…
Mad Men Season 6 Episode 11 Deconstructed
by: L.P. Hanners In an episode full of poignant outings the biggest bombshell lands directly upon young Sally Draper….. There is a saying in this…
Mad Men Season 6 Episode 10 Deconstructed
by: L.P. Hanners Fierce rivalries reach a tipping point in a ‘Tale of Two Cities’…… Mad Men has finally taken its foot off the gas…
Mad Men Season 6 Episode 9 Deconstructed
by: L.P. Hanners The reunion of Betty and Don….in “The Better Half”….. With a return to a more traditional patterned narrative1 the pungent aroma of…
Mad Men Season 6 Episode 8 Deconstructed
by: L.P. Hanners The office is swept adrift in a series of massive highs, and crushing lows, in “The Crash”…… What does it feel like…
Mad Men Season 6 Episode 7 Deconstructed
by: L.P. Hanners Join us for an in-depth look at the John Slattery directed “Man with a Plan”…… ”Whatever that relationship is about (Don and…