Friday, May 12
“Master of None” Season 2, Netflix
Episode Title: Season 2 (10 episodes)
Network Synopsis: Best known for his role on the award-winning series “Parks and Recreation,” comedian Aziz Ansari stars, writes, and directs “Master of None,” a new Netflix original comedy series loosely based on his own life experiences. “Master of None” follows the personal and professional lives of Dev, a 30-year-old actor in New York who has trouble deciding what he wants to eat, much less the pathway for the rest of his life. Ambitious, funny, cinematic, and both sweeping in scope and intensely personal, Dev’s story takes him through subjects as diverse as the plight of the elderly, the immigrant experience, and how to find the most delicious pasta for dinner.
Why You Should Watch: “Master of None” is more confident in its second season, focusing its cinematic influences and inventive narrative structuring into a moving personal story.
“Master of None” Season 2, Netflix
Episode Title: Season 2 (10 episodes)
Network Synopsis: Best known for his role on the award-winning series “Parks and Recreation,” comedian Aziz Ansari stars, writes, and directs “Master of None,” a new Netflix original comedy series loosely based on his own life experiences. “Master of None” follows the personal and professional lives of Dev, a 30-year-old actor in New York who has trouble deciding what he wants to eat, much less the pathway for the rest of his life. Ambitious, funny, cinematic, and both sweeping in scope and intensely personal, Dev’s story takes him through subjects as diverse as the plight of the elderly, the immigrant experience, and how to find the most delicious pasta for dinner.
Why You Should Watch: “Master of None” is more confident in its second season, focusing its cinematic influences and inventive narrative structuring into a moving personal story.
- 5/12/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Sharing the screen with two of the world’s most renown actors can be intimidating. It’s especially intimidating when the project is a Shakespeare adaptation and the two actors have delivered some of the most well-regarded modern performances of the Bard’s work. That’s the situation Lynn Collins found herself in when she played Portia in the 2004 film adaptation of The Merchant of Venice. The actress, who has since gone on to appear in movies like John Carter and TV shows like True Blood, starred in Merchant opposite Al Pacino’s Shylock and Jeremy Irons’ Antonio. Collins came to the project with plenty of Shakespeare cred herself, having taking on the Bard’s works onstage several times both professionally and as a student at Juilliard. But when it came time to film the crucial trial scene, a shining moment for Portia, one of Shakespeare’s greatest heroines, “I...
- 5/12/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
Oh, Betty. You've come a long way in seven seasons of Mad Men, but it appears we've come to the end of the road.
It's telling that, perhaps, the most content we've seen Betty was the episode two weeks ago, which had Sally off at school, her boys out at activities, and Don finding her alone in the Francis family kitchen, reading Sigmund Freud's book Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria. Unfortunately, that happiness was short-lived as Sunday's penultimate episode revealed the former Mrs. Draper's grave fate.
Over the course of Mad Men, January Jones has really...
It's telling that, perhaps, the most content we've seen Betty was the episode two weeks ago, which had Sally off at school, her boys out at activities, and Don finding her alone in the Francis family kitchen, reading Sigmund Freud's book Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria. Unfortunately, that happiness was short-lived as Sunday's penultimate episode revealed the former Mrs. Draper's grave fate.
Over the course of Mad Men, January Jones has really...
- 5/11/2015
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- People.com - TV Watch
Pre-credit sequence. When we left things, Jon was confused. Upon returning to camp? Jaclyn is confused, going so far as to suggest that Alec might have voted for himself. Amidst this disarray, Natalie has decided that she's going to pretend that she blew the communication and thought she was part of the block voting Alec, not part of the Keith block. Baylor is impressed with Natalie's acting skills and Jon has accepted Natalie's line about not being talked to enough. The worry, at least for Jon, is that Keith could win Immunities and screw things up. The next morning, Natalie makes it clear to Keith that she saved him and he needs to stick with her and with Missy and Baylor. The plan is to target Jon. Again. The quality of mercy is not sprained. Reward time. It's a very elaborate set-up, perhaps an apology for last week's lame challenges.
- 12/11/2014
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Review Frances Roberts 24 Jun 2013 - 16:30
Mad Men concludes its wonderful, surprising sixth season with a moment of uncharacteristic hope. Or does it? Here's Frances' review...
This review contains spoilers.
6.13 In Care Of
“Going down?”
From season one, episode one, Mad Men’s opening credits have told us we’re watching the descent of man, or more properly, of one man. Following the structure of classical tragedy, we met Draper when he had it all - job, wife, kids, mistress, cool hat - and have watched as piece by piece, it’s fallen away.
In the beginning, Don was Jay Gatsby; he came from nothing, achieved everything, but remained dissatisfied. Like Gatsby too, his early life was mired in secrecy and hushed scandal, and ever since we’ve known him, all signs have told us to expect a tragic ending.
It’s a surprise then, that In Care Of left...
Mad Men concludes its wonderful, surprising sixth season with a moment of uncharacteristic hope. Or does it? Here's Frances' review...
This review contains spoilers.
6.13 In Care Of
“Going down?”
From season one, episode one, Mad Men’s opening credits have told us we’re watching the descent of man, or more properly, of one man. Following the structure of classical tragedy, we met Draper when he had it all - job, wife, kids, mistress, cool hat - and have watched as piece by piece, it’s fallen away.
In the beginning, Don was Jay Gatsby; he came from nothing, achieved everything, but remained dissatisfied. Like Gatsby too, his early life was mired in secrecy and hushed scandal, and ever since we’ve known him, all signs have told us to expect a tragic ending.
It’s a surprise then, that In Care Of left...
- 6/24/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
"Mad Men" has always been filled with quotable lines from the ever-sassy Sally Draper to "Sterling's Gold" ... and everyone in between.
But "Mad Men" Season 6 has been chock-full of more Gif-able moments than ever before.
In honor of the end of Season 6 (finale airs Sunday, June 23 at 10 p.m. Et on AMC), let's look back on the moments that made us laugh (Pete falling down the stairs), cringe (Dawn and Joan's hug), cheer (Ken's tap dancing) and gag (Don pukes at Roger's mom's funeral) this season on "Mad Men" with the GIFs below.
From: Episode 1/2, "The Doorway"
Source: WeKnowYoureHigh on Tumblr
From: Episode 1/2, "The Doorway"
Source: Gifulmination
From: Episode 1/2, "The Doorway"
Source: Uproxx
From: Episode 3, "The Collaborators"
Source: YesKnopeMaybe on Tumblr
From: Episode 4, "To Have & To Hold"
Source: Uproxx
From: Episode 4, "To Have & To Hold"
Source: FeetLips on Tumblr
From: Episode 4, "To Have & To Hold"
Source: Uproxx
From: Episode 4, "To...
But "Mad Men" Season 6 has been chock-full of more Gif-able moments than ever before.
In honor of the end of Season 6 (finale airs Sunday, June 23 at 10 p.m. Et on AMC), let's look back on the moments that made us laugh (Pete falling down the stairs), cringe (Dawn and Joan's hug), cheer (Ken's tap dancing) and gag (Don pukes at Roger's mom's funeral) this season on "Mad Men" with the GIFs below.
From: Episode 1/2, "The Doorway"
Source: WeKnowYoureHigh on Tumblr
From: Episode 1/2, "The Doorway"
Source: Gifulmination
From: Episode 1/2, "The Doorway"
Source: Uproxx
From: Episode 3, "The Collaborators"
Source: YesKnopeMaybe on Tumblr
From: Episode 4, "To Have & To Hold"
Source: Uproxx
From: Episode 4, "To Have & To Hold"
Source: FeetLips on Tumblr
From: Episode 4, "To Have & To Hold"
Source: Uproxx
From: Episode 4, "To...
- 6/24/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
The latest episode of "Mad Men" ("The Quality of Mercy") is all about alpha males protecting their territory--in this case, the ad execs in the newly merged agency Sterling Cooper & Partners. Don Draper (Jon Hamm) is undermining and challenging new partner Ted Chaough (Kevin Rahm), who is clearly infatuated with Draper's blossoming one-time protege Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss), while Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser) is trying to dominate upstart Bob Benson (James Wolk). It's fascinating to watch these men jockey for power and to see how Draper is threatened by the women in his life, from rising creative executive Peggy to his wife Megan (Jessica Pare), who was supposed to help him create the perfect marriage but decided to have her own independent career instead. I was fascinated by a recent Vulture post in which a shrink tried to analyze the psychology of Draper. What I have always loved about "Mad Men...
- 6/21/2013
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Matt Zoller Seitz drew comparisons between Bob Benson and Dick Whitman in last week's Mad Men recap. After relishing in his foresight, he continued to speculate whether Pete might be gay and applauded Sally Draper. Readers had much to add, of course. Here’s what you thought of “The Quality of Mercy.”You picked out other doppelgängers. * "Also, this week in Mad Men Themes!!!!: More Twins! Identical cousins on The Patty Duke Show, more from Megan's soap opera with her good twin/evil twin characters, Dd/Bb, Ken looking like Stan's Moshe Dayan poster with his eyepatch." —Commenter pennywise * "@pennywise - Betty and Sally having a smoke." —Commenter 77Bc You defended Pete ... * "Pete getting his head blown off is a fantasy? Dude, are you nuts? Pete Campbell is, for better and worse, the most interesting and unpredictable male in the ensemble. Certainly, watching Don circling the drain, engaging in...
- 6/19/2013
- by Lauren Duca
- Vulture
The penultimate Mad Men episode, “The Quality of Mercy,” perfectly placed a spotlight on all that’s been right and wrong about this season, but thankfully did all of that in an ultimately superb episode that sets up the season finale (which, in turn, might end up defining the season). Mad Men is not a series about Bob Benson, a fact that one would hope chagrined Matt Weiner as the interwebs began speculating about Bob rather than focusing on the core of Weiner's series (and no, whether Megan was going to be killed a la Sharon Tate is also not
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- 6/17/2013
- by Tim Goodman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Note: Do not read on if you have not yet seen Season 6, Episode 12 of AMC's "Mad Men," titled "The Quality Of Mercy."
If ever you forget that "Mad Men" is a period piece -- even with all the glorious vintage wardrobe choices, retro scene styling and historic landmark events -- then a heavy dose of stereotyping, racism and a pitch for a truly bizarre and old fashioned-sounding ad at Sc&P will snap you right back to the reality of 1968.
This week's "Mad Men" had all of that, layered with enough levels of flirtation, double-dealing and hatred to make you sicker to your stomach than a five o'clock showing of "Rosemary's Baby."
Roman Polanski's 1968 horror flick played a major part in this episode, both as the film that presented the most awkward movie theater run-in ever (seriously, you could cut the tension between Don, Ted and Peggy with a...
If ever you forget that "Mad Men" is a period piece -- even with all the glorious vintage wardrobe choices, retro scene styling and historic landmark events -- then a heavy dose of stereotyping, racism and a pitch for a truly bizarre and old fashioned-sounding ad at Sc&P will snap you right back to the reality of 1968.
This week's "Mad Men" had all of that, layered with enough levels of flirtation, double-dealing and hatred to make you sicker to your stomach than a five o'clock showing of "Rosemary's Baby."
Roman Polanski's 1968 horror flick played a major part in this episode, both as the film that presented the most awkward movie theater run-in ever (seriously, you could cut the tension between Don, Ted and Peggy with a...
- 6/17/2013
- by Maggie Furlong
- Huffington Post
Note: Do not read on if you have not yet seen Season 6, Episode 12 of AMC's "Mad Men," titled "The Quality Of Mercy."
The fallout continued for poor Sally Draper (Kiernan Shipka) in the penultimate episode of "Mad Men" Season 6. After she walked in on her father "comforting" Sylvia Rosen in "Favors" last week, Sally decided that she wanted to go away to boarding school.
"Sally walking in on her father with this other woman is a very complicated experience, and her response is she wants to get as far away from them as possible," "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner says in a behind-the-scenes video from AMC. "Of course, Don knows exactly why she's going, and doesn't reveal that to Betty."
"I think he's still processing what happened, and how to best deal with this," Jon Hamm says about Don in the video. "It's a secret that's gotten out, and that's potentially devastating to Don.
The fallout continued for poor Sally Draper (Kiernan Shipka) in the penultimate episode of "Mad Men" Season 6. After she walked in on her father "comforting" Sylvia Rosen in "Favors" last week, Sally decided that she wanted to go away to boarding school.
"Sally walking in on her father with this other woman is a very complicated experience, and her response is she wants to get as far away from them as possible," "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner says in a behind-the-scenes video from AMC. "Of course, Don knows exactly why she's going, and doesn't reveal that to Betty."
"I think he's still processing what happened, and how to best deal with this," Jon Hamm says about Don in the video. "It's a secret that's gotten out, and that's potentially devastating to Don.
- 6/17/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
(Spoiler warning: Don't read this if you don't want to know what happened on Sunday's "Mad Men" episode, "The Quality of Mercy.") "Mad Men" enigma Bob Benson has tried to be all things to all people -- and in the process has become all things to all viewers. Benson, played by James Wolk, has spawned more online theories than anyone else on the show this season. But unlike most who try to satisy everyone, Benson has a least partially delivered. On Sunday's show, several of the theories about him turned out to...
- 6/17/2013
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
The article below contains spoilers for "The Quality of Mercy," the June 16th, 2013 episode of "Mad Men." Turns out, Bob Benson (James Wolk) is not a spy or a journalist tasked to infiltrate and tease out the dark secrets of Sterling Cooper & Draper. He's a fraud. "The Quality of Mercy," directed by Phil Abraham and written by Andre and Maria Jacquemetton, was an episode stacked with grandmaster-worthy manipulative feats and feints in the office and the domestic sphere, one that outed Sterling Cooper & Partners' relentlessly smiley new addition as a man who'd lied about his past, his education and his former employment, who's from West Virginia and previously spent three years as a "manservant to a senior VP" before showing up at Sc&P with a shiny, fabricated resume and some serious ambition. He may not really be 28 years old -- he may not actually be named Bob Benson. That sounds.
- 6/17/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Mad Men, Season 6, Episode 12: “The Quality of Mercy”
Written by Andre Jacquemetton & Maria Jacquemetton
Directed by Phil Abraham
Airs Sundays at 10pm Et on AMC
“You’re a monster,” is the key line of tonight’s episode. It’s almost comically literal when you think about it alongside the exchange between Duck and Pete. Duck claims he’s never seen anything like Bob Benson before, and Pete chillingly intones “I have.” You can almost hear the theme from Phantom of the Opera in the background as it cuts to Don. Variations on this theme have been strung throughout the season. Think back on the moment Peggy walked into Ted’s office only to find Don there. He was reintroduced to us in the premiere reading Dante’s Inferno, suggesting a descent into hell, but now it seems as if he would feel at home there, a monster among monsters.
Written by Andre Jacquemetton & Maria Jacquemetton
Directed by Phil Abraham
Airs Sundays at 10pm Et on AMC
“You’re a monster,” is the key line of tonight’s episode. It’s almost comically literal when you think about it alongside the exchange between Duck and Pete. Duck claims he’s never seen anything like Bob Benson before, and Pete chillingly intones “I have.” You can almost hear the theme from Phantom of the Opera in the background as it cuts to Don. Variations on this theme have been strung throughout the season. Think back on the moment Peggy walked into Ted’s office only to find Don there. He was reintroduced to us in the premiere reading Dante’s Inferno, suggesting a descent into hell, but now it seems as if he would feel at home there, a monster among monsters.
- 6/17/2013
- by Justin Wier
- SoundOnSight
Review Frances Roberts 17 Jun 2013 - 15:00
The penultimate episode of Mad Men's sixth season finally reveals Bob Benson's secret. Here's Frances' review of The Quality Of Mercy...
This review contains spoilers.
6.12 The Quality of Mercy
It’s taken almost six seasons, but by inheriting the Chevy account, Pete Campbell finally has something he wants. The victory - such as it is - must have put Pete in a good mood, because the Shakespeare-referencing mercy in this week’s episode title was his. The recipient? Don Draper tribute act, Bob Benson.
James Wolk did a grand job of conveying Benson’s duplicity this week, demonstrating that underneath beaming Bob’s surface sits a resourceful schemer unafraid to protect himself if threatened. Beatifically declaring his admiration for Campbell one instant, then using plant Manolo to get to Pete’s mother the next, Benson has revealed himself as a player with more...
The penultimate episode of Mad Men's sixth season finally reveals Bob Benson's secret. Here's Frances' review of The Quality Of Mercy...
This review contains spoilers.
6.12 The Quality of Mercy
It’s taken almost six seasons, but by inheriting the Chevy account, Pete Campbell finally has something he wants. The victory - such as it is - must have put Pete in a good mood, because the Shakespeare-referencing mercy in this week’s episode title was his. The recipient? Don Draper tribute act, Bob Benson.
James Wolk did a grand job of conveying Benson’s duplicity this week, demonstrating that underneath beaming Bob’s surface sits a resourceful schemer unafraid to protect himself if threatened. Beatifically declaring his admiration for Campbell one instant, then using plant Manolo to get to Pete’s mother the next, Benson has revealed himself as a player with more...
- 6/17/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Don Draper just keeps pulling out the dick moves. And with next week being the season six finale, who knows what he had in store for us? A lot of stuff happened on this week’s Mad Men installment, “The Quality of Mercy,” written by Andre and Maria Jacquemetton and directed by Phil Abraham. So much so that Ken Cosgrove gets shot in the face in the first few minutes and it’s barely a blip on the overall drama scale. Another great episode, this one really sets the stage for the impending finale. It also featured Roger Sterling’s proclamation that he “once held Lee Garner Jr.’s balls!” if that’s any indication. Well, not really. But that line sure tickles. As noted, Don behaved pretty poorly this week, which makes for great television, but not necessarily for making his character any more likable. Don is still pretty worked up over the Sally-caused coitus interruptus...
- 6/17/2013
- by Caitlin Hughes
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
It was only fitting that on Father's Day 2013 "The Quality of Mercy" treated us to one of the best dads around. Wait, no... Don Draper is one of the worst fathers of all time. My mistake.
The writing is great, the direction is wonderful and a number of characters are of interest, but the highlight of Mad Men Season 6 might be the entertainment value in watching Don be an absolute a-hole.
Sure, he's been awful in the past. But now Don is treating others like garbage with such efficiency.
Peggy, Ted, Sally, Harry and Megan - in one way or another over the course of the hour - felt Don Draper's wrath. The latter two were hit simply with one-line comebacks and could both be taken as a joke... but Don didn't seem to be laughing.
Megan: I wanna make you a real breakfast. You look terrible.
Don: So do you.
The writing is great, the direction is wonderful and a number of characters are of interest, but the highlight of Mad Men Season 6 might be the entertainment value in watching Don be an absolute a-hole.
Sure, he's been awful in the past. But now Don is treating others like garbage with such efficiency.
Peggy, Ted, Sally, Harry and Megan - in one way or another over the course of the hour - felt Don Draper's wrath. The latter two were hit simply with one-line comebacks and could both be taken as a joke... but Don didn't seem to be laughing.
Megan: I wanna make you a real breakfast. You look terrible.
Don: So do you.
- 6/17/2013
- by d4cella@gmail.com (Dan Forcella)
- TVfanatic
In the penultimate episode of Mad Men, we didn't see any of the rumored deaths that were supposed to accompany this season, but we did open with one that almost came to pass. Poor Ken Cosgrove, almost manslaughtered at the hands of General Motors. That kid really has been through quite a lot. Outside of [...]
Mad Men 3.12 "The Quality of Mercy" Review...
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- 6/17/2013
- by Paul
- TVovermind.com
Anybody got a cigarette? Looks like last week’s feint of an episode wasn’t just playing possum up to its knockout final act –it was setting up for a full-blown Mad Men clinic, one full of doppelgangers, secret affairs, and Don earning his 10th Dan black belt in office asshole martial arts. “The Quality of Mercy” has the temerity to show Ken getting shot in the face in the first act, and then decide, eh, let’s check in on Megan and Don for 15 minutes before getting back to that. Hell, even AMC decided to twist the cocaine-laced knife of excitement, by cutting and scoring the “Next Time On” like it should have been for Breaking Bad. It didn’t even have any actual footage from next week, but proved to be an appropriately white-knuckle tease, given the lightning-fast pace of the preceding hour. If I didn’t know any better,...
- 6/17/2013
- by Sam Woolf
- We Got This Covered
With only one episode left to go this season, "Mad Men" is officially on a roll. These last two installments have been the season's best -- as strong as anything the show has ever produced -- and expectations have been duly raised for next week's finale.
For an episode that begins with Don taking a sick day, much of the action in "The Quality of Mercy" takes place in the offices of Sc&P. Even as Don attempts at first to hide from his problems and then to bury himself in work, he can't help but face reminders of what he's done.
The episode's most dramatic sequences rely on the audience's knowledge of not just what happens throughout the hour, but what has transpired over the course of the series -- from Pete finding out Don's secret to Peggy quitting Scdp to Sally catching Don. These characters and this show are rich in history,...
For an episode that begins with Don taking a sick day, much of the action in "The Quality of Mercy" takes place in the offices of Sc&P. Even as Don attempts at first to hide from his problems and then to bury himself in work, he can't help but face reminders of what he's done.
The episode's most dramatic sequences rely on the audience's knowledge of not just what happens throughout the hour, but what has transpired over the course of the series -- from Pete finding out Don's secret to Peggy quitting Scdp to Sally catching Don. These characters and this show are rich in history,...
- 6/17/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Wanna know how amazing and intriguing this week’s episode of Mad Men is? Ken gets shot in the face in the first few minutes… and that’s one of the least interesting events to take place during the hour. Don meddles, Sally interviews, Ted and Peggy make googly eyes at each other and Pete gets to the bottom of this Bob Benson business. Read on as we review the finer points – and one big reveal – that happen in “The Quality of Mercy.”
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- 6/17/2013
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Last week's "Mad Men" delivered one of the most shocking twists of the season when Sally Draper caught her father, Don, in the act with his neighbor and mistress, Sylvia.
Can this week's penultimate episode, titled "The Quality of Mercy," possibly top that? From the looks of these promotional photos released by AMC, Don may be avoiding the issue entirely by burying himself in work at Sc&P.
Or maybe not, if we trust the episode's official synopsis (which is never a good idea): "The partners cannot agree on a new campaign; Don takes a day off."
Another lingering question: How will Pete deal with Bob Benson revealing his secret crush? We'll find out this Sunday.
Check out even more images in our "Mad Men" Season 6 gallery.
Can this week's penultimate episode, titled "The Quality of Mercy," possibly top that? From the looks of these promotional photos released by AMC, Don may be avoiding the issue entirely by burying himself in work at Sc&P.
Or maybe not, if we trust the episode's official synopsis (which is never a good idea): "The partners cannot agree on a new campaign; Don takes a day off."
Another lingering question: How will Pete deal with Bob Benson revealing his secret crush? We'll find out this Sunday.
Check out even more images in our "Mad Men" Season 6 gallery.
- 6/16/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Sneak Peek footage from the next "Mad Men" episode titled "The Quality Of Mercy", written by Andre Jacquemetton and Maria Jacquemetton.
Directed by Phil Abraham, the episode airs June 16, 2013 on AMC:
"Mad Men" focuses on 'Dick Whitman', a small town, bastard son of a prostitute, who assumes the identity of dead combat soldier 'Don Draper', to become a family man, lover and top creative partner in a New York-based advertising agency:
"...in 'The Quality Of Mercy', the partners disagree on a new campaign.
"Then 'Don' decides to take a day off..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Mad Men: The Quality Of Mercy"...
Directed by Phil Abraham, the episode airs June 16, 2013 on AMC:
"Mad Men" focuses on 'Dick Whitman', a small town, bastard son of a prostitute, who assumes the identity of dead combat soldier 'Don Draper', to become a family man, lover and top creative partner in a New York-based advertising agency:
"...in 'The Quality Of Mercy', the partners disagree on a new campaign.
"Then 'Don' decides to take a day off..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Mad Men: The Quality Of Mercy"...
- 6/14/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
The quality of mercy is not strain'd, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes: tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes the throned monarch better than his crown. Senior Charlie Brewster (Anton Yelchin) finally has it all going on: he's running with the popular crowd and dating the most coveted girl in his high school. In fact, he's so cool he’s even dissing his best friend. But trouble arrives when Jerry (Colin Farrell) moves in next door. He seems like a great guy at first, but there’s something not quite right—but everyone, including Charlie's mom (Toni Collette), doesn't notice. After observing some very strange activity, Charlie comes to an unmistakable conclusion: Jerry is a vampire preying on the neighborhood. Unable to convince anyone, Charlie has to find a way...
- 7/8/2011
- ComicBookMovie.com
Fly, fly away, little bird. Just like that, the stakes of George R.R. Martin's world became even higher, the pain even more intense, and the searing sense of loss all the more unbearable. These are cruel times that the Starks and their enemies find themselves. The quality of mercy, as we know, is not strained... but there are often greater reasons to restrain oneself from enacting punishment upon others. Sometimes the open hand is the wiser council than the keen edge of a blade. The cost of life--and the folly of youthful, headstrong kings--is keenly felt in the latest episode of HBO's Game of Thrones ("Baelor"), written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss and directed by Alan Taylor, which depicts one of the most shocking moments within the first season of the adaptation. For those of us who have read the novels, it didn't come as a surprise,...
- 6/13/2011
- by Jace
- Televisionary
"When you look at me, do you see a hero?" - Varys William Shakespeare's Portia said it best in The Merchant of Venice: "The quality of mercy is not strained/It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven." That is, mercy can't be forced; it's either a natural inclination or it isn't. Do you lean towards the pointy end of the sword or the open palm of mercy? Do you enact vengeance or forgiveness? Do you tread meekly or engage your enemy? In this week's episode of Game of Thrones ("The Pointy End"), written by George R.R. Martin and directed by Daniel Minahan, the notion of mercy hovered over the action as viewers saw multiple characters grapple with the questions above. Daenerys attempts to stop her bloodriders from taking their spoils of war when they encounter the sheep people, preventing the women of the tribe from being "honored...
- 6/6/2011
- by Jace
- Televisionary
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