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MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 4 Why are your here Don Droper?

MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 4
Why Are You Here, Don Draper?

August 2, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

The ’60s were the era of redefining what tells us who we are. The country was at war in more ways than Vietnam. Women fought stereotypes at home and in the workplace. The Black Panther movement empowered marginalized citizens. This country’s cultural revolution was a sign of just how much oppressive status quos would be …

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MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 3 About Those Gumdrops

MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 3
About Those Gumdrops…

August 2, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

It could have been the perfect day in Mad Men Season 7 Episode 3. For the first time in his young life, Bobby has his mom along for a field trip and he couldn’t be more excited.  It’s all going so well, too. “Me and my mom are having a conversation,” Bobby tells his teacher …

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MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 5 Megan in Control

MAD MEN SEASON 7 EPISODE 5 
Megan in Control…? Hmmm…

August 2, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Jealousy can do it. In Mad Men Season 7 Episode 5 Megan (Jessica Paré ) is taking matters into her own hands. It’s now tit for tat. She’s decided if she’s going to be with Don (Jon Hamm), she’ll be the one with the power. She’s done with being pushed aside and left out. In …

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MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 3 Lies & Misunderstandings

MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 3
Love, Lies, and Misunderstandings
Do Don and Megan Have a Chance?

August 2, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Do Don and Megan have a chance in Mad Men Season 7 Episode 3? Good relationships take trust and trust allows relationships to strengthen over time. As we’ve watched Don Draper over the years, we know he’s lied to people in his life for complicated reasons. After suffering a series of humiliating defeats in Mad …

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Do Don and Megan Have a Chance?
Mad Men Season 7 Episode 5 No More Good Girl

MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 5
No More Good Girl…?

August 2, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Betty Draper Francis (January Jones) finally takes a stand in Mad Men Season 7 Episode 5 – and weren’t we all cheering? It’s 1969, after all, and the Women’s Movement is in full swing. Betty’s finally sick and tired of living under society’s expectations (not to mention her mother’s) about just what kind of woman …

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No More Good Girl…?
Mad Men Season 7 Episode 2 Hope for Love for Don and Sally

MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 2
Is There Hope for Don and Sally?

August 1, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Is there hope for love in Mad Men Season 7 Episode 2? Maybe between Don (Jon Hamm) and Sally (Kiernan Shipka).  But, first of all, Don needs to stop lying – and, finally, in Mad Men Season 7 Episode 2, he’s beginning to come clean. You see, Don’s lies catch up to him when Sally …

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