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Mad Men Season 7 Episode 8 Two Sides of Don Draper Which One Will Win?

MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 8
Two Sides Of Don Draper
Which One Will Win In The End?

April 14, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Don Draper’s (Jon Hamm) on the chase again in Season 7, Episode 8, but this time he seems different. So is Diana (Elizabeth Reaser). Don’s more sensitive than he’s been with any woman in the past. But, Diana: she’s like the old Don running from his past, the one we’ve known for 7 Seasons. Then …

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Two Sides Of Don Draper
Which One Will Win In The End?
MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 6 Peggy & I'll Do It My Way

MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 6
Peggy & “I’ll Do It My Way…”

August 2, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Doing it her way has never been easy for Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss). For subtle but understandable reasons to me as a psychoanalyst, Peggy needs Don and yet hates herself (and him) for it. She’s just not as self-assured as she thinks she should be. Then, again, neither is Don Draper (Jon Hamm). They share this. …

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Peggy & “I’ll Do It My Way…”
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 5 What's In A Nipple?

MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 5
What’s In A Nipple?

August 2, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Could there be a more gruesomely horrifying image in Mad Men Season 7 Episode 5 than Ginsberg (Ben Feldman) presenting his severed and bloodied nipple in a box as a gift to Peggy? As the paramedics are carting him off, he yells: “Get out while you can!” What’s gotten into Ginsberg? The new computer isn’t what’s really …

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What’s In A Nipple?
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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Love, Lies, and Misunderstandings
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…?
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