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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 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 Joan Peggy Megan and Don in 1969

MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 1
Where Are Joan, Peggy, Megan, and Don in 1969?

August 1, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Could Sterling, Cooper, and Partners of Mad Men fame be an even worse environment for – and especially the women – as we enter Mad Men Season 7 in 1969? Each of the main characters seems poised for the struggle of their lives – as Mad Men’s psychologically-minded creator Matthew Weiner hints: “This season is …

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Inspiration

“We come to Film and TV to find our hidden stories. If we look deeply into a character’s psyche, there is much to see about ourselves.”

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