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MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 7 Every Person Has A Story What's Jim Cutler's

MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 7
Behind Every Person is a Story
What’s Jim Cutler’s?

August 2, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Jim Cutler (Harry Hamlin) is a mad man full of envy. If he wasn’t, he wouldn’t be so bent on getting rid of Don Draper. And, he wouldn’t be making unilateral decisions to be sure no one gets in his way. Contrary to what the soon-to-be-deceased Bert Cooper suggests, Cutler’s not a leader, a team player, or anything like that.  Ultimately, he wants …

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Behind Every Person is a Story
What’s Jim Cutler’s?
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 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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Is There Hope for Don and Sally?
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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Where Are Joan, Peggy, Megan, and Don in 1969?

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“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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