The times are always a-changin' on Mad Men.
But as the AMC drama kicks off the first half of its final season (Sunday, 10/9c), the show's focus will be on how much (or how little) the characters have grown during the near-decade viewers have been following them. "[This season] is about the consequences in life and if change is possible," creator Matthew Weiner says. "There is a real growth over this last season from what are the material concerns of your life to what are the immaterial concerns."
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Last season focused on ad man Don Draper (Jon Hamm) repeating the mistakes of his past with even more serious consequences. Although Don seems to be truly committed to doing things differently in the early going of the new season, will that make a difference? In other words: Is true change possible, or is it the attempt to change that matters?
"That is the question," Weiner says...
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As Mad Men begins its seventh and final season, there's a certain amount of reflection in the air.
In the exclusive behind-the-scenes video below, Vincent Kartheiser looks back at the journey of his character Pete Campbell. "Pete has generally gone through what most men go through between 25 and 35: They become men," he says.
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For Pete, becoming a man has included marrying Trudy (Alison Brie), becoming a father, and working his way into a partnership at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce Sterling Cooper & Partners. But in Season 6, Pete blew up his personal life by having one affair too many. So, has Pete learned from his mistakes? ...
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Will "six seasons and a movie" come to fruition? As NBC mulls the fate of the Greendale gang, the Community clarion call — first uttered as a joke by Abed (Danny Pudi) in a Season 2 episode — may be moving closer to reality.
According to insiders, at least one director has already been considered to helm the inevitable Community feature: Justin Lin, who directed the last four movies in the Fast & Furious franchise. Lin has also directed several episodes of Community.
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Apparently, popcorn and Rick and Morty are the foundations of a good relationship, because one month after their initial meeting, Community's Abed (Danny Pudi) and Coat Check Girl (Brie Larson) are still going strong! (Cool, cool, cool.)
In exclusive preview of Thursday's episode below, the couple celebrates their first anniversary in the most Abed-way possible.
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Mother of Dragons Emilia Clarke has been named the Most Desirable Woman of 2014 by Ask Men.
The Game of Thrones star beat out last year's winner Jennifer Lawrence, who slipped to No. 4.
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