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Mad Men on AMC

2007, TV Show

Seasons:

1
- The Wheel (Original Airdate Oct 16, 2007)
- Nixon vs. Kennedy (Original Airdate Oct 11, 2007)
- Indian Summer (Original Airdate Oct 4, 2007)
- Long Weekend (Original Airdate Sep 27, 2007)
- Shoot (Original Airdate Sep 13, 2007)
- The Hobo Code (Original Airdate Sep 6, 2007)
- Red in the Face (Original Airdate Aug 30, 2007)
- Babylon (Original Airdate Aug 23, 2007)
- 5G (Original Airdate Aug 16, 2007)
- New Amsterdam (Original Airdate Aug 9, 2007)
- Marriage of Figaro (Original Airdate Aug 2, 2007)
- Ladies Room (Original Airdate Jul 26, 2007)
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Original Airdate Jul 19, 2007)
2
- Meditations in an Emergency (Original Airdate Oct 26, 2008)
- The Mountain King (Original Airdate Oct 19, 2008)
- The Jet Set (Original Airdate Oct 12, 2008)
- The Inheritance (Original Airdate Oct 5, 2008)
- Six Month Leave (Original Airdate Sep 28, 2008)
- A Night to Remember (Original Airdate Sep 14, 2008)
- The Gold Violin (Original Airdate Sep 7, 2008)
- Maidenform (Original Airdate Aug 31, 2008)
- The New Girl (Original Airdate Aug 24, 2008)
- Three Sundays (Original Airdate Aug 17, 2008)
- The Benefactor (Original Airdate Aug 10, 2008)
- Flight 1 (Original Airdate Aug 3, 2008)
- For Those Who Think Young (Original Airdate Jul 27, 2008)
3
- Shut the Door. Have a Seat (Original Airdate Nov 8, 2009)
- The Grown Ups (Original Airdate Nov 1, 2009)
- The Gypsy and the Hobo (Original Airdate Oct 25, 2009)
- The Color Blue (Original Airdate Oct 18, 2009)
- Wee Small Hours (Original Airdate Oct 11, 2009)
- Souvenir (Original Airdate Oct 4, 2009)
- Seven Twenty Three (Original Airdate Sep 27, 2009)
- Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency (Original Airdate Sep 20, 2009)
- The Fog (Original Airdate Sep 13, 2009)
- The Arrangements (Original Airdate Sep 6, 2009)
- My Old Kentucky Home (Original Airdate Aug 30, 2009)
- Love Among the Ruins (Original Airdate Aug 23, 2009)
- Out of Town (Original Airdate Aug 16, 2009)

Mad Men Episode: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"

Season 1, Episode 1

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Episode Synopsis: At an advertising agency in 1960s Manhattan, the creative director has problems coming up with ideas for a tobacco account and crosses swords with the female head of a large department store that she wants to take in a new retail direction. Original Air Date: Jul 19, 2007

Episode 1 Recap: “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”

Jul 20, 2007 09:00 AM ET
by Kara Howland

In some ways I was a little intimated by the thought of blogging for this show. Here’s what I thought might be daunting:— It’s a period piece. Don’t get me wrong, I love learning more about bygone eras, but it’s a little weird to talk about a time period I have no familiarity with. I mean, I hadn't even been born yet in the early '60s.— It’s from one of the producers of The Sopranos. This actually doesn’t carry too much weight with me because I never really got into the show. It potentially does the writer/creator a disservice because even though I personally wasn’t a fan of his last show, I do expect a superior level of writing and storytelling. And Mad Men delivers.I find this world fascinating. I love that these men (that’s right, the ladies are relegated to the steno pool) are quintessential men; they smoke, drink and have sex with practically anything with legs. Umm, can I please have that job? But seriously I feel like I’m... read more