Mad Men: Season 4

"This hour finds the cast in fine form, but the most interesting crumb to emerge might be Weiner's apparent rumination on the program's success and--speaking through his protagonist--his own heightened profile since the series took off."

"What is not surprising at all about the fourth season of one of television's elite series is that Weiner continues to explore what it means to be human."

"For all its moments of poetry and insight, Mad Men too often feels less like a drama and more like the staging of a really good master's thesis."

"One surefire sign of a television series in its prime comes when an episode's plot and subplots dovetail so stylishly that it's difficult to tell which is which."

"You should feel nervous before any great date, and Don never disappoints. He'll make you feel like you are in on the joke with the innest in crowd on television. Anything these ad men are selling, I'll buy."