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I'll take catchy pop tunes from Journey—music that people sing along to and seem happily enjoy—over the navel-gazing, pretentious distortion of the "Critically-acclaimed" music from the grunge era. Blech. At least Journey wrote catchy tunes. Not sure why critics always see that as a bad thing…although it probably has

Tara on "True Blood". Went from strong, powerful female character to insufferable crybaby. And her character arc got ridiculously silly even once she stopped crying.

I always read reviews with people talking about "aging" Don being clueless and out of touch. But he's only 42 and quite wealthy. That was good for attention then just as much as it is now.

Nah. Don will never be friendless. Guys like him STILL exist—in and out of advertising—are still quite popular and still get the attention of women. People have this crazy notion that Don is Eeeeevil because we apply 21st century morals to him and everyone else. But look at all the characters: they're almost all

Now all they have to do is not kill off Don and they'll be fine. The death of Don Draper would be about as pretentious as a film school student's first year project. I'm not sure why people think it needs to end with that. It isn't necessary. How about he just puts on his hat and says "See you tomorrow"? It's a show

Yeah, that's a good point. I have always rooted for Don. You want him to be a better man, right? To become a better person. But you want that cool asshole part to stick around, too. That confident mofo who can own a pitch meeting. And a guy who can tip back his liquor without puking on himself and crying into his

Great article. I've always hated it when people call Don a "sociopath" (eye roll). He definitely has a conscience and feels guilt. All the time. He wallows in self-loathing. Yes, he has affairs and he's duplicitous. But he also hates himself for it. And often is the first person to try and atone for it and reverse his