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 "The best video essay source on the web." (Roger Ebert) This is a web site built around original video essays and critical, personal writing about movies, TV, music, comics and whatever else interests its contributors. Co-founded by Matt Zoller Seitz, TV critic for New York Magazine, and Ken Cancelosi, it is published by Seitz and Cancelosi and overseen by editor-in-chief Kevin B. Lee and managing editor Max Winter.

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BREAKING BAD RECAP 2: MADRIGAL

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The most striking aspect of tonight’s episode was our introduction to German mega-company Madrigal Elektromoteren (and, of course, the short-order introduction and elimination of suit Herr Schuler, who was clearly complicit in the late Mr. Fring’s meth empire, though we don’t quite know yet to what degree).
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  • By Dave Bunting, Jr.
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  • July 22, 2012 10:55 PM
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MAD MEN RECAP 12: THE PHANTOM

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Most nights I watch Mad Men on my living room couch with a computer in my lap. Tonight I watched at a terrific New York City bar, at the Basket of Kisses Season Finale Party, sitting next to Rich Sommer.
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  • By Deborah Lipp
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  • June 11, 2012 1:38 AM
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MAD MEN RECAP 11: COMMISSIONS AND FEES

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"Everything you think’s going to make you happy just turns to crap."
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  • By Deborah Lipp
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  • June 4, 2012 1:03 AM
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MAD MEN RECAP 10: THE OTHER WOMAN

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"The Other Woman" may be the most disturbing episode of "Mad Men" ever.
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  • By Deborah Lipp
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  • May 28, 2012 1:36 AM
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