Mad Men Carousel is an episodebyepisode guide to all seven seasons of AMC8217s Mad Men Foreword by Megan Abbott, Edgar Award8211winning author This book collects TV and movie critic Matt Zoller Seitz8217s celebrated Mad Men recaps8212as featured on New York magazine8217s Vulture blog8212including essays on the show8217s first three seasons Seitz8217s writing digs deep into the show8217s themes, performances, and filmmaking, examining complex and sometimes confounding aspects of the series The complete series8212all seven seasons and 92 episodes8212is covered Each episode review also includes brief explanations of locations, events, consumer products, and scientific advancements that are important to the characters, such as P J Clarke8217s restaurant and the old Penn Station the inventions of the birth control pill, the Xerox machine, and the Apollo Lunar Module the release of the Beatles8217 Revolver and the Beach Boys8217 Pet Sounds and all the wars, protests, assassinations, and murders that cast a bloody pall over a chaotic decade Mad Men Carousel is named after an iconic moment from the show8217s firstseason finale, 8220The Wheel,8221 wherein Don delivers an unforgettable pitch for a new slide projector that8217s centered on the idea of nostalgia: 8220the pain from an old wound 8221 This book will soothe the most ardent Mad Men fan8217s nostalgia for the show New viewers, who will want to bingewatch their way through one of the most popular TV shows in recent memory, will discover a spoilerfriendly companion to one of the most multilayered and mercurial TV shows of all time It8217s the perfect gift for Mad Men fans and obsessives Includes blackandwhite illustrations by Max Dalton Also available from Matt Zoller Seitz:The Oliver Stone ExperienceThe Wes Anderson Collection: Bad DadsThe Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest HotelThe Wes Anderson Collection