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Will you miss Mad Men? James Delingpole won’t

The cult series may have looked great but, as the final season draws to a close, was there really anything to it?

21 March 2015

9:00 AM

21 March 2015

9:00 AM

There’s a scene in the finale of season six that embodies everything that’s so right and so wrong with Mad Men. Don Draper, that fathomless enigma of a Madison Avenue copywriting anti-hero, is pitching for the Hershey’s chocolate account. Hershey’s represents that dream combination — an American brand legend that has never really advertised before.

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