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Mad Men – Season 7, Episode 8 Severance

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Don attempts to track down a friend; Joan tries to solve a problem with an account; an unlikely person sets up Peggy.
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Mad Men — Season 7, Episode 8

Mad Men — Season 7, Episode 8

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"Severance" presents the age-old dilemma of human fulfillment, setting the stage for a final season layered with the big questions asked by Mad Men's beloved characters.

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Cast & Crew

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Jon Hamm

Don Draper

John Slattery

Roger Sterling

Vincent Kartheiser

Pete Campbell

January Jones

Betty Draper

Christina Hendricks

Joan Holloway

Elisabeth Moss

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Mad Men — Season 7, Episode 8

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Will Dean Guardian 04/09/2015
Dreams, death, desire and despair mingle in this hallucinatory episode as Mad Men hits the final straight - the 70s. Go to Full Review Emily St. James Vox 04/07/2015
"Severance" has a host of scenes where the characters talk about that second life they never got to live, the one for their dreams. Go to Full Review Serena Davies Daily Telegraph (UK) 04/06/2015
4/5
This wasn't an episode about secretaries and staplers, it was about dreams and delusions, the characters' but also the viewers'. Go to Full Review Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez Tom & Lorenzo 06/08/2018
Good God, Don. This? AGAIN? Go to Full Review Bill Brioux Brioux.tv 04/21/2015
Creator Matthew Weiner, who, as usual, has written the season opener, seems determined to pound home the grim lesson that people don't really ever change. That flies in the face of most conventional TV dramas. Go to Full Review Matt Roush TV Insider 04/07/2015
The first episode back is narratively stronger and more entertaining than much of the somnolent first half of the final season. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis Don attempts to track down a friend; Joan tries to solve a problem with an account; an unlikely person sets up Peggy.
Director
Scott Hornbacher
Executive Producer
Matthew Weiner, Scott Hornbacher
Screenwriter
Matthew Weiner
Network
AMC
Rating
TV-14 (L|S)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Apr 5, 2015