Hall of Faces: Who's the Best Character on Mad Men?

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Deep in the bowels of CPN Studios, there lies a chamber only the greatest TV characters can enter – the funniest, the grumpiest, the maddest visages the television medium has to offer. There, we honor the breakout comic relief, the magnetically flawed protagonist, the one-time guest character that defines an entire series. This is where we hoard TV’s most valuable visages. This… is the Hall of Faces.

With The Handmaid's Tale premiering its second season on Hulu on April 26th, Allison and Clint bring on Kate Kulzick of The Televerse and AV Club staff writer Gwen Ihnat to revisit the home of Elisabeth Moss' biggest Peak TV role, Mad Men! Which member of Sterling Cooper/SCDP/SCP makes it into our Hall of Faces - is it Peggy Olsen? Don Draper? Betty Draper? Joan Harris? Listen and find out!
Along the way, we also discuss the wigs and workroom drama of the latest Drag Race, Tig Notaro joining Star Trek Discovery, and the premieres of Killing Eve and Lost in Space.
Timestamps:
3:57 - TV News: Peabody nominees, Tig Notaro joining Star Trek Discovery, NOS4A2 series order at AMC, Kyle Chandler cast in Hulu's Catch-22

15:59 - This Week in TV:
Kate: RuPaul's Drag Race, "The Last Ball on Earth" (VH1)
Clint: Lost in Space (Netflix) (hon. mention: The Expanse, "Fight or Flight" (Syfy))
Gwen: New Girl, "About Three Years Later" (FOX)
Allison: Killing Eve, "Nice Face" and "I'll Deal With Him Later" (BBC America)
Hall of Faces: Mad Men
38:00 - Introduction
41:09 - Backups
53:15 - Main Picks
1:18:28 - Who Would NOT Have Made the List
1:22:04 - Favorite Moment
1:31:38 - Picking the Winner
1:42:22 -Next Week in TV:
Gwen: Riverdale, "A Night to Remember" (CW)
Allison: Laurie Metcalf's guest turn on Supergirl, "Schott Through the Heart" (CW)
Kate: season finales of Jane the Virgin and Black Lightning (CW)
Clint: Westworld, "Journey Into Night" (HBO)
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