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Firewall & Iceberg Podcast, episode 33: Emmys, reader mail & 'Mad Men'

How wrong were we?

By Alan Sepinwall Monday, Aug 30, 2010 5:54 PM

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Monday means it's time for the Firewall & Iceberg Podcast. (Usually, anyway; we'll be doing the show on Tuesday next week because of Labor Day.) This is the last slow one for a while as we start getting ready for series premieres, but we still devote a bunch of time to the Emmys (and in case you still want to read them, my analysis and Dan's analysis are still up on the site) and to "Mad Men," and answer some reader mail, including a revisit of sorts to last week's discussion of "The Sopranos" ending.

The breakdown:

Emmy analysis -- 00:00 - 21:10

Reader Mail -- 21:10 - 32:15

"Mad Men" -- 32:30 - 52:00 

As always, you can subscribe to The Firewall & Iceberg Podcast over at the iTunes Store, where you can also rate us and comment on us. Or you can always follow our RSS Feed, download the MP3 file or stream it on Dan's blog. And if you have questions for an upcoming show, you can reach us at sepinwall@hitfix.com or dan@hitfix.com

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Alan Sepinwall
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Alan Sepinwall has been reviewing television since the mid-'90s, first for Tony Soprano's hometown paper, The Star-Ledger, and now for HitFix. His new book, "The Revolution Was Televised," about the last 15 years of TV drama, is for sale at Amazon. He can be reached at sepinwall@hitfix.com
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  • Could the logic of putting Pacino and Hanks later for "things most people haven't seen" as Alan said, been to tell people about those things to get them to rent/buy/download the shows on DVD/itunes etc?

    August 31, 2010 at 3:18AM EST Reply to Comment
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    Andrew

    I think a general contrast between definitive and ambiguous endings, or fully-resolved vs. "the story continues" endings, is too broad to draw any useful conclusions. Any one of those types of endings can be good or bad. I think whether it's good or bad depends on whether the ending provides thematic closure. The Wire, the Shield, and the Sopranos provided thematic closure very effectively.

    August 31, 2010 at 11:36AM EST Reply to Comment
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    Eike

    Hey Alan! I love your podcast. But I think a cover that comes with the files in iTunes is missing. It would be great if you can add the Firewall&Iceberg logo to the files in the feed.

    August 31, 2010 at 1:13PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Pei U Sun

    As good as your writing is, is as ackward as your podcasts are.

    August 31, 2010 at 5:34PM EST Reply to Comment
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    annebug

    "Don Drapery." (39:45) Can I get those in beige?

    August 31, 2010 at 9:13PM EST Reply to Comment

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