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Mad Men: Did Don Draper Make the Right Choice?

Originally posted 03/25/2012 11:10PM

When Mad Men's season 4 wrapped up nearly a year and a half ago, Don Draper (Jon Hamm) was on the precipice of a major life change. He had proposed to his young secretary, Megan (Jessica Paré) after taking her on a trip to Disneyland with his children.

As in seasons past, Sunday night's premiere episode has been shrouded in secrecy – with nary a plot point revealed. (Not even the year in which the season is set!)

So, if you haven't seen the season 5 premiere yet, stop reading! There are spoilers ahead …

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Filed Under: Mad Men, TV News, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery, Jon Hamm, Roger Sterling

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Jon Hamm Cannot Be Tricked – Though Mad Men Cast Tries

Originally posted 03/24/2012 03:00PM

You wouldn't mess with Don Draper around the office at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. And you shouldn't mess with Jon Hamm, the man behind those suits and ties, on the Mad Men set.

But his costars thought about it.

John Slattery, who plays troubled executive Roger Sterling, and Elisabeth Moss, who plays secretary-turned-ad copywriter Peggy Olson on the AMC series – whose season 5 premiere is Sunday – attempted to play a prank on Hamm when he was making his directorial debut for the show's April 1 episode.

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Filed Under: Mad Men, Elisabeth Moss, John Slattery, Jon Hamm

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Mad Men: A Look Back Before Season 5 Premieres

Originally posted 03/22/2012 08:30AM

AMC's Mad Men is back Sunday after an absence of more than a year, and its maniacally intense fans are anticipating what new developments are in the pipeline at the chilled offices of 1960s ad agency Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. Mad Men is too subtle to resort to cliffhangers – people here live or die according to what account gets signed over a business lunch lubricated with drinks – but season 4 ended with everyone poised on the brink of ... something.

Something maybe good, possibly bad. Maybe neither. It's that kind of show. Ominous, but incrementally so.

Before Sunday's premiere, here's a refresher as to where the show's main characters were when we left them:

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Filed Under: Mad Men, TV News, Christina Hendricks, Elisabeth Moss, January Jones, John Slattery, Jon Hamm

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January Jones's Birth 'Excites' Mad Men Cast

Originally posted 09/28/2011 11:15AM

She may play an icy blonde on the Emmy-winning Mad Men, but in real-life January Jones is one red-hot mama.

Barely more than two weeks after her first child, Xander Dane Jones, was born on Sept. 13, the actress, 33, was seen out and about with him – and back in beautiful shape.

As for how her maternity might play out on the new season of the AMC hit, costar Jon Hamm, 40, told PEOPLE at this past weekend's Rape Foundation Annual Brunch, hosted by the cast of Mad Men: "I'll let you see that when you see it, but she is no longer pregnant. She has had a baby, and she's very excited and happy and healthy. Both sides are very healthy and happy, which is very sweet."