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The Footnotes of 'Mad Men': Episode 302, with Ada Louise Huxtable, Patio Diet Pepsi and Yetta Wallenda

To think, rough and tough New Yorkers were once scared of a little 'urban renewal project'! Here in California-where, according to Don Draper in last night's episode, "everything is new and the people are filled with hope"-we demolished an entire ravine populated with salt-of-earth immigrants to build our fancy stadium. And our stadium is still in the same place! Anyway. True to form, the show's casual historic references highlighted the episode's (Love Among the Ruins) theme: diminution and renewal. Starting with the destruction of Penn station and ending with-well, no spoilers here!-the episode's references encapsulated a waning generation's anxiety about the future. READ MORE