Mad Men Season 6 Episode 12, "The Quality of Mercy"

"The Quality of Mercy" is a quote from The Merchant of Venice, and applies in more than one way (as usual) with multiple characters getting the opportunity to show mercy...or not.

In this episode, we finally figure out just who Bob Benson is - are you surprised? The big reveal showed a real subversion in how certain characters reacted, and how they would have reacted in years before. Did Pete show mercy, was he weak, or was Cenk right about his ulterior motives?

Is "the quality of mercy" really in reference to how one turns mercy into power?

What about Sally's situation at boarding school-- will she receive mercy? Did Don overdo it with his lack of mercy?

And what about the creeping Rosemary's Baby motif? It's back again, but what does it mean? Why was it placed in the show?


What the Flick's Ben Mankiewicz (Host, Turner Classic Movies), Alonso Duralde (TheWrap.com and Linoleum Knife podcast) and Cenk Uygur (Host, The Young Turks) discuss all this and much more on this What The Flick-TV episode!

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