With AMC's award-winning series Mad Men airing new episodes Sunday nights, I recently had the chance to participate in a roundtable interview with Jessica Pare. Since the cast is always guarded when talking about upcoming episodes, most of the interview covered the twists and turns of last season, how much she finds out about upcoming storylines, Megan and Don's (Jon Hamm) relationship, going from guest star to series regular, the wardrobe, and more. Hit the jump to either read or listen to what Pare had to say. Before going any further…spoilers from previous seasons and the season 6 premiere are discussed during this interview. If you'd like to listen to the audio of this interview, click here. Otherwise the full transcript is below. Look for another Mad Men interview soon. Question: When you look at this character, what do you think she represents from that time period, as far as women are concerned? JESSICA PARE: Well, a lot of things, but I think, first of all, one of the great things about the show in general is that there are no characters that are solely stereotypes or archetypes of that era, or any era. They're all full and real people, so they don't represent one single idea or movement at all times of their existence, but I think Megan is probably part of the first generation of women that thought that she could have a career and a family life without so many social barriers. I think she's one of the first who thought it's just ...
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