Barbet Schroeder's Don Draper.
"Mad Man," the series with which every critic in the country seems to be smitten except me, lured no less than Barbet Schroeder in to direct last night's episode "The Grown-Ups," Schroeder's first venture into TV and the next-to-last installment of the season. (And one that -- whoops -- some found disappointing.) Schroeder's not the first unusual director to pop up in "Mad Men"'s three-season run, though, as an Oscar-nominee who filmed both General Idi Ami and Koko the talking gorilla, and who once threatened to cut off his own finger if he didn't get the money to make "Barfly," he's definitely the oddest. But Paul Feig, creator of "Freaks and Geeks" and veteran comedy director ("The Office," "Bored To Death"), directed an episode in season one. Tim Hunter, who's helmed six episodes, directed '80s cult teen movie "River's Edge" (starring early career Crispin Glover and Keanu Reeves). And Daisy...
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