The Week on AdFreak

Vintage trains, Google boyfriends, magic tricks, and one truly viral billboard: the week's top posts

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HBO ruled the rails this week with a vintage NYC subway train it brought back into service as a Boardwalk Empire promotion. Elsewhere, Google engineered the perfect boyfriend, Tom Brady stumped for Uggs, and Warner Brothers grew a Contagion billboard completely out of bacteria. Below, the 10 most-read AdFreak posts of the week.

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