Don is one of the luckiest bastards in the fictional universe. People around him seem to implode, especially when they are in competition with him. I think it is possible he can stick to the terms. He has been amazingly controlled during his hiatus and excellent at keeping up appearances.

He has been amazingly controlled during his hiatus and excellent at keeping up appearances.

We've seen him do that before though. When he was first with Megan he wasn't drinking as much and not cheating, but he always ends up going back to his old ways.

I was actually expecting him to end up with that blonde woman. Maybe he's grown?

I think it's interesting that Bob (is that his name? Ted' guy) referred to Don as their collective ex-wife, and he's much more willing to bow to their wishes to stay together than he is with Megan.

sj,

sure, but one could argue that he is changing a bit: his relationship with his daughter is pretty good (for now) and he has been as honest with her as he could be.

I was surprised that he and Megan were still married when the season started. She said some terrible shit to him at the end of last season that I thought would be unforgivable. Don was an ass of course, but that was just bad business.

le nubian: He still lied to his daughter before he realized she was on to him and only then did he tell her the truth about his job. And I don't think he ever told Megan about his affair. I feel that everything with Don is still about appearances and keeping up the persona he created for himself. Eventually that persona is unsustainable.

I was surprised that he and Megan were still married when the season started.

Me too.

Is Mad Men straight-up trolling us with the very existence of Bobby Draper? I mean really.

Could you expand on this? I thought that whole sub-plot was supposed to tell us something about Betty, though I'm not sure what the something is. Other than that, try as she might, she's a terrible mother.

I thought that whole sub-plot was supposed to tell us something about Betty, though I'm not sure what the something is. Other than that, try as she might, she's a terrible mother.

That was what I got out of the scene too, but shouldn't Bobby be older after nine years? And for that matter, shouldn't Gene be older too?

Could you expand on this? I thought that whole sub-plot was supposed to tell us something about Betty, though I'm not sure what the something is. Other than that, try as she might, she's a terrible mother.

Eventually it did get to that point but mostly it was just Bobby saying incredibly useless, obvious, boring shit, which is like his whole thing as a character. He is like the anti-Sally.

Like on a show with such rich, complex characterization and layered dialogue...you also have Bobby fucking Draper.