EJ - The finales for the first two seasons of Mad Men weren’t exactly what I’d call “rousing”.  Lest we forget, Season One ended with Don Draper weeping alone on the stairs of his empty house, and Season Two brought us Pete Campbell cradling his shotgun on the eve of the Cuban Missile Crisis.  And considering the two most recent episodes have been relentlessly dark, I was expecting the worst.  Who knew that at least once this week I would be saying “Oh, hell yeah!”?

Of course, the finale wasn’t without its darkness.  The Draper marriage has fallen apart, and surprisingly, Miss Farrell wasn’t to blame.  After weeks of indicating that she had a bit of the Fatal Attraction in her, she ended up backing off.  No, it was pregnancy fetishist Henry Francis who dealt the killing blow.

Don is characteristically dismissive of Betty’s mention of divorce.  (“Maybe you should see a doctor.  A good one this time.”)  Betty is being wholly disingenuous here, blaming everything on Don.  And here’s the thing, she’s right to blame him.  He’s had numerous affairs.  He’s lied to her the entire time.  But that’s not why Betty wants a divorce.  She wants a divorce because of Henry.  Let’s not forget, Betty is cheating and has done so before.  And Henry wasn’t a revenge thing, like her hook-up with Captain Awesome last season.