“Mad Men”: Did You See That Coming?
I can’t remember a “Mad Men†finale that laid quite so much track for the storylines of the subsequent season. For the show’s penultimate season, that’s appropriate as the saga of Don Draper heads into its final 13 installments. [Don’t read further if you haven’t watched last night’s episode.] I have to hand to to Matthew Weiner and Co. I didn’t see Don Draper’s confessional moves coming, even though of course in hindsight there were plenty of hints. Indeed one of the most powerful moments of season six was the fearless Sally Draper looking her father in the eye and telling him “I don’t know anything about you†in the wake of the experience with creepy “Aunt Ida.â€
