"Uh, hello, airplanes?  Yeah, it's blimps.  You win!"

Well, obviously, any that were delivered by that legend of the silver screen, Billy Zane.

Well, obviously, any that were delivered by that legend of the silver screen, Billy Zane.

And the fact that Joan is hyper-competent makes her all the quicker to anger when faced with gross incompetence.

And the fact that Joan is hyper-competent makes her all the quicker to anger when faced with gross incompetence.

You mean with the exception of Megan and Allison and Faye and Andrea the freelancer and Rachel the client and Bobbie the talent's wife and potentially Midge (who he presumably met when she worked for SC as a freelance illustrator).  Don did plenty of shitting and eating in the same place, he just usually did it with…

You mean with the exception of Megan and Allison and Faye and Andrea the freelancer and Rachel the client and Bobbie the talent's wife and potentially Midge (who he presumably met when she worked for SC as a freelance illustrator).  Don did plenty of shitting and eating in the same place, he just usually did it with…

We don't see them speak often, but the interactions that we do see (post-lawnmower hospital, post-Allison's tantrum, "I need a new apartment," etc.) show a deep level of respect and trust.  They know each other well and have got each other's backs.

We don't see them speak often, but the interactions that we do see (post-lawnmower hospital, post-Allison's tantrum, "I need a new apartment," etc.) show a deep level of respect and trust.  They know each other well and have got each other's backs.

It happened well before the start of the series, but was mentioned at least a couple of times.  In the pilot, Joan told Peggy to avoid the mistakes she had made, "especially that one," pointing at Kinsey.  I think they also discuss it in Nixon v. Kennedy, and their history is why she was so mean to Sheila in Flight 1.

It happened well before the start of the series, but was mentioned at least a couple of times.  In the pilot, Joan told Peggy to avoid the mistakes she had made, "especially that one," pointing at Kinsey.  I think they also discuss it in Nixon v. Kennedy, and their history is why she was so mean to Sheila in Flight 1.

I can't wait until she and Pete's Gilmore Girl get a Thelma-and-Louise spinoff where they stare at people with unblinking, dead eyes and toss creepy come-ons at beta males.

I can't wait until she and Pete's Gilmore Girl get a Thelma-and-Louise spinoff where they stare at people with unblinking, dead eyes and toss creepy come-ons at beta males.

Kinsey's return might have been the only thing that could've cheered up Joan better than Don's pep talk, had they encountered one another.  "This sucks, I'm getting a divor—-oh wait, holy shit, I used to bone THAT guy?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!  All things considered, things are great."

Kinsey's return might have been the only thing that could've cheered up Joan better than Don's pep talk, had they encountered one another.  "This sucks, I'm getting a divor—-oh wait, holy shit, I used to bone THAT guy?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!  All things considered, things are great."

I think it's safe to say that Don and Joan as work-husband/work-wife has continually been the healthiest AND the sexiest relationship on the show.

I think it's safe to say that Don and Joan as work-husband/work-wife has continually been the healthiest AND the sexiest relationship on the show.

I assumed that's why they dressed him up in his cat burgling costume.

I assumed that's why they dressed him up in his cat burgling costume.

And unlike Boardwalk, this show didn't fritter away 60% of its first season hundreds of miles away from the rest of the action or waste time on disjointed, disconnected subplots like Jimmy's wife's sapphic leanings.  Credit goes to Magic City for keeping most everything tight and tied to the hotel business.