That was my feeling, too. It almost felt like we had earned he score by the end. When it started playing, I grinned ear-to-ear.

Even better than the white credits was the fact that we got the real Carter Burwell score at the end rather than the show's lesser approximation. That theme is so triumphant and foreboding at the same time. It was the perfect way to tie up the show.

On that note, I think the Mets pennant suggests much more than Lane's death. Or, for Don in 1969, the Mets can become something very different than what they meant for Lane when he bought the pennant. Prior to 1969, the Mets were perennial losers. Lane's decision to choose the Mets of all teams to root for suggests…