Freddy doesn't go to parties.

Betty was a classic trophy wife. When he became Don, Dick was actively seeking to build the life he thought he wanted, in a world he knew only via advertising – if you're a successful man, this is how you dress, this is the woman you marry, this is the house you live in, these are the things you buy to fill that…

"…we're all to take Dick at his word…"

I DON'T WORK FOR YOU.

I don't see that Don was forced to disclose his past based on the security clearance forms. Megan knew there was some kind of problem with the forms, but she didn't know what it was, specifically. The information on the forms was Don Draper's, not Dick Whitman's – remember, he tells Pete "There are three lies here,"…

Considering where the company was over the last few episodes of season four, I was expecting Cosgrove to reply that "stable" is also a step forward between "failing" and "successful."

Dick Whitman's real birthday was six months before Memorial Day; he's using Don's birthday (Memorial Day) for appearances. But in the season three premiere, he's clearly lying to get the stewardess in bed.

True, dumping Faye for Megan was batshit insane, but look at it from the perspective of a businessman in the mid-sixties: He's in the market for a mother who can hold down the home and show up on his arm when necessary. Faye was terrible with the kids and has a life of her own. Megan was terrific with the kids and is…

As far as Pete Campbell has come on this show, nothing has changed my perception of his character as much as the picture on top of this review.

As usual, best line of the night goes to Roger Sterling, explaining why he couldn't get Jane to emulate Megan's sexy song-and-dance: "She doesn't speak French, and she doesn't like me."

My biggest disappointment in this show, in its entire run, is the transformation of Betty from a complex, interesting character over the first three seasons into a one-note, abusive shrew in season four. She's always been a bad wife and mother, but I understood and sympathized with her frustration as a useless…

I think that accurately describes the first half. It seems like AMC told Matt Weiner "Give us an extra hour on the premiere" and he said "Can we spend 40 minutes on a really groovy party?"

Ken's wife is Alex Mack.

He was Dick Sargeant-ed.

I love Arrested Development, but it was not popular/successful (hence its cancellation). Ditto Party Down, which didn't go out on its own terms and remains obscure to 99.9999% of Americans. ("Lucky Louie" and "The Critic" fall into the same category – good shows, but by no means successful. The great "Taxi" also…

I can't think of a popular sitcom, ever, that didn't overstay its
welcome.
My personal example is always "Frasier," a brilliant show for its first
four or five years and a disaster for its final four or five. Even
"Seinfeld," which got to call its parting shot with stellar reputation
and audience intact, declined to…

Actually, without 'The Office' as an anchor, best bet is probably that the Thursday cult hits get broken up and shuffled around the schedule in hopes their (relatively) small but loyal audiences follow. I read recently that CBS is stocking up to challenge NBC's Thursday night lineup with a nuclear schlock bomb, so the…

"…Leslie Bibb (in the role of 'woman who definitely looks like she would be married to Rob Corddry and also carrying his child')…"

I assume one of the writers mistakenly typed "Tony" instead of "Toby" at some point – the 'B' and 'N' are right next to each other on the keyboard – and thought it was kind of funny. Maybe a kind of callback to "Dwigt" in Michael's original draft of "Threat Level Midnight."

This is my biggest complaint (of many) with the show. It's featured at least a dozen bona fide inter-office relationships: