I've always thought of MM as a bit of a magic realist text actually. It's not just the visions, but the dreamy, numinous atmosphere of some episodes. Obviously you can apply real world logic to these things, but the relatively high incidence of them does give the drama an, I think intentional, otherworldly edge.…

Well the simple answer is we're not supposed to root for his success at Sterling Cooper. The song certainly doesn't seem to be suggesting we should, that's for sure.

Nah, Betty's getting a career. But this *could* see Bobby winding up with his dad……

Yeah, it's more ammunition for the THIS ISN'T SOAP OPERA! argument, isn't it? Weiner and Co are interested in depicting break ups *as they really happen* as opposed to plates and shouting and all the rest. That feeling of having your heart quietly torn out of your chest on a slow, still, overcast afternoon. Free of…