I thought it would be Don that would die in the end either by drinking himself to death as did the author of On the Road Jack Kerouac or that he would pass out at the wheel.

Don's parenting is on par with most fathers from the 1960s.

If she is following the same service system that was used for her father, wouldn't she have been able to reach out to them to provide them with the dress, picture, and lipstick.

All of the cast members with issues could trace it to their mothers. Don - neglectful stepmother while Roger's was the complete opposite but he also suffered from relationship issues with woman. We also have Pete, Betty, Joan and even Bert Cooper. Only healthy mother daughter relationship was Trudy.

Didn't Henry's first wife also die? He probably never thought he would have to go through this a second time especially when he married a younger woman.