Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Mad Men provide AMC with around a tenth of the "business" that The Walking Dead does? I don't see how it's ending could have much of an impact on their business plans at all.

Don knows who the creative director of the firm is. He resented Peggy at first because she's a woman telling HIM what to do, but he realised Peggy was only doing what she was told to and came in the next day and got to work on the tags. Lou will get his in due time.

Lou is not a cool dude at all. His whole motivation for the raise was to consolidate his power over Don. It was a masterstroke, but not at all cool.

How often was anyone actually drunk at midday in season one? A few drinks with lunch or to celebrate, but not often an entire bottle of vodka (32 drinks), and Don knows he's not supposed to be drinking on the job anymore, and likely told Freddy this as well, so they are naturally trying to keep it on the down low so…

Don can down a whole bottle of vodka and more-or-lesss casually walk out of the office. The man's my idol

Twas either a dread or a delirium tremens-induced hallucination. I read a statement from Matt Weiner stating that a few years ago. DEFINITELY not a ghost.