Closing thoughts:

Others have mentioned it in passing, but Bert's line about Ida Blankenship in her obituary, about her being born in a farm and dying on the top floor of an office building, that she was an astronaut. Very fitting the timeliness, for lack of a better word, of Bert's death here.

Was anyone else reminded of The Godfather during the scene where Megan calls it quits with Don? Just the way they chose to light and frame Jon Hamm in that scene was very Michael Corleone-esque.

I believe it's definitely meant to be ominous. He is being serenaded to by a dead man. It didn't come across to me as being light-hearted, tonally.

I love that Sally, or rather Kiernan Shipka's portrayal of her, while smoking is nearly identical in posture and pose to that of her mother Betty.

No idea, it doesn't fit into the given paragraph whatsoever, at least to me.

Yeah, such a deep hole, 38 likes so far on an article on the internet, I'm doomed by this social faux pas.

Given that this show is shot in California, I'd wager that the actor portraying that character is more than likely Mexican. I don't know that any of it matters in the long run.

Whoops, looks like I was politically incorrect on the internet. That's probably a first.

I agree, she should've strolled in through the bedroom door right after Megan did for a foursome. I guess they're saving that for the series finale though.

Next episode, and every episode from here on out, I expect Don to get a phone call from a character from the past asking for help. Tonight it was Stephanie. Next week? Sally's school teacher from season three's epileptic brother who Don gave his card to and said to call if he ever needed anything.

From the review:

With the surreal occurrences happening this season, the idea of brother and sister in bed (as well as Roger and Marigold laying next to each other last episode) have become unsettling for me.

I feel as if that's the last of him, I don't think his condition is one that improves with time or gets better overnight. He was slowly growing more neurotic and paranoid each season he was on the show.

A silent Lou and Cutler conspiring against Don.

Very much tying in with the Shangri-La theme, or the notion of Don leaving advertising altogether and just focusing on the simpler things in life.

The return of Sal for another threesome with Cutler and Lou in the computer room.

I assume they broke up when she didn't let him cut off her nipples? The real OTP of Mad Men anyways is Ginsberg and Stan's shoulders, clearly.

Just for the occasion, would you mind changing your username to Nip In A Bog?

I think he has always been very happy-go-lucky. He's someone who just likes to enjoy himself, sometimes at the expense of others. To think how far his character has come from his brutish introduction, to the character he is now where he's somewhat of a fan favorite, is saying something.