I always felt that Breaking Bad was horribly overrated and found it unpleasant to watch. Mad Men was to me far more interesting and the characters fascinating.

Well, y'know, that's the business they are in, right? Selling stuff? That's what they all do in the show. The cultural and social events of the time they portrayed were always affecting their work. It was always about that, not the events themselves and the good or bad of those. How can finding a great new way to do…

The beginning of this finale filled me with unease. I had visions of Don spending his fortune on the hot-rod guys or being robbed blind by that girl, or by Stephanie, and then scrambling to get to wherever he needed to go.

Weiner killing off Betty with lung cancer.

"Tar" is a generic term referring to the products of combustion of any material, not just tobacco. It's basically the stuff on the inside of a chimney, a witche's brew of all sorts of compounds. If there is smoke, there is "tar". Herbal cigarettes or anything else you burn produces the same general thing.

Well, the reality is that most people who smoke, don't get lung cancer. Most people who get lung cancer smoked at some point, true, but the percentage of all smokers who get it is actually pretty small. So from that point of view it seemed contrived, especially given her age. If it was Roger or Don who were to be…

This was not the episode I expected.

No, these were not local ads. The Lincoln ad, the tequila ad, the Expedia ad, the Nationwide ad, the Google ad, the Pom ad, the hotels.com ad… they all were network and all looked awful.

A couple of minor points that just struck me:

But 500 of those are just your troll posts, so they don't count. Nor do you. See ya!

When I watched this at first airing last night I could not believe how quickly the hour passed. Then I watched the first repeat of it and the same thing happened. That alone tells me it was a very good episode. The fact that I enjoyed it supports that.

Regarding the outcomes for the team moving over to McCann - Don could probably find a role if he controls himself somewhat; Ted seems to fit right in; and Pete will also. But Joan would be shoehorned into a role that likely wouldn't be satisfying for her, and god only knows what Roger would do there - would he…

To me, Peggy has always looked older than she was actually supposed to be, and it looked that way again in this episode. I think they are also padding her costumes somewhat to make her look heavy. I find it remarkable how a very attractive lady like Elisabeth Moss can be made to appear not particularly attractive in…

What a great episode. So many good scenes. Lou Avery gone - good. Diana disappears - good. Pete punches Headmaster MacDonald - beyond good. Trudy and Pete hint at a future reconciliation - good (he'll never do any better, though how he could walk away from that L.A. real estate hottie is a mystery). Richard may…

Well, I hope she's gone. But with this show, you never know. As with you, I did not like the character and didn't really see how she fit in beyond the obvious physical characteristics that Don seems to go for.

One theme I haven't noticed being discussed much is the increasingly frequent way Don is seen and used around the office as sort of a senior adviser, a sage voice of experience, a consultant, a sounding board - but actually doing less actual advertising work. I find myself wondering if that is a good or a bad thing…

I was surprised and disappointed to see Lou Avery re-emerge in this episode in the L.A. office (I thought that was supposed to go away after McCann bought them?) which looks about as non-L.A. as possible, But since the secret is out that he is spending his days pitching Scout's Honor to Hanna-Barbera instead of…

A bottle of Chivas Regal to be exact.

Especially in the first half or so, I agree. Nice to see an ep where not everything is full of conflict and angst.

Disappointed in this one. The Diana character simply does not work for me despite how much she may be a reflection of/itch-scratcher for Don's past life. He's a different person now with the ability to write million-dollar cheques. No way a diner waitress would interest him any further than the rendezvous in the…