The 2nd scenario makes a lot of sense to me, and I think also would explain some of the nuances of Roger and Bert's relationship AND Roger and Don's relationship (seems sometimes like Roger sees Don as a kind of parental figure more than vice versa).

Not that I even know what that is…

Well you're in luck, because McDonald's is debuting "Sexy Grimace" next month!

I think in a world where Hulk, Captain America and alien invasions are real things on the nightly news, we can maybe buy that the NYC presented in that world isn't exactly the same as the NYC in the real world.

Agree- I enjoyed Daredevil, loved Agent Carter, but Agents has been consistently disappointing, save for a small handful of great episodes.

Come on now, Winter Soldier was really close to "world ending stakes," what with Hydra planning to wipe out huge portions of the human population, with options to continue wiping people out in perpetuity. And GotG absolutely had "world ending stakes," it's just that the world wasn't Earth.

The Wire lacks humor and incredible layering? I heartily disagree!

Yeah, you'd think that would have been the end of Don's picking up hitchhikers days, but I guess Don just really loves to live on the edge.

Yes, quibbling over grades is dumb, but I don't see how this is a "minus" episode at all, and the review doesn't really reflect it either. I thought this was pretty much a perfect episode, and there's really no shame in doling out a lot of A's for the great final season of one of the very best shows of the century.

Good point(s). Let's also not forget that shortly before his Hershey meltdown (pun intended), Don fired the sleazy Jaguar dealer who slept with Joan, thus robbing Joan of the satisfaction of angrily firing the guy herself.

But the Sterling in the original Sterling Cooper was not Roger, but Roger's father. So perhaps Sterling Sr was a "Creative" but his son wasn't?

Yes.

Bert implicitly knew that who someone used to be matters less than who they are now

Yeah, seems like we're about due for a big A-list celebrity death.

A Frenchman and a German? However did they work together?

I did the Iggy.

You missed out. Those movies were DOPE.

Is there a scene where the Hulk tap dances

However, they are no longer effective gatekeepers to their own culture, and that seems to infuriate them.

I heard Marvel really reigned reined in Joss Whedon's creative freedom. Should be awesome.