Location Alert— Any other SoCal denizens on this thread? I swear that the location for the 'Don sitting on the bench at the Bus Stop scene' is out between Camarillo and Oxnard. I think those are the hangars for the Ventura County Joint Naval Base (aka Pt. Mugu NAS) in the background.

Yep, and the karma of that moment is "Don gave something of himself and admitted the sin—- and got bashed in the face with a phone book for it".

No argument there. I still get sick thinking of my dad's cigar smoke blowing into the back set. ugh.

Only in the case where Dick-Don went completely off-the-grid and dumpster'd his previous life entirely… Hard to imagine, but how Dick begat Don is pretty unbelievable too.

Because she and Don had worked together for 10 years and generally the extended community turns out for funerals? I actually don't know— just keep seeing the "party" teaser where most of the core cast is there, but not Betty. Assumed that it was foreshadowing…

In 1960 people were keenly aware of the hazards of those cleaning bags—- there was like a hysteria over it. You'd have thought it was the #3 cause of childhood death, behind "running with scissors" and "swimming less than 4 hours after eating".

Yeah, it's up there with Pete-the-rapist now seems like a family man

I think Diner's Club (which he almost certainly would still be carrying then) was pretty good with cash advances at banks, as was Amex.

Yeah, it seemed routine. And, normal. So, it fits that even though he seems to have left his Ad Guy persona behind he's not abandoning his 'Don Draper Father Figure' persona. But, will Sally tell him when he calls???

Or, Virgil from Burn Notice as a motel proprietor?

Oh, I don't know. For awhile (the dry cleaning bag incident and the sandwich incidents come to mind) she was making Mommy Dearest Joan Crawford look like Mom-of-the-year.

And I want a real Coke in a glass bottle on a summer midwestern afternoon…

Agree. Total non sequitur.

Yeah, I think Don HAS to come back to be with the kids— to be true to the man he really is. Wonder how he gets word of Betty's impending demise?

But, does Glen get his last wish with Betty?

They may meet again at Betty's wake— if Don goes back.

Twas a dignified send-off for Betty, who we've loved to hate on.

I didn't see Betty's early demise coming, but it will reveal Don's true nature…
whatever name he's operating under.

Don always stands on principle, so I've come back around to the "Ends with a Whimper, Not With a Bang" theory that Don ends up back with his kids— retired and doing right by his kids, with Betty taken by lung cancer.