Mad Men: The Milk and Honey Route (2015)
Season 7, Episode 13
9/10
On the road to nowhere?
14 July 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Don's adventures always have a bitter taste. Yet again, he finds himself beaten up and stranded in a motel. Is there an end to the humiliations the authors have in store for him?

Even if Don's a millionaire I doubt anybody in his right mind would donate an expensive car to somebody who tried to con him. There is a thin line between generosity and stupidity and Don crossed it. Besides, finding yourself in the middle of nowhere with only a plastic bag is not freedom, is sliding down to Homelessville.

On a side note, I wonder why he didn't just ask for some time out instead of disappearing from the office - to be noted though, that in the previous episode and this one there are a couple of Coca Cola product placements, as if to remind us of Don's ultimate fate.

Meanwhile Betty faces the end with extreme dignity. I was looking forward to her new start and her conquered happiness but her luck run out. Betty's letter to Sally is very moving. Sally herself is less of a brat and more of a fragile teenager forced into adulthood by too much responsibility.

Pete is surprisingly growing up, too. He finds a way to fix his life that was already going pretty well.
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