It was all so perfect the way it unfolded. Don's righteous anger at Connie, who really made the whole thing possible by spilling the news. The first flashback to his father was when he set foot in Sterling Cooper after hearing it. Was that the moment, then, that he decided to go to Bert? Was it his remembrance of his father's refusal to let the decisions of others control his destiny, to not be batted around like a ping pong ball that pushed Don into Bert's office? To successfully goad Bert into action and for it to be believable even though we've always thought that Bert threw in the towel long ago was quite a feat, especially since Bert greeted Don with, "What's so urgent that you had to wake me?" Roger is next and the first to take advantage of the situation to extract a compliment from Don. Also, "Join or Die?" Welcome back, funny Roger! Lane, who has likely spent weeks ruminating on how close he came to living in India, is ripe for the picking even before Sinjin unknowingly pushes him over the edge. It was fantastic to see Peggy tell Don what she feels, her no is articulate and shows her insight into what she is to Don. His threat to go to Kurt and Smitty rolls right off her. When he goes to her apartment she looks at him like she knows she's getting a Draper-moment pitch and she's immune to it. She is not. Pete and Trudy are brilliant, with Trudy catching on before Pete and Pete's "I'm not really sick." And he brought Clearasil with him, which may mean they'll be adopting soon, right? Harry and Pete in the elevator having two different conversations was typical of poor clueless Harry. Don kicking open the art department was inexplicably great. And of course Roger calls Joan. It's perfect. As were the details of Bert moving his art and Peggy not getting coffee. Thank you for showing a bit of the aftermath, everyone gossiping and trying to figure everything out the next day, including Paul's disappointment when he sees Peggy's empty office. All in all, this was an extremely satisfying finale. It was exciting, suspenseful, funny and poignant. Thank you.
