Mad Men @ the Movies: "The Milk and Honey Route"
Lynn Lee on the penultimate episode of Mad Men...
As we get closer to the end of “Mad Men,” I’m growing increasingly confident it will stick the final landing. There’s been a new energy and sense of direction offsetting the sadness of saying goodbye, and the penultimate episode, while packed with even more emotional bombshells, continued to bring what felt like natural closures to several major character arcs. As with Joan from last week, even if we see Betty and Pete again, it seems unlikely the finale will contain any further major plot turns for them.
The biggest remaining question mark, not surprisingly, is still Don, the wandering soul of the show. But let me start with the other two, because they are two of my favorites, despite (or maybe because of) the fact that they’ve spent most of the series’ run competing for the title of most-reviled major character on “Mad Men.”