"Mad Men" ends Season 3 with a fist-pumping finale
"I mean, come on," says Tim Goodman, "that was a gloriously fast-driven episode that brought both joy and emotional pay-off to everyone who has ground through the machinations of Don and Betty Draper this season. In fact, the finale was about as close to a full-on fist-pumper as any episode that "Mad Men" has ever aired. I can't recall an episode in this series where I've paused the TV to let out a pent-up whoop of exaltation. This was a beautiful, rewarding mix of forward movement – Don, Roger, Bert and Lane conspiring to start their own agency as Sterling Cooper is sold out from underneath them – and the emotional angst of Don and Betty splitting in half."
Next season: It's "Mad Men: New and Improved!" // Are Don's daddy issues dead?
Why end the season with Roy Orbison's "Shahadaroba"? // Where will Bert fit in?
A rewarding finale, sets up all sorts of great storylines for Season 4
Connie Hilton was the season's Macguffin // Don lost one family, gained another
Draper is stripped bare // Was hitting reset the right thing to do?
Q&A with Jon Hamm // Everything Don said in Season 3 // Roger Sterling's 1-liners

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