And who could have predicted that the season would end with Don alone? More importantly, who would have thought that it would bother him? Don spent most of the season with people surrounding him to exactly the extent that he allowed it. Everybody always wanted a little more of Don, and he could pick and choose from among them. And in the end, none of it mattered. His desperate need to make a connection pushed away Rachel. His confusing a financial transaction for emotion pulled him away from his mistress. Adam killed himself after losing his brother for a second time. And as for his wife, oh, poor Betty. So focused on really knowing her husband, even though everything she learned created a greater wedge. Clearly, Betty has emotional problems, but I can’t help but feel like Don created them. For that matter, I’d really like to see some flashbacks dealing with their courtship. What attracted them to one another? Did Betty fall in love with Don in spite of his cold distance, or because of it? But in the end, when Don realized the one thing he didn’t want was to be alone, that’s all he had left.
