Mad Men: Don still loves Betty

In recent episodes of Mad Men, Don has been staying in a hotel because Betty found out about his affair with Bobbie Barrett. This week, Betty invited Don to come home, but it was not because she wanted to forgive him. Betty's brother had called to tell her that their father had suffered a stroke. Don and Betty drove up state to be with the family. Betty's father was out of the hospital and no longer in any critical medical condition. However, there had clearly been disastrous mental consequences. On one occasion, her father mistook Betty for her sister Ruth, and then later mistook her for their late mother and did not know what year it was.

Back at Sterling-Cooper, Campbell was preparing for a business trip to Los Angeles. He has been under a lot of stress lately, and the trip would be the first time he had flown since his father died in a plane crash. He and his wife have been trying to get pregnant for months with no success and were beginning to consider adoption. Campbell's mother was completely intolerant of the idea, saying that they were castoffs that no one would want. He has never had a good relationship with her, and he even told Peggy that he hated his mother.

The title of the episode, "The Inheritance," comes from Betty beginning to worry about what will happen to her father's estate if he were to die. He has remarried, and her new stepmother has gotten rid of many of the things at their house that Betty enjoyed. At night, Betty slept in the bed, but Don slept on the floor. In the middle of the night, Betty came down to the floor and started making out with him, but Don awoke to realize that it was only a dream. When they returned back home, Don began to come upstairs, but Betty told him that she wanted him to leave. With this news, Don told Roger Sterling that he would like to go on the trip to Los Angeles with Campbell, and the episode ended with their plane taking off.

Next week's episode is entitled "Jet Set" and will undoubtedly feature Don's trip to California. The trip will probably be ripe with the opportunity for Don to continue to sleep with whoever he wants. The dream about Betty clearly shows that he still is in love with her; will this prevent him from straying during the business trip? Also, with Freddy now on leave of absence, this trip really presents itself as an opportunity for Campbell to impress Don. The emmy-award winning drama continues every Sunday at 9/8c on AMC.

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