If we’re going to keep running with the Superman thing, which the show seems fine with doing, Don Draper’s kryptonite is his mother issues, specifically the ones involving the prostitute who made him an orphan by dying in childbirth (I found it interesting that the brothel madam from last week resembled the type of woman who Fat Betty is supposed to be turning into) and the stepmother who threw that fact in his face, the same way Megan does at Howard Johnson. Later, in a flashback, Sally wants to know if there’s a way back to vacation world. Roger wants his youth back, Ginsberg wants to be back with his people on their home planet, but Don just wants Megan, who makes him feel the closest sensation to being a child himself than he ever has. The thought of her abandoning him brings him to his knees. He may just want to hold her hand but his hulking frame is in danger of squeezing the very life out of her.
Superman Don gets a whiff of Kryptonite as ‘Mad Men’ trips out | by Starlee Kine | Capital New York
