After all this show has done for me entertainment-wise I'm in for the long haul. But yea - you said it...these abbreviated seasons always piss me off and the networks' greed trumps the narrative of the show which is obnoxious. Breaking Bad and The Sopranos were able to overcome it and finish fairly strong IMO, and I'm sure Mad Men will too ... I just wish the story took priority over the networks' desire to fucking drag it out and risk the story for their bottom line.

Anyway - yea I think the waitress storyline is hopefully on its way out tho but that said, it will feel like a rushed and forced storyline if that's all we see of her. So I almost hope it's "done" while still being totally fleshed out as a Don storyline, if that makes sense. In other words I hope (and expect) that by the end of the season we understand what the purpose of it was, even if that was the last we see of it.