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[quote=Anonymous]I thought this was thought-provoking, regarding Diana. I tend to agree with the author (was written a few episodes ago, but I think still holds true).  http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bastard-machine/mad-men-purpose-diana-anxiety-790005

[i]"With Megan in California and effectively an "ex," Don is free to enjoy the Swinging '70s right out of the gate. The first episode shows him happy, dating, screwing, etc. — he had calls in from four women as if to suggest that he's just a slightly younger version of Roger, salving his unhappiness with booze and women.

Until Rachel dies.

Until he realizes that even Betty and Henry (and the boys) seem happy.

It's becoming clear that "the life not lived" is going to haunt him. This remains entirely consistent with the main theme of Mad Men.

And then Don meets Diana, whom he thinks he knows — not just from somewhere, but somehow knows, truly and deeply. The second-half premiere introduces Diana in a very odd, almost dream-like way. Last week's episode diluted the semi-fugue-state feel but kept Don interested in Diana — just not how many people seem to think.

Diana is different from the stewardess and the model and whoever else might be calling Don every night. Post-Rachel's-death, he's a changed man — which is both a consistent development for the series and a significant plot point that Weiner is trying to spotlight in this last rush to the end. As a character, Don has to wake up to the sum of his life experiences to this point. Rachel's death is an epiphany and Diana's arrival is … something else.    ......

......First, don't think of Diana as some last-minute add-on. As the visionary creator who has guided Mad Men this impressively and this far, Weiner is introducing this character because she's a connecting rod to his story about Don — there's meaning to what Diana represents to Don. Whatever she turns out to be, Weiner put considerable thought into it. Give the man credit for that at least. She's not a creation he's throwing into the final seven episodes as a diversion or a place-holder (like Sylvia was). Diana matters somehow."[/i][/quote]

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