With her Ice Princess demeanor and penchant for shaming her daughter, Betty Draper is one of Mad Men's most despised characters. But are viewers just failing to understand her complexity?

Between budget cuts, broken homes, retro-future interior design, AA, and Swedish dating habits on last night's episode, it's clear that "old fashioned" is for the birds and "mod" is the cooler way to be.

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The Mad Men dolls are not for kids. According to The New York Times, they're part of the "premium-price collectors' series" for adults. But there's a problem with the mini Don Draper, Betty Draper, Roger Sterling and Joan Holloway:

We love John Webster's unofficial Mad Men Valentines, but since they don't cover Season 3, we've made a few more. Feel free to print them out, paste on macaroni, and give them to your Valentine — or even your spouse.

In an interview with E!'s Jennifer Godwin, there's good news and bad news. The good news? Betty's coming back. Matt Weiner says: "I don't like spoilers, but you will find out that January's contract has been renewed." He adds:

It's that time again: January Jones is tonight's host, and the Black Eyed Peas are tonight's musical guest. Do you think it'll feel a bit weird to laugh at Betty Draper? I guess we'll have to watch and see.

Watching Betty and Don's final fight on Sunday night, I couldn't help but be overwhelmed with a sense of glee. Hasta La Vista, Betty!

Mr. Whitman got kicked in the head by a horse, and Mr. Draper got kicked in the head by a "whore." Don's always been ambivalent about this life. Now that he's about to lose it, he wants it all back.

Things got downright confrontational on last night's episode, titled "The Hobo and the Gypsy."

Betty and Don Draper make smoking and boozing look glamorous. But all that hard living is more likely to ruin their perfect facade than their respective extramarital affairs. Check out what we think the Drapers could look like in 1983.

With Sterling Cooper for sale, Betty finding Dick in a box, and JFK's assassination and feminism's second wave on the horizon, people's worlds are going to change, and they will each see it differently…"but they don't really want to."

"[He] was not supportive of my acting," she says in the November issue of GQ. "He was like, I don't think you're going to be good at this." Obligatory slideshow of Betty Draper in lingerie here. [People, GQ]

Last night's episode, "Wee Small Hours," was full of high expectations and enormous letdowns.

On this week's Mad Men, Betty indulged her latest Daddy issues, Don tried to stave off deals with devils, Peggy learned what she's worth to the men in her life, and Joan was tragically absent. Everyone is expendable.

Personal Astrology Profile for Eugene Draper
Birth Date and Time..... June 21, 1963 4:56 AM
Birth Location.............. Tarrytown, New York

On last night's Mad Men, little Sally Draper - albeit briefly - got in touch with her inner Lord of the Flies.

Peggy Olson on musical star Ann-Margret: "Let's assume we can get a girl who can match Ann-Margret's ability to be 25 and act 14."

Just as Monday's avatar-mania begins to die down, AMC has released a whole mess of Mad Men promo photos of the cast. What can we learn about Season 3 from these fierce, posed portraits?

In honor of Season 3 of Mad Men, AMC has just launched one of those "make your own avatar" applications. I did it, with some unintentionally amusing results.