Don Draper comes to terms with his life: Mad Men final season

I guess Mad Men has always been about Don Draper but the (final) current season (7?) is really the story of Don - he's a much more prominent figure here than in any of the preceding: his "first family" barely plays a role in the first 3 episodes, except for daughter, who by the way has blossomed into a terrific teen actress - and one of the best segments of the first 3 episodes was Don's struggle with her and his gradually winning her over through not bullying but caring and communication. The preceding season ended with Don's Hershey meltdown, when he told the sordid story of his life, more of less, during a horrifyingly wrong pitch; final moment was his taking his kids to the dilapidated house where he was born - at last he is opening up to others about his difficult childhood. But those themes have not precisely been picked up in the final season; rather, we see other ways in which Don tries to know himself and be a good man: he turns down opportunities for gratuitous sex, he truly seems to want to get back to work, in particularly at Sterling (spoiler: at end of 3rd episode he does go back, accepting, or at least so it seems, very unfavorable and constricting terms). Again and again I'm impressed with the writing - as in the great The Wire, there's not a line you want to miss, everything that's said adds some to plot or character or both. As Don gains his stability, the agency seems to be reeling - and if I have any quibbles about the top of season 7 it's that we don't really see enough about the ad business: in earlier episodes, it seemed most episode was based on a single pitch, but we've moved off of that by now and the story is more about the characters, which leads to the danger of the plot veering toward soap or melodrama. That hasn't happened - yet - and Don's return to the office may bring us more about the business life, and it's obvious that office politics here are a blood sport. The wild card now is Don's relationship with Meghan, who is in LA and trying to make it as a TV actress, with some - but not complete - success. In episode 3 their relationship seems very endangered - and Don may ultimately have to decide between building his profession in NY or moving out to LA to save his marriage. Is he married to Meghan or to his work? I suspect the latter - but that will have to evolve. Betsy's ominous presence in the 3rd episode might also be a looming plot element - is it conceivable that Don would get back with her in some way? She remains the iciest of ice queens, and we have to wonder how long 2nd husband will put up with her, too.