1. Pete Campbell - FTW!
How a stick can remain lodged so far up someone's posterior for nearly six seasons is a medical problem a team of scientists should be looking into. However, for viewers of Mad Men, the short-tempered, juvenile and petty Pete Campbell's spiteful and selfish character has been a cornerstone of "Mad Men" since day one. Temper tantrums, shouting matches, simmering squabbles and high-school shenanigans follow Pete wherever he turns, clouding the offices with a dense coat of his own sense of entitlement. His many torrid love affairs and hopeless unrequited advances, all attempts to convince no one other than himself of his own attractiveness and worthiness. Because of all of this, the closing scene of Pete Campbell, seemingly forever uptight and prude, is all the more shocking. Watching Pete, having been on the losing end of an argument with Ted that brings into question his role at the company that Pete seems always to be questioning, not to mention being on the losing end of most battles this season, sit down and relax with a "funny cigarette" after a long hard day at the office as Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart" plays in the background, may represent a new path for the beleaguered Pete Campbell. To say Pete is "giving up" may be too premature. Perhaps Mr. Campbell is simply evolving, growing into a more mature, balanced and reasoning individual and leaving behind his formerly wooden, immature temperament.