So it's been a long long while since I wrote, but after viewing the first of season seven's final season episode, I feel I have more to add to my previous theory about Don going back in time to the night of Peggy's Birthday and when Anna's ghost may have been looking over him (again A Christmas Carol-like idea)
So the episode title was "Time Zones" as we see a slew of characters go back in forth from New York and California, using time as a visual contrast. The episode also featured Peggy trying hard to get a certain pitch for a watch add for "Accurate Time" in which she believes should be " a conversation piece" (which is what Mad Men is or should be). This also feels like it goes back to Don's Kodak Carousel add...
It's also through the Supreme's song covered by Iron Butterfly's "You keep me hanging on" that tells is the TIMES ARE CHANGING. The woman on the airplane is similar idea to last season's opener with Don coming across a guy that is reflective to a young Roger, or 'a roger of the past', except this woman is a representation of a future Megan in which Don rejects, which shows us Don is changing...
But the song is also reflective not just of the sign of the times, but more over homing in on Mad Men's greatest theme of life, death, and rebirth, which I think has always been marked by the opening sequence of Don falling off the balcony/high story window. It's also why I believe Margery's scenes are all about forgiveness, because in many philosophies this is the high road one should take not only for themselves, but possibly for "another life" spiritual purposes. And with this being the first half of Mad Men's final season, we know the end is near.
And lastly I also want to point out that we keep playing with hot and cold motifs going back again to that "snow balls chance in hell" idea which was beautifully contrasted last year with both scenes of Hawaii and a very snowy New York. So it was interesting to see a closed Windowed L.A. apartment, where Coyotoes are being discussed in contrast to the New York apartment, where the Window won't shut, where it's cold, and where Don sits out there as if he's absolutely on fire (like the time he had that horrible fever and "hallucinated"), who's numbness is all contrasted beautifully with Peggy's breakdown.
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