...but when he rejoins Betty, he confronts her about Sally being scared of the baby because of the name, saying it has to stop. Of course, this didn't seem to enter into his thinking last week, which is why his complaining about the name seemed petty, but anyway, Betty will brook no dissent -- Gene was her father, and that was his name, and passing on names in this manner is what people do to remember the ones they've lost. Don: "He hated me, and I hated him. That's the memory." Betty loudly repeats that Gene is the baby's name, and then Sally enters and apologizes for waking the child. Betty softens and tells her it's okay and everything's fine, and sputter about that one to yourself as Don leads Sally out...

...but not back to bed. Instead, they head into Baby Gene's room, and Don picks his son up, sits down in a chair with him, and has Sally approach. With her dad there to protect her, Sally looks less like she's nearing a creature intent on stealing the breath right out of her, and she even smiles a bit as she looks at her brother. Don tells her he's just a baby, and they don't know who he is yet or what he's going to be. "And that is a wonderful thing." Unafraid of the unknown, is Don Draper, and Bob Dylan's "Song To Woody" kicks up as we go to credits.

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