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Don's big sit-down with Conrad Hilton and much else. Catching up: A pall has spread over the world, and the offices of Sterling Cooper, in the wake of JFK's assassination, while Betty appears on the verge of leaving Don for another man.

Entertainment Tonight Headlines Ron Livingston of 'Office Space' and "Sex and the City" fame married his longtime love, actress Rosemarie DeWitt .

Don and Roger work out some issues. By TIM GOODMAN TELEVISION WRITER Editor's note: This appreciation of the recently concluded third season of Mad Men contains some minor spoilers.

In the wake of the assassination of JFK, the whole world was at a loss much like the people at Sterling Cooper.

If I were the only TV viewer in the world, the Nielsen ratings would look a lot different.

What do you get when the Mad Men facade crumbles ? Another facade. But what a great way to reveal it, and what a promising one it may prove to be.

It looks like Don Draper might finally grow up after all! Instead of running for the hills at the first sign of trouble as is his habit, Don discovered in Sunday night's third season finale of "Mad Men" that there are some things in his life that he has the conviction to fight for: The survival of Sterling Cooper in some new form.

Mad Men TV show had its season finale Sunday, Nov. 9, 2009. From L - R: Vincent Kartheiser as Pete Campbell, Rich Sommer as Harry Crane, Jon Hamm as Don Draper, Bryan Batt as Salvatore Romano, John Slattery as Roger Sterling and Michael Gladis as Paul Kinsey.

Mad Men did it to me last weekend. It was the first time it had happened since the John Adams mini-series last year.

This week, TV was filled with surprise appearances. Tommy returned on Brothers & Sisters .

After a well-crafted and moving episode set against the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the best drama on television ends its third season on Sunday.

Before Mad Men 's third season, fans wondered when, as in what year, series creator Matthew Weiner would resume the story.

It's going to be a busy weekend for Mad Men star Rich Sommer . Before the AMC drama wraps up its third season Sunday night , Sommer will appear in a ripped-from-the-headlines episode of Law & Order .

For most of the first three seasons of AMC's "Mad Men," adman Don Draper exerted near total control over his world, if not always over his appetites.

After dominating the last two episodes, Don Draper, Dick Whitman and , well, everybody really, take a back seat to the most speculated-about moment of Mad Men 's third season: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy Jr.

Mini review: This is what a history-changing event has the potential to do to people a ' or, to those only peripherally affected by it: bring them closer together, or tear them further apart.

Last week, Joan bashed the bad doctor over the head with a vase and reconnected with Roger, while Betty and Don had the epic face-off we'd all been anticipating.

"The whole country's drinking." - Pete , to Trudy When Joel talked to Mad Men creator and writer Matthew Weiner last month, he wouldn't say when or how the show would deal with the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

"Curb Your Enthusiasm" : With four episodes left in the seventh season and plans for the "Seinfeld" reunion taking shape, Larry spends some time on the golf course, experiencing bad luck twice on the same hole.

This week demonstrated that not everyone on TV is cynical. Mad Men 's Don Draper finally came clean with his wife.