5 Things We Love About the New Mrs. Draper

Like so many other devotees of Faye Miller (and of Don Draper’s first mature romantic relationship!), we were convinced at the end of Mad Men’s last season that Don’s rejection of the levelheaded blond doctor Faye in favor of his French-Canadian sexpot secretary, Megan Calvet, would kick our symbolic tumbling ad-man silhouette down a few more storeys. And though Don’s lurch toward Megan may have been fueled by the same chancy escapism that first brought him to Betty, Megan, it turns out, is made of sterner stuff. She’s completely won us over, and many of us here at DivineCaroline are nursing a giant girl-crush on her. As editor Allison Ford pointed out, she’s the first girl on the show we can picture hanging out with in real life. She worries about her reputation at work. She talks back to Don. And, oh yeah, her clothes.

By Lamar Anderson

She's devoted to her job.

Naturally, we admire Peggy and Joan for hitting upon their own ingenious strategies for success in the whiskey-and-testosterone-drenched fishbowl of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. (And yes, being married to the boss is less a strategy than a quickie path to junior copywriter that bypasses the usual obstacles.) But we have to admire Megan for her pluck, her ambition, and her devotion to her teammates—she’s obviously embarrassed whenever Don interrupts her work to play hooky.

No, Megan will not sit at home baking cookies! Known by her colleagues for being a good listener and having an excellent attendance record, the junior ~~senator~~ copywriter from New York will obviously go on to great things. And what can we say? She rocks a pair of sunglasses.