And that wrong place is Betty Francis.

With only four episodes left in the season and less than 20 episodes left in the series, I (like everyone else) am left wondering what Matthew Weiner’s master plan for Don Draper is. What is Don’s sadness building to? Weiner seems to be content to hit Don with body blow after body blow and the trend continues in “A Better Half,” an episode about relationships.

The episode begins with an argument between Ted and Don over margarine. Pete has no problem siding with Don but when the two partners call Peggy in to break the tie, she decides to stay neutral. Don does not forget to berate her for her refusal to take sides.

However, at home, Peggy is a little less neutral about her crappy apartment. She returns home to Abe, who has been stabbed, and vows to sell the apartment — even if it means taking a loss. This has been a down year for Peggy. She moved to the Upper West Side a few decades too early, Ted and Stan make confusing passes at her and she is reunited with Don after ever-so-briefly escaping his shadow.

Her relationship with Abe is over after she, thinking he is an intruder, stabs him with a knife attached to a pole. He breaks up with her on the ambulance, knife still in chest. “Your activities are offensive to my every waking moment,” Abe says. “I’m sorry but you will always be the enemy.”

By the end of the episode we see Peggy stuck in between Don and Ted, as the two men close their offices without even looking back at Peggy.

Betty, on the other hand, is back in winning form. We are reunited with the blonde and beautiful Betty Francis at a fundraiser. Henry is busy on the phone, while another man makes a pass at his wife. She is game though, asking the man if he can believe she has had three children.

Don and a gas station attendant unknowingly ogle Betty while she tries to make her way to Bobby’s camp, where the family is partially reunited. The three of them sing “Father Abraham” and we see what could have been if the Draper family stayed intact.

Betty is much more confident with Henry than she was with Don. She invites Don into her cabin and they have sex, which was bound to happen. Before doing the deed she asks, “What did you think when you first saw me,” so in some ways, she is still the same.

In bed we see Betty has started to crack the code that is Don Draper. She knows that he just wants what he isn’t supposed to have and she enjoys her newfound power. In the morning she is gone and Don is alone again. Sad. Henry has arrived and she is up eating breakfast with her husband as if nothing happened the night before.

Once again Don returns home to Megan, staggering from the body blows Weiner dealt him. He tells Megan he misses her, but we know it is just talk. She knows too. She calls him out on it, he acknowledges his emotional absence and he embraces her. How could you not want to believe Don Draper?

Tidbits:

-Bob Benson, WHAT IS YOUR ENDGAME? I don’t trust him, I swear I don’t. He’s just a very fishy character. I’m convinced he sold his soul for upward mobility but that’s just me, I guess.

-I was convinced Weiner was going to include a love scene for Megan and Arlene. I was getting the signals too, Arlene — just not the second and third times. That was awkward. Really awkward.

-Pete continues to be the biggest loser this season. He meets with Duck, now a headhunter, who tells him to get his life together. When Duck tells you to get your life together, then you really need to get your life together. I mean, Duck once stooped to pooping on a desk.

-Who says taking a four year old to see Planet of the Apes is a bad idea? Roger, once again, proves he is really just 15.

-Even I was confused by Ted’s whole “I love you but I can’t do this” deal. He’s a weird guy.

-Bobby Draper continues to make the most of his lines. This week he appeared as “Bobby number five.”

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