re: Does Mad Men get a lot better after the first season?

I'm just now getting into Season 5. It's a slow developer for sure, but I got hooked. The characters develop at a glacial pace, but I feel like invested so much that I want to see what happens.

Every time I start to like Draper, or at least sympathize with him, or even dare to hope that he's finally starting to improve himself, my hopes get dashed. Now he's just a slow rolling train wreck.

This is no spoiler since I haven't seen the end, but I think I know what the opening credits scene is all about and that he will eventually hit the ground hard.

Betty is so freaking HOT and yet such a terrible person. I should hate her thoroughly, but I can't take my eyes off of her.