How and why Sally Draper ends up being Mad Men’s most important character

For a long time now I’ve teased y’all about my theory that Mad Men is really all about Sally instead of Don “The Dick Whitman” Draper. Here’s my attempt to prove it once and for all. Because it’s something I wrote, I don’t find it nearly as compelling as it should be, but if nothing else it’s a means of starting to reevaluate an ensemble show that’s — understandably — tied to the idea that its lead character is a dapper silhouette of a man.