Don was trying to control Ted and Sylvia. It was a parallel power play, trying to control things on his terms in new situations. In the end he lost both games
At the first, Don was with
with his game on then he got dumped and was like
"Please"
Ted putting Don off his game in the airplane, Don was like
Roger firing Bert Petersen again
Don was like
"Peggy, he's a grown man"
Peggy was like
"So are you. Move Forward"
Don was like
and in his deep inside was like
Pete caught many L in episodes and he's having a Mother's Day.
His mom knew it was May, but he tried to use her dementia to make her think it was St. Patrick's Day. Pete really does seem to be losing everything