While I applaude the writers on their one-two gut-punch of Mark's mother rejecting him and Daniel going back to old habits, I was pretty disappointed by A) Wilhelmina's villany becoming borderline pathetic by trying to get Claire to drunkely give away the magazine and whoring herself out to Bradford so she can be editor-in-chief; and B) the final talk between Betty and Mark just felt dishonest.  If they really wanted to hammer home the pain and rejection of having your own mother disown you just for being yourself, then no pep talk from Betty and no brave face from Mark could realistically bring it up.  What they should have done is have Betty try to talk to Mark and then have him say something along the lines of "I know you're just trying to help but I just need to sit here a little while," and have Betty accept that.