The Season 3 Finale catalyzed all sorts of analysis. But before we get to all the breakdowns, be sure to check out the link to a video of January Jones on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, an article on Jon Hamm's cultural significance and a hilarious comparison of the show's characters to the X-Men:

•  This list in the NY Daily News is about Jon Hamm's cultural impact. The evidence? He competes with Cupid (setting up Elisabeth Moss and Fred Armisen), and revived interest in Ann-Margret.

• Before you watch January Jones on Saturday Night Live tomorrow night, you can watch her play beer pong with Jimmy Fallon.

• The Chicago Tribune checks in with Chelcie Ross (Conrad Hilton). And in case you missed it a few weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal spoke with Steve Hilton about his grandfather and whether Ross does him justice.

• For you comic book fans, check out this Mad Men / X-Men mashup: Part 1 and Part 2.

• The Daily Beast breaks down the finale with none other than Matthew Weiner himself.

• The Nov. 16 issue of TV Guide (no link) takes at look at this season's five most shocking moments which includes Sal's firing, and Betty's confrontation with Don about his box of secrets.

• Variety notes that the finale brought in 2.3 million viewers, a 33 percent increase over last year's finale.

• Tim Goodman of the San Francisco Chronicle says, "'Mad Men' is a series that proves that the small screen is capable of supreme feats."

• The Chicago Sun-Times calls the finale a "proper seasonal sendoff." The Chicago Tribune, meanwhile, takes an incredibly in-depth look at the episode's high points, which it dubs "Draper's Eleven" for it's heist vibe.

• The Philadelphia Daily News says Don's words to Peggy, "I will spend the rest of my life trying to hire you" are " delivered to "the one woman in Don's life who wants something from him he might actually be capable of giving."

• The San Francisco Chronicle points out during this period of "emotional upheaval for the Draper kids, it was Don who was there to comfort them" while also cheering "how awesome was this episode as it embraced the flux of life?"

• Entertainment Weekly hones in on Joan Harris: "They needed a skirt, the skirt. So how brilliant when, at Roger's summoning, Joan showed up wearing the pants."

• The New Yorker looks at the episode's use of Roy Orbison's "Shahadaroba" over the closing credits.

• The Wall Street Journal refers to the season finale of "nothing short of brilliant."

• The Star-Ledger effuses "whatever happens in season four, this episode was such a concentrated shot of pure storytelling joy that I don't much care at the moment whether Betty goes back to Don."

• The St. Petersburg Times waxes on about why the show is "the most deeply written, best-acted, least-clarified television drama on the tube."

• You may pine for Sal, but Time magazine notes for Sal to return "would have been a cheat" and that "I'm very glad Mad Men didn't just use this game-shift to bring him back that easily."