We haven't seen much of Conrad Hilton on "Mad Men" since "Wee Small Hours" (which "Hollywood News" recaps above), in which Don's falling-out with the hotel magnate (arguably) drives him into the arms of Miss Farrell. If the oblique teaser for this Sunday's season finale is any indication, Connie will be back -- and the obsessive viewer will want to prepare with this recent report from the Wall Street Journal, in which John Meroney describes how a meeting with current Hilton executives led series creator Matthew Weiner to write the company founder into the show as a character. It's a compelling portrait of a man who really believed in the power of prayer and hard work as the underpinnings of achieving the American dream, and then, thankfully, passed away before he could see the extent to which his descendants failed to honor those values.
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