'Mad Men': Say, what about this Bob Benson...?

I, like you, am still recovering from Sunday's towering inferno of "Mad Men" reveals -- Bob Benson, maybe gay!; Don Draper and Sylvia Rosen caught in flagrante delicto by Sally! -- but finally have had a little time to sort matters outs.

What does it all mean?

Anything? Nothing? Everything?

The episode "Favors" was masterful -- a classic within a classic that captured the predicament of Don Draper's fragile doomed existence as neatly and efficiently as any episode in memory. Poor Don: caught by Sally and the only line he can come up with is "I was comforting Mrs. Rosen. She was very upset. It's complicated." Hardy har, Don. Comical.

 But enough about Don. What about Bob? I've come late to the party on Bob Benson theories, but what a fun rollicking party it is. Everyone has one - a Benson theory, that is. Who is he? Why is he here (at Sterling Cooper & partners). Is he a mole, spy, ghost, murderer - or just some vaunted theoretical construct within the vast (Matthew) Weinerian intellectual and aesthetic framework that is "Mad Men." (Hopefully not that.)

So, what about Bob? Bob seems very nice. Bob always stands ready to share a cup of coffee, or serve a drink. Bob is solicitous, helpful. Bob is commanding. Bob reads self-help books. Bob lilkes the  beach Bob always says the right thing.

But … Bob is also devious, mysterious, a skillful liar. Bob may be gay too - gay in a series where the last major gay character, Sal Romano, met a bad end.

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Suddenly, Bob is an interesting character... But who exactly is this Bob Benson - James Wolk - the standout newbie on the 6th season of "Mad Men?"

Let's sort out a few theories, starting with...

All this sounds compelling until you also realize you could argue the exact opposite point - that Don and Bob are mirror opposites.

Bingo. The mystery of Bob solved. Maybe. Maybe not.