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Sunday's Mad Men finale introduced as many riddles as it solved, but one question remained as vexing as ever as we exited the show's penultimate season: How does the young Dick Whitman grow up to look like Don Draper when he gets older? Brandon Killham, the 15-year-old actor who portrays the whorehouse-living little Dickie, is no dead ringer for Jon Hamm, after all. It makes you wonder if Mad Men will wrap things up next year by revealing yet another shocking detail lurking in Don's past: plastic surgery.

Sunday’s Mad Men finale introduced as many riddles as it solved, but one question remained as vexing as ever as we exited the show’s penultimate season: How does the young Dick Whitman grow up to look like Don Draper when he gets older? Brandon Killham, the 15-year-old actor who portrays the whorehouse-living little Dickie, is no dead ringer for Jon Hamm, after all. It makes you wonder if Mad Men will wrap things up next year by revealing yet another shocking detail lurking in Don’s past: plastic surgery. Of course, Killham’s dissimilar appearance is partially affected by the Moe-from–The Three Stooges haircut and doofy outfits he’s made to wear, but he nonetheless serves as an occasional reminder of the hazards of kid casting on television. [Note: The images used here come from the excellent (and procrastination-enabling) Kid Casting Tumblr.] Choosing the right actor to portray the younger version of a...

Recognize Brandon Killham? Perhaps not. You might, however, see something familiar if you picture his face through a blurry lens, shrouded in the cliché of a flashback. That's because Killham has already made an impressive career playing the younger selves of quite a few of TV's leading men. Does he actually look like these projected older versions? See for yourself. On last night's Mad Men, Killham played "Young Dick" (a role he's played before) and, with an awful, awful haircut, through a keyhole proceeded to spy on his "uncle" fooling around with his mother.  During Arrested Development's season three, a slightly younger Killham played "Young Michael Bluth." His hairstyle? A bowl cut, but slightly better than above. An even younger Killham played Brian Moser, a.k.a. Rudy Cooper a.k.a. the Ice Truck Killer, on Dexter. A serial killer, yes, but his haircut? Absolutely adorable. ...