‘Mad Men’ Creator Matthew Weiner Wants to End The Show In Current Times

[Brian Damage]

It’s been a long wait between Season 4 and Season 5 of AMC’s Mad Men thanks to the epic contract negotiations between creator Matt Weiner, AMC and Lionsgate TV. But that’s a blip compared to the ending Weiner has envisioned for the series. He told the website Grantland about his plan for how the three-time best drama Emmy winner will take its bow:

“It came to me in the middle of last season. I always felt like it would be the experience of human life. And human life has a destination. It doesn’t mean Don’s gonna die. What I’m looking for, and how I hope to end the show, is like … It’s 2011. Don Draper would be 84 right now. I want to leave the show in a place where you have an idea of what it meant and how it’s related to you. … I was 35 when I wrote the Mad Men pilot, 42 when I got to make it, and I’ll be 50 when it goes off the air. So that’s what you’re gonna get. Do I know everything that’s gonna happen? No, I don’t. But I just want it to be entertaining and I want people to remember it fondly and not think it ended in a fart.”


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[Schmoopie]

I'd rather it end in the time period of wherever it ends up (meaning that if it's the 1950's now and it runs for 5 more years, they should just have it be chronological. That's why people watch the show is for the nostalgia of it. Or at least that's why I watch. Who wants to see Don Draper at 84?

[MickeyMac]

I agree, when the show ends it should end at the end of the 60's.

[Jaqui-Michel]

I wouldn't mind seeing a 5-10 minute flash forward to now at the end of the series finale. Especially to see how Sally Draper turns out. She's an interesting kid.