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If you're into Mad Men analysis, I highly recommend Tom and Lorenzo's Mad Style series - really detailed, episode-by-episode (after the first couple seasons) guide to what the costumes reveal about the characters and story and time period.
- How Mad Men's Series Finale Ends
- Did Don Draper Find Inner Peace?
- Did Don Draper Create The Coke advert?
- How Mad Men Gave Don The Perfect Ending
- Will Mad Men Ever Continue?
- Where Mad Men's Ending Ranks Compared to Other Great Finales
Don's Journey Comes To An End With A New Idea
In "Person To Person," the series finale of Mad Men, Don goes to a retreat in California, to find some kind of enlightenment after all the pain and suffering his lies have caused not only himself but just about everyone he’s ever come into contact with. Elsewhere, Mad Men’s ending attempts to give relatively happy conclusions for most of the other Mad Men characters. There arehappy and satisfying endings for the main remaining characters, as well as some bittersweet endings. Peggy stays at Mc...
The Coke Ad Puts Don's Transformation Into Question
Throughout the entire run of Mad Men, Don Draper was a troubled soul. Running from his past as Dick Whitman, Don constantly turned to womenand alcohol in order to either make himself feel better, to find what he was missing, and to experience fleeting moments of joy. He married a couple of times, but Don could never be truly happy with anyone else until he learned to be truly accepting of who he is. Don’s retreat was centered around him finding not just a sense of purpose, but an idea of who...
Clues To Don's Time At The Retreat Relate To The Commercial
When the camera zooms in on Don Draper’s smiling face in the Mad Men series finale's final moment, the meditation bell rings just as the episode transitions to the “I Want To Buy The World A Coke" advert.It suggests that Don came up with the idea for this famous commercialand it is not hard to draw that conclusion as there are numerous similarities to the commune Don is at, which are without a doubt deliberate. The clothes are the same, the people look similar, it’s at a place called the Hill...
Was Don's Commercial Idea Cynical Or Enlightened?
Mad Men is a show about both advertising and the changing nature of America through the 1960s, making Coca-Cola's "Hilltop" advert a perfect culmination of these themes. It's one of the most famous ads ever made, but also linked to the ending of the decade and, somewhat more cynically, how big corporations began to cash-in on counter-culture. There is a way to read the ending as Don uses this supposedly enlightening experience, including Leonard's speech, to grow his career. However, it is po...
Jon Hamm Commented On A Possible Reboot
While the Mad Menfinale brought Don Draper's story to a satisfying conclusion, it doesn't close the door to more stories being able to be told. As with most popular shows that come to an end these days, there have been questions about whether there could ever be more Mad Men to come in the future. Kiernan Shipka, has discussed the possibility of continuing on, saying, Shipka also added that she still sees her on-screen father, Jon Hamm, often and loves running into him. When asked about a pos...
Mad Men Didn't Play It Safe With Its End
The Mad Menending stands out in the pantheon of great series finales for a bold yet satisfying conclusion to the story. The show managed to fulfill the daunting task of wrapping up the many storylines in a nice way while also giving the audience something unexpected. The final Coke ad and its meaning have been debated since the episode aired, showing the impact the ending has had. However, even with the debate, the ending brilliantly ties into the themes of the overall series and makes sense...
Ending a popular and critically-beloved show like Mad Men after eight years on the air was never going to be an easy task, and it would've been impossible for the show to have come up with a...
May 18, 2015 · In the “Mad Men” finale, Don Draper finally proved himself as the show’s protagonist, making his place at center stage seem not just inevitable and logical but also deeply original. Courtesy AMC
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