We Finally Understand The Ending Of Mad Men

Mad Men is one of the most praised television dramas of all time, and viewers were wondering from the beginning how it would wrap up the story of Don Draper. He was anything but heroic, and many expected his death to be the ending of the show, but that isn’t how Mad Men decided to wrap things up.

Don got to his breaking point after realizing some things about himself, but he ultimately found peace in the final moments of the show and even dreamed up one of the most famous ads of all time. Let’s take a look at the explanation of the ending of Mad Men.

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Don's search for meaning | 0:00
Pete's redemption | 1:04
Don's dark revelation | 2:01
The Draper kids | 3:02
Roger's "last chapter" | 4:00
Peggy's plan | 5:01
Don finds himself alone | 6:05
Joan makes her choice | 7:15
Don breaks down | 8:00
Peggy's discovery | 8:58
Don's true purpose | 9:59

[Looper]

Were you content with the ending of Mad Men?

[MsBAustralia]

This is merely a summary of the episode, not a dissection as stated in the description.

[samrichardson]

after 5 years you finally learned how to summarize the last episode

[mattsab]

This has no analysis or new understanding or anything. You're just summarizing the episode. Waste of time. There was nothing in this video that I haven't heard in any other video I've watched on the ending so idk why you're saying you "finally" understand the ending

[wardogmobius]

To basically sum it all up:
" A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does"

[timothykozlowski]

He cleared his mind, went back to work and created the iconic Coke Commercial.

[slcpunk_]

This doesn’t shed any new light. You literally just summarized the last season of Mad Men....

[everythingspodcast]

Finale conclusion: Don is, and always will be, an ad man.

[mikpes]

We saw don falling from a skyscraper in the intro for 8 years and never focused on what we see after. Him sitting on the couch smoking and drinking. That's the answer.

[ferociousgumby]

Sally was my favorite. Grew up to be a boomer

[tylere]

One of the best conclusions I’ve ever seen to a television show

[nickwerber]

Youtube creators of 2019 - let’s trick you into watching a long video that doesn’t add anything new or interesting at all.

[RogerOThornhill]

Spam. This wasn't an explanation of the ending, it was a recap. Why didn't you even try?

[danieldetweiler]

i always thought the ending scene with coca cola's "hands across america" tied back into what don said earlier about "landing coca cola" reaching his own personal nirvana

[OpeItsJoey]

This was literally just an 11 minute recap of a 50 minute episode. two thumbs down.

[zt]

A very well-written show. One of the best TV series ever. ❤️

[ernestolombardo]

(paraphrasing): "Don decides to meditate with the group the next day."
How do you figure that? The way it looked to me, Don had been at Esalen for some time as he sure did seem already comfortable at meditation, a skill that cannot be mastered overnight even in the very best workshop.

[fosbury]

Mad Men is about how the 1950's became the 1970's.

[nicholaslong]

Absolutely loved MadMen. Watched every episode recently (DVDs and Blu-Rays). That was a lot of episodes. Sometimes it dragged a bit but not for long. TBH could have watched another 90+ episodes, it was that good.

[josedavila]

I’m glad Pete was given a big opportunity and wanted to fulfill that next stage with Trudy and his daughter. Pete was always a go-getter and yes...a weasel but not anymore than the other guys on the show. Moving away from NY was probably the best thing for the Campbell family.