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As sad as we are to see it, the end of the exceptional era of "Mad Men" is nearing. With the team mourning the loss of their head honcho, Bertram Cooper, and his bow ties before heading into a five-year merger with McCann, change is on the cusp for the retro advertising agency. How will things end for Don? Will Roger have more group sex under the influence of awesome drugs? Will Ginsberg contact the aliens? Be sure to read every last prediction for Matthew Weiner's final seven episodes, as all of them, like "Mad Men," are good to the last drop. Part 2 of the final season premieres Sunday, April 5
on AMC.
Don makes amends with Betty and his kids, leaves everything to Peggy (sober).
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Although the show appears to be overtly about the fall of Don, it's actually about the rise of Peggy as well. In the wake of Bert's death, Don realizes making a deal to stay in advertising isn't necessarily going to fix things. The final seven episodes will work toward an end, with Mr. Draper leaving advertising and bestowing everything from his world--clients and partnership--to Peggy Olson.
Pete Campbell spirals out of control after leaving Hollywood.
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Once he gets back to the city, his wild ways will leave him alone and like a younger, out-of-control Don Draper. In the end, Don will give him the heartfelt speech that sends him back into the arms-- and those beautiful legs--of Trudy (played by the lovely
Alison Brie) to man up for fatherhood.
In the end, everyone will go their own way.
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After enough mergers and acquisitions, the team members will realize their own directions and will find themselves in a very different place. The next five predictions are a reflection of this idea (cue Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way").
Peggy and Stan (and his beard) will get together, start their own agency.
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And down the line, should they fast forward a little, they will have started a family and their own boutique agency.
Roger Sterling will finally land Joan, have at least one more drug stint, and retire.
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We all know the highlight of every season is the quick wit of the white-haired dear, but with the loss of Bert and his new place as head of the McCann merger, good ol' Roger will make big moves in his personal life with Joan, as well. And when the merger is up, they'll retire together outside of the city.
Joan still has one more big surprise for us.
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When Roger lands that sexy woman, we're still holding on hope that he will push Joan to take up modeling, more specifically as a Playboy centerfold, before it's all over. In that case, the photos will hopefully be available in real life the following day and will break the Internet.
Jim Cutler will either get fired, or get AIDS.
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Now, now...hear me out. Nobody likes the little four-eyed prick (played very well by Harry Hamlin), but he did get his at the end of Season 7, Part 1 when they all voted to merge with McCann and leave him out of the partnership. But if the show happens to head into the '80s, we will say goodbye to Sterling's experimental drug antics and move onto the AIDS epidemic decade. And who, do you suppose, is most likely (other than Bob Benson) to be involved with that?
Megan becomes a famous actress and sex symbol.
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With Don out of the picture, Megan will be free to work her way up the Hollywood pole, and in the end, she'll be an A-list actress. She has, no doubt, gotten hotter with each season so here's hoping that pattern continues. Don might try to rekindle when he sees how well she's doing, but she'll be hotter than Marvin Gaye on a '70s summer day--too hot for old Don.
Sally Draper will lose her virginity.
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Sally is increasingly becoming a wild child, and it's only a matter of time before they broach this subject that will probably lead to Betty having a complete meltdown. The only question is, will it be to creepy Glen Bishop?
The show will introduce the Internet as a bridge for the future of advertising.
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More toward the end of the season, we think Weiner is likely to rev up the speed of the "Mad Men" timeline and get into big innovations. We already saw what they did with the room-sized super computer in recent episodes, so it's only sensible they'll introduce (or at least hint at) the thing that has revolutionized the ad industry today.
The show will end in the present day.
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The point of the show is to visually transport viewers to glory days of an industry that has gone to hell, and with sexism, racism and technology transcending the workplace, along with the lack of smoking or drinking, how cool would it be if Weiner gave us a future look of the characters in the modern world. Maybe Don has some sort of dream sequence where he sees the future of advertising and laughs at such a ridiculous scenario, or perhaps how awkwardly these sophisticated people exist in this fast-paced, instant tech-hungry world.
Don Draper is the "mad man" and plummets to his death from atop the ad building.
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He's seen both sides of the coin: having everything and having nothing, and he's miserable in both scenarios. Miserable sober and miserable drunk, Don takes his vision of Bert at the end of the last episode to heart and slowly moves himself out of the industry. He'll make things right with his constituents, but Betty and his kids will have moved on so much that he cannot find his place in the world.
The show's graphic art and intro theme point towards two conclusion options: Don either stays in advertising and it kills him. Or, he gets away from the city to attempt finding peace amongst the simple things (family, writing, etc). However, this show has continually illustrated Don's struggle with finding his identity, and if he cannot find a place in either scenarios, or go back to being who he was before he was Don, we fear a dark fall for the ad man.
