The “Mad Men” finale was many things at once: Frustrating, cynical, dark, moving, optimistic, profound, confounding. It was also full of ridiculous moments — both of the delightful non-sequitur and the ‘WTF’ plot-twist variety — which seemed to serve both as a wink to fans and as the Weiner equivalent of “whatever, I do what I want!” Such as:
“Mad Max” Mad Man!
Finally we get to see Don beat the land speed record that he’s been training for all these seasons.
Like a cat, Meredith always lands on her feet.
While getting fired is a bummer for most people, Meredith isn’t shaken. Responding to Sterling’s encouragement that “she’ll land on her feet,” Don’s most unruffled secretary responds “I always do.” Meredith spinoff please!
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Happy 1970! How about some cocaine?
Joan and Richard proving that McCann-Erickson aren’t the only ones with a coke account.
Peggy and Stan are in a rom-com, somehow
Just because I did not see “Mad Men” devolving into a romantic comedy coming does not mean I will not ship this.
Team Steggy forever.
I guess Sterling lives in Quebec now?
He’s still a cheeky rascal, even when he’s speaking French.
Leonard’s fridge monologue
So glad we got to spend precious, pivotal moments with all our favorite characters this season: Di the waitress, Puma, Anna Draper’s niece, and of course, Leonard. As Slate put it, “Ah, Leonard: Mad Men’s last great rando. God bless Matthew Weiner for squeezing one more in.”
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Don is a yogi now
Say it with me: OMMMMMMMMMMM.
Namaste, “Mad Men!”
