8 ‘Mad Men’ final season theories: The end is here

by Deirdre Kaye
Apr 12, 2015 at 10:00 am EDT

Apr 12, 2015 at 10:00 am EDT

The final half of the finale season of Mad Men is here, and we’re revisiting all of the best and craziest theories on how it all could end. Ready?

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Spin-off alert! Many fans hope and believe that we’ll see Joan and Peggy leave the firm to start their own female-run ad agency. Could the ladies really get along that well, though?

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Is Don Draper really D.B. Cooper? All the plane imagery makes it hard not to come to this conclusion. After all, Dick/Don is a genius at reinvention. UPDATE: Matthew Weiner told Conan that this isn’t true.

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What if Dick Whitman initially survived the explosion in the war and stole Don Draper’s dog tags but ended up not making it? Maybe this whole thing is Dick’s purgatory after his attempt at stealing an identity.

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Even if Dick/Don made it out of the war, he’s had several near-death experiences and plenty of hallucinations. Many believe that we’ll see Don wake up to an earlier version of himself and everything from the last season or two will have been a hallucination.

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Over the last seven years, we’ve seen Don and Peggy as both enemies and friends, yet she and Joan remain the two most constant women in his life. We know Joan is destined to be his BFF (and Roger’s girl). Peggy, however, might finally be “worthy” in his eyes.

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Bob Benson is gone for now… but will he return? Many people thought (and still believe) that Bob Benson was actually a time-traveling Bobby Draper. We could almost see it.

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For years we’ve thought Mad Men was all about Don. But consider Peggy’s journey in the last seven seasons. Maybe we’ve been focusing on the wrong ad (wo)man.

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It all started with this infamous T-shirt, but the connections continue. Megan may not make it to the finale alive. (Others believe that she’s been dead all season.)