Will the last episode of Mad Men live up to the hype?

Mad Men fans are gearing up for the final series — but how will it end for Don Draper? John Daly looks back at other iconic TV show finales.

IT’S going to be a slow, full-strength martini for fans of Mad Men as the series heads into its seventh, and final, season. For its final flourish, the series will be split into two sections of seven episodes each, with the first, entitled ‘The Beginning’, airing in April.

The show will screen in Ireland a few days after its US premiere. The final seven episodes, ‘The End of An Era’, will air in early 2015. Using the same split format that pulled in 10m viewers for the Breaking Bad last tango in 2013, the series has time to tie up all loose ends, and, hopefully, design a fitting end for Don Draper and his Madison Avenue rat pack.