"Mad Men" Creator Matthew Weiner Says Don Draper Is Doomed

Fair enough.

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The first half of Mad Men's final season is right around the corner, and, to honor the brilliant AMC series, Time put together a cover story featuring an in-depth, riveting interview with creator Matthew Weiner for its print edition. With a show as dense, intricate, and slow-burning as Mad Men is, it's great to have the mastermind behind it shed some light on what lays beneath the iceberg.

The cover story isn't available online unless you're a paid subscriber, so if you want to check that out you'll either have to shell out some dough, get a hard copy, or go to Barnes and Noble and be a freeloader. 

Luckily, Time did post an excerpt with a gallery of some set pieces here, and we've got you covered with some excerpts of the best bits below.

On the audience influencing the writing of characters:

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On Sally Draper's importance:

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The inspirations behind Don Draper's character:

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How the present shaped the show's past:

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The dissonance, and what drives the three central female characters; Peggy, Betty, and Joan

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On race and how and why it's dealt with on the show:

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Check out the entire talk here.

Mad Men airs on April 6 on AMC.

[via Time]

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