Mad Men: Collider's 10 best Don Draper episodes, led by the finale

Collider has ranked the 10 best Don Draper episodes from Mad Men, placing the series finale "Person to Person" (Season 7, Episode 14) at No. 1.

The list spans Don's journey across the show's seven seasons and 92 episodes, noting key moments such as the pilot "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" (S1E1), the Season 1 finale "The Wheel" (S1E13), Season 4's "The Suitcase" (S4E7), the Season 6 finale "In Care Of" (S6E13), and Season 3's "Shut the Door. Have a Seat." (S3E13). The piece highlights how the series — led by Jon Hamm as Don Draper — explores themes including identity, sexism, racism, consumerism and the cultural shifts of the 1960s.

The ranking frames Don's arc from a fabricated identity through professional triumphs and personal lows to an ending that, in the show's terms, implies he contributed the famed 1971 "Hilltop" Coca‑Cola ad. Mad Men ran from 2007 to 2015 and is listed as available on AMC+ in the source material.

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Culture, Don Draper, Jon Hamm, Mad Men, The Suitcase, Hilltop Ad