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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 3, 2015 4:15 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 3, 2015 4:15 PM UTC Jon Hamm offered his take on what happened to Don Draper after the finale of _Mad Men_ on Monday’s episode of _Late Night with Seth_ _Meyers._ The 44-year-old actor spoke about the series’ ambiguous last scene, and said he was willing to bet that Draper headed straight back to work after dreaming up the famous Coca-Cola ad. “All that’s left is this guy and basically he realizes, kind of in this moment of zen – this weird irony – that what he is really good at is selling people things that they don’t want. And Coca-Cola represents all that,” Hamm said. “So it’s this wonderful, awful irony of the whole show. But yeah, I’m willing to bet that Don Draper was on a plane the next day back to work and was like, ‘I got the great idea.'” See the full discussion of the iconic ad man below: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4098064/jon-hamm-don-draper-after-the-mad-men-finale/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4098064/jon-hamm-don-draper-after-the-mad-men-finale/"},"headline":"Watch Jon Hamm Talk About Don Draper's Life After the Mad Men Finale","datePublished":"2015-11-03T16:15:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:34.933Z","description":"\"I'm willing to bet that Don Draper was on a plane the next day\"","url":"https://time.com/4098064/jon-hamm-don-draper-after-the-mad-men-finale/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Seth Meyers","Late Night with Seth Meyers","Mad Men","TV","don draper","Jon Hamm","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4098064/jon-hamm-don-draper-after-the-mad-men-finale/","name":"Watch Jon Hamm Talk About Don Draper's Life After the Mad Men Finale"}}]}] ```