--- description: Fans say a heartfelt goodbye to the AMC show as its final episode gets underway title: All of Twitter Is Crying About the "Mad Men" Finale image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1653d434aae12d9/6987ed03524fc01595df06e7/1a1952eb-b192-a751-9e25-2aef88c45e25_mm_711_jm_0514_0702.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # All of Twitter Is Crying About the _Mad Men_ Finale  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. May 18, 2015 2:39 AM CUT  Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris in Mad Men Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris in Mad MenJustina Mintz—AMC  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. May 18, 2015 2:39 AM CUT As the series finale of _Mad Men_ got underway Sunday night, the show’s fans took to Twitter to offer Don, Peggy, Joan and the rest of the family a proper send-off. And more than a few of them had a tiny little something in their eyes: > [](https://twitter.com/citizenjaney/status/600118931643342848) > [](https://twitter.com/melsiebb/status/600118931391705089) > [](https://twitter.com/indieLINDSEY/status/600122902755708928) > [](https://twitter.com/ReverendMagnett/status/600123493120880641) > [](https://twitter.com/gabiiescobar/status/600119264192897024) Celebrities joined Twitter’s mere mortals to lament the end of the show’s run: > [](https://twitter.com/kristenschaaled/status/599960051499991042) > [](https://twitter.com/TheColinJost/status/600119848660774912) > [](https://twitter.com/judyblume/status/600086838360047616) Less than 20 minutes into the show, fans weren’t the only ones shedding tears. During a tense phone call between Don and Betty, emotions ran high: > [](https://twitter.com/rachel%5Fspates/status/600124957377613824) > [](https://twitter.com/Momscripter/status/600124817610842112) > [](https://twitter.com/Sharipep/status/600124795158683648) And the Twitterverse shed another thousand tears. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3882077/mad-men-finale-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3882077/mad-men-finale-twitter/"},"headline":"All of Twitter Is Crying About the Mad Men Finale","datePublished":"2015-05-18T02:39:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:57.781Z","description":"Fans say a heartfelt goodbye to the show","url":"https://time.com/3882077/mad-men-finale-twitter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Mad Men"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1653d434aae12d9/6987ed03524fc01595df06e7/1a1952eb-b192-a751-9e25-2aef88c45e25_mm_711_jm_0514_0702.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1653d434aae12d9/6987ed03524fc01595df06e7/1a1952eb-b192-a751-9e25-2aef88c45e25_mm_711_jm_0514_0702.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Joan Mad Men S7 E11","caption":"Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris - Mad Men _ Season 7B, Episode 11 - Photo Credit: Justina Mintz/AMC","creditText":"Justina Mintz—AMC","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3882077/mad-men-finale-twitter/","name":"All of Twitter Is Crying About the Mad Men Finale"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Behind the Scenes of 'Mad Men'","description":"TIME gained rare access to the set of 'Mad Men' before its final season. 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