During Mad Men season 6, episode 5, the ending to Planet of the Apes was spoiled.
Towards the end of the episode, Don and his son Bobby attend a screening of the classic 1968 movie starring Charlton Heston. We see the final moments of the movie where the Statue of Liberty’s head is laying on the beach.
Mad Men season six’s episode five spoiling of Planet of the Apes came as a shock to viewers – many of whom seemingly haven’t seen or were concerned about others.
Here are the tweets to prove the dismay, and humor:
Whoa Mad Men, Planet of the Apes spoiler alert geez
— Blanca del Castillo (@bdelcastle) April 29, 2013
So Mad Men just spoiled the end of Planet of the Apes (1968) for me…
— Jacob Brogan (@Jacob_Brogan) April 29, 2013
Somewhere, someone is screaming as they watch Mad Men, “Why did you spoil the end of Planet of the Apes!? I was JUST going to watch that!”
— Brendan Kolasa (@Brendo18) April 29, 2013
Not going to spoil MAD MEN, but Don Draper takes his son to the best movies.
— Daniel August-Joseph (@DAJSupanick) April 29, 2013
Mad Men is tempting me tweet the rarely achieved ‘spoiler within a spoiler.’
— John Haughey (@Notgiamatti) April 29, 2013
Mad Men just spoiled what happened at the end of Planet of the Apes and MLK’s life in the same episode.
— Jeb Lund (@Mobute) April 29, 2013
I’m not even kidding. Ive been trying to remain unspoiled on Planet of the Apes and Mad Men just screwed me without a blink. #randomproblems
— Samantha Ania (@Samantha30191) April 29, 2013
Others made light of the situation:
Spoiler: In the final episode of Mad Men, Don Draper goes to the forbidden zone and finds a ruined Statue of Liberty.
— Jason Filiatrault (@jfiliatrault) April 29, 2013
“Everyone likes to go to the movies when they’re sad,” said Don’s son Bobby in what may become one of the series’ more memorable episodes. Check out recap of Mad Men season 6, episode 5 and get an inside look at the making of the storyline.