Now that Mad Men has ended its lauded run, we'll never truly know what happened to gay art director Sal Romano. Last seen cruising in a park in season three, the beloved character was never given closure, and neither were Mad Men fans. And, it turns out, neither was the show's creator, Matthew Weiner.
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Entertainment Weekly writer Anthony Breznican got his mitts on Weiner's "wish list" detailing plot points he hoped to resolve before the final episode faded to a coked out black.
Bryan Bratt, the openly gay actor behind the secretly gay Sal, had high hopes for Mr. Romano.
I like to think later down the line, Sal finally realizes, 'I can't do this anymore... as much as I love you, Kitty,' Then, he puts on the kaftan and gets a Yorkshire Terrier.
God knows I never met a kaftan I didn't wear, but maybe it's best we don't know what happened to Sal. That way we can make up our own endings. I like to think Sal was the landlord of the building that housed these queens that made a cameo this season.
Seconds after Don left, Uncle Sal came down with champagne and they watched a rerun of All About Eve on the tube, during which Sal kept instructing the children on the importance of a bitchy comment, spilling champagne everywhere and on everyone. And then they did it. Because it's the '70s and those gays were late on the rent.
The end.
Les Fabian Brathwaite -- Weiner.
[h/t] Vulture
