AMC revealed that the remainder of the final season of Mad Men will premiere on April 5. The final seven episodes in the saga of Don Draper will complete the seventh season of Mad Men, which debuted in April 2014 and ended with a longtime character’s leave and a song-and-dance number.

The official Mad Men Twitter account confirmed the premiere date by posting a photo of John Hamm’s Draper with the caption “End of an Era.” Based on the caption, fans’ conspiracies about the 1960s-based series, which is currently in the year 1969, ending at the start of the seventies could happen, according to Rolling Stone.

But Matthew Weiner, creator and executive producer of Mad Men, has already predicted that the end of the series will have mixed reviews. Weiner said that he simply relies on the people around him–the actors, his wife, the writers–when creating the show. He gained their approval, but that is all he has to go off of as of now.

Weiner added that ending a series is “high-pressure” and “bittersweet,” but he was never sure if the show was coming back. Therefore, he has treated “every episode 13 like it was the end.”

Weiner did not give up any secrets when the cast got together in a room of television critics for a promotional session Saturday. However, he said that he felt satisfied and was proud that they were able to avoid any repetition in the series.

Weiner said that each of the seven episodes feels like a finale. Although he worked hard to not let details of the show leak to the public, he liked to share his ideas about characters with the actors. However, he did not even do that for the end of the series.

Actor Elizabeth Moss said Saturday that she was pleasantly surprised by the series’ ending. John Slattery agreed and added that the show has been “surprising the whole time.”

John Hamm said that he was excited for the series to start so he did not have to fake like he does not know how it ends. Additionally, he called his experience on the show “unequivocally wonderful” and said he would miss it.

Weiner did say that he immersed himself in the culture of the 1960s to write Mad Men, which was set at an ad agency during that era. He claimed that Americans’ reactions to volatile events in 1968, such as the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, are depicted in the series’ ending. The only other hint he gave regarding the end of the series was that the characters did not have any connections to the 1969 Manson murders, which had been rumored on the Internet earlier this year.

Weiner showed his gratitude for the show’s support over the years. He told the Hollywood Reporter that he was thankful for the fans and that he hoped the series was as meaningful to them as it was to those involved. He called his time working on Mad Men an “incredible journey.” When asked about the future of the franchise, Weiner said that he will not have much control over the decisions made by Lionsgate TV or AMC.