Weiner also revealed that the two-hour opener, airing Sunday, March 25, is not two individual episodes sandwiched together but rather one super-sized episode. “As I started writing [the premiere], it started spreading and spreading and spreading,” he said.  ”I was like, ‘There is too much story. I could either cut this thing down or I think I have a Mad Men movie here.’ I had a great team helping me develop this story and we just sort of went for it. And the network was excited. I was like, ‘We’ve been gone for so long, let’s give [fans] a big Mad Men movie to start the season.” (x)