In which episode does Don reveal his real name to Peggy?

In which episode does Don reveal his real name to Peggy? The answer is “Person to Person.” In Mad Men’s series finale, Don calls Peggy and speaks more openly than ever about the identity he has constructed. He says that he took another man’s name and made nothing of it, referring to the secret behind his life as Don Draper.

The episode is the fourteenth and final episode of season seven, and it brings several long-running character arcs to a close. Don’s conversation with Peggy is especially important because their relationship has always combined mentorship, professional trust, and emotional distance. Peggy does not receive a full confession with every detail of Dick Whitman’s past, but Don finally acknowledges the central truth he has hidden from her.

A common mix-up is “The Suitcase,” the celebrated season-four episode in which Don and Peggy spend a difficult night together working and talking. That episode deepens their bond, but it is not the episode containing Don’s final identity revelation to Peggy.