The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
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We will get to 1961, I promise.
Plus a lonely Ethan has started sleeping in her bed.
Cut to another flash-forward, where we learn that Midge isntestrangedonlyfrom Esther.
In 1984, Ethan Maisel is a 29-year-old yarmulke-wearing resident of an Israelikibbutz(an agrarian commune).
This whole sequence is just another sad reminder of the consequences of fame.
Hey, its worth a try.
Speaking of mental health, Rose and Abe arent doing too well either.
Since hertearoom burned down, a paranoid Rose has been jumping at every slight noise.
Abe, for his part, is suffering from every writers worst nightmare: a published typo.
He spends the entire episode in a tizzy because he misspelled Carol Channing.
Only Tony Shalhoub would draw out this one-note joke into something this spectacularly funny.
Meanwhile, Rose approaches Susie, the angriest person she knows, for help in getting a gun.
Susie is livid (I was gonna invest!)
Dinah immediately suggests Susies mob pals, Frank and Nicky, though Susie eighty-sixes that idea.
I got the laugh!)
and for not caring about the quality of his material.
The next morning, Susie calls with the news that Midges argument with Gordon made the gossip pages.
Midge had better bring a box to the office on Monday.
But thats only the start of Susies busy weekend.
The gift was getting arrested for burning down the tearoom.
Susie still has no clue who Benedetta is, until Benedetta mentions Rose.
And thats when its clear to everyone that Frank and Nicky got involved.
Now that Benedetta knows Rose has protection, shes willing to make a deal.
Its a good deal.
Its really no wonder Ethan moved halfway around the world to get away from these people.
is worth another Emmy nomination.
Back at 30 Rock, Midge still has a job becauseThe Gordon Ford Showis the No.
1 talk show in the country.
Did you know that Rachel Brosnahan and Alex Borstein are great skaters?
Or that Midge was known as the Enema Queen during her high-school candy-striper days?
You learn both during this scene.
Other details we find out?
Midge rebuffs him and skates off, but Gordon isnt giving up so easily.
He then quietly thanks Susie forbringing Sophie Lennon to himbecause shes a good guest.
Oooh, the ice is melting between these two!
OMG, did Mike Carr just set up a lunch with Susie Myerson?
Get on it, Dinah!
Then Susie wanders into Gordons office.
This is the same woman Susie noticed at the elevator in two episodes ago.
Well, Gordon did say he wasnt that kind of married.
His wife obviously has a history with Susie, and I need more deets!
Ethan is in her bed, asking her about Park Slope.
Spending time with Grandpa?
Midge lets him stay there while she sleeps in the kids room.
But then Esther wakes up and goes back to her little bed.
Both children are feeling Midges absence, and theyre dealing with it in different ways.
Sadly, Esther has already detached at the ripe old age of 3.
I also think Joel was right to let Shirley believe Mei had a miscarriage.
An abortion wouldve been harder for someone of that generation to accept.
Mike references a British band that canceled theirGordon Fordappearance because their drummer died in a hot-air balloon accident.
Was the bandSpinal Tap?
