The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel begins her final bow on Prime Video today, and the comedy gives a performance that is worthy of a standing ovation.
The season premiere picks up shortly after the last season left off, and our favorite female comedian has gone missing after she said goodbye to Lenny Bruce. She is alone in the freezing cold temperatures of NYC, and no one knows where she is. And since it is the first episode of the season, you know she will come home because otherwise, that is the end of the show.
And that is as much summarizing as I will do like that and sum up the season as a whole. The show makes a big change this go around. They have added flashforwards to every episode. So we will see what happens to everyone in the future.
We find out what Miriam (Rachel Brosnahan) and Joel’s (Michael Zegen) kids, Esther and Ethan, are like as adults, in spite of their family.
But you don’t care about them as much as everyone else. But I am not going to tell you about their future because, spoiler alert!
What I will tell you is that Midge gets a job as a writer on Gordon Ford’s (Reid Scott) late night talk show. She took the job so she could get on the show. However, there is a rule that no employee of the show can be on it. But she doesn’t care, and she will do whatever she can to do standup on the program.
She will get her manager Susie (Alex Borstein), to work her magic to make it happen. And Susie will try, but she has her other clients too. She is so busy with them she will make Midge take one of them to the airport. And how can Midge say no to Susie?
Midge also can’t say no to her parents (Tony Shalhoub and Marin Hinkle). They are busy with their jobs. Although, Rose is having problems with her matchmaking service that only Frank (Erik Palladino) and Nick (John Scurti) can fix.
As much as Joel will like to fix his parents (Kevin Pollak and Caroline Aaron), he won’t be able to do it. No one can fix them.
And you know what doesn’t need fixing? This season. It is the show’s best one yet. There will be a wedding, a roast, standup, bad choices, laughs, tears, and so much more. All leads to the final scene, which is the perfect end for a series that brought us so much joy.
Seriously, it is the best series finale in a really long time. Unfortunately, that episode doesn’t air on May 26th. So until then, you can watch the first three episodes today and a new one every Friday until we get that final goodbye.
