The masterpiece shatters when Joel admits he鈥檚 having an affair with his secretary and leaves.
Susie bails Midge out of jail, and an unlikely partnership is born. While Midge鈥檚 parents, Abe and Rose, spiral over the social disgrace of a "separated" daughter, Midge begins a double life. By day, she is a cosmetics girl at B. Altman; by night, she is a foul-mouthed, fast-talking revolutionary in the downtown comedy scene. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Season 1
Midge Maisel鈥檚 life in 1958 is a perfectly curated masterpiece of brisket recipes, matching hat sets, and a four-room apartment on the Upper West Side. Her husband, Joel, spends his days as a businessman and his nights bombing at The Gaslight Cafe, using jokes he stole from Bob Newhart. Midge stands in the back, dutifully measuring her thighs and recording the audience鈥檚 laughs in a notebook. The masterpiece shatters when Joel admits he鈥檚 having