- That was our apartment.
You should've discussed it with me.
- Why?
- At the very least, I could have told you
to never borrow money from my father.
- How did I become the bad guy here?
- Where did he get the idea to buy your apartment?
- How did I wind up in a cage with Petey and Jacob?
- This funnel cake is delicious.
- [Sharronda] I'm Sharronda Williams,
and welcome to "Prime Video Recaps."
Welcome to "Prime Video Recaps"
where I will be recapping some
of our favorite Prime Video original titles
in order for you to catch up
before binging a new season.
With "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" premiered
its final season on April 14th,
I thought you might need a little reminder
of what happened on season four
of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."
"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" tells the story
of Miriam "Midge" Maisel,
a woman who has everything she's ever wanted,
the perfect husband, two kids,
and an elegant Upper West Side apartment.
But her perfect life suddenly takes an unexpected turn,
and Midge discovers a previously unknown talent,
one that changes her life forever.
Now, let's fast forward to season four.
Let's just say Midge is not too happy
about being fired by Shy Baldwin as season four opens
with her back to doing standup.
- You know how there are times in your life
when things seem to be going great
and then suddenly outta nowhere,
you round the corner, and bam, someone steps in
and fucks it the fuck up, and you never saw it coming
because you were too busy being happy.
(audience chuckles)
And I know, that's life.
Shit happens.
You should be a bigger man and just let it go.
Well, I'm a woman, so fuck that.
(audience howls)
I want my fucking pound of flesh.
I want my revenge.
- [Sharronda] We then get the backstory
of what actually happened after Midge
and Susie left the airport in season three.
After disposing of any objects or garments
that remind her of being fired,
Susie and Midge talk things out,
well, sorta.
- What are you doing?
That was a hat!
It still had the price tag on it!
Miriam, do we need a pill?
Hey.
- I don't want it.
- It completes the outfit!
Will you stop?
- I don't want anything about this night or associated
with this night in this cab with us.
- Am I next?
- Stop!
Stop the cab!
- What?
(brakes screech)
- You fucker! (screams)
(Midge pants)
I won.
You thought you could beat me, but you couldn't.
- Yeah, you show him.
Now that the skirt has learned its lesson,
why don't you get back in the cab?
Miriam.
- [Sharronda] Midge decides that if she is going to stick
with this, then she has to be free to say what's on her mind
at all times and no more opening at gigs.
Midge checks the paper to see she has already been replaced
on the tour by Jack Ballard
and that they already knew they were firing her
before she made it to the airport.
Midge tells Susie that she used her contract for the tour
as collateral to borrow money from her father-in-law,
Moishe, to buy her old apartment back.
Midge asks Susie for the money she was holding for her
for the first part of her tour.
Susie, who lost Midge's money gambling,
buys a little more time to go get her money
from the insurance company to give to Midge.
Susie and her sister, Tess, meet with the insurance company
to collect the insurance money
from their mom's house burning down.
They answer additional questions but are unable
to collect the money
until a few more loose ends are tied up.
- Nice?
Were you paying attention?
They know what we did, Tess.
- So, what?
You think they're not gonna give us the check?
- I think they're gonna call the cops.
- Over that (beep) house?
- [Sharronda] Susie then goes to Joel to ask for a loan
to give Midge her money.
When Joel asks Susie what happened
to the money Midge gave her, she abruptly leaves
so she doesn't have to tell him she lost it.
Joel's club is doing well,
and Mei's family is not too happy about it.
They tell her to not talk to Joel anymore
and they don't want Joel's club to be successful anymore
because it might bring too much attention
to the gambling happening underneath the club.
Midge meets the family at Coney Island
at Ethan's new birthday party
and tries to tell them what happened to her,
but they really aren't trying to hear her out.
She finally tells them, and Moishe mentions
that she bought the apartment back through him,
which Joel isn't too happy about.
- You bought our apartment?
- [Midge] Yes, I bought our apartment.
- [Joel] And you borrowed money from my father?
- Why is that bad?
- [Sharronda] Joel then decides to write Susie a check
for the money she owes Midge under the condition
that she tells him everything
that happened to Midge's money.
Midge meets with Susie to get her money and also to come up
with a plan on how to move forward as a comedian.
Midge moves back into her old apartment
and is now reacquainting herself with the neighborhood.
Abe starts his new job at the Village Voice
as their chief theater critic.
Midge asks her parents to move into her apartment with them,
and they eventually agree.
Susie goes to visit Sophie Lennon at an institution,
and Susie wants her to sign a paper absolving her
of their working relationship, but Sophie isn't having it.
- So many adventures before us, me and my manager.
- I am not your manager.
- You are.
- I'm not.
- [Sharronda] Sophie eventually signs the papers
with a fake name and leaves.
Midge sees on TV that Shy Baldwin is getting engaged.
Tess calls Susie to tell her that the insurance company
is finally cutting the check for them.
Susie meets with Harry to get some guidance
on how to move forward as a manager after her failures
with Sophie and Midge.
Susie tries to take Midge to a club to get her to perform,
but it seems she has been iced out.
Susie finds a smart way to get Midge back on the stage,
and she kills it in the short time she's on the stage
before she is kicked out and then arrested.
She meets a young dancer from The Wolford in jail
who was arrested for the first time,
and Susie bails her out.
They drop her off at a club called The Wolford
where Midge gets an idea.
Joel's mom sets him up on a surprise date,
and let's just say that's not all he was surprised about.
- I wonder if she brought her flout.
- She's pregnant!
- Just a little.
- That kid is almost walking!
- [Sharronda] Susie pays Joel back the money he lent her.
Midge is now working at The Wolford,
and things are a little crazy over there.
Susie finds out that her roommate, Jackie, passed away.
Susie stays with Midge and her family for a while
since she is uncomfortable about sleeping
where someone passed away.
Susie and Midge attend Jackie's funeral.
Midge runs into Lenny Bruce while she's working
at The Wolford.
Midge's mom, Rose's matchmaking business is going very well.
Abe and the family attend an old friend's theater premier
for a review he has to write.
Abe ends up hating the play, to say the least.
Once his review goes live, their friends are not having it.
Abe receives a phone call from an old frenemy,
Asher Friedman, who was upset to read in his theater review
that he admitted to a crime they committed in the past.
His review calls the FBI to reach out to Asher
and requested they both meet with them.
Midge is still having problems
with how the club is being run at The Wolford.
Midge goes on a date,
but she is definitely not feeling him at all.
At this point, it's safe to say Susie is starting
to wear out her welcome in Midge's apartment.
- I forgot it was to play Mordecai,
so it was all for naught, but you get my point.
- Her time here does seem endless.
- [Sharronda] Joel moves into his new apartment,
but that doesn't stop his mom
from trying to set him up on a date.
Joel tells Mei that it's time
for her to meet his parents, but she is against it.
Abe and Asher find out
that there won't be any consequences for their old crimes
once they have their final interview with the FBI.
The celebration is short-lived
as during their final interview, Abe implicates Asher
as being the only person to go into the building.
Abe is upset because he found out
that Rose and Asher had previously dated 35 years ago.
Susie finally finds her own place to sleep
and run her management business.
She also finds a new client to add to her roster,
a magician by the name of Alfie.
Midge makes an assumption about Susie's sexuality,
and now they aren't on speaking terms.
Midge decides to make some ground rules at The Wolford.
Midge is also starting to make some headway
with her standup, well, almost.
(upbeat jazz music)
- Boy, you're almost as funny as the men comics.
- We're gonna work on that.
- [Sharronda] Midge goes to Joel's club
to try out her new bits
and let him know about her new place of employment.
Sophie finds Susie at her new place,
which comes as a shock to her.
Sophie tells her she can't find work
and she wants Susie to help her land a gig
as a host of a new game show.
Susie reluctantly agrees.
Susie is doing interviews for secretaries
for her new office-slash-home.
Abe and Rose are still fighting about the Asher situation.
Mei finally agrees to meet Joel's parents,
but Joel ends up going by himself because Mei got sick.
Midge shows Susie that they were both invited
to Shy Baldwin's wedding.
They attend the wedding, and Midge runs into Shy
in the bathroom.
They finally have a chance to talk things out
about what happened.
As Midge and Susie are about to leave,
they are asked by two gentlemen to follow them.
They meet with Shy's team, and they offer them money
to sign an NDA to not disclose what she knows about him,
but she says no.
Rose meets with the wealthy Solomon Melamid
for a meeting at his estate.
He wants her to find his daughters suitable matches
for marriage.
Rose agrees as this will be lucrative
for her matchmaking business.
Rose later finds out that Midge is working at The Wolford
and confronts her about it.
Rose is concerned that her daughter's new job will be
an issue for her new client and asks Midge to quit.
Susie has Sophie meet with an executive by the name
of Mike Carr in hopes of getting her an interview
on a TV show.
She ends up going on "The Gordon Ford Show,"
and she kills it.
Midge finds Lenny Bruce passed out on the sidewalk
and takes him home to wear it off.
Lenny isn't too appreciative of the generosity
and immediately tries to leave.
Susie hires a new secretary for her office.
Sophie books her game show.
Business is booming at The Wolford due
to more women coming to see Midge perform.
This causes an issue for their business partners
because too many women are attending the shows now.
Once the men realize their booze sales are up
because of the women,
they decide to leave things as they are.
Midge goes to see L. Roy Dunham, the journalist
who keeps writing terrible reviews about her,
and makes a shocking discovery.
- You're the one who's been writing
all those terrible articles?
- Actually, I think they're pretty good, but yes.
- But you're a woman.
- [Sharronda] Sophie goes to see Midge
to ask her to get Susie to manage her again.
She tells Midge if she gets Susie to manage her,
she will let her perform on her NBC show.
Mei tells Joel that she is pregnant.
Susie books Alfie a gig at Joel's club, but he disappears.
Rose is invited to a business meeting only to find
that it is an ambush by other matchmakers confronting her
about her new business venture.
They tell her to stop her business at once.
Midge convinces Susie to agree to Sophie's deal.
Midge goes to perform at the show,
and it's going well until Sophie decides to crash her set.
Things go off the rails very quickly.
Midge meets a handsome new man
and develops a bit of a crush.
After weeks of flirting, things get a little hot and heavy,
only to find out that her night in shining armor
is actually married.
Abe is approached by some of the matchmaking women
in an effort to tell Rose to stop pursuing her business.
Joel tells Midge about the baby.
Susie gets Alfi gig for his magic act.
He hypnotizes Rose and gets her to do a standup act
that doesn't go too well for the family.
(audience applauds)
- So what happened?
You all look so strange.
- May I talk to you outside?
- [Sharronda] Midge takes a new gig performing
at a John F. Kennedy ladies' fundraiser
in front of Jackie Kennedy.
Things are going great until Midge tells a racy story
that causes Jackie Kennedy
and the rest of the audience to cry.
Dinah introduces Susie to a potential new client,
a comedian by the name of James.
Midge sees Lenny on "The Gordon Ford Show" talking
about his upcoming show at Carnegie Hall.
Joel tells his father, Moishe, about Mei and the baby,
and his reaction is quite interesting.
(patrons chatting)
(woman shrieks) - Oh, (beep)!
- Pop, pop!
Call an ambulance.
- [Sharronda] The family rushes to the hospital
to check on Moishe who is currently unconscious
from his heart attack.
Lenny goes to see Midge during one of her sets
to apologize to her.
He also offers her another gig until they are interrupted
as The Wolford is being raided by the cops.
- Lost an earring.
- We're being raided!
- What am I gonna do with one earring?
Two ears, I got two ears!
- Stay down!
- [Sharronda] Midge and Lenny run out together
into the middle of a snowstorm.
They head to Lenny's hotel to get out of the cold.
Things then get hot and heavy
as the two share an intimate moment together.
Midge makes a startlingly discovery with Lenny.
Moishe finally wakes up.
Mei meets the family.
Midge declines the Tony Bennett gig
since she no longer wants to be an opening act.
Midge confronts Susie about why Frank
and Nicky are really in business with her.
Susie isn't trying to hear anything from Midge right now
since she keeps turning down gigs.
Moishe returns home.
Moishe tells Joel he is okay with him and Mei
but Mei needs to become Jewish.
Abe gets romantic
and fully supports Rose's matchmaking business.
Rose sends a message to her competition.
Lenny Bruce performs at Carnegie Hall and kills it.
Lenny is upset with Midge
for turning down the Tony Bennett gig
and other gigs around town.
Lenny feels like Midge
isn't taking her opportunity seriously.
He tells her to stop hiding and get to work.
He leaves her with a few parting words.
- Keep working.
There is a moment in this business, window's open.
If you miss it, it closes.
Just don't...
(energetic jazz music)
If you blow this, Midge, I swear,
(energetic jazz music)
you will break my (beep) heart.
(energetic jazz music)
- [Sharronda] Season four ends with Midge
on the brink of making an important career decision.
Don't forget to watch the fifth and final season
of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,"
premiering its first three episodes on April 14th
with new episodes airing each week after.
Once again, thank you for watching "Prime Video Recaps."
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