Interview with Rachel Brosnahan and Tony Shalhoub for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 5

In season one, set in 1958 New York City, Miriam “Midge“ Maisel is a young Jewish-American housewife and mother, living on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Each week, Midge’s husband, Joel, performs at The Gaslight Café. Midge considers it a shared hobby, unaware the untalented Joel wants to be a professional comic. After a particularly dismal performance, a dejected Joel leaves Midge for his secretary. Midge, upset and drunk, returns to the Gaslight in her nightgown and stumbles onstage. In a bawdy impromptu set, Midge vents her predicament to the audience, then is arrested for obscenity. In the police car, Midge meets comic Lenny Bruce, also arrested for using obscenity. Gaslight manager Susie Myerson bails Midge out of jail, and Midge later bails out Lenny. Recognizing Midge’s raw talent, Susie coaches her to be a stand-up comic. In the second season, Midge hones her comic skills at the Gaslight. As Susie works to book paying gigs, Midge hides her new career from family. Susie