Mrs. Maisel, Season 3 SPOILERS

I liked the season, but agree, how did she not know she was outing him? And what the hell, Suzy!

We're only through the first 4 or so episodes. Although we like it, we don't think it's as good as the first 2 seasons. We don't like the Abe/Rose story line at all and don't like the Susie/Lennon story line. Just ick. Is Shy supposed to be a Johnny Mathis-like character? Not crazy about the Joel/Chinese gambling hall story line either. We like the story lines that involve Midge the most.

I'm up to ep. 5 so I haven't read all responses - I will come back when I'm done.

I was sure Lenny and Midge were going to hook up after that late night TV show thing they did. The slow dance together and the way they looked at each other ::HOT::

I love Lenny

Me too, and I loved Benjamin! I couldn't decide which I liked better.

The real Lenny Bruce did date a comedienne at one point so it made me wonder if it was to be Midge. I was disappointed that after caring for Shy when injured she would out him like that. The manager mentioned a list of things she could riff on and she didn’t go after those at all and picks on the forbidden topic. I thought that didn’t go with her character.

I knew when she was getting the hang of the craps table so fast she was gonna be a gambler...

I was sad to see how this season ended, but the entire show has been based on the fact that Midge does and says what she wants when she wants consequences be damned. I think her personality as presented is so conflicted. She decides to go on a world tour without talking to her family (childcare anyone?) or her fiancé. She's always made her own decisions, yet when someone doesn't blow smoke up her rear end (Moms Mabley), she falls apart and needs to be told what to do. You would have thought that the riff on Sohpie that she did early in her career would have taught her that some things shouldn't make it into her routine.

Count me as one who is tired of the parents story line. The whole family seems to make decisions on a whim then recoils when faced with the consequences.

Having said all that, I hope there is a season 4. Overall I've found the show kind of like a wreck along the side of the highway - oddly fascinating while hard to look.

Me too. I thought there were another couple to go 

So some random thoughts now I have finished - - - 

The scenes on Shy's boat made me a bit green (I have no sea legs and get dizzy easily) I thought the actors did well to cope with that! The platters of food must have been glued down (also the individual food I think) cause that boat was leaning and the food wasn't moving an inch though it should have been


The scene in the Stage Deli with Benjamin - Midge told him with her on tour it wouldn't have been much of a life together and he said "coming together would have been sensational" when she got home. Oi my knees went weak   She missed a catch there


The Weissman's and the Maisel's living together nearly did me in. Shirley's yelling would drive me insane

What do you mean knowing how young he died? The comedian he's based on? I don't understand


And Suzy gambling. Ugh so disappointed. I don't like the character Sophie Lennon - the actress does a great job with the script she is given but I would be happy if she didn't return next season

I feel the same way.

I just watched a clip of the real Lenny Bruce. Luke Kirby is doing a great job - mannerisms, accent and delivery are spot on

I grew up in NYC and not in the rarified atmosphere the Masiels inhabited. Nope, I grew up poor in the Bronx. Both of my parents swore like sailors. I never heard my father utter the word and only heard my mother utter it late in life after she went to work in a prison.

But in the time frame of the show:

If a man said it in mixed company, he would have been reprimanded by both men and women.

The F word was NOT something any "decent" woman ever said. EVER. If a woman had said that, even my poor working class neighbors and family would have thought WAY less of the woman. It would have been considered "low class."  In part, it also would have been considered an unfeminine thing to do. So while Susie saying it is not shocking to me, hearing Miriam using it ALL the time absolutely takes me out of the moment every time. 

In fact, I think they really  missed an opportunity for character development by having Miriam swear like that from the beginning. To me, her swearing changes would have been an excellent way to illustrate the changes in her behavior that occurs as she moves out of her bubble.

We have been saving this show to watch between Christmas and New Years. Midge & Joel's parents both drove me crazy this season. I totally thought Midge's mom was going to Providence, RI and thought it was funny that she was in OK. They better figure out a way to get some money because I don't want them moving back to the house in the Queens. I enjoyed seeing Midge on the road. I hate the storyline with Sophie Lennon. Midge can be pretty careless when she's on stage and as soon as she got stage fright I figured she would blow things with Shy. That was a sad ending with him.

I like Joel and thought it was funny that they remarried in LV. I did not like him the first season, but I could see why she married him. He has really grown on me. I would not be disappointed to see them together. He's supportive of her career, loves her, and he's a good dad. He now has a club where she could perform if she wanted. My husband is totally on team Joel and when I reminded him that he walked out on her and lived with his secretary for most of the first season he responded with, "That was not his fault. The writers made him do that." I thought that was funny.

So I'm on team Joel for a while there and then Benjamin comes back and reminds me that he's a nice match for her and she probably blew it on that one. It'll be interesting to see what happens with Susie and Midge and where her career goes from here. I do think it might be good if Joel took a role in it. So maybe I end on team Joel. It'll be a long wait until season four.