There are some other takeaways from their brief meeting-Midge and Joel are grandparents to baby Rose (I’m assuming Ethan’s daughter) and Midge’s mom, Rose Weissman, is no longer alive. Whatever caused their rift, you know it must be overblown if even Joel is urging Midge to reconcile, while also proving that the two of them need each other.Īgain, we have no idea what transpired between Midge and Susie, but I’m sure we’ll find out sooner rather than later. Midge assures him it’s lucrative, but it’s all just so she doesn’t have to tell him he’s right and make up with Susie. Midge’s children might not be too supportive of her career, but Joel seems smitten, pushing Midge to get back to her comedy rather than selling wigs, which is apparently her new business venture in the future timeline. Then again, his risqué supper club lifestyle could’ve simply led to this moment- we won’t know for certain until later in the season. He seems to suggest that looking out for Midge is what landed him in prison, and given what we know about 1961, it might be that he crossed Frank and Nicky, the mobsters that own Susie. It’s a guy who has been through some things and learned his lesson the hard way, though it’s not exactly clear what landed him in this spot. At this point, Midge is already quite famous, which works in Joel’s favor as he’s seemingly the popular guy in prison handing out signed photographs to his fellow inmates.

Midge is paying him a visit, so it’s nice to see that they are still on friendly terms and haven’t missed a beat despite the whole being behind bars thing. Speaking of arrests, the episode kicked off giving by fans a glimpse at the year 1987, revealing that Joel is in prison. Midge Maisel is capable of everything and anything-and this episode was proof, as it was chock full of surprising developments that were equally as eyebrow-raising as her arrest (not the first, nor the last, I’m sure). With an episode title like “The Pirate Queen,” I was genuinely intrigued, though admittedly, I did not have Midge getting arrested in international waters for piracy and assault on my bingo card.īut am I surprised? Not entirely.

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