The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (TV Series) How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? (2022) User Reviews

Luke Kirby as Lenny Bruce

[julianmx93- · 10/10 · 11 March 2022]

Easily the best episode of the season. All the fluff and the "things are supposed to be this way because I'm me" part of Midge is peeled away one by one in every facet of her life. Everyone in this episode was terrific, every second was engaging, and many moments were touching and twistedly funny. It reminds you why we love these characters.

This is the Lenny Bruce episode as well. What an incredible performance by Luke Kirby. I still felt struck by the time the credits were done.

An Excellent Season Finale!

[Louloumac0122 · 10/10 · 11 March 2022]

I had pretty much given up hope on this season before these last two episodes dropped. I was so frustrated with the continuous pattern of Midge's self-destruction and implosion that I limped through the middle episodes of the season. That was, however, until this episode. This episode is the perfect balance of everything that was messy or frustrating in the entire season: Midge's self-destruction, her resistance on putting her nose to the grindstone and starting (almost) from scratch, the messy family dynamic, and the continuous what-if of Midge and Lenny. Maybe it's my favoritism towards Lenny as a character or maybe this really was the best episode of the series so far. Regardless, this episode has renewed my interest in the show and has determined that Luke Kirby, once again, deserves an Emmy for his performance.

LENNY LENNY LENNY LENNY LENNY! Spoilers!!

[sugardattie · 10/10 · 11 March 2022]

I mean, what can you say about this episode other than that it was close to perfection. I wept in many scenes for various reasons. The GD obit Abe read in the hospital room got me in the heart. The speech given by Lenny at the end was so pure and raw and beautiful it had me choked up. And my favorite, the moment we've all been waiting for... hotel room!!! Their chemistry is out of this world. I don't know how this is going to end but could we possibly be getting a happily ever for at least 6 years for them? Luke Kirby's Lenny Is maybe my favorite real life portrayal performance of all the shows ever. Bravo!!! It's a lock for him for another Emmy!

Marvelous

[Hitchcoc · 10/10 · 13 March 2022]

Moishe is on death's door and Abe writes his obituary. Midge is given an opportunity of a lifetime to work with Tony Bennet, and turns it down. She gets involved in the Kennedy campaign. But the highlight is the back and forth with Lenny Bruce who has set things up for her when she tells him she wants to be in charge. There is a great final speech at Carnegie Hall. It will be interesting to see where she will go as the final season happens.

The Best For Last, At Last

[bsatchley · 9/10 · 12 March 2022]

LUKE KIRBY. Those two words shouted in all caps would be a sufficient review, but I'll go on. A Lenny heavy episode has been our special little treat for sticking around every season, and giving us this finale was like the most decadent dessert we could have asked for. And as if that alone weren't enough, all the other plot points of the episode were *chef's kiss.* So dreamy, so funny, so sweet, so heartfelt: So ready for Season 5, already!

Great finale

[philthegreatone-786-63058 · 9/10 · 11 March 2022]

The finale begins with Midge's ex father in law in hospital and they are not sure if he is going to make it. Meanwhile Midge goes back to work and gets emotional doing stand up about her ex father in law. Midge then runs into Lenny who after a raid they end up back in a hotel room and finally get together. Personally I have wanted to see them hook up for a long time. Not end up in a relationship, just have one night together. After Midge turns down a great offer for a show, Lenny is disappointed in her and does a great speech. Luke Kirby is great in this show and deserves another Emmy for this episode. This episode had a lot of heart, was funny and razor sharp as always. A great finish to the season. I hope the wait for the final season is not as long as we had to wait for this one. This show is wonderful and has brought great joy to my life when I feel down at times. I love it.

Utterly marvellous

[karena-donald · 10/10 · 11 March 2022]

The writing, the characters, the humour. All characters so well observed. One of the best series ever written. Every detail of the period so well observed. And the clothes, yes the clothes...

Everyone gets fired. Go forward to the next one

[ksvsdtk · 9/10 · 11 March 2022]

This whole episode reminded me of what father said about life. The majority of people are small and mean when it comes to strong willed women, so you have to be thick skinned and use the word "NO" as a jumping off point for negotiations and keep going forward. Sometimes life is showing a brick wall who is boss and getting bloody.

It's hard to watch Midge self sabotage like talented people do when they are in a slump. It is gut wrenching even for the people who love them to see this cycle. But it is how the sausage is made. Because someone has to slap them back to reality and greatness.

The whole cast hits this episode out of the park. If can't feel from A to Z while watching it then you need new medication. I can't help you.

Midge bucks the headwinds

[screenwriter-972-149612 · 9/10 · 12 March 2022]

Going to omit the various attempts to keep the lesser story lines going. Suffice it to say that the writers left no stone unturned.... or at least, undisturbed in order to remind us of what's left hanging and whet our appetite for season five. For the most part, I think it worked. Still undecided if the main thrust of this episode, a return to Midge and her goal was handled as best it could be. But they sure staged it well. Booked it for Carnagie Hall. Which leads us back to the very first installments in season one.

Lenny Bruce was the original kick-starter to Mrs. Maisel's career. He was the gateway to the real world of stand-up. So, it's fitting in a way that in the season 4 final, it's Bruce who sets her straight, all be it melodramatically.

It seemed forced. And hard to believe. Not so sure it worked. What did work was the visual of Midge leaving Carnagie Hall and walking straight into oncoming blizzard. The wind attacks her. She loses her umbrella, her hat. She is all by herself on her journey and then is sent a sign.... literally.

The episode was the best! Luke Kirby as Lenny Bruce -- brilliant!!

[Sasha_Lauren · 10/10 · 16 April 2022]

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Season Four

Season Four has been a rollar coaster ride for me. The first episode played like the writers were under the influence of some sort of psychedelic substance. It felt unhinged and wild in a disorienting way. I don't see the connection between Joel and Mei. The way Midge ignores her kids is uncomfortable and has been a dealbreaker for several of my friends who stopped watching the show because of this. I stuck with all eight episodes though. The season picked up steam for me. Each actor is perfect in their respective role. Tony Shaloub as Midge's father, Marian Hinkle as her mother, Alex Borstein as her agent, Jane Lynch as Sophie Lennon, and the tremendous Luke Kirby as Midge's mentor and love interest, Lenny Bruce, stand out for me, but literally each character is terrific. The Lenny Bruce character gets to me because of the actor's brilliant portrayal. The eighth episode is the best. It had me in tears several times. After a rocky start, I recommend this season.

Great end to a frustrating season

[mjsm60 · 9/10 · 25 March 2022]

This episode saved the season for me and I look forward to season 5. What a frustrating ride, watching Midge choose to work a strip club of all places and just generally self-destruct. But enter Lenny, and he (with help earlier from Abe's obit scene) saved it. Kirby's performance was absolutely brilliant and at least nomination worthy. Yes, this season's episodes had funny moments. For me, however, Midge wasn't the only one in a slump - the show's writers were right there with her most of the season. As I said, frustrating.

I must have missed something

[jp-206 · 4/10 · 5 September 2022]

I was expecting to be blown over in a season one kind of way with all the 10 star reviews about the finale, but I wasn't. It had the same tempo and timbre as the rest of season four, which I found completely disjointed from the previous three seasons. Everyone is yelling. The lexicon is nowhere near accurate to the times and there are two many side storylines that are meaningless. I really feel like the supporting cast said "we need more lines! We need our own story!" so they went crazy and wrote all these sideways plots that have no bearing on the main story.

It wasn't awful, but it wasn't great. Easily the weakest season finale, which fits for the weakest season yet.

Credit where credit is due

[tsidney · 9/10 · 20 March 2022]

Why are the choreographers from shows not included In the director category or have a category for themselves? Shows like "Zoey's extraordinary..." were built on the music. They are just as important as the director etc.

Blow away

[Prad-Pitt · 10/10 · 27 September 2022]

For a show that you didn't think could get any better, that you thought had played all its best hands, time and time again make you effortlessly fall in love and feel engrossed in these characters lives, that had nothing else to prove, it had already made a lasting impression.. this episode blew me away... the Lenny and Midge story arch was so beautifully and tenaciously handled over four seasons.. to now have them collide, and have their complexities, their naked ambitions and individual flaws laid out in one to bare in one sweeping smooth take across a stunning open stage.. just Breathtaking.

Season Four Review

[southdavid · 9/10 · 4 February 2023]

I really thought that, whilst the first two seasons of "The Marvellous Mrs Maisel" were excellent, the inclusion of a screwball element into the third season brought it up an extra notch, and I'm glad to say that that element is doubled down on for some of the more memorable scenes in this penultimate fourth season.

Having been unceremoniously dumped from Shy Baldwin's tour, Miriam (Rachel Brosnahan) suddenly has financial worries having just purchased the apartment, an issue she tries to alleviate by having Abe (Tony Shalhoub) and Rose (Marin Hinkle) move in with her. Joel (Michael Zegen) hasn't told his parents about Mei (Stephanie Msu) which is unfortunate as his mother is bombarding him with potential matches. Susie (Alex Borstein) finally established a proper office and adds some more 'talent' to her agency.

Of all the shows I'm watching at the moment, "Mrs Maisel" has proved to be the one I've looked forward to the most. It's another funny season, with the visit to Coney Island and the family on the Ferris wheel being the absolute best moment. Maybe it's just because I was enjoying it, and not thinking too deeply about it, but I didn't see the reframing of Midge's actions, that Lenny Bruce provides in the last episode coming. It's not exactly a twist, per se, but another look at her motivations for what she's done in this run.

I love that it's a big ensemble of and that all the characters get to be funny and have their own storylines. I love the recreation of the 1950's/60's. I love the show in general. Looking forward to the next run.

Plodding and aimless

[rabidhound · 4/10 · 3 July 2022]

Amazed to see how high this finale is rated! For me it was a fantastic season that concluded with a weird slow-paced episode that doesn't go anywhere.

I'll concede that Lenny Bruce is quite well-acted, but then, most of the cast is.

It just feels like they had nothing big to end the season with, so they inflated some silly drama to seem like season-ending fare.

I guess a lot of people thought it was big Midge and Lenny hooked up? I know it was teased before, but it never felt to me like they had that kind of chemistry. The lack of transition or explanation for Lenny's behavior after Midge saved him in an earlier episode was strange as well. In their hookup scene he came off as creepy and leering to me.

The Moishe heart attack story was uneffective. It seemed painfully clear he wasn't going to die, it was all too lighthearted and hammed up. Abe running around trying to get an obituary written for someone who's not dead seems out of character. The doctors never even said he would die. But maybe the writers were playing up the "hysterical men" angle for Miriam's speech at the strip club? It felt forced to me. I did appreciate the moment between Abe and Moishe after Abe reads his true feelings from the obit--touching and well acted.

The big ending scene is the argument between Midge and Lenny about playing opening gigs to get her career going. I know it was supposed to be heavy but it just seems so painfully obvious from here. It's opening for TONY BENNETT. How could any sane person think opening for a superstar will hurt your career, but emceeing at a strip club will make people see you as a headliner? Of course Lenny is right!

Then the episode ends with a soul searching Maisel wandering through the snow storm. She's so contemplative and lost in life, trying to find her path again, since being told the groundbreaking news that booking big gigs with famous people is actually good for your career.

The episode didn't land for me.

Just another self-centered privileged white woman

[momciloradovanovic · 3/10 · 26 June 2022]

Seeing everyone's excitement about this season and the finale episode, I am really not sure what I am missing here.

Midge's character is evolving in a terrible direction, so if they are trying to present her as a highly self-centered and selfish privileged person then I'm on onboard, but otherwise I am very disappointed.

The good sides of this episode had nothing to do with her, but with Bruce, Moishe & and Abe's relationship and Rose's business.

Not too excited about S5, but will probably watch it.

One way left to get there

[tug_san · 24 June 2023]

Great speech from Lenny. Not sure whether the real Lenny would've agreed with the contents of it, actually it came off a bit disrespectful to his legacy by flat out making him say that all he wants and all that is important is fame. But it made perfect sense in the context of the storyline and the show. And the ending scene was a perfect sundae with a cherry on top called "How do i get to Carnegie Hall?" by Sparks. Apparently the song came out in 2002 but it fit so well to the scene it was used and it conveyed such an erratic mood with splendid instrumentals and a goofy set of lyrics on the serious theme of ambition, it felt like it was written for this series and that finale alone. All current tribulations, past embarrassments and comical tone throughout the narration of the story of our dear protoganist summed up into a beautiful blizzard scene leading up to a light bulb in the form of a billboard in the middle of a snowy wasteland to tell Midge the apocalypse is here and the window to salvation is closing.