This was a great episode. Lets say, we have to see this one through to understand the last episode better. Watching on 2nd viewing, I could connect the dots. Perhaps this connects to next season...
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Need to See This To Understand The End
stalkofs25 December 2019
The Real World!
Hitchcoc5 February 2020
This is a really intense episode. I have wondered all along if Shy was going to face the kinds of things blacks did in the 50's and 60's. Not only that but another secret. Midge shows her love and friendship in this episode. Meanwhile, Abe and Rose come to Florida and the results are interesting. Watch Tony Shaloub. He is proving to be one of the best actors in America. I couldn't begin to do justice to this amazing piece of work.
The "Fight" episode of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
hamedazad23 July 2020
I don't know how many of you guys have seen "Masters of Sex." It was a great show on Showtime until it was canceled after four seasons for reasons beyond the talk here.
Anyway, that show started as a silly and comedy with simple drama about a scientist who wanted to investigate sex scientifically. The show ended on first season with a tip that it is going to get serious, but that didn't happen until episode 3 of the second season that it really happened. That episode was named "Fight". Not to give away any of that story, from that episode, the story got serious. I believe that episode was a transforming episode, one that transformed the show from a silly and funny drama into a dark and real drama. "Fight" really altered the direction of "Masters of Sex" and set its storyline on a new and much darker path.
I believe I saw such transformation here. Prior to this, the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel was a funny and melodramatic show about a woman who wants to pursue her dream career in stand up comedy. All the great acting, cinematography, music, costumes aside, the story lacked certain depth and layers. Now I believe this episode peeled the skin away so we can see that there is depth to this story. It is not all laughs and comedy, this show has real drama. And it is not just Midge. We see great transformations in Joel, Abe, Shy, Susie, Sophie, and possibly Rose. I feel great about this episode. I think it is going to change the direction of the story afterward.
Anyway, that show started as a silly and comedy with simple drama about a scientist who wanted to investigate sex scientifically. The show ended on first season with a tip that it is going to get serious, but that didn't happen until episode 3 of the second season that it really happened. That episode was named "Fight". Not to give away any of that story, from that episode, the story got serious. I believe that episode was a transforming episode, one that transformed the show from a silly and funny drama into a dark and real drama. "Fight" really altered the direction of "Masters of Sex" and set its storyline on a new and much darker path.
I believe I saw such transformation here. Prior to this, the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel was a funny and melodramatic show about a woman who wants to pursue her dream career in stand up comedy. All the great acting, cinematography, music, costumes aside, the story lacked certain depth and layers. Now I believe this episode peeled the skin away so we can see that there is depth to this story. It is not all laughs and comedy, this show has real drama. And it is not just Midge. We see great transformations in Joel, Abe, Shy, Susie, Sophie, and possibly Rose. I feel great about this episode. I think it is going to change the direction of the story afterward.
The Realities of the Time
Hitchcoc6 February 2020
Issues of the Sixties come into play in this episode. Midge is incredibly naive about racism. Shy Baldwin begins to have trouble separating his stage life from his personal one. He has grown up with Jim Crow. Midge also learns a secret from the singer she is fronting for. We also have a great scene with Tony Shaloub as Abe and his friend (Jason Alexander) who was blacklisted in the Army/McCarthy witch hunt. This is a really well constructed episode.
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