This episode, in particular, highlighted that relationship through the years, emphasizing how much their fallout hurt them both. Maisel has been many love letters over the course of five seasons-it’s a love letter to dysfunctional families, to the importance of pursuing a career, to a healthy relationship with your ex, but most importantly, to the friendship between Susie and Midge. And it absolutely had something to do with Susie’s arrangement with mobsters Frank and Nicky, as a previous brief scene with Joel in jail seemingly hinted at. Throughout the six episodes of the final season that have aired so far, the audience learned that the dynamic duo parted ways, though it was never actually clear what led to the demise of their friendship… until now. It almost felt like we were being cheated from seeing these important parts of Midge and Susie’s life play out in real-time, but with a limited episode count, the express version gave us the background necessary to get us to the present-day moment where Midge calls for a truce with Susie. There was a lot going on in the episode, and it’s clear that if the creators wanted to continue beyond five seasons, there was plenty of source material to tap into and pull from. Maisel Season 5 Episode 6 shifted focus to Susie Myerson, telling the story of her success through a half testimonial-half roast that gave audiences the “spark notes” version of what happened between 19, the furthest we’ve been in the timeline thus far.

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