History TearJerker / TheMarvelousMrsMaisel

* The flash-forwards that happen each episode show that while Midge has become a worldwide success, it's at the cost of just about all her personal relationships. She's had a string of failed romances while she and Susie have fallen out hard with extremely bad blood between the two. And her relationship with her children isn't any better. Ethan has moved to Israel and distances himself from her to the point that he didn't tell her he was engaged, only telling her when she visited him unexpectedly. Meanwhile, Esther, despite being a brilliant P.H.D. candidate is a neurotic mess, who is deeply resentful of her mother. What's worse, Esther's only treasured relationship was with Abe who is implied to have passed away by 1981. On top of all this Midges preppy and resiliently positive attitude seems to have wained into a more cynical now using [[StepfordSnarker humor to cover up the loneliness and emptiness she feels]] despite having gotten the success she wanted. The only person she has a cordial relationship with is Joel, who is in prison for becoming involved with the mafia as part of a deal he made to free Midge from her obligation to them. This act of sacrifice was actually what resulted in her falling out with Suzie.

* The flash-forwards that happen each episode show that while Midge has become a worldwide success, it’s at the cost of just about all her personal relationships. She’s had a string of failed romances while she and Susie have fallen out hard with extremely bad blood between the two. And her relationship with her children isn’t any better. Ethan has moved to Israel and distances himself from her to the point that he didn’t tell her he was engaged, only telling her when she visited him unexpectedly. Meanwhile, Esther, despite being a brilliant P.H.D. candidate is a neurotic mess, who is deeply resentful of her mother. What’s worse, Esther’s only treasured relationship was with Abe who is implied to have passed away by 1981. On top of all this Midges preppy and resiliently positive attitude seems to have wained into a more cynical now using [[StepfordSnarker humor to cover up the loneliness and emptiness she feels]] despite having gotten the success she wanted. The only person she has a cordial relationship with is Joel who is in prison for unknown reasons.

* The flash-forwards that happen each episode show that while Midge has become a worldwide success, it’s at the cost of just about all her personal relationships. She’s had a string of failed romances while she and Susie have fallen out hard with extremely bad blood between the two. And her relationship with her children isn’t any better. Ethan has moved to Israel and distances himself from her to the point that he didn’t tell her he was engaged, only telling her when she visited him unexpectedly. Meanwhile, Esther, despite being a brilliant P.H.D. candidate is a neurotic mess, who is deeply resentful of her mother. What’s worse, Esther’s only treasured relationship was with Abe who is implied to have passed away by 1981. On top of all this Midges preppy and resiliently positive attitude seems to have wained into a more cynical now using [[StepfordSnarker humor to cover up the loneliness and emptiness she feels]] despite having gotten the success she wanted.

* The flash-forwards that happen each episode show that while Midge has become a worldwide success, it’s at the cost of just about all her personal relationships. She’s had a string of failed romances while she and Susie have fallen out hard with extremely bad blood between the two. And her relationship with her children isn’t any better. Ethan has moved to Israel and distances himself from her to the point that he didn’t tell her he was engaged, only telling her when she visited him unexpectedly. Meanwhile, Esther, despite being a brilliant physicist is a neurotic mess, who is deeply resentful of her mother. What’s worse, Esther’s only treasured relationship was with Abe who is implied to have passed away by 1981. On top of all this Midges preppy and resiliently positive attitude seems to have wained into a more cynical now using [[StepfordSnarker humor to cover up the loneliness and emptiness she feels]] despite having gotten the success she wanted.

* The flash-forwards that happen each episode show that while Midge has become a worldwide success, it’s at the cost of just about all her personal relationships. She’s had a string of failed romances while she and Susie have fallen out hard with extremely bad blood between the two. And her relationship with her children isn’t any better. Ethan has moved to Israel and distances himself from her to the point that he didn’t tell her he was engaged, only telling her when she visited him unexpectedly. Meanwhile, Esther, despite being a brilliant physicist is a neurotic mess, who is deeply resentful of her mother. What’s worse, Esther’s only treasured relationship was with Abe who is implied to have passed away by 1981. On top of all this Midges preppy and resiliently positive attitude seems to have wained into a more cynical now using [[StefordSnarker humor to cover up the loneliness and emptiness she feels]] despite having gotten the success she wanted.

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* Lenny has just performed[[spoiler: his tour de force show at Carnegie Hall, before which he and Midge had finally slept together. He's tried to set her up as the opener for Tony Bennett at the Copa, but Midge's emphatic new motto is "no opening acts" and she refuses the gig. Outraged at having his help thrown back in his face - after having kept his promise to think of her as a comic first - Lenny berates Midge for wanting to be uncompromising as he is. He's someone people watch just to see if he'll be arrested, and he doesn't want that for Midge. Before walking out, he gives her one final piece of advice: "if you blow this, Midge, you will break my fucking heart".]]

* [[spoiler: "If you blow this, Midge, I swear you will break my fucking heart."]]

* When Jackie unexpectedly dies of a stroke in "Everything is Bellmore," Susie falls into a deep state of depression. She ends up crashing at Midge's apartment because she's too uncomfortable staying in her own apartment. When she ducks out of attending ''They Came, They Danced'', she's rattled enough by the sight of posters in the lobby for shows with the word "Death" in the title that she takes off. And when it's time for his funeral, she finds that [[LonelyFuneral only four people bothered to turn up to pay their respects]]: herself, Midge, Chester, and Jackie's sister Nancy. This isn't a big enough crowd for Susie to deliver the heartwrenching eulogy she wants, so she crashes another woman's more heavily-attended funeral in order to eulogize Jackie.

* Midge goes to Shy Baldwin's wedding, and confronts him in the bathroom about his treatment of her. She reveals that she is angry with him because he didn't give her a chance to apologize for how she screwed up, and how he publicly embarassed her as a result. Midge even coldly rejects Shy's offer at rekindling their friendship. It gets even worse when Midge learns from Shy's management that they have basically isolated him from his inner circle- Reggie, his band- and even orchestrated the wedding all in an effort to "protect" him and his reputation to prevent his secret from getting out. Midge is horrified that her actions might have caused this situation, but is even more shocked when she learns that this was apparently in the cards for a while, Midge just simply moved up the timetable.
* Midge finds Lenny Bruce passed out on the street at the end of episode 5, and brings him back to her place in episode 6 to help him sober up. Lenny, unfortunately, bolts without explaining himself or what happened to him, with no clear indication that he will try to get help fo any kind. Anyone familiar with Lenny's history will understand that this is a sign of how his eventual fate is coming soon...

* When Jackie unexpectedly dies of a stroke in "Everything is Bellmore," Susie falls into a deep state of depression. She ends up crashing at Midge's apartment because she's too uncomfortable staying in her own apartment. When she ducks out of attending ''They Came, They Danced'', she's creeped out by posters for plays with the word "Death" in the title and runs off. And when it's time for his funeral, she finds that [[LonelyFuneral only four people bothered to turn up to pay their respects]]: herself, Midge, Chester, and Jackie's sister Nancy. This isn't a big enough crowd for Susie to deliver the heartwrenching eulogy she wants, so she crashes another woman's more heavily-attended funeral in order to eulogize Jackie.

* When Jackie unexpectedly dies of a stroke in "Everything is Bellmore," Susie falls into a deep state of depression. She ends up crashing at Midge's place because she's too creeped out to stay in her own apartment. When it's time for his funeral, she finds that [[LonelyFuneral only four people bothered to turn up to pay their respects]]: herself, Midge, Chester, and Jackie sister Nancy. This isn't a big enough crowd for Susie to deliver the heartwrenching eulogy she wants, so she crashes another woman's more heavily-attended funeral in order to eulogize Jackie.
** This one is a real life one too, as Creator/BrianTarantina, who played Jackie, [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim died in November 2019]]. [[InMemoriam The episode is dedicated to his memory]].