When “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” starts, Midge is married with children. It’s only after Joel leaves her for his secretary that she decides to give stand-up a try. Mei seems down a similar path where Joel wants to marry her and have children, but she doesn’t give him that opportunity. She’s decided against having the baby and will pursue a career as a medical professional when women weren’t really in that field. Amy Sherman-Palladino confirms that there’s a cycle at play where Midge followed the traditional feminine path in American society before deciding to give something else a try. Meanwhile, Mei is going after what she wants from the get-go.
Sherman-Palladino wanted that progression within Mei and to help show why Joel was attracted to her in the first place. She said, “She also represented the kind of woman that Joel would want to be with. In spite of the fact that they did not work out, Joel was attracted to Midge, partially because of that ambition and that focus that was there that neither one of them even could like put a finger on.” Not only was Mei’s decision important thematically, but it also helped Joel along his journey; as Michael Zegen told THR, “I think it was another instance where he was kind of getting into the same patterns that he started in where he’s kind of stuck in a situation, and he has to find his way out.”
With Season 5 being the final outing for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” fans will undoubtedly appreciate seeing growth in the characters, themes, and time periods of this country.
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