How to Chew Quietly and Influence People
Susie interviews various different clients, trying to work out some decent questions to ask, courtesy of numerous little breaks and checking her notes.
Susie turns to Fred for advice on how to narrow down her list of potential employees. He suggests she look at things like eating and general etiquette to get a better idea of who would be a good fit for the job. ..
Meanwhile, Miriam is going through issues of her own as she tries to balance her checkbook. So naturally, she wakes up Abe and asks him for help instead.
Midge is conflicted about whether or not to go to Shy Baldwin’s wedding. She has been invited, but she doesn’t want to go because it is three days away and she doesn’t want to be there with all of the other people. Susie, on the other hand, thinks that they should go and make the most of the opportunity. ..
Mei and Joel are both exhausted from trying to get some sleep. Joel’s mother keeps ringing them, asking to meet Mei. Eventually Mei caves and agrees to meet her. ..
Rose is offered a lucrative position working with Solomon Melamid’s daughters as a matchmaker. It’s pretty amusing, given she’s always been interfering in Joel and Miriam’s marriage, and now she has the opportunity to show what she’s worth.
When Rose returns home, she notices Miriam has numerous papers about the nightclub stashed in her drawers. So naturally, she shows up to see what the big fuss is about. ..
Midge’s jokes are raunchy and riff on Father’s day in general. This causes Rose to down her drink. ..
The mother confronts her daughter about her new job at a strip club. Given she promised not to embarrass Solomon, the fact that Miriam is working in a strip club means Rose’s job prospects are under scrutiny.
Miriam confronts her mother about snooping in her room. The two women argue about the incident, with Rose believing she’s onto something big. But Miriam too believes she’s onto something big, leaving the two women at an uneasy stalemate. ..
Susie booked herself a new secretary, Sophie met her who had been through an awful ordeal. She had to hail her own taxi - oh, the horror! ..
Susie and Sophie set up a meeting with Mike Carr, the guy who’s responsible for booking on The Gordon Ford Show. They encourage Sophie to play it straight, but Mike is impatient. It seems like the meeting goes well though.
Susie and Midge show up at Baldwin’s wedding determined to spend as much of his money as possible, destroying canopies, making expensive drinks at the bar and riffing on Baldwin.
Shy Baldwin eventually appears on stage with his wife, riffing with the crowd on stage. Eventually though, Harry Belafonte takes over and begins singing.
Midge finally catches up with Shy in the bathroom, who’s certainly surprised to see her. Miriam is actually pretty polite, pointing out his wife looks beautiful and that he’s got a brand new band.
After discussing Miriam’s removal from the tour, the subject turns to her apology. Miriam claims that she is truly sorry for what she has done and that she only meant to riff on Baldwin in order to have a good laugh. She also points out that she was desperate for attention and did not know any better at the time. ..
Miriam declines the offer from Lou and Ken, but says she would be willing to speak to Shy Baldwin about what may have happened on a boat if he is willing to meet with her. ..
When that number is increased to $12,000, Susie wavers but Miriam remains steadfast, claiming that there’s no way she’d sell out Shy Baldwin. She does, however, pick up a whole stack of goodie bags on the way out.
Mei gets dressed up for her first meeting with Joel’s parents. She is nervous and overthinking everything she does. Although Joel promises everything will be good, he too is having doubts over how his parents will react. ..
Gordon agrees to have Sophie appear on his show. Despite starting off well, she soon slips, with Abe and Rose watching on. She mentions how she got scared and worried, hence why her Apollo gig messed up. However, she does keep it together long enough to make a great impression with the audience.
Susie shows up back to the office and meets a woman named Dinah, who has been waiting 7 hours for an interview. Susie hastily accepts and advises her to show up at noon. ..
The Episode Review
Marvelous Mrs Maisel returns with another good episode, one that finally sees Miriam mending the bridges she burned with Shy Baldwin.
Midge’s bitter, angry attitude has been completely her fault but yet it’s only now that she actually takes responsibility for her actions and stands up, pointing out that she was wrong. That’s a nice step forward for her character, although it’s Susie who gets the best jokes and arc here.
Susie helps land Sophie a TV commercial, which she nails in the wake of some particularly tough questions. Susie also hires herself a new secretary as her job starts to take off. I imagine if Sophie has anything to say about it, Susie taking a chance with her could come back to actually ignite her business. ..
The other characters continue to run their subplots, with Rose now professionally getting involved in matchmaking. ..
With the latest episode released today, everything is still up in the air as the series finally seems to be moving in the right direction. ..
