The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Mummy To Twins Plus One

What have you been watching lately? Well, I have a few things I have binged watched, and thoroughly enjoyed. Below is a list of shows in no particular order.

In this post are 12 shows to binge-watch – I hope you enjoy them as much as I did

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 4

I have watched all the other seasons of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and was keen to see what would happen in the fourth installment.

What is the 4th season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel About?

“The fourth season finds Midge enraged and humiliated after being fired. She struggles to restart her career and vows to only do headliner gigs, not opening acts. Complicating matters, a Daily News reporter continually disparages Midge’s performances in print. Meanwhile, a jealous Sophie Lennon again thwarts Midge’s career. Joel’s landlords are unhappy that his successful club draws attention to their illegal activities. Joel also copes with girlfriend Mei’s unexpected pregnancy, his mother’s meddling, and his father’s heart attack. Midge becomes the comic emcee at a strip club, seemingly content to languish there until police raid the place. Lenny Bruce gets Midge out in time, then helps reboot her career.” Wikipedia.

Severance

Severance is a very mysterious show that only reveals little bits of the story and makes you question everything. It always ends with you learning a little bit more but in fact still not knowing mostly everything and yes leaves you with more unanswered questions. Even though the show makes you want more it is intriguing, and engaging and has you wonder what is going to happen next.

What is Severance About?

“From Ben Stiller and creator Dan Erickson, Severance centres around Mark Scout (Adam Scott), a leader of a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives.

This experiment in ‘work-life balance’ is called into question as Mark finds himself at the centre of an unravelling mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work… and of himself.

Severance features Adam Scott, who stars alongside Academy Award winner Patricia Arquette, Emmy-winner John Turturro, Britt Lower, Zach Cherry, Dichen Lachman, Jen Tullock, Tramell Tillman, Michael Chernus, and Academy Award winner Christopher Walken.”

The last episode ends with you learning more about Hellie R and I had no idea about her real life (referenced as her outie). I am sure you will be shocked when you see this too… and no I will not give you any spoilers.

Russian Doll

I was wondering what to watch and found Russian Doll on Netflix, and yes I am late to the party to have suddenly discovered season 1. This late discovery has an upside, season 2 comes out April 20th, and looks very interesting. The show has taken a turn that I had not thought of. In season 2 it appears that it is playing with time travel. At the time of posting this post, I have only watched 2 episodes of the second series and so far it is very good and not the way I thought the time travel would occur.

What is Russian Doll About?

Nadia Vulvokov who is played by Natasha Lyonne dies in horrible accidents and also silly accidents that you think couldn’t kill you but they do kill Nadia. She always comes back to life and relives the same night of her birthday. Nadia ends up in the bathroom every time she comes back to life and then wonders why she is there and no one else is going through what she is. No one knows that she is living the same day. Although she lives the same day over and over again (yes a little like groundhog day) Nadia manages to have a few things change, but she keeps on dying and yes ending up back in the bathroom at her birthday party yet again.

During a freak meeting, Nadia meets Alan Charlie Barnett who is going through the same thing as Nadia. Alan keeps on dying and reliving the same day soon. Nadia and Alan work on a plan to try and break the cycle and finally live a different day and of course not die.

It is a clever and funny show that also has dramatic and touching moments. Be prepared for a lot of swearing and Nadia smoking what appears to be boxes and boxes of cigarettes (as a nonsmoker I find this harder than the drinking in the show). Even with the smoking, it is a fun and addictive show that is a refreshing take on reliving the same moment over and over again.

The Chestnut Man

What is Chestnut Man About?

The Chestnut Man is a Danish drama. It starts in 1987 with a horrible murder of a whole family but with only two survivors, kids from the family were the only people to live after a terrible violent event.
” More than thirty years later, in present-day Copenhagen, a young woman is found murdered in a playground with one of her hands missing. Detective Naia Thulin is assigned to the case. With her reluctant new partner, Mark Hess, they notice a tiny figurine made of chestnuts lying next to the body. A mysterious piece of evidence is soon discovered on the chestnut man—the fingerprint of a missing girl, the daughter of politician Rosa Hartung.”

I was hooked on this show and needed to find out who the Chestnut Man was and more about the 30-year mystery. It is not a show for kids and is just for adults only. Many of the images are quite grizzly and would give kids nightmares. I for one love murder mysteries and a show that has good suspense as well as a story gets me hooked, and that is what the Chestnut Man did for me.

Safe

What is Safe about?

Tom Delaney played by Michael C. Hall is a widowed surgeon. During the first episode Tom’s teenage daughter goes missing and during his search to find her he begins uncovering the dark secrets of the people closest to him.

I quite liked this show as it was a thriller and a who done it and one that had you guessing what would happen next. However, due to Michael C. Hall’s English accent, I was rather curious about that due to the fact that he is indeed American and has never to my knowledge played anyone that is not American. It took me a while to see him as an English father, and mind you he did a good job but for me, it was his accent. I felt that he could have been an American father in England and that would have made his role much more convincing.

Bridgerton Season 2

I watched series 1 of Bridgerton and thought it was very entertaining, mainly the very good-looking men, and the scenes where they are naked were a nice touch to the story. I was not only taken by the good-looking cast but also by the pomp and pageantry of costumes, decor and so much more of the show.

What is Bridgerton Season 2 About?

Did you know?
“Bridgerton‘s second season is the most-watched English-language television series on Netflix with 627.11 million hours viewed since its March 25, 2022 launch.”

Grey’s Anatomy Series 18

I have watched Grey’s Anatomy since it started 18 years ago…wow it has been running a long time. In one episode in Series 18, they did flashbacks of when some characters started at the hospital and gosh they looked so young. If you have never watched an episode you have 18 years of shows to catch up on, I have been totally involved in the characters’ lives.

“Grey’s Anatomy is an American medical drama television series. The show “focuses on the lives of surgical interns, residents, and attendings as they develop into seasoned doctors while balancing personal and professional relationships.” Wikipedia

I have now started watching the following:

Better Call Saul – Season 6 (last season)
The Flight Attendant – Season 2
Barry – Season 3
Outer Range – Season 1
The Man that Fell to Earth – Season 1

I am keen to watch the following:

Stranger Things – Season 4 (May 27th 2022)

Dead to Me – Season 3 (Final season – hopefully this year)

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I have just finished watching The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and I cannot wait for Season 4.

What is The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel About?

The show starts in 1958 and is about Miriam “Midge” Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan), an upper-class Jewish American housewife who lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. She has been married to Joel Maisel (Michael Zegen) for four years and has the couple have two children. Joel works at a plastics company and on the side fancies himself as a stand-up comedian. He performs at the Gaslight Café and copies other well-known comics material for his act. He is not good and rather mediocre at best. After a very bad performance, he leaves his wife and children as he thinks he is a failure and not to mention that Joel is also having an affair with his secretary.

Midge reacts to Joel leaving by getting drunk and going to The Gaslight Café to let off some steam. She ends up on stage telling the audience all sorts of personal stories and letting them know that her husband has just left her, and also packed his stuff in her suitcase! She swears and then flashes her breasts when she says, “Would you leave this?”, and gets promptly arrested for her language and for nudity. (In 2021, what Midge did wasn’t an arrestable offence but in 1958 it was).

All three season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel are available on Amazon

Miriam moves in with her parents, Rose (Marin Hinkle) and Abe (Tony Shalhoub) and gets work at B. Altman (A high-end department store) at the cosmetics counter.

Midge realises she is good at comedy and would like to become a stand up comic. Susie Myerson (Alex Borstein) who works booking talent at The Gaslight Café sees that Midge is talented and has great potential to become a famous comedian. Susie becomes her manager and they both start working on Midge’s act.

The show is now the journey of how Midge navigates the world of work and comedy and also being a single mother. She is constantly pressured by her family to give Joel another chance but Midge has been deeply hurt by Joel leaving and believes she is better on her own.

I just love shows set in a different era, I like how the sets are styled to match the year, clothes, hair and makeup are also fabulous as they really make you feel like you are indeed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. I really admire the set decorators and costumiers that create a whole world, they are beyond talented.

The Fashion from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

In The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Midge Maisel wears some really stunning outfits and so does her mother Rose. I just adore seeing what Midge wears in each episode and how her manager Susie Myerson complains about how fancy her clothes are and of course not right for the clubs they frequent.

I learnt from the show that you can match your shoes to your handbag, not your dress or skirt. Although the colours of the handbag and shoes did compliment the dress colours, I would have not thought to do this. One outfit Midge wore was a purple dress and she had a green handbag and green shoes that had purple stripes on them, and it looked amazing!

Women’s Rights and Independence

Even though the show is set in the late ’50s and early 60’s it is rather modern with regards to Midge and Joel’s relationship post-marriage breakup. Midge works during the day, goes to clubs in the evening to do her stand up comedy and is the mother to two children.

In the third season, she goes on tour to open for Shy Baldwin (LeRoy McClain) and Joel looks after the kids. It is the early 1960’s and many who learn that Joel is the primary carer for the kids are shocked. It is pointed out that Midge shouldn’t be travelling and should be a full-time mother to her children. This arrangement is very modern and embraces Midge’s new freedom to have her own career, and eventually buy back her apartment so that she can be an independent woman and make her own decisions for herself and her children.

Her parents finally come around to the fact that their daughter is walking a different path and embrace her new career and the fact that she has not remarried after separating from Joel.

Looking forward to Season 4

If you are a fan of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel you will be very happy to learn that Amazon has renewed the show for a fourth season…. what fantastic news, and I cannot wait to learn what happens to all the characters.

Currently cast and crew have been filming the fourth season in New York.

Filming has been stalled due to COVID so we might see the new series hit Amazon possibly end of 2021.

Make sure that you check out the The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as I’m sure you will love it as much as I do. You can watch all three seasons and either binge watch or watch a few each week.

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