Pilot

Pilot is the first episode of the first season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and the first episode of the series overall.

Summary
In 1958 New York, Midge Maisel's life is on track- husband, kids, and elegant Yom Kippur dinners in their Upper West Side apartment. But when her life takes a surprise turn, she has to quickly decide what else she's good at - and going from housewife to stand-up comic is a wild choice to everyone but her.

Main Cast

 * Rachel Brosnahan as Miriam "Midge" Maisel
 * Michael Zegen as Joel Maisel
 * Alex Borstein as Susie Meyerson
 * Tony Shalhoub as Abe Weissman
 * Marin Hinkle as Rose Weissman

Recurring

 * Luke Kirby as Lenny Bruce
 * Bailey De Young as Imogene Cleary
 * Joel Johnstone as Archie Cleary
 * Brian Tarantina as Jackie
 * Holly Curran as Penny Pann

Trivia

 * A key plot point to the episode which is set in April 1958 is Joel Maisel ripping off Bob Newhart's famous "Abe Lincoln vs. Madison Avenue" routine, and Newhart is heard performing the routine on "The Ed Sullivan Show". However, Bob Newhart did not release his debut album - which includes that routine - until May 1960, and his first "Sullivan" appearance was in November 1960.
 * Doris McCarthy the deli patron in blue out races Midge back to the apartment with enough spare time to gather her two dogs for a walk.
 * Joel Maisel uses the phrase "take a meeting." Back then, it was "have a meeting." "Take a meeting" came into use decades later.

Locations

 * Maisel Apartment


 * Weissman Apartment
 * The Gaslight Cafe

Quotes
Susie: I don't mind being alone. I just do not want to be insignificant.

Soundtrack

 * "Teach Me Tonight" - The McGuire Sisters
 * "On a Wonderful Day Like Today" - Cyril Ritchard
 * "Come to the Supermarket (In Old Peking)" - Barbra Streisand
 * "It's A Good Day" - Peggy Lee