Warning: SPOILERS for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 4
Midge Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan) started off The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season 4 by declaring her desire for «revenge!» but why didn't she get it? Picking up immediately after The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season 3's cliffhanger ending, the season 4 premiere, «Rumble on the Wonder Wheel,» dealt with the fallout of Midge getting fired from Shy Baldwin's (LeRoy McClain) world tour. Midge was angrier than she'd been since her husband Joel (Michael Zegen) left her in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season 1 but the events of season 4 didn't see Miriam exact the revenge she claimed she wanted.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's season 4 premiere is bookended by Midge doing a stand-up set at the Gaslight. Mrs. Maisel cracked up the audience with her honest feelings about how furious she is that, once again, «a man» — either Shy or his manager Reggie (Sterling K. Brown) — «f****** up my life.» Midge declared that she wanted her«pound of flesh» and «Medea-level revenge» during her blistering set. Based on the content of her act, Midge's stand-up performance took place after the events of «Rumble on the Wonder Wheel» since she referenced the inaccurate reporting of her new enemy, Daily News gossip columnist L. Roy Dunham (Hari Nef), who turned out to be a woman. But every incensed word that came out of Midge's mouth came off like a mission statement thatThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season 4 would be about Midge exacting revenge.
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However, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season 4 wasn't about Midge getting revenge at all. Instead, Midge hid from her detractors for most of the season. After discovering the Wolford, a seedy
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