Warning! SPOILERS ahead for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season 4
Midge and Joel have two children in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel but so far the show's storylines have focussed almost entirely on Ethan, leaving Esther largely overlooked. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season 4 was among Amazon Prime’s February releases—after an extended hiatus due to Covid—and returns with Midge and the gang entering the 1960s. As The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season 5 has recently been announced as the series’ last, some are wondering if Midge’s daughter Esther will have any significant storylines before the show comes to an end.
Beginning in the late 1950s, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel follows Midge Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan), a contented wife and mother, living a charmed life on the Upper West Side. All is well until her husband, Joel, bombs in his hobby-career as a comedian and decides to end their marriage. Now a single mother, Midge takes to the stage herself and builds a substantial career as a stand-up comedian. Her success takes her on the road with mega-star Shy Baldwin in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season 3, during which Joel steps in to take care of their two children while Midge is on tour. When Midge makes jokes about Shy on stage, however, she is fired from the tour and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season 4 begins with Midge back in New York, trying to rebuild her career from a dingy strip club.
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Throughout the show, the issue of supervision and care for Midge and Joel’s young children, Ethan and Esther, has been a background issue, with the children’s story mostly supplying material for co-parenting drama. Six-year-old Ethan, however, has been given far more story
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