Timeline

• Asher vandalizes the Stock Exchange (mentioned in dialogue in S4E4).

• Moishe and Shirley get married (mentioned that it was 34 years ago in dialogue in S5E1).

• Abe breaks up with Rose to focus on his PhD at Columbia. Asher and Rose date for a month or two. Asher and Abe have a brief, unsuccesful stint as movers. Asher breaks it off with Rose and gets back together with Dolores Costello. Abe and Rose get back together (mentioned in dialogue in S4E4).

• Midge is born.

• Midge, 4 years old, takes two lollipops when the Rabbi told her to take one (mentioned in dialogue in S2E6).

• Alfie, 12 years old, wins the Major Bowes Amateur Hour and goes out to lunch with Orson Welles (mentioned in dialogue in S4E7).

• S1E7: (flashback) Moishe chats with Joel after his Bar Mitzvah. Joel is 13.

• Susie and Hedy are roommates at Pembroke College (mentioned in dialogue in S5E8).

• S4E7: (flashback) On Sadie Hawkins Day, a sixteen-year-old Midge plans to ask Jacob Feynman out, but it ends in disaster.

• S1E1: (flashback) Midge starts studying at Bryn Mawr, and meets her roommate Petra.

• S1E1: (flashback) Midge and her dormmates have a disastrous experiment with bleach.
• S1E1: (flashback) Midge meets Joel
• S1E3: (flashback) Joel scoops Midge from Palmer Witherspoon.

• S1E1: (flashback) Joel takes Midge to see Lenny at the Gaiety Strip Club.
• S5E8: (flashback) Joel introduces Midge to his parents.
• S2E10: (flashback) Joel proposes to Midge at the City Spoon Diner.
• S1E1: (flashback) Joel and Midge have sex against a tree on the Bryn Mawr campus.

• At Steiner Resort in the Catskills, Midge is cast as Clare Landsburg in Buzz's musical “They Came, They Danced.” She is soon dropped, however, because she can't sing or act or dance (mentioned in dialogue in S4E3).

• S5E7: (flashback) Abe informs Joel of the gifts bestowed upon all Weissman first-born males.
• S1E1: (flashback) Midge gives the toast at her own wedding
• S1E8: (flashback) At her and Joel's Wedding, Midge explains that she hired professional dancers to pretend to be guests.
• S1E2: (flashback) After their wedding, Midge and Joel eat at The City Spoon and plan out their life.
• S1E4: (flashback) Joel shows Midge around their new apartment.
• S1E4: (flashback) Joel and Midge share some takeout in the still-unfurnished apartment.
• S1E4: (flashback) Joel and Abe move a sofa into the new apartment.
• S1E3: (flashback) Joel rehearses with Midge in advance of telling his father he doesn't want to work at Maisel and Roth.
• S3E8: (flashback) At The City Spoon, Midge tells Joel that she's pregnant.

• Midge gives birth to Ethan
• S1E4: (flashback) Joel and Midge carry baby Ethan in from the hospital.

• S1E4: (flashback) Joel, Midge, Archie and Imogene play charades.
• S1E4: (flashback) Joel shows Midge and Ethan “his” Gettysburg bit.
• S5E8: (flashback) Joel and Midge get into an argument in a taxi.

• S1E4: (flashback) Joel and Midge host a New Year's Eve party at their new apartment.

• S1E4: (flashback) Joel and Midge host a New Year's Eve party at their new apartment.

• S3E7: (flashback) (audio only) Joel, Midge, Rose and Abe scramble to catch a very naked Ethan who is running amok.

• Joel misses a phone message from Midge, and there's no milk as a result (mentioned in dialogue in S3E6).

• S5E8: (flashback) Joel asks Penny Pann out after work.

• S1E1: Midge stops by the butcher and orders some meat for Yom Kippur break-fast dinner with Rabbi Krinsky. Lutzi says it will be delivered on Thursday. When she gets home, Midge prepares a brisket and assures Joel by phone that she will get him a better time-slot tonight. Midge picks Joel up at work and the two agree to let Archie see him “next week”. When they get to the Gaslight, Midge's brisket successfully secures Joel a better time slot, and he kills. On the way home, Midge works on the comedy notebook.

• S1E1: Midge does her morning beauty routine, then picks up the kids from her parents' apartment.

• S1E1: Midge takes her daily measurements with some help from Imogene, who expresses her excitement about seeing Joel perform tomorrow. Midge discovers that Joel stole Bob Newhart's act.

• S1E1: Midge deals with a very stressed-out Joel. Archie and Imogene come to see Joel perform at the Gaslight, but he bombs. When Joel and Midge get home, he packs up her suitcase and leaves to run off with Penny Pann. Midge gets drunk and stumbles back to the Gaslight, looking for her Pyrex, and does an impromptu standup bit which gets her arrested. Susie bails her out and recruits her into a career in standup.

• S1E1: Midge bails Lenny out of jail.
• S1E2: After bailing Lenny out, Midge passes by the City Spoon then goes to her exercise class. Meanwhile, Joel stops by the factory, Abe gives a lecture, and Rose sees Drina. Midge gets home to find Susie waiting for her. Shirley calls, and they schedule dinner for Thursday night.

• S1E2: Joel comes into work to find that his secretary has been changed. The Maisels visit the Weissmans for dinner. Afterwards, Midge goes to the Gaslight and delivers her second set, where she is once again arrested.
• S1E3: Lenny bails Midge out, and invites her to his show on Friday night.

• S1E3: Midge and Imogene walk in the park. Midge meets with Michael Kessler, then appears in court, where she is held in contempt. Abe goes down to Moishe's factory and pitches going in on the apartment together. Joel bails Midge out blindly, and Midge successfully apologizes to the judge. That evening, she goes to Lenny's gig and hangs out with him and the band. Susie breaks into the Friar's Club to chat with Harry Drake. When Midge gets home, Joel is waiting for her looking to get back together, but she turns him down.

• S1E4: Midge empties out her old apartment. Susie types up her first business card, and schedules a meetup with Midge for the following day at 3:00.

• S1E4: The following day, Midge and Susie go out to the Music Inn. They plan to meet up and see some comics on “Tuesday night.” Later that evening, Joel calls and arranges to pick up the kids tomorrow at 5:00, after work.

• S1E4: Midge gets waylaid by Jane Jacobs' protest in the park, leading her to drop the kids off at Joel's apartment instead of taking them home to be picked up. That same evening, on a Tuesday night, Midge and Susie go out to shows at some shithole, Upstairs at the Downstairs, and the Copacabana, then go for some fries.

• S1E4: Midge gets home from her escapades with Susie at 2:00 in the morning, and receives a talking to from her parents. She then goes to her room and watches the new episode of Jack Paar (featuring Don Adams) on her neighbors' television through the window.

• S1E5: Midge interviews for a job at B. Altman's.

• S1E5: Midge goes to her first day at work. Later that evening, she goes to the Gaslight and bombs for the first time. Joel and Archie drink at the Old Town Bar. Penny is meeting the parents “this week” and they're going to see the Music Man “next week”.

• S1E5: Midge meets Herb at the Stage Deli and hires him to write jokes.

• S1E5: Midge receives a packet of jokes at work, tries to use them at the Gaslight and bombs again. Meanwhile, Joel and Penny go out for dinner with Moishe and Shirley. Midge mentions that she is 26 years old.

• S1E5: An unenthused Midge checks into work. That evening, Midge attends Mary's party and Joel takes Penny to see the Music Man sans Archie and Imogene. The next day is still a work day for Joel and Archie.

• S1E6: Midge attends a party at Vivian's place, where she meets Randall.

• S1E6: Susie goes to B. Altman to make up with Midge - it's been “a little while” since they've seen each other. Vivian asks for help planning a last-minute party for her parents “on Friday”.

• S1E6: Abe receives a job offer from Bell Labs, and plans a celebratory dinner with his family. Midge goes to Vivian's party. Apparently, she's been doing it at least as far back as “a couple weeks ago”, having appeared at 3 parties the previous week and 4 this week.

• S1E6: Rose visits Drina. Randall and Lew pitch Midge on a team-up. Midge calls Susie and tells her about Randall - she mentions that Susie left the party early “the other night”. The Weissman clan goes out to Ruby Foo's for a celebratory dinner and run into Joel and Penny.

• S1E6: Susie goes to Lew Fogelman's office and tells him never to contact Midge again. Midge goes over to Susie's apartment and they chart the way forward - Midge mentions that she saw Joel “the other night.” Charles has Abe sign the Bell Labs paperwork and informs him of his daughter's arrests. Oz and Virgil begin distributing the “Mrs. X at the Gaslight” tape.

• S1E7: Midge walks in on the aftermath of her parents having sex, and that night, talks about it on stage.

• S1E7: Midge tries her parents' sex bit again and experiments with the delivery.

• S1E7: Midge tries her parents' sex bit again and experiments with the delivery.

• S1E7: On the train, Midge sees a little boy ask his mother about the lump in a man's pants.

• S1E7: At the Gaslight, Midge makes a joke about the boy on the train.

• S1E7: Midge tries the little boy lump bit again and experiments with the punchline.

• S1E7: Midge tries the little boy lump bit again and experiments with the punchline.

• S1E7: At work, Midge has a man ask her if she has anything that will make his wife look like Elizabeth Taylor.

• S1E7: At the Gaslight, Midge creates her Elizabeth Taylor joke.

• S1E7: Midge hones her Elizabeth Taylor joke.

• S1E7: Midge hones her Elizabeth Taylor joke.

• S1E7: Midge discovers the final form of her Elizabeth Taylor joke, solidifying her first tight 10. Afterwards, Midge and Susie go out and eat at the Stage Deli to celebrate and plan what to do next - Midge took “months” to work up her first tight 10.

• S1E7: Joel wakes up at his parents house. At work, he makes a very successful proposal to his boss. Midge and Imogene prepare gift bags for Ethan's fourth birthday, and remark that Estelle's birthday is coming very shortly as well. In season 4, Midge mentions that Ethan's birthday is in November. However, the party that we ultimately see in S1E8 takes place in December, and is for both Ethan and Estelle, which evidently was not yet arranged as of this scene.

• S1E7: Susie visits Harry in a barber shop and pitches him on Midge opening for Sophie.

• S1E7: Midge and Susie go to see Sophie on Harry's invitation.

• S1E7: Abe brings home a colleague for dinner. Ethan's birthday party has not yet occurred.

• S1E7: The next Morning, Abe appeals to Rose to see reason. Rose goes to see Drina, but finds Cosma instead. Joel visits Abe at his office and pitches his financial support plan.

• S1E7: Midge visits Sophie at her place, then proceeds directly to Shabbos at the Synagogue, where her mother makes a scene.

• S1E7: Midge does her showcase set for Harry Drake at the Gaslight, but goes off the rails and trash-talks Sophie Lennon, burning the bridge they were trying to build. Jackie mentions Midge has been killing it “these past few weeks” at the Gaslight, possibly giving a time-frame for the montage at the start.
• S1E8: Midge and Susie commiserate at the Kettle of Fish Bar, which is playing Christmas music and decked out with Christmas lights.

• S1E8: Midge wakes up in her bed with a hangover. After a press-roundup with Susie over the phone, Midge proceeds to Ethan and Estelle's birthday party on Coney Island. Eventually, she and Joel get back to the Weissman apartment and “spend the night” together.

• S1E8: Midge forces Joel to sneak off.

• S1E8: Joel shares the good news with Don and Archie at work. Midge goes to a shit gig at a strip club after work, but it gets cancelled by Sophie. Vivian mentions that she's going to church that evening, possibly a Christmas thing.

• S1E8: Susie learns that Midge has been barred from the Gaslight.

• S1E8: Midge attends a Christmas party at work then gets called out on the showroom floor by Penny Pann. Joel goes with Archie to try and get a slot at the Gaslight. Midge tells Abe that she might be getting back with Joel. Joel and Archie visit the Music Inn and overhear Midge's act.

• S1E8: Joel throws the pitch meeting and quits his job. Susie meets with Lenny Bruce and asks for help. Lenny opens for Midge at the Gaslight. Joel overhears, and gets into a fight with some hecklers.
• S2E1: (flashback) Midge learns from Susie that Joel was at her set. She rushes after him, and he gives her his wedding ring.

• S2E1: (flashback) Rose informs Abe that she's moving to Paris tomorrow.

• S2E1: Midge's new co-workers in the phone room learn she used to work upstairs at the makeup counter. Susie gets a call from a booker who is interested in Midge's availabilities in February. Abe calls Midge home early to deal with Rose's disappearance, which he noticed because tonight is the annual faculty holiday party at Columbia. Zelda informs them she moved to Paris a few days ago. Abe and Midge fly overnight to Paris.

• S2E1: Abe and Midge confront Rose in Paris, first at her apartment in the morning, then at a restaurant in the evening. It does not go well either time. Joel and Archie drink at the Old Town Bar. Susie takes an interview from the Village Voice, then gets abducted by Frank and Nicky. Midge attends a drag show in Paris, where she does an impromptu standup bit about the night Joel saw her do standup. Susie talks herself out of being killed and into a friendship with Frank and Nicky. Midge calls Joel.

• Midge flies home from Paris. and learns that Susie was nearly killed by Harry Drake's goons. She offers to let her stay at the Riverside Apartment, provided she watch over it while her parents are gone. Joel begins helping out around the factory on an interim basis.

• Midge learns that Susie was nearly killed by Harry Drake's goons, and offers to let her stay in her parents' apartment.

• S2E2: Susie rifles through Rose and Abe's apartment, and finds the joint that Lenny gave to Midge. She smokes it, and takes a bubble bath. Imogene finds her in there and freaks out, but Midge shows up and calms her down. She promises to attend exercise class with her tomorrow. Abe spends the day with Rolf, Sergei and Thierry, while Rose visits the Rodin Museum with her friend Chloe. In the evening, they have a romantic dinner by candle-light back at Rose's flat.

• Midge attends exercise class with Imogene.

• S2E2: At the factory, Joel repairs a machine which has been out for four or five days and gone unrepaired because the repairman only works Fridays. Then, after an argument with his father about all the changes he's been making, Joel brings in Mrs. Moskowitz to have a look at the books. Susie babysits Ethan.

• S2E2: Abe and Rose share yet another romantic Thursday in Paris. They visit a cafe, the Rodin museum, a boulangerie, the market, and finally dance along the Seine in the evening.

• S2E2: Joel calls the house looking for Midge, but finds Susie instead. After some argument, he gets her to tell Midge to meet him at 15 West 40th. When Midge gets there, he offers to buy the apartment for her, but she turns it down. Rose shows Abe around a prospective apartment, but he tells her that they need to move back because his classes at Columbia start in a week. Midge performs at the 15th street club, despite derogatory verbal and schedule interference from a number of male comics. Joel and Moishe bump into each other at night trying to defend the factory from mobsters. They then go out for a drink, where they agree to have Joel stay on and fix things up.

• S2E2: Rose visits the Rodin museum one last time, Abe shares a final toast with Rolf, Thierry and Sergei, and the two bid adieu to Marie before flying back to New York.

• S2E2: Abe greets Midge as he heads in to the first day of the 59' Winter semester 1959 at Columbia [1]. He tells Rose to meet him in his office, so she can tell the head of the art department which classes she wants to audit. Susie tries to return to apartment, but feels unsafe, so instead she sleeps at the Gaslight.

• S2E3: Abe, Midge and Rose all go to work/school, and it's Zelda's day off, leading them all to realize that they need a babysitter. Esther speaks her first word. At work, Midge is promoted to coat-check, and insists on planning Mary's wedding for her. Joel takes Moishe and Shirley to see Curren at the bank. Susie picks Midge up from work and escorts her to her club gig, where she discusses nuclear war.

• S2E3: Midge does a gig at another club and discusses the time lady.

• S2E3: Midge does a set at the Gaslight where she talks about Ethan getting beat up. After the set, she learns from Jackie that Susie has been sleeping there.

• S2E3: Rose encounters an unexpected naked man in class. Abe later encounters the same naked man while wrapping up his own class. Susie stops by her apartment, currently inhabited by the Italian family, to pick up her mail. When she finds an outrageously large phone bill, she calls the company and learns that it is accurate. Archie visits Joel and informs him that he's got Curren to extend their line of credit. Midge visits Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow to help Mary plan her wedding. While Midge reads a bedtime story to Ethan, Joel calls and directs her towards the bag of money hidden in her closet.

• S2E3: Rose hangs out in the dorm with her fellow art students, and inadvertently gives them a reality check when she questions them about their future plans. Midge and Susie run into Harry Drake at the Stage Deli, and have a discussion about money.

• S2E3: Midge ruins Mary's wedding with an impromptu standup bit, where she inadvertently reveals that Mary is pregnant, and that's why she's marrying a guy she met “three months ago, in November”.

• S2E3: Abe and Rose are called to Simon's office to discuss how Rose has been disheartening her fellow art students by giving them a reality check about the career opportunities available to women. Midge calls Susie to vent about how she's lost her societal filter, and Susie reminds Midge about her gig that evening. On the way, she stops by the factory to give Joel the money she found in the closet.

• S2E3: (flashback) At work, Midge tries to apologize to Mary, but is caught away from her post by Mrs. O'Toole and demoted back to the basement.
• S2E3: Ginger questions Midge about why she's back in the basement. Susie visits the Music Inn and discovers the Mrs. X at the Gaslight recording.

• S2E4: Catskills Day 1 - The family packs, Midge informs Susie that she's going to the Catskills for two months, the family departs, the family arrives and unpacks, Pauly swings by, the orientation session happens, Abe warns Joel about his romper, the ladies visit the salon with Edie, the dance challenge happens.

• S2E4: Catskills Day 2 - Abe does his morning exercises, the swimsuit pageant happens, Susie finds Midge, Rose overhears Ida and Edie in the salon, Susie explores the resort and finds a place to sleep.

• S2E4: Catskills Day 3 - Rose begins talking Midge's ear off about Benjamin.

• S2E4: “days” later, Midge and Benjamin go boating, the 4th of July fireworks display occurs in the evening.

• S2E5: Moishe and Shirley arrive. Susie meets Chester. Midge plays Simon Says and meets with Susie, who mentions that Lenny's gig is “next week”.

• S2E5: About a week later, Benjamin drives Midge into town so she can get back on the Revlon counter. Meanwhile, Joel willfully refuses to flirt while bowling.

• S2E5: The following evening, Midge and Benjamin see “The Legend of Lizzie” at the Adelphi (this is an anachronism on the show's part: the play actually ran February 9-10), then Lenny Bruce at Upstairs at the Downstairs, and finally eat at the Stage Deli.

• S2E5: The next morning, Midge gets a call from Susie telling her that she got the midnight slot at the Concord for that evening. Abe ditches Polynesian night to go see a show, and as luck would have it, it's Miriam. Astrid is also absent that night, because she's just started fasting for Tisha B'Av.

• S2E6: The next morning, Susie returns to find a search party looking for her and Midge walks very nervously into family breakfast, and ultimately has an aside with Abe about the previous night. Later, Midge rescues Joel from the Feinbergs and fills him in on what happened. That evening, Susie weighs in on the dorm-room chatter.

• S2E6: Abe heads into the city with Noah because his Bell Labs project has been approved. Susie tells Midge she booked her a gig for tomorrow at 9:00. Benjamin & Midge and Joel & Leah watch the meteor shower at Steiner.

• S2E6: The next day, Abe and Noah return, Rose gleans from Astrid that Noah works for the CIA, and Midge goes out to her gig.

• S2E6: All the characters attend the final soiree at Steiner.

• Labor Day - the Maisels and the Weissmans depart Steiner.

• S2E7: Midge and Benjamin hit up the opening of a Solomon Crespi exhibit, then head to the Cedar Tavern and meet Declan Howell, who invites Midge to visit his studio the following day. Meanwhile, Joel hosts a celebration at Maisel and Roth because he now owns the building.

• S2E7: At work, Midge gets a call from Susie. Later, she stops by Lutzi's and learns from Rose that they got the Rabbi again this year. Meanwhile, Susie catches up with her family. Midge and Benjamin go over to Declan's place, and Midge gets to see the legendary secret painting.

• S2E7: Everyone tries to break their Yom Kippur fast at the Weissman apartment, with a special visit from Rabbi Krinsky, but it is horribly derailed when Abe forces Midge to come out about being a comedian. Afterwards, Midge performs for a booker at the Gaslight.

• S2E8: Midge does a set at the Gaslight the night before setting off on her five-day road trip. When she gets home, Abe is listening to Ethan's records.

• S2E8: Road Trip Day 1 - Midge has lunch with Imogene to say goodbye. At 1:30pm, she and Susie drive off to D.C. In the evening, Midge does a gig in DC which is cut short by a fire. Afterwards, they check into their motel, which is simple but acceptable.

• Road Trip Day 2 - Midge plays another gig in D.C.

• S2E8: Road Trip Day 3 - Midge calls Joel from a gas store payphone while driving to a club in Philadelphia with Susie. When they get there, they find it practically empty. Then they check into the hotel, which is gross and disease-ridden.

• S2E8: Road Trip Day 4 - Midge and Susie eat at a diner, where Susie notices her new rash and Midge calls Abe. While driving through Pennsylvania, Midge realizes that she forgot about Imogene's baby shower and makes Susie pulls over so she can call in on a payphone. When they get to their destination of Harrisburg, they discover that the gig was cancelled due to rain.

• S2E8: Road Trip Day 5 - Midge and Susie return to New York to perform in a local club, but the manager refuses to pay them and locks Susie in a closet. Joel comes and helps. Midge gets home to find the apartment still messy from the baby shower.

• S2E9: At the deli, Susie books Midge a slot on a telethon “next Tuesday.” Later, at dinner, Midge tells her parents about the gig.

• S2E9: Ethan plays War with Shirley at the factory while Joel works. Abe has a disappointing day at Columbia and Bell Labs.

• S2E9: Benjamin watches Midge perform at the Gaslight, then the two go back to his apartment.

• S2E9: Midge and Susie visit the WNPO studio for a soundcheck in advance of tomorrow's telethon. Simon visits Abe and suggests he go on sabbatical. Benjamin surprises Midge in the park when she's with Ethan, and Midge later scolds Rose for directing him there. Moishe fires Joel from the factory for his own good.

• S2E9: Midge and Susie arrive at the set of the 3rd Annual Stop Arthritis & Rheumatism Telethon. Noah and Abe go out for a drink. Midge encounters an old enemy and a new friend on the set of the telethon. Her slot is pushed way back to the end of the broadcast, but she kills anyways.

• S2E10: Rose visits Madame Cosma, Benjamin asks Abe to approve of his union with Midge, Joel hears about Benjamin from Ethan at the factory

• S2E10: Midge presses Abe for an answer about Benjamin, Susie receives a summons to visit Sophie “this Friday at 1:00pm sharp”, Midge picks the kids up from Joel at the factory and the two fight about Benjamin, Joel lets off steam with Archie in the park.

• S2E10: Abe confronts his bosses at Bell Labs, Midge visits Imogene and her new baby in the hospital, Midge performs at the 15th street club and gets kicked off stage. It is apparently still November, based on one line of dialogue. Midge runs into Lenny who invites her to see his show on Sunday night.

• S2E10: Susie receives a job offer from Sophie Lennon.

• S2E10: Midge receives a job offer from Shy Baldwin and shares the good news with Susie. Abe informs Midge that he approves of Benjamin, but she lets on that she won't be seeing him anymore, and Abe informs Rose that he's leaving Bell Labs and Columbia. Abe meets with Michael Kessler to hire his services. Lenny performs on the Steve Allen Show. Midge visits Joel for a night of love.

• S3E1: Midge sneaks out of bed with Joel. According to dialogue, Zelda later drops the kids off to stay with Joel until Wednesday, when he will give them back to Midge (this is apparently the usual schedule).

NOTE: In S2E10, Sophie invites Susie over “this Friday”, then Lenny invites Midge to see his show “this Sunday”, then we see the Friday visit occur. Because of this, Lenny's invitation (and the Sunday in question) must fall within the same week at the Friday in question. We know that the day on which Lenny gives the invitation is in November, because earlier in the same sequence somebody refers to a gig they will be doing “for a week in December”, which would not make sense to say if it were already December. However, on the Sunday when Midge goes to see Lenny's gig, Shy calls with a job offer to go on tour in “two weeks”. If that were true, it would put Midge in Vegas over Christmas time, and there are no Christmas decorations visible in any of the Vegas sequences (S3E3 & S3E4). The only Christmas references which are made in season 2 or 3 of the show are at the USO show in S3E1, so it would make sense for this sequence to occur later, close to Christmas. Furthermore, the slogan “It's the Sixties, Man!” is debuted by Abe's communist friends in S3E2, heavily implying that it is January by then. Therefore, I have chosen to make the assumption that either the tour was delayed by several weeks off-screen at some point, or Shy simply misspoke, either of which is plausible given Shy's temperament.

• S3E1: Midge opens for Shy at the USO tour. Joel pursues a lead on a possible location for his club. Abe gets arrested with Lenny Bruce.

• S3E2: Midge performs at The Gaslight, is “about to go on the road for a while”. When she gets home, there are three communists.

• S3E2: Midge walks in on Abe, Michael and the communists. Meanwhile, Rose arrives in Oklahoma. Joel takes Ethan and Esther back, and he walks in on a communist party.

• S3E2: Midge meets Susie at the deli then appears in court to finalize the divorce. In Oklahoma, Rose speaks with her brother. Later that day, the trust board meets. In the evening, Joel goes down to the gambling parlor with questions.

• S3E2: Rose returns home, Jackie moves in with Susie a week early (having only heard “Wednesday”), Susie and Midge attend a pre-tour party, and Joel meets the building owners.

• S3E3: Susie meets with Harry. The Weissman and the Maisels with Noah and Astrid have a big dinner where Midge arranges the schedule, and Moishe and Shirley invite Abe and Rose to move in with them. Susie visits Sophie. Midge has one last look at the apartment, because she leaves on tour the following day, and the apartment will be gone within the week.

• S3E3: Midge, Shy and the gang fly to Vegas and check into the hotel. Midge and Susie spend six hours in the parlor gambling, then go to bed and see Midge's name on the marquee.

• S3E3: Shy does press. Midge watches the band do sound check. Rose and Abe reminisce in the stripped-down apartment. Joel eats Chinese food with Mei. Midge does poorly opening for Shy, but gets her confidence back with Susie's help.

• S3E3: The next morning, Shy searches everywhere for his band and ultimately finds them in the kitchen, huddled around Midge's brisket. Abe and Rose move in with Moishe and Shirley.

• S3E4: Midge opens for Shy again. Afterwards, she calls Joel. Midge and Susie then join Shy and the boys for some motorcar racing.

• S3E4: Abe and Rose wake up at Moishe and Shirley's. They have been there “a week”.

• S3E4: Midge receives her first two weeks' pay. It's a little short. Susie informs Midge she'll be going back to New York for a day or two, then goes to see Angie about the short check. Joel and Archie work on the Button Club; Mei brings a surprise jukebox.

• S3E4: Shirley rouses Abe and Rose bright and early. Midge calls the factory and convinces Joel to visit Vegas. Susie marvels at Jackie's renovations, then meets with Howie Stapleman and Bernie Zucker at the Stage Deli to pitch the play.

• S3E4: Joel arrives in Vegas. Abe visits Kessler's office with Ezra, Alan and Madeline, only to learn that the charges against him have been dismissed. Susie meets with Gavin Hawk and talks him into doing Strindberg, then shares the good news with Sophie. Midge and Joel spend the night together in Vegas and accidentally remarry.

• S3E4: Midge and Joel wake up and realize what they have done. Joel leaves to catch his flight home. Abe and Rose call.

• S3E4: Midge does her last show in Vegas. Susie checks in with her, then hits the gambling tables.

• Midge flies with Shy's entourage from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. According to dialogue in S3E6, they stayed in the Ambassador hotel, and had a miserable time due to poor ventilation.

• Midge flies with Shy's entourage from Los Angeles to San Francisco.

• Midge flies with Shy's entourage from San Francisco to Chicago. According to dialogue in S3E8, they play one night, and Midge sneaks out early to see Moms Mabley perform at Mister Kelly's.

NOTE: There are numerous internal contradictions and inconsistencies in the order of events depicted in S3E5 and S3E6. The only way to reconcile these inconsistencies was to make two assumptions: (1) that the order in which the scenes are presented are not quite the order in which they occur, particularly with regards to intercutting between Miami and Florida, and (2) that offscreen, Abe and Rose somehow managed to wiggle out of seeing Midge on the night they initially agreed to see her, pushing it back further and further until it got to the second last night and they couldn't back out of it anymore.

• Midge flies with Shy's entourage from Chicago to Miami.
• S3E5: Susie and Midge check in at the Fontainebleau hotel in Florida. Rose comes home to find Zelda watching TV with Shirley. She asks for “next Friday” off. Midge teaches Susie to swim. Sophie calls the pool to complain about rehearsals, and Susie promises to fly back immediately. Abe has Ezra, Alan and Madeline over to the Queens house, but Moishe and Shirley kick them out, so they ride the subway. Midge treats Susie for sunburn and gives her some advice on handling Sophie. Mei brings food for Joel and Archie, who are working on fixing up the club.

• S3E5: Susie coaches Sophie through a difficult rehearsal. Midge shares a meal with Carole.

• S3E5: Lenny surprises Midge at the bar, and arranges to go out with her in a few days' time.

• S3E5: Rose and Abe reach their breaking point and leave New York.
• S3E6: Sophie does surprisingly well in a full run-through of the show for the investors.

• S3E6: Susie talks with her bookie about the Yankee game happening right now. Bernie shows up in a panic and informs Susie they've lost the theatre. Susie enlists the help of Nicky and Frank.
• S3E5: Abe and Rose surprise Midge in Florida. Midge does her set for Shy. Lenny surprises Midge again at the bar, and invites her out for the night. She joins him as he films an episode of Miami After Dark, then the two go out to a restaurant. They then return to Lenny's hotel room, but stop right on the cusp of taking the next step.
• Susie flies from New York to Miami overnight.

• S3E6: Midge wakes up in a chair by the pool after her evening out with Lenny, then joins her parents for breakfast and coerces them into agreeing to see her show. They give her a reality check about the Catskills. Joel and Midge argue on the phone. Joel mentions that Moishe is taking Ethan to see a Yankee game on Sunday. Joel gets the word that the liquor license has finally gone through. Joel delivers the good news to Archie, then sends him away so he can confront Mei about having helped him. Nicky and Frank call Susie in Florida to let her know they've secured the Barrymore Theatre for her show. Midge and Shy bond go boating. Susie fields distressed calls from Sophie and Gavin.
• Somehow, off-screen, Abe and Rose manage to delay seeing Midge perform by several nights. This is never directly alluded to in dialogue, but it is a necessary assumption in order to reconcile certain inconsistencies in the order of events depicted.

• S3E6: Abe and Rose finally come to see Midge open for Shy, but Rose gets so drunk that she doesn't remember it afterwards. At the gig, Susie takes a call from a very distressed Milken Prince.

• S3E6: Midge brings breakfast to a very hungover Rose and insists she come see the show again. Abe catches up with Asher. Imogene confronts Archie. Abe goes to see a performance of Asher's play. Joel and Archie get kicked out of a bar. When Shy goes missing before his show, Midge goes looking and finds him bleeding on his boat, where she learns his big secret. She patches him up, and he does a stool set, sparing Rose from having to watch Midge again. Abe types up a review of Asher's play.
• Moishe takes Ethan to see a Yankees game, according to dialogue in S3E6.

• Reggie postpones the rest of the tour due to Shy's injuries, and the gang returns to New York.

• S3E7: Two months later, Midge does a series of radio gigs. At lunch, Susie bets on Saturday's game (Cards vs. Reds, ergo, May the 7th or the 21st if we go by history - but Maisel usually plays fast and loose with these things).

• S3E7: Midge awakens at Moishe and Shirley's to find them discussing “Bye Bye Birdie”, and learns of her parents' plans to die. Abe is currently 62, Rose is currently 64. Don visits Archie and Joel at the factory. Susie wakes up next to Jackie and Chester. Abe and Rose spot a stray dollar on the subway. Rose visits her tearoom and makes a match for Corinne. Abe visits Columbia and bumps into Simon and his old students. Midge does more radio. Rose visits Benjamin at the hospital. Asher calls Abe.

• S3E7: The following day, Tessie calls Susie about their mother, and Junior swings by to collect a debt. The Maisels and Weissmans attend Chaim's bris on a work day. In the evening, Midge conscientiously objects to doing a radio spot for Phyllis Schlafly.

• S3E7: While apartment-scouting for Abe and Rose, Midge gets nostalgic and visits her old building. Midge attends the disastrous premiere of Miss Julie.

• S3E8: At The City Spoon, Midge and Joel argue over child logistics. As Jackie reads a review of yesterday's performance of Miss Julie to Susie, Tess calls to tell her that their mother died. With the help of Moskowitz and Archie, Joel prepares for the club opening one week from today, and sends a message to Mei.

• S3E8: Moishe expresses his skepticism about the power of the written word. It has been one week since the bris.

• S3E8: The Button Club opens.

• S3E8: Midge visits Moishe at the factory to pitch going in on the apartment. While at a barbershop with Reggie and the gang, Susie loses big on boxing (Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar “Ingo” Johansson). Susie goes home and cries.

• S3E8: Corinne finds Rose at the tearoom and tells her that her daughter got engaged after just one date with Rose's match. Rose visits Benjamin at the hospital to pitch him on Judy Kramer's daughter Abe gets spattered with tomatoes while walking down broadway. Abe gets home and shares the “good” news with Rose and Moishe. Midge takes Imogene for a walk and pleads on Archie's behalf. Imogene signs up for secretarial school. Susie goes to Joel and pleads him to oversee Midge's money for her.

• S3E8: Benjamin confronts Midge at The Stage Deli. Midge confronts Rose about her meddling. Imogene attends secretarial school.

• S3E8: Midge opens for Shy at The Apollo. Susie and Tess burn down the house. Antonio lets Midge in for a peek at the apartment, despite the fact that she technically isn't supposed to be allowed in there until the 1st of the month.

• S3E8: The following morning, Midge packs her stuff for the tour into two taxis. However, that evening, Reggie dumps Midge and Susie on the tarmac and tells them they won't be going because of what Midge said at The Apollo.
• S4E1: Reeling from shock, Midge and Susie get into a fight in the cab. Ultimately, they go to sleep at the Gaslight, wanting to put off telling everyone the bad news as long as they can.

• S4E1: Midge and Susie awaken at the Gaslight. Midge learns from a newspaper that Jack Ballard has replaced her on the tour. Susie calls Tess. Mei's parents try to make Mei make Joel shut the club down. Midge calls in to Ethan's fake birthday party. Joel packs his things up to move out of the factory. Susie encounters Alfie in a bar, and points out that the bar calendar is on April, even though it's currently June. The Maisels and the Weissmans visit Coney Island for Ethan's fake birthday, and all hell breaks loose when Midge shows up. Susie swings by the Button Club and Joel gives her the money and a lecture. Jacob and Petey join family dinner after Ethan's fake birthday.
  • The headline indicating that two luxury hotels had been seized in Cuba is from Sunday, June 12, 1960. However, the Patterson vs. Ingo fight which Susie listens to in the previous episode took place on Monday, June 20, 1960. Therefore, one of the two dates has been changed from history. Since Antonio has a line in S3E8 about not letting Midge into her new apartment until the first of the month, which we see in the next episode, I have elected to choose the fight as the accurate date and the hotel seizure as the changed date for the purposes of this timeline. The reverse scenario is equally plausible, but slightly more difficult to work with.

• S4E1: Midge and Susie eat at the Stage Deli and chart out their future

• S4E1: At the Gaslight, Midge does a set about revenge.

• S4E2: Midge moves back into her old apartment and checks back in with the local businesses. Abe shows up at his first day of work for The Village Voice. Midge shows Abe and Rose around the apartment.

• S4E2: Susie visits Sophie at the Asylum. Midge is annoyed by Abe and Rose, tries to deal with a milk problem, and learns of Shy's impending wedding from the TV. Tess calls Susie to let her know they'll be getting the check Friday, and she got a job. Then, Midge calls to vent about her awful day.

• S4E2: Susie has a chat with Harry Drake.

• S4E2: Susie ambushes Midge and forces her to go out and do a set at the 5th street club. Shirley ambushes Joel with a dinner date setup. Midge gets banned for life from 5th street after mocking other comics, and then gets arrested due to a misunderstanding. At the Village Voice, Abe receives his first week's paycheck. Midge convinces Susie to bail out one of her cellmates in jail, and the two help her get back to work, which turns out to be the Wolford. Midge takes a shine to the place, and notes that the current MC is about to retire. Susie delivers Joel his money at the factory as Mei feigns sleep. Midge and Abe bond over their shared situation of starving for their art.

• S4E3: Midge has a rocky start at the Wolford. Susie gets home to learn that Jackie has died. With his final words (conveyed by his sister), he reminds her not to put garbage out Sunday because Monday's a holiday.

• S4E3: Midge and Imogene hock tupperware. Midge and Zelda go over to Susie's apartment to help clean up. Midge throws her first family dinner party at her new apartment. Susie stays up late watching Gordon Ford at Midge's place.

• S4E3: The Weissmans argue over who will take Susie for the day. Midge is taking Ethan to the pediatrician, Abe is working at the Village Voice, Rose is doing her matchmaking. Meanwhile, Susie gets a call from J.J. about Jackie's stuff. Rose loses the coin toss, and takes Susie with her to her matchmaking. The Maisels and the Weissmans attend the premiere of “They Came, They Danced.” Susie picks Jackie's stuff up from the Gaslight. Abe goes to the Village Voice and writes up his review of “They Came, They Danced.”

• S4E3: Midge and Susie attend Jackie's funeral. Lenny runs into Midge at the Wolford and gives her a lesson in blocking out distractions.

• S4E3: The Weissmans ruin Akiva's bar mitzvah. Abe receives a call from Asher, and learns that the FBI wants to see them in the New York Field Office next week. Midge and Susie hold a wake for Jackie at the Gaslight.

• S4E4: After another rocky show at the Wolford, Midge leaves for a date with Liam. The date does not go well, and she escapes with the help of Susie. According to Susie it's “the third crappy date she's been on this month.” The two return to the Wolford for movie night (“Easter Parade”). Susie watches Hitchcock on Gordon Ford loudly, prompting an argument between Midge, Abe, Rose and Zelda.

• S4E4: Asher visits Abe at work. Shirley calls Joel while Mei is there and gets the details to send a date to Joel at the club on Friday, prompting an argument about when/whether to introduce Mei to the parents. Susie meets with Nicky and Frank at the Stage Deli, and they offer to show her a potential apartment for her later today. Midge visits Christopher Street in search of a lesbian bar for Susie. Asher and Abe call Michael Kessler and hear some good news. Midge, Rose and Abe eat dinner with Asher and reminisce about old times. Frank and Nicky show Susie around the place.

• S4E4: Midge takes Susie out to a lesbian bar and tries to get her to open up about her sexuality. Susie scoops Alfie up and takes him as her own.

• S4E4: At the Wolford, people are slowly starting to get on Midge's wavelength.

• S4E4: Agent Webber interviews Abe and Asher about the FBI arson, with Michael Kessler present. Midge wrangles stage time at the Button Club to test out an act, as a successful proposal unfolds in the backround.

• S4E4: Alfie lies in the same spot he's been lying for three days, grappling with a hangover as Susie plans her renovations. At the Wolford, the show finally goes off without a hitch… until Midge falls and breaks her arm right at the end.

• S4E5: Susie interviews a series of secretarial candidates. Abe helps Midge balance her checkbook.

• S4E5: Mei and Joel have breakfast. The two discuss the four upcoming debates between Nixon and Kennedy (September 26, October 7, October 13, October 21, 1960), and Mei finally concedes that she must meet Joel's parents. Midge visits Susie at her office and discusses the invitations to Shy's wedding (which is in three days). Rose receives a call from Solomon Melamid and agrees to meet him today. Rose has a very fruitful meeting with Solomon Melamid. Rose gets home and rifles through Midge's belongings. Sophie and Susie meet with Mike Carr at the Stage Deli. Rose goes to see Midge perform at the Wolford. Midge makes a crack about Father's Day (June 19th), but it is unlikely due to a number of other hints that the episode takes place that early in the year. At home, Rose confronts Midge about what she saw at the Wolford.

• S4E5: Midge and Susie attend Shy Baldwin's wedding. Mei ducks out of dinner with Joel's parents at the last minute.
  • Posters in Joel's apartment refer to shows on “Thursday April 21,” “Fri July 17,” and “Thu Nov 12”. If we go by the calendar, the first must be in 1960 and the latter two in 1959. None of these actually make sense, however, as the Button Club was definitely only opened in mid-1960, and even then almost certainly later than April, given other hints at the timeline that are present. Therefore, the posters are either fakes, drummed up by Joel as a promotional tool to make the club look like it has a longer history than it has, or it was an error on the part of the production team. Either way, it is not being used as a basis for dates in this timeline.

• S4E5: Moishe visits Joel at the Button Club right before opening. Joel says that it's crunch-time for his girlfriend at school, to which Moishe replies that it is summer, but Joel explains that it's medical school. Sophie kills on Gordon Ford, reviving her career. As Abe and Rose watch, an ominously scented letter is slipped under their door. Susie finds Dinah waiting for her when she gets back to her office, and hires her on the spot. While taking a cab home, Midge spots Lenny passed out on the sidewalk.

• S4E6: The following day, Lenny wakes up at Midge's place, and is not very happy about it.

• S4E7: (flashback) Midge meets Sylvio while walking Ethan to kindergarten.

• S4E7: (flashback) Midge runs into Sylvio again.

• S4E7: (flashback) Midge runs into Sylvio again, and he gives her a flower he picked while Ethan plays with his dog.

• S4E7: (flashback) Ethan has a day off school, Midge gets Zelda to take the kids and she spends an hour with Sylvio, but he never actually asks her out.

• S4E6: Susie calls Joel and books Alfie a slot at the Button Club.

• S4E6: Abe and Rose watch Seconds Count. Midge notices the fridge light is out. Midge arrives at the Wolford to find that Boise has made great progress, but Boise is increasingly alarmed by the shift in clientele.

• S4E6: Imogene and Abe hit it off, Zelda contends with a broken fridge, and Rose brings round Norma and Lorraine Melamid for some matchmaking (on the fridge, there's leaflet for a Halloween party). Susie arrives at her office to find yet more gifts from Sophie, and angrily calls her. Midge stalls for more time on the payments for the apartment. The Wolford money men confront Midge about how she's changing the place.

• S4E6: Susie/Dinah call to let Midge know that L. Roy Dunham slammed her Thursday show at the Wolford. Midge confronts L. Roy Dunham. Midge gets home to find Sophie Lennon in her apartment, with an unexpected offer. Alfie ducks out of performing at the Button Club last minute. Mei tells Joel that she's pregnant, and remembers that she has a residency interview tomorrow.

• S4E6: Midge calls Susie and conveys Sophie's offer. Rose meets the Matchmaker Mafia

• S4E6: Midge does the warmup for Seconds Count, but Sophie fails to hold up her end of the bargain and things go south. Susie tries to get Mike to book Midge, but doesn't have anywhere for him to see her.

• S4E7: (flashback) Midge sleeps with Sylvio, but his wife barges in and she is forced to leave without her dress.
• S4E7: Midge goes to Susie's office and tells her about Sylvio. Archie loses Joel's money to a stray motorcyclist.

• S4E7: Abe is ambushed by Molly and Gitta while buying tobacco. Midge and Joel meet at the City Spoon to discuss logistics, including Halloween costumes for the kids, the lost money, and Mei's pregnancy (which they “just found out” about - Mei is still out of town for her interview).
• S4E7: (flashback) Abe gives Molly and Gitta the slip by going into a church and taking communion.
• S4E7: Abe gets home and shares the details of his harrowing escape with Rose. Midge arrives at Susie's office as Dinah cries over her ex and Susie sets up a showcase of Alfie. Midge sits, and Susie tells her about the Croatia gig, which she turns down. Dinah goes out for lunch, and Susie mentions to Midge that she's not long for this job. As Midge leaves, she encounters Nicky and Frank, who offer to look into Mei for her.

• S4E7: Imogene visits Midge at the Wolford, and Gloria gives Midge a tip about a gig for Jackie Kennedy.

• S4E7: The Weissmans attend Alfie's showcase. When they return from the theatre, Frank is waiting to tell Midge that he has to back off investigating Mei immediately.

• S4E7: Midge ruins Jackie Kennedy's fundraiser. Midge calls Susie to clarify their meeting time tomorrow. Susie takes Dinah out to dinner to fire her, but she brings Susie to see James, which convinces her to keep her.

• S4E7: Midge talks to Moishe and Joel on the phone about picking the kids' Halloween costumes, opens a package from Dinah with the dress that she left at Sylvio's place, and she catches Lenny Bruce on Gordon Ford. Joel tells Moishe about Mei, and Moishe has a heart attack.
• S4E8: The Weissmans rush to the hospital when they hear about Moishe's heart attack. Moments later, Archie and Imogene arrive as well, then Mei does too. Shirley spends the night at Midge's apartment, where she has a somber talk with Abe.

• S4E8: Dinah, Maggie and Susie juggle calls as Cissy and Thomas run about, Alfie annoys James, and Frank and Nicky hang around. At the Village Voice, the team considers possible headlines for different outcomes of the upcoming election, and Abe tries to snag a good obituary for Moishe.
• S4E8: (flashback) Bunny, Mitzi and Gloria try to fill in for Midge at the Wolford, with disastrous results.

• S4E8: Midge returns to the hospital bearing food for Joel. Mei plays Mahjong with Shirley, then has a reality-check conversation with Midge. Boise calls Midge and begs her to come back for a set. Midge goes to the Wolford and does a set about Moishe's heart attack and the past couple of days in hospital. Backstage, she runs into Lenny, who apologizes and starts to tell her about the Bennett gig. He is interrupted by a raid, causing everyone in the Wolford to flee out into the snowstorm. Midge takes sanctuary in Lenny's hotel room, and the two sleep together. At the Village Voice, Isobel rouses Abe and tells him that there was a call from the hospital.
• S5E9: (flashback) Midge and Lenny go out for some truly terrible Chinese food.
• S4E8: Abe rushes to the hospital in a panic, only to discover that it's good news; Moishe is awake and on the mend. Abe reads him the obituary that he wrote.

• S4E8: The call comes in to Susie about the Bennett gig, but Midge turns it down.

• S4E8: Moishe returns home to Queens, and reassures Joel that he's fine with Mei.

• S4E8: The matchmaker mafia receive messages from Rose indicating that she has no intention of kowtowing to their threats.

• S4E8: Midge goes to see Lenny perform at Carnegie Hall. After the show, he gives her a talking-to for turning down the Bennett gig. Outside, Midge stumbles through a snowstorm past people celebrating Kennedy's victory over Nixon in the presidential election, and has a premonitory vision on a billboard of Gordon Ford.
  • In real life, Lenny's Carnegie Hall show occurred four months later on Saturday, February 4, 1961. However, the show changed the date to coincide with the Kennedy/Nixon election.

• S5E1: Rose calls Susie to come over and help deal with Midge's hypothermia. In the background, Janusz works with Zelda. Susie is horrified to discover Midge's frozen toe.
  • The title at the beginning of the scene reads “New York, NY 1961”, but this is incorrect. As a calendar shown later in the scene reveals, it is November 1960. This is further supported by the fact that the scene takes place one day after the end of the previous episode, which coincided with the Nixon/Kennedy election, and the fact that a few scenes later it is Thanksgiving. The error may have been caused by the person who added the title looking up the date of Lenny's Carnegie Hall gig in the previous episode as a quick reference for the year. In real life, that gig occurred in February 1961, but in the Maisel universe, it actually happened in early November 1960.

• Something happens with Midge that Susie preemptively marks on the calendar with a skull and crossbones - most likely her period (mentioned in dialogue in S5E1).

• S5E1: Susie goes to a taping of the Gordon Ford Show and tries to talk to Mike.

• S5E1: The Maisels and the Weissmans have Thanksgiving dinner at Moishe and Shirley's house. Midge and Susie have Thanksgiving dinner at the Stage Deli. Susie tells Midge she got her a slot at the 15th St. Club next Thursday. Mei tells Joel about her abortion and breaks up with him.

• S5E1: Susie tries to hunt down Mike at the Christmas Tree farm to talk about booking Midge, and unwittingly creates an enemy.

• S5E1: Susie calls Midge for help getting Alfie onto his plane. Midge perp-walks Alfie up to the gate for his flight to Vegas for a two-week stint at the Hacienda. On her way out, she runs into Abe and Rose (who discovert that their surprise vacation has been mysteriously cancelled on them) and Lenny (who is moving to Los Angeles). Hopped up on grief over losing Mei, Joel tries and fails to do standup then tries and fails to confront Mei's father. Midge performs at the Wolford while Gordon Ford is there, and Susie convinces him to hire her as a writer, much to Mike's chagrin. She starts Monday.

• S5E2: Midge tries to explain her new job to her parents over breakfast, and the three of them notice Janusz for the first time. Joel wakes up at his parents' house and calls Archie for an explanation of what happened last night. Moishe and Shirley are arguing, and in an attempt to placate them, Joel gets Midge to bring the grandkids over. This backfires, however, as the two fight for their affections. Joel tells Midge about Mei.

• S5E2: Midge wakes up in the middle of the night and realizes she picked the wrong outfit for Gordon Ford. She calls Susie, and she comes over to help her pick. Midge is accosted by Sylvio on her way to 30 Rock for her first day of work on the Gordon Ford Show. After some difficulty at the door, Midge gets in and meets her fellow writers. A moment later, they are all sent off to do 20 in one. Panicked, Midge calls Susie for help. Rose and Corinne discover that their tearoom has been burned down. The writers present their jokes. None of Midge's make it into the show, and she tries to talk to Alvin about this as the other writers head out to lunch, but he just shrugs her off. At the Village Voice, Terrence has a cold and Abe realizes he is running late for his meeting with Penelope. Midge greets Mike and meets George. Gordon barges in and throws out all of the jokes. Abe has lunch with Penelope, and is shocked when she makes advances on him. One hour before show, Gordon once again throws the entire thing out, and the writers are forced to start from scratch. Midge gets into a tiff with Mel. Abe returns to work from his lunch, distressed, and seeks answers about Penelope. Gabe learns that Terrence is gay. At the last minute, Gordon emerges from his office and tells the writers his pick of jokes. The show goes well. At Midge's apartment, Rose calls Noah and asks him to order a hit on her enemies. Abe gets home, and asks her out to dinner. They go to the French restaurant that he was at earlier, and he mimics the sexual gesture that was done on him to Rose. Midge goes out for drinks with the guys at Toots Shor's. Joel gets home to his apartment, and finds the refrigerator fully stocked with food from Midge stored in tupperware and Pyrex containers, with a note to make sure he eats something. At the Wolford, Midge delivers the rejected joke from the Gordon Ford writers' room. It gets a big laugh, and she feels vindicated.

• S5E3: At her 30th day of work on The Gordon Ford Show, Midge once again fails to get a joke in, breaking the record for the longest bad streak. When she gets home, Ethan gives her a jumpscare in bed.

• S5E3: Midge and Joel tape out sleeping spots for Ethan on the floor, Rose is paranoid, and Abe laments a typo. At work, Midge finally gets a joke in after four weeks. Susie learns from Tess over the phone that her husband died last week. Rose comes by Susie's office for help getting a gun, and Susie offers her a new temporary office in Maggie's place. During the broadcast, Gordon bungles Midge's joke, causing her to exclaim loudly. Shirley stirs up trouble at the Button Club, and Joel calls his father for help. At Toots Shor's, Midge tries to apologize to Gordon, but winds up getting into a very loud, very public argument with him. Midge gets home to her apartment and steps over Ethan to get to bed.

• S5E3: Gabe talks with Abe about the length of the correction for his typo. Susie calls and talks to Midge about the fight at Toots Shor's last night. Susie visits Benedetta in Riker's, and learns that Molly died. Midge tries to do a set at the Button Club, but Moishe and Shirley both interfere. Shirley corners Midge and asks her about Mei, leading Midge to blurt out that she's stuck in China. Midge gets home to find that Abe moved Ethan off his Saturday sleep mark.

• S5E3: Joel finds his father plotting to extract Mei from China, and finally tells his parents the truth about what happened to her.

• S5E3: Midge goes into work expecting to be fired, but to her surprise, nobody fires her. Abe gives Ethan a speech about typos and torsos. Gordon announces that their show has overtaken Jack Paar as the most viewed talk show in the country, and the staff goes out to Rockefeller Plaza skating rink for a celebration. Midge surmises that she is not fired. Susie checks in, then goes over to the Gordon Ford production offices, where she talks with Mike and discovers Hedy's photo. Midge arrives home to find Ethan in her bed, so she goes and sleeps in his bed with Esther… until Esther slips away and makes her way back to her own bed. Moishe comforts Shirley on the loss of Mei's baby.

• S5E4: Frank and Nicky tell Susie to make Midge fill in for their Expo performer who just dropped out. Midge gets into work and finds everyone hungover. Gordon calls her over and hits on her again. This is interrupted when Susie calls Midge and begs her to do the Expo for Frank and Nicky. At the Weissman home, Abe and Rose talk about their upcoming theatrical outing, and the whole family falls prey to the soporific effects of Janusz's babka.

• S5E4: Midge arrives at the Expo and learns from Nicky and Frank what her part will entail. Susie arrives and sees Midge in costume for the first time, and she guilts her into staying to watch. Susie watches the inaugural performance of the trash musical. At dinner with Gabe, Tuppance, Toby and Lucy, Abe and Rose get into a heated argument about theatre, which Rose definitively wins. Abe and Rose get home to find that Janusz just proposed to Zelda. Later, Abe steals some of their rose petals and sprinkles them on Rose in a way of an apology.

• S5E4: When a guest drops out last minute, Midge gets her hopes up she'll finally be on the show. However, Gordon disabuses her of this notion. Pouting, Midge deliberately ruins the garbage musical, angering Frank and Nicky. They confront Susie, and Joel overhears. Back at the studio, Sophie fills in last minute for the missing guest. Susie tries to talk to Mike about the rule, but he brushes her off. As she leaves, Hedy spots her and chases her down. Susie ends the conversation as quickly as she can.

• S5E5: Joel and Archie buy a church. Archie mentions that Joel has been obsessedd with Nicky and Frank for weeks. Business is booming for Susie. As potential clients line up outside her office, she fields a call from Alfie, then gets Helen Dyer on the phone to talk about the role that James has been obsessed with getting for the past two months. Midge wanders in, half asleep. At work, Adam provides Midge with a science project for Ethan, Mel comes in hungover and recounts a bad gig, Ralph and Cecil sit watching. Alvin enters and summons them all to Gordon's office. George, Mike, Trudy, Marge and the writers gather in Gordon's office for some notes on what to do with the monologue, and Gordon argues with George over the Diddy Doo Diapers sponsorship. Midge visits George in his office to apologize for cracking wise about the diaper thing, and to offer her services as a replacement for Gordon on the boat party.

• S5E5: The Maisels and Weissmans attend Zelda and Janusz's wedding. A stir is caused when they suddenly realize that Zelda will be retiring. Joel asks Midge about Nicky and Frank, who he saw at the trade show “a couple months ago.” Susie checks in with Dinah and Maggie and finds that they haven't had any luck finding David Weston either. Midge does her boat gig, and it goes well. Susie corners David Weston in a gay bathhouse and plays hardball with him. Later, back at the office, Maggie and Dinah question whether Susie's approach was the right one. Meanwhile, at the party, Tom and Ed become enamored with the idea of Midge being their spokesperson, and George pretends to like the idea. Midge slips away, and soon comes upon Darren assaulting Nanette. Midge is accidentally a little too vigorous in defending her, leading to her arrest by the coast guard. George holds an emergency meeting at the Gordon Ford production offices to discuss Midge's act of piracy. Gordon shows up and sides with Midge, much to George's chagrin.

• S5E5: Dinah, Susie and James wait by the phone with bated breath.

• S5E5: Susie gets tailored for a fancy new suit as word of her success with James spreads throughout the town.

• S5E5: Gordon watches Midge perform at the Imperial, and takes her out to dinner afterwards.

• S5E6: (flashback) At Toots Shor's, Midge discusses semantic satiation with her fellow writers, and Susie learns from Mike that George made the rule that nobody who works on the show can be on the show.

• S5E6: (flashback) George fails to remember Susie even though they've met half a dozen times, and Susie silently vows revenge.

• S5E6: (flashback) During a staff party at the Gordon Ford Production offices celebrating their 500th show (or something similar), Susie spots Mike arguing with George. She goes over to Mike afterwards and convinces him to snoop in George's office with her. Inside, she discovers the smoking gun that she can use to get George fired.

• S5E6: (flashback) George gets in to work to find that he's been fired. Mike learns about it from a newspaper, and soon gets the top job himself. Susie celebrates with Dinah and her pigeons.

• S5E7: As Moishe and Shirley watch the Danny Stevens Show, Midge invites them to a taping of Gordon Ford.

• S5E7: Janusz berates Zelda for helping the Weissmans through a particularly chaotic morning. Midge arrives at work and Mike calls the staff to the railing to introduce himself as the official new producer of The Gordon Ford Show. Abe fills in for Midge at the parent-teacher day, and is distressed to learn that Ethan is in the happy group. Danny visits the writer's room and asks for help with jokes for his appearance on the show. Abe and Mrs. Moyers review the results of Ethan's second aptitude test. Danny makes his appearance on the show and kills. Afterwards, at Toots Shor's, Danny thanks Midge for her advice in the writers' room and tries to offer her a job, leading him to get into a fight with Gordon.

• S5E7: Noah and Astrid visit the Weissmans for breakfast. At a poker game with various talent bookers, Mike tells Susie that he's secured Midge a good slot in a talent showcase for Jack Paar. Susie surprises Midge at The Wolford and tells her about the Paar gig.

• S5E7: On her way into work, Midge is confronted by Mike about her raise. She brushes past him and goes up to Gordon's office to tell him about her Paar gig. Midge kills at the showcase, but the booker doesn't get her deal, and is only interested in booking James. Susie calls James to tell him about the offer, but tries to get him to turn it down for Midge's sake, which makes James mad. Midge gets home and cries in the bathroom. Abe discovers that Esther is a piano prodigy.

• S5E8: Midge and Joel meet with Mrs. Moyers and reflect on their shared history. Abe tries to provoke Esther to read Sartre. Dinah calls James and apologizes on Susie's behalf, then threatens to quit if Susie doesn't go apologize in person. Midge attends a Bryn Mawr class of '53 reunion.

• S5E8: Gordon excitedly announces to the staff that they've secured an interview with Princess Margaret. Midge is tasked with writing a comedy sketch for her. Princess Margaret makes her appearance on the show and kills. After the show, the staff goes out to Toots Shor's to celebrate, and Midge meets Hedy and learns that she knew Susie back in the day. Midge confronts Susie at Grand Central Station about her history with Hedy and the fact that she kept it a secret.

• S5E8: Abe has a mournful epiphany about gender roles while dining with Gabe, Arthur and Henry.

• S5E9: (flashback) Moishe and Shirley have an accident in the shower, and talk properly for the first time in ages, leading Moishe to decide he'll finally retire.

• S5E8: Susie finds Hedy in The Gordon Ford Show studio and asks her to get Midge on the show.

• S5E9: (flashback) Susie is arrested when she falls asleep on a bench in Central Park and gets into a tussle with the cops who try to move her.
• S5E8: Hedy asks Gordon to put Midge on the show. Angry, he steps out of his office and watches Midge as she accepts a phone call at the front desk and then runs off.
• S5E9: Midge bails Susie out of jail. The two go to an automat and Susie tells Midge about her relationship with Hedy. As Midge swings by to change outfits and Rose plans an event, Abe realizes that Esther and Ethan have been faking illness to dodge school. Rose mentions to Midge that her work has been calling incessantly. Midge gets in and rants at Alvin about calling her too much, only to learn that it's actually Mike that's been calling because Gordon wants to see her. Gordon tells Midge that she'll be on the show tonight, and Midge goes back down to the writers to tell them that she needs to leave again because she's on the show and needs to change. As Maggie, Dinah and Susie struggle with the bucket, Midge swans in and excitedly informs them that she's going to be on Gordon Ford tonight. Joel and Archie arrive at the factory to try and secure uniforms for Archie's supper club after Shirley swindled him into taking crappy old stock the last time. This is soon derailed, however, when Moishe and Shirley emerge injured, and Moishe announces that he is retiring. A phone call then comes in for Joel from Midge, leaving Archie alone with Shirley to once again be swindled. Midge tells Joel that she'll be on the show tonight. Midge begins to head back to the office, but Dinah notices she has pigeon-shit on her elbow from leaning on the window-sill. Dinah volunteers to swing by Bergdorf's and pick up one of the dresses that Midge has on hold there, while Susie and Midge head out to the studio. At the studio, Midge works on her set while Meg tries to do her makeup. Dinah arrives with the dresses from Bergdorf's. Trudy comes in and tells Midge that she's got Abe on the line. Midge tells Abe about the show. Abe rushes home and tells Rose about the show. Rose is reluctant to go, but she assents when a series of people call on Midge's orders to make sure she knows to go. Abe and Rose rush out the door and search for a taxi in a panic, ultimately having to catch the bus. Gordon pops into the dressing room to greet Alan Shepard. On his way out, he mockingly reveals to Midge that she will not be doing her act, but will be appearing on the show “as a writer.” Susie pursues him and harries him about just what this means, then turns her attention to Mike, imploring him to fix this. Mike approaches Gordon and tries to reason with him, but the show starts before he can make any progress. Abe and Rose arrive just in the nick of time. Midge and Susie sulk in the dressing room as Alan Shepard is beckoned away. Carol Burnett performs “Shy.” Plum introduces herself as Midge's stage manager. Carol finishes her song, and Midge is sent out to her stool on the set. Abe, Rose, and Joel all spot her and greet her. The show resumes, and Gordon does his best to humiliate Midge while she is on camera. Midge keeps her cool and gets a few good jokes edgewise, which bruises Gordon's ego, causing him to throw to commercial early. In the commotion, Midge spots an opportunity to seize the mic, and runs it by Susie. When they return from commercial, Midge steals four minutes of airtime for a set and wins Gordon over, kickstarting her career.

• S5E6: (flashforward) Susie enlists the help of Nicky and Frank to enact vengeance on Dinah's abusive boyfriend.
• S5E6: (flashforward) Joel busts into Susie's office and demands to know the details of her arrangement with Nicky and Frank.
• S5E6: (flashforward) Joel visits Nicky and Frank to negotiate Midge's freedom by offering himself and his business up as compensation.

• Midge performs 18 consecutive sold-out nights at the Copacabana (referenced in dialogue in S5E2).

• S5E6: (flashforward) Susie drinks with Taylor at Toots Shor's. Taylor expresses his dissatisfaction with Harry Drake's management of him, and tries to get Susie to take him on, but she turns him down out of loyalty to Harry.

• S5E6: (flashforward) Susie sits with Harry Drake in hospital as he dies, and gets his biggest remaining clients signed over to her.

• S5E9: (flashforward) Susie comes to see Lenny perform at Basin Street West in San Francisco, and tries to get him back on his feet for Midge's sake.

• S5E2: (flashforward) Midge and Bob Hope perform one of many shows for the troops in Vietnam. While the exact date is not mentioned in the show, the clip in question is taken from a real Bob Hope USO show which was performed on January 19, 1966.

• Lenny Bruce dies.

• S5E2: (flashforward) Midge and Susie attend the New York premiere of A Man for All Seasons (1966).

• S5E2: (flashforward, photograph only) Midge performs one in a series of many college campus tours.

• Midge attends Woodstock and gets muddy (mentioned in dialogue in S5E2).

• S5E6: (flashforward) Susie achieves the legendary triple crown, getting greenlights for The French Connection, That's Our Time, and Jesus Christ: Superstar all in a single day at the golf course.

• S5E2: (flashforward) Midge performs at Carnegie Hall and is arrested for obscenity.

• S5E6: (flashforward) Midge cancels her wedding to Phillip Roth at the last minute, much to the chagrin of Susie, Abe and Rose.

• S5E7: (flashforward) Midge continues indulges her mother's failing matchmaking business, despite the enormous financial drain, because she believes that her mother does not have much time left. (The date on the clapper reads “9/4/73”)

• S5E1: (flashforward) In Cambridge, a 23-year-old Esther has an appointment with her therapist, Dr. Klein.

• S5E3: (flashforward) Midge flies her helicopter to a commune in Israel, where she visits a 29-year-old Ethan and meets his partner Chava.

• S5E6: (flashforward) Joel is arrested by the FBI for his mob connections in the middle of temple. Afterwards, Midge confronts Susie about her culpability in these events, and the fight escalates until the two break up.
• S5E6: (flashforward) Midge does a bitter set fresh off her breakup with Susie.
• S5E2: (flashforward) Mike Wallace presents a 60 Minutes special on the life and career of Midge Maisel, including interviews with Midge and a 27-year-old Esther.

• S5E5: (flashforward) Midge visits Joel in prison.
• S5E6: (flashforward) Joel sits in prison as inmates play basketball.

• Joel is released from prison (mentioned in dialogue in S5E6).

• S5E6: (flashforward) The Friar's Club hosts the Testi-Roastial of Susie Myerson, which leads to the reconciliation of her and Midge.

• S5E9: (flashforward) Midge arranges her schedule with her people, then watches a Jeopardy! game with Susie over the phone.

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