Midge takes the Hollywood spotlight in Prime Video’s first look at the farewell season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
The beloved foul-mouthed housewife-turned-comedian returns for her farewell speech in the fifth and final season of The wonderful Mrs. Maisel. Season five leaves much to discover as a revitalized Midge continues in her quest for fame after rebuilding her reputation and career in season four. On Thursday, Prime video revealed the first look at the upcoming season with a teaser video and key art release.
The 30-second clip offers a preview of what’s in store for the final season as Midge gets “closer than ever to the success she’s been dreaming of,” the official said. Prime Video Press Release. In the opening moments of the teaser, a blinding sequence of camera lights pierces the darkened room as the camera slowly zooms out to reveal a red-carpet-clad Midge (Rachel Brosnahan). She stands confidently in front of the sea of photographers and a crowd of people (off camera) cheering her on. A recognizable voice – her manager Susie Myerson (Alex Borstein) – breaks through the commotion and calls out Midge’s name with an air of urgency. It raises speculation that our bawdy comedienne may have more mountains to climb in her quest for the top. Despite being closer to her dreams this season, she will “discover that closer than ever is yet so far away.”
Watch the first look at the final season below:
The Palladinos addresses the potential for a spin-off or reboot in the future
Although the return of The wonderful Mrs. Maisel marks the end of Midge’s story (for now), longtime followers of the series should expect the farewell season to be a proper farewell to the characters we’ve come to love over the years. The husband and wife co-showrunner team didn’t always have five seasons in mind for the series, but they always looked ahead when planning future seasons.
“We always had a general ending in mind for the series, but it was somewhere on four or five or six or something,” said Dan Palladino in a statement. THR interview. “And it just seemed to fit into season five.”
Since the season 4 finale, the Palladinos knew exactly what the “final moments and scenes” would be for the acclaimed, award-winning series. Despite the show’s endgame clearly charting, one wonders if there’s room for a revival given the show’s unwavering popularity. When Amy Sherman-Palladino was asked about the likelihood of Midge and the gang returning in some form, she ruled out the possibility of The wonderful Mrs. Maisel’s continued in the future.
“When we got the [Netflix] Gilmore Girls reboot, that was only four movies, it wasn’t really a reboot. I don’t know, had there been many reboots before then? I think there was Fuller House, but there weren’t many reboots. And now it’s like that. I don’t know, I mean, we always wanted to tell a story, to take them on their journey. You want to leave while people still want you there. You don’t want to leave when people say, “You know what, why don’t you leave?” We want to make sure that when we go out, we go out with a bang. I think it’s too early to think about anything – I don’t know about a reboot, I don’t know why we would do that, but I don’t know. We want to be in the same room with this cast and this crew for the rest of our lives. But whether that is in a bar or whether a camera is running, no idea.”
The wonderful Mrs. Maisel returns on April 14 with a three-episode premiere, followed by new episodes every Friday. And there’s still time to catch up on Midge’s rise to comic stardom, as all seasons are currently streaming exclusively through Prime Video.