The Punishment Room is the 11th episode overall of Amazon Prime's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and the 3rd episode of Season 2. It was released on Amazon Prime on December 5, 2018.
Synopsis[]
Midge puts her impeccable planning to the test as she helps Mary with her special day. Joel attempts to keep finances steady at Maisel & Roth and ends up on a treasure hunt. Midge's act flourishes, but Susie's finances take a hit. Back at Columbia, Rose finds herself out of her comfort zone when auditing classes. [1]
Plot[]
Midge receives a temporary promotion from switchboard operator to coat check girl, though things quickly go awry. Midge also helps plan her B. Altman friend Mary's wedding, but at the couple's reception, she impulsively gives a risqué speech that inadvertently reveals it is a shotgun wedding. Abe pulls strings for Rose to audit art classes at Columbia. However, Rose receives a shock on her first day in life-drawing class, then later finds herself and Abe in trouble with the dean after she disillusions her fellow female students regarding their dismal future prospects with an art degree. Joel decides to explore Shirley's "treasure maps", of where his parents have stashed money over the years. Susie berates Virgil and Oz after discovering the two are selling bootleg recordings of Midge's first Gaslight act at their record store.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Rachel Brosnahan as Midge Maisel
- Alex Borstein as Susie Myerson
- Michael Zegen as Joel Maisel
- Marin Hinkle as Rose Weissman
- Tony Shalhoub as Abe Weissman
- Kevin Pollak as Moishe Maisel
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Music[]
- There'll Be Some Changes Made performed by Peggy Lee and The Frank DeVol Orchestra
- Midge walks from the phone operator room in the basement, upstairs and across the first floor, to the coat room.
- James Session performed by Harry James and His Orchestra
- After clocking off from being the coat check girl, Midge impromptuly advises several customers of the makeup counters on what to buy, even though she no longer works there; Midge does a montage of various sets.
- Funiculì, Funiculà performed by The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Cast (originally by Giuseppe Turco and Luigi Lenza)
- Italian family singing and humming in Susie’s apartment.
- Quiet Village performed by Martin Denny
- Archie visits Joel in his childhood bedroom.
- Rum & Coca-Cola performed by The Andrews Sisters
- Playing in The Stage Deli where Midge and Susie are eating.
- Missouri Waltz performed by The Fontane Sisters
- Playing in The Stage Deli where Midge and Susie are eating.
- I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans performed by Annie Ross feat. Gerry Mulligan Quartet
- Midge back in the basement, working as a phone operator again.
- Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? performed by The Waitresses
- End credits.
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- ↑ This description was taken from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Amazon page.