The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Lesbian co-lead Susie’s identity is meaningful across the series; season 5 (2023) reveals her past love with Hedy and consequential present reunion. Susie/Midge remains a professional friendship, not

Ended2017United States5 seasons · 43 episodes

Midge Maisel’s unexpected move into stand-up comedy brings her into partnership with Susie Myerson, a manager whose stubborn belief in her…Read more +Read less −

Midge Maisel’s unexpected move into stand-up comedy brings her into partnership with Susie Myerson, a manager whose stubborn belief in her talent becomes essential to both women’s futures. Their progress through clubs, tours and television depends on ambition, timing and a difficult balance between friendship and work. Susie guards her own history far more closely than she manages Midge’s career. In the final season, the return of Hedy Ford reveals a formative romantic relationship and exposes feelings that Susie has kept beneath her combative exterior. That history gives new weight to her professional decisions in a series about women demanding room for lives that conventional expectations cannot contain.

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Major sapphic storylineDrama Comedy

Sapphic characters & cast

Alex Borstein

as Susie Myerson

Main sapphic character

Nina Arianda

as Hedy Ford

Supporting sapphic character

1984-09-18Virgo

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Country: United States
Language: English
Premiere: 2017-03-17
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 43

Image credits

Poster: TVmaze series artwork catalogue · Source
Alex Borstein: TVmaze performer catalogue · Source
Nina Arianda: Performer publicity via LezWatch.TV · Source

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