I think the one on Mrs. Maisel was a simple brass one. That would go with darn near anything and make the room look sharp!

I think of it like this: the final act was sad because Midge didn’t mean to out Shy. Her not meaning to isn’t an excuse, and in fact, she wasn’t excused, she was fired. I wouldn’t say it’s fair exactly, but...it is what it is. The unfortunate consequences of misunderstanding and miscommunication. I think Midge is…

Don really did leave a lot of stuff behind in Ossining. Remember the episode where Henry deliberately crashes his car into the boxes of stuff Don left in the garage? 

Yeah, tell me about it! (The 17 clicks thing.) WTF is wrong with Kinja?

I realize your last question was rhetorical, but...there are so many styles of drink carts (or tea wagons) that you can find the right kind of drink cart for your room, no problem.

OK. There’s a lot of other good secondhand stuff out there.

Home is for calm, not STATEMENTS.

I hadn’t thought of that. It does make sense. Still painful to watch, though.

I don’t have much that could even be considered repro MCM, but it sure seems like it would be easy to keep clean: flat surfaces, simple lines, minimal ornamentation, lots of hard surfaces. A quick swipe of a dusting implement, a quick vacuum of the upholstered pieces, and voilà!

Good for you!

Particle board bullshit is designed to end up in landfills, and that’s bad enough. What’s even sadder is when the good stuff from mid century or before ends up in landfill because people don’t appreciate or take care of it. I remember reading on a furniture refinishing blog that a dresser (for example) represents…

That piece is amazing!

The Drapers’ home was a Colonial, and I seem to remember that a significant portion of the furniture was also Colonial...most likely quality midcentury repros.

I don’t think Midge appreciated the depth of Susie’s gambling problem because she didn’t see everything Susie was betting on. She knew about the slots in Vegas and maybe the other casino games. Susie gambled on sports when she wasn’t with Midge, probably by design.

Judy may or may not have been a “gay icon” in 1960. If she was, it’s entirely possible that she was a “gay icon” known only to the gay community. That is, gays and lesbians would have gotten the reference, but it would have sailed over the heads of 99.9999999% of straight people. In this scenario, Shy took it that way…

Can we talk about Imogene for a moment? She’s furious at Archie because he’s spending too many late nights with Joel (or is he with Joel? at least in Imogene’s mind), not spending time with the family. Even when Midge and Joel team up to let Imogene know that Archie wants to go back to their normal life, Imogene seems…

I’ve rewatching the first season, and it struck me that Season One and Season Three end in a similar way: Midge kills, but aslo screws up completely. Episode Seven is where Midge skewers Sophie Lennon during her pivotal set at the Gaslight with Harry Drake in the audience. Much like she does in the Apollo set about…

Midge actually stops by the library and looks up information on Schlafley after her dad tells her how awful Schlafley is. Good for her.

Or y’know, mabye she’s just a protagonist.

Bring. It. On.