<Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Susie and Midge get drunk at a bar, upset that Midge made fun of Sophie Lennon, and now Harry might try to ruin her career . The next day, a hungover Midge hosts a birthday party for her son, where she reconnects with Joel and ends up sleeping with him in her childhood room . It appears that they may get back together, but Joel later overhears a bootleg tape of Midge's first act at Virgil and Oz's record store, and gets angry . At the big company meeting, a deflated Joel announces that he wants to quit . Midge's "shit gig" at a stripper show is canceled because of Harry . Susie begs Lenny Bruce to come back to the Gaslight to help Midge, which he does . Midge's set is a great hit, and at the end she introduces herself as "Mrs. Maisel ." Joel watches Midge's act, argues with Susie about it, then sadly leaves the Gaslight, attacking one of her hecklers while admitting her act was great . </Td> </Tr> <P> The second season will feature Midge and Susie going out on the road together with Midge playing clubs along the Borscht Belt in the Catskill Mountains . </P> <P> Amy Sherman - Palladino was inspired by childhood memories of her father (a standup comedian based in NYC) and an admiration for early female comics such as Joan Rivers . Sherman - Palladino explained the show concept as follows: </P> <P> I wanted to do a story about a woman who thought she'd scored...She'd gotten it all, and then, bam, it all falls apart . And in falling apart, she discovers an ambition and a need to speak, and a voice that she just frankly didn't know was there ." </P>

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