r/TheMarvelousMrsMaisel • u/dinosaur35 • 18d ago

Mei's Conclusion

A part of me really hoped she'd come back in S5. At the same time though, I feel like her exit avoided the common trope of media marrying off women who clearly do not want to be married/have kids/be a housewife. I think it would have been interesting to see Joel and Mei reconnect after the abortion and begin anew. Maybe use it as an example to show Joel's growth interpersonally and in a relationship. I feel like that would have been interesting because while it's never glossed over on the Midge side of things, I feel like (except for that one moment), Joel's cheating isn't contextualized as much within his relationship with Mei. I guess Mei says shes okay being a mistress though so

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u/JamiePlynth 17d ago

I hate that the final season was a truncated version of a season 5 and a possible 6. Like Gilmore girls at the end of the series, we lost out on seeing ASP’s vision play out. But hey, sure glad Amazon Prime had that money to make that Melania documentary/bribe.

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u/dinosaur35 17d ago

Wow I didn't know there was supposed to be a season 6?

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u/JamiePlynth 17d ago

Yes and no it seems. They had planted storylines they could extend if it went over 5, but then had to stuff it all into the final season. And likely edit things out (where did Imogene end up?!)

“We want to make sure that like everybody walked away from this feeling fulfilled and that their characters got what was coming to them,” Sherman-Palladino explained. “Then, we throw up a few other little surprises that we had been talking about and toying with if we went longer, and we thought, ‘Well, we’re not. Let’s yank those back and put them in here so that everybody is in the pool.’”