It's Comedy or Cabbage

**It’s Comedy or Cabbage** is the 23rd episode overall of Amazon Prime's *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel* and the 5th episode of Season 3. It was released on Amazon Prime on December 6, 2019.

## Synopsis

*Midge runs into an old friend in Miami. Abe grows frustrated with his Beatnik friends while Rose reaches her breaking point with Shirley.*

## Plot

Shy's tour performs at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. Rose thinks Shirley has "corrupted" her maid, Zelda, who has become less subservient. Abe harshly criticizes his rebel group's poorly-produced first leftist newspaper issue, exasperating them. Mei overhears Joel telling Archie about his ongoing difficulty in obtaining a liquor license. Susie returns to New York to support Sophie during her Broadway rehearsals of Strindberg's Miss Julie. Midge encounters newly-single Lenny Bruce, who is temporarily living in a Miami hotel; a few days later, a potentially romantic evening ends platonically. Lenny praises Midge's act.

## Episode Notes

### Music

* Beyond the Sea performed by Bobby Darin
	+ *Midge and Susie arrive at the Hotel Fontainebleau, in Miami.*
* Nani Koolau - Kuu Aloha Nui - Waikapu (Instrumental) performed by Benjamin Rogers
	+ *Midge and Susie are by the hotel pool but Susie is hating being there.*
* Until The Real Thing Comes Along performed by Dean Martin
	+ *Joel and Archie are working on getting The Button Club fixed up.*
* Falling In Love With Love performed by Helen Merrill
	+ *Carole, the bassist of Shy’s band, invites Midge into her hotel room for some food and to talk.*
* Anything Goes performed by performed by Helen Merrill
	+ *Carole, the bassist of Shy’s band, invites Midge into her hotel room for some food and to talk.*
* Nice 'N' Easy performed by Frank Sinatra
	+ *Midge gets chatted up by a man at the hotel bar, who mistakes her for a hooker; Lenny suddenly appears out of nowhere and gets rid of the man, before sitting beside her and they talk. He asks to meet up with her again, when he’s back in Florida.*
* The Man I Used to Be performed by William Johnson (from "Pipe Dream")
	+ *Abe is walking down the sidewalk when Rose calls him to get into a cab.*
* A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody performed by Fontainebleau lobby pianist (originally by Irving Berlin)
	+ *Midge walks down the Staircase to Nowhere, flaunting her outfit, whilst Abe and Rose, unbeknown to Midge, are both in the lobby of the hotel.*
* Almost Like Being In Love performed by Shy Baldwin (Darius de Haas)
	+ *Shy Baldwin performs at the Hotel Fontainebleau; behind the scenes, Midge watches, where she gets a note from Lenny that he’s back and to meet him at the hotel bar.*
* Make Mine A Double performed by Jim Moreland (Ari Brand)
	+ *Brye Adler talks with Jim Moreland on the set of "Miami After Dark".*
* Loco Amor performed by Pedrito Martinez
	+ *Midge and Lenny are in a Cuban Club together, sitting and staring at one another.*
* Till There Was You performed by Peggy Lee
	+ *Midge and Lenny dance together.*
* Dedicated to the One I Love performed by The Mamas & The Papas
	+ *End credits.*

## References

1. ↑ This description was taken from *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Amazon page.*