It was so jarring, I double-checked the screener. Had they sent the wrong one, the wrong show even? It was the final season of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," and the fifth episode opened with entirely different characters. Or rather: a familiar character grown up. So grown up, she was unrecognizable.
An early criticism of "Mrs. Maisel," about a mother and housewife turned aspiring comic in 1950s and '60s New York, was that the children of the main character weren't around very much. Neither were the child care problems that likely would have plagued the soon-to-be divorced mother of two. Those children are Ethan and Esther, the latter of whom started the show as a mere baby.
