The credit song for Season 1, Episode 1 was Dave Edmunds' cover of Elvis Costello's Girls Talk. For the series finale, the closing credits song is Tegan And Sara's cover of the same song.
The opening chryon says "San Francisco 1965", but when Suzy tells Lenny Bruce that she can get him booked for club dates, he responds, "There are no more club dates. This, tonight was a fluke. They thought they booked Bruce Lee." The earliest anyone in the United States would have heard of Bruce Lee would have been September 1966, after Lee's debut as Kato in ABC's "The Green Hornet" (one month after Lenny Bruce died).
Miriam 'Midge' Maisel: I want a big life. I want to experience everything. I want to break every single rule there is. They say ambition is an unattractive trait in a woman. Maybe. But you know what's really unattractive? Waiting around for something to happen. Staring out a window, thinking the life you should be living is out there somewhere but not being willing to open the door and go get it. Even if someone tells you you can't. Being a coward is only cute in The Wizard of Oz.
This was a great finale to the show. All the call backs and updates throughout the season brought it all back to Midge's comedic start, her growth, and shortcomings. There was just enough of the future Midge and gang to satisfy questions.
Seeing the ups and downs as Midge and Susie kept fighting to get her on the right stage was satisfying, you never want to see the story make it seem as if everything was great.
Midge's story represents that of many women of that time. The show did a great job carrying us through the decades and keeping it enjoyable.
Midge's four minutes proved why she should be on the stage and famous. We laugh into the sunset.
