A police officer particularly concerned with enforcing obscenity laws.

S1E1 - Peluso arrests Midge in the middle of her first set ever.

S1E1 - Peluso releases Lenny when his bail is paid by Midge.

S1E2 - Peluso arrests Midge at the end of her second set ever.

S3E1 - Peluso arrests Lenny and Abe.

S5E5 - Peluso greets Midge and Gordon Ford cordially while picking up food from Lill at the City Spoon Diner.

MIDGE: I don’t understand what’s going on.
PELUSO: You're under arrest.
MIDGE: What? Why?
PELUSO: Public indecency and performing without a cabaret license.
MIDGE: You need a license to do that? Seriously?
PELUSO: Yeah, yeah, you can bitch all about it to your friend in the back seat, go ahead.
– S1E1

LENNY: You guys ever gonna take a broom to this place? We’ve already got penicillin, you don’t need to grow it.
PELUSO: Just take your things and leave, Bruce.
– S1E1

PELUSO: All right, all right. I told you about the language. You know the drill.
MIDGE: Officer Peluso… Ladies and gentlemen, Officer Peluso! He arrested me just the other night.
PELUSO: Come down from there right now or I'm coming up there.
MIDGE: Officer, sorry, I work alone. Now, and apparently for the rest of my life.
PELUSO I'm gonna count to five. One… Two…
MIDGE: That's the end of my show, folks. Tune in next week, when my grandmother steals my pearls and fսcks my boyfriend. Five! Let's go, Peluso.
– S1E2

PELUSO: That's it, Bruce.
– S3E1

PELUSO: I'm telling you for the last time, sir, sit down.
ABE: I won't sit down. I don't have to sit down. I have the right to stand, don't I? Wh-What, i-is standing and talking illegal now? Or just standing?
PELUSO: Okay, you want to come, too?
– S3E1

PELUSO: Lill, a chocolate donut and a coffee will save my life.
LILL: Coming up.
MIDGE: Hey, Officer Peluso.
PELUSO: Hey, Midge Maisel. I'll be damned.
MIDGE: Nice to see you. Gordon, this is Officer Peluso. He's arrested me a couple times.
GORDON: Really?
MIDGE: Mm.
GORDON: Well, it's nice to meet you.
PELUSO: Hey, you're the TV guy.
GORDON: That's me.
PELUSO: I almost didn't recognize you without your suit. So, how are you doing?
MIDGE: I'm a pirate.
PELUSO: Terrific. Ah, thanks, honey.
LILL: (chuckles)
PELUSO: Nice meeting you out of uniform. And you, be good.
MIDGE: You know I won't.
PELUSO: (chuckles)
– S5E5

1. Pilot
2. Ya Shivu v Bolshom Dome Na Kholme

1. Strike Up the Band

5. The Pirate Queen

• Mike Massimino also appears in the Palladinos’ subsequent series, Étoile.

• List of Characters