Simone is the first episode of the second season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

In the Season Two premiere, Midge takes the stage for a foreign audience, while Abe and Rose find themselves in a new world. Susie experiences the repercussions of having a bad reputation in the business, as Joel regroups after quitting his job.

• Rachel Brosnahan as Miriam "Midge" Maisel
• Alex Borstein as Susie Myerson
• Michael Zegen as Joel Maisel
• Marin Hinkle as Rose Weissman
• Kevin Pollak as Moishe Maisel
  and
• Tony Shalhoub as Abe Weissman

• Luke Kirby as Lenny Bruce
• Caroline Aaron as Shirley Maisel
• Joel Johnstone as Archie Cleary
• Brian Tarantina as Jackie
• John Scurti as Nicky
• Erik Palladino as Frank

(in order of appearance)

• Regina Hoyles as Enid
• Colby Minifie as Ginger
• Megan McGinnis as Loula
• Kylie Edwards as Doris
• David Konig as Morris (voice)
• Nunzio & Matteo Pascale as Ethan
• Matilda Szydagis as Zelda
• Emmanuel Layotte as Driver
• Catherine Arditi as Marie
• Frank Ridley as Sal
• Josh Evans as Geno Masters
• Xavier Brossard as Ronan
• Serge Bagdassarian as Maitre d'
• Leslie Fray as Lillian
• Vegane as Gorgeous Woman
• Alexandre Wetter as Drag Dancer
• Arthur Choisnet as Well Dressed Man
• Lexie Foley as Sophia

• Madison Turner as Switchboard Dancer
• Amber Owens as Switchboard Dancer
• Brittany Bohn as Switchboard Dancer
• Barbara Jo Bednarczuk as Switchboard Dancer
• Mayte Natalio as Switchboard Dancer
• Madison Johnson as Switchboard Dancer
• Purdie Bauman as Switchboard Dancer
• Gabriel André as Paris Dancer
• Louis Michault as Paris Dancer
• Philippe Bonhommeau as Paris Dancer
• Gaëtan Renaudin as Paris Dancer
• Nicolas Baudino as Paris Musician
• Vincent Chorlet Heden as Paris Musician
• Sebastien Juan Jimenez as Paris Musician
• Sylvain Massicar as Paris Musician
• Enrico Mattioli as Paris Musician

• Kasey & Morgan Scheuermann as Esther Maisel
• Unknown as Simone
• Unknown as Saverina

(in order of appearance)

• B. Altman's Department Store
  • The Phone Room
• Susie's Apartment
• 385 Riverside Drive
  • Apartment 12C
• Rose's Paris Apartment
• Old Town Bar & Restaurant
• Maisel & Roth Garment Company
• The Gaslight Café
• Chez Paul
• NYC Subway Car
• Frank's Place
• Madame Arthur
• Moishe & Shirley's Brooklyn Apartment
• Pont des Arts
• Palais-Royal Arcade

• (TW: Suicide) After Midge gets off the stage in the Paris nightclub, the former New Yorker who has been acting as her translator hands her a card and says, “Here's the card for my psychiatrist who just moved from Boston to New York. He's done wonders for Sylvia Plath.” Sylvia Plath was a poet and novelist, best known for her novel “The Bell Jar.” She committed suicide at the age of 30 by gassing herself in her kitchen oven, after several previous, unsuccessful attempts at killing herself. The episode takes place in 1959, Plath ended her life in 1963 - clearly the psychiatrist did do wonders. (Source: IMDb)

• The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour). (Source: IMDb)

• Lenny Bruce's set at the Gaslight is a recreation of a real bit Lenny did on the Steve Allen Show (watch it here). The Steve Allen Show appearance is later depicted in the season 2 finale, and you can briefly hear part of this same bit repeated in that episode.

• At the beginning of his set, Lenny jokes, “Will Elizabeth Taylor become Bar Mitzvah'ed?” This is a real joke that Lenny made on The Steve Allen Show, in reference to actress Elizabeth Taylor. Around the time period of the show, she was constantly in the news because her husband Mike Todd (who was Jewish) had just died, and she famously took up with and married Debbie Reynolds' husband Eddie Fisher (who was also Jewish), and at that point she converted to Judaism. Lenny's joke was playing off the fact that she was a “new Jew,” by conjuring up the absurd mental image of Taylor - one of the top sex symbols of the day - going through a Bat Mitzvah. (Source: Reddit)

MIDGE: B. Altman. Where may I direct your call? I will connect you.
– S2E1

ABE: And then we'll have a little talk about loyalty. To the person who signs the checks, not the person you like more. American loyalty!
– S2E1

ABE: Oh, zip it, Simone.
– S2E1

• List of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Episodes
• Simone Transcript