18 Best TV Moments Of 2018

12. Midge Steals The Telethon - The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Amazon

The Marvelous Mrs Maisel is never better than when it puts Midge in the spotlight. The whole show is great, but when its title character gets on a stage and starts her standup routine, it's when Amy Sherman-Palladino's whip-smart, rapid-fire dialogue and the energy and charm of Rachel Brosnahan's performance combine to make something truly magic.

There were a few examples across Season 2, but the telethon in episode nine, Vote For Kennedy, Vote For Kennedy, is where she quite literally steals the entire show.

Starting off a little slowly and awkwardly before building into a comic tour-de-force that leaves the audience in-universe and watching on Amazon in stitches, it's a breathless, mesmerising effort that encapsulates so much of what makes the show great.

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