I HAVE WATCHED THE BEST TV WRITING IN HISTORY

This is a bit of a departure for me—a blog post solely concerning one episode of the Amazon Prime TV series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel—but it is the finest writing I have ever seen in my life. Season 5, Episode 7, “A House Full of Extremely Lame Horses.” If the writing staff offered a lunch-interview of them but told me it would be it would have to take place in Los Angeles, I’d fly in. If the writing schools aren’t teaching this episode fifty years from now, I’ll be surprised. The show creator,