Do ‘Uncoupled’ and ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Share an Apartment? An Investigation

When you watched Episode 4 of Uncoupled did you rewind a bunch, pause occasionally, and ask yourself, “Is this the apartment from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel?” Or are you normal?

I’m not normal, because I finished the Netflix series over two weeks ago and I’m still wondering whether Michael’s (Neil Patrick Harris) parents live in the same apartment as Midge Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan) in Amy Sherman-Palladino’s Prime Video series. Since the mystery continues to gnaw at me, I decided to investigate. I compared scenes from both shows, looked into the building that inspired Midge’s apartment, and even reached out to Netflix for insight. Before we get to the findings, let’s do a quick tour of these two apartment-heavy shows.

Darren Star’s new rom-com series follows Michael, a newly single New York City real estate broker. So it’s no surprise that the show is filled with extravagant, pricey New York apartments. One gorgeous foyer in particular caught my eye, because I’m also a fan of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which follows Midge, a stand-up comedian in 1950s New York. If you watch the show, you know that Midge’s most prized possession is the fancy, sprawling, Upper West Side apartment she moved out of in Season 1. In Season 4, Midge buys the stunning apartment back and invites her parents, Abe and Rose Weissman — who once lived in a different apartment in the same building — to live with her.

The real New York building that Maisel uses for exterior shots of Midge’s apartment is The Strathmore at 404 Riverside Drive, but according to Curbed, the building’s 10-room “N” apartments “match the layout, scale, and views of the apartment in the show almost exactly.” Aside from a few key differences — including front doors, wallpaper, decor, and closet spacing — Midge and her parent’s apartments look nearly identical. But when I first saw Michael’s parent’s apartment in Uncoupled, my mind jumped to Abe and Rose’s old place.

Around nine minutes into Uncoupled‘s fourth episode, Michael opens a sturdy red door and walks into a beautiful white and cream foyer with classic molding, a closet off to the side, and a view of a long hallway. As he walks down said hall, his father screams from the first room off to the right, which we learn is the kitchen. Interesting…

The front door, molding, closet and kitchen placement, wallpaper colors, visible wood/french doors, and the stretched hallway of the Uncoupled apartment all give off Big Maisel Apartment Energy, so I consulted the pilot to scope things out. At first (and second, and honestly third) glance, the two apartments look like one. The layout is incredibly similar, the wooden floors match, and the front door deadbolts and ceiling lights in the hallway are even the same. For a few moments I felt vindicated, but upon closer inspection I noticed some minor inconsistencies between the two living spaces.

Turns out, the wallpaper in the two apartments features the same colors, but not the same pattern. While the front door in Uncoupled‘s apartment is the same color as Maisel‘s, the side that faces the hallway isn’t solid wood, it has a pane of glass in the middle. The foyer’s molding looks a bit smaller on Uncoupled, the closet’s doorknobs are different, and the distance between the closet and the wall don’t match up. In Uncoupled, there’s barely space between the two, but on Maisel there’s enough room to hang a picture on the wall. Uncoupled also shows a room on the other side of the foyer that doesn’t appear on Maisel, but the scene goes by so quickly it’s hard to tell.

I thought back to Midge’s original apartment — which features a smaller gap between the closet and wall, along with a glass pane on the front door — and wondered if that was the answer to all of our problems, but some of the differences between that apartment and Uncoupled‘s still exist. But while the Maisel apartments don’t match the Uncoupled one perfectly, the similarities and shared design components are just too close to be coincidental. Maybe the varied looks are the product of set redecorating? Perhaps Uncoupled used the Maisel apartments for inspiration but built their own version? Or Uncoupled could have filmed in the same building as Maisel, but used a slightly different apartment as a set?

Just when I was about to retire my investigation, a Netflix publicity rep for Uncoupled returned my email and shared that an owner whose apartment was used in Uncoupled confirmed their space was also used in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. AHH! Vindicated again. Almost. The catch? They didn’t specify which apartment on Uncoupled (remember, there are so many!) was used for Maisel (or vice versa), so it remains unclear which set the two shows have in common. The rep also shared that the owner’s apartment has been used in a number of other television shows, including Younger, also a Darren Star project.

Judging from the publicity rep’s comments, it seems likely that Uncoupled, Maisel, and maybe even Younger do in fact share an apartment in some capacity. But we may never know which apartment served as the shared set. Without more specifics, all apartments in the three shows are possibilities, but the similarities between Michael’s parents’ and Midge’s parents’ places are so striking I still have hope they’re connected.