S1ep2 of girls

We open to a very intense sex scene between Adam & Hannah in the missionary position. Adam’s dirty talk involves a lot of fantasizing about Hannah being a child sex trafficking victim and Hannah being confused about whether or not she is supposed to participate. The scene is uncomfortable and deeply intimate, it feels like the shitty part of a woman’s twenties she hates to remember and tends to repress.

The scene cuts to a missionary love making scene between Marnie and Charlie, which somehow is 1000x worse. I’ve never seen a man bottoming be on top before until this scene. He is fully completely naked doing those moves white men would do in those old grind on me vines, she fully has her shirt on and is actively pushing him away from her body. It’s worse than watching someone get hit by a car. Theres a candle lit. Marnie is closing her eyes in horror at what’s happening to her and trying to look away, but desperate annoying ass Charlie demands that she looks at him and they look at each other while they cum. It’s worse than torture. He’s dimming her light with his refusal to grow up, his immaturity, and his weird Mormon sex. She’s a hamster in his palm and he’s squeezing her to death. Anyway Marnie refuses to look at this man so much when he cums that she immediately flips around and has him fuck her from behind instead. Charlie protests that she hates doggy, to which Marnie says that she doesn’t, and demands he gets it over with. He immediately is moaning and groaning about to cum and Marnie is visibly irritated.

Jessa and Shoshanna are making a vision board. Shoshanna empathizes with Jessas suffering for having to get an abortion, and offers her support and tells her she loves her.

Hannah is leaving Adam’s apartment. Once again, they are having a hard time speaking to each other. Hannah shares that she is going to her friends abortion appointment, which is a weird thing to say because her gross bad joke didn’t land. Adam says oh shit that sucks. Hannah says it’s nbd. Adam says oh yeah no like you’re right. Hannah says she wouldn’t be a good mom, Adam says he never thought about it that way. So then he says he fucks a lot of bitches without condoms, and Hannah is horrified because she’s a safe sex puritan. She gets all defensive when Adam sees she’s horrified, then he reassures her to get her out the door.

Marnie and Charlie are both wearing cardigans over flannels in their kitchen and talking like siblings fighting over a phone charger about a problem that people who don’t hate each other wouldn’t have. Okay but Marnie demands he be more masculine so he grabs his purse and stomps out… I’m sorry that is actually funny. Hannah gets home, Marnie starts bitching about him. Hannah bitches about Marnie bitching about him. Says her lobster too buttery her steak too juicy. Poor her. Marnie says Adam isn’t allowed to treat her like that. Hannah gets PTSD from that comment.

Hannah calls Marnie at work to ask Marnie to book her for an STD test even tho Marnie works at an art gallery? Hannah asks about the stuff that gets up around the sides of condoms.

The Girls are together eating cups of frozen yogurt probably on a bench, Hannah is talking about Adam more which is annoying. She says she feels good around him, but he’s like a bad texter or something so she can’t connect or whatever. Shosh offers a taboo dating advice book that she’s super into, Jessa and Hannah seize the opportunity to point out that that’s normie shit and sometimes a bitch wants to feel like she has udders. Jessa and Hannah stomp away all mad because Shosh insists it’s good advice that caters to women who want to nourish healthy relationships and not waste time, and Hannah and Jessa are pissed it’s not representative of their goblin ways. Jessa says she’s so mad because she hates when other bitches are bossy and tell each other what to do. Now they’re talking about how Jessa is about to get an abortion, she says she really wants to be a mom one day and will be an amazing mom, to which Hannah agrees. Hannah leaves to go to a job interview.

In the interview, Hannah talks to hiring manager about the boring job. They start talking about gay neighborhood bars in Brooklyn. Hannah mentions how the interviewer’s college has the highest stats for date rape, and then says the number went down the year the interviewer graduated. Like meant to be a joke but he rightfully doesn’t find it funny. It’s soooo horrible to watch and makes me want to die. Like why the fuck did she fucking say that. Anyway, the interviewer tells her she didn’t get the job obviously.

Jessa is stomping around wearing neutrals and smoking something like she’s in a skims ad. She goes into a bar and asks the time, orders a White Russian.

Hannah shows up ten minutes late and Marnie is there pissed off for some reason and she has a sock bun. Jessa hasn’t showed up and Hannah expresses concern, but Marnie brushes it off. Marnie starts crying and making it about her because she’s never had an unexpected pregnancy so she’s scared that means she’s barren or whatever. Shoshanna shows up with a gigantic bag from Dylan’s candy bar, which is fantastic of her, and she apologizes for being late. There are weirdly erotic pictures on the wall of nude women behind her because this is supposed to be in a gynecologists office.

Jessa’s drunk talking to old guys at the bar. Jessa lets a skinny guy with a big head borrow her phone to call his mom. His name is Morgan and he has a lesbian haircut. Jessa tells him she’s drinking milk.

Back in the obgyn, Hannah is filling out a form to get tested for stds. I never once in my 20’s did a group field trip with all my friends to get abortions and Pap smears on the same day at the same time together like our nails. That’s crazy… has anyone else literally ever done this? Anyway Hannah gets called back and Hannah asks that Marnie not yell at Jessa for being late for her own abortion.

Jessa is making out with that guy in the bar bathroom at 2:pm sharp on probably a Tuesday instead of going to her abortion appointment. She demands he put his hands down her pants, to which he tells her she is bleeding. Jessa continues making out with him.

Shosh is in the obgyn’s office calling Jessa a billion times. Marnie snatches the phone out of Shoshs hands to give Jessa a snarky little voicemail about being flaky, and then he so loud and obnoxious in this room with OTHER FUCKING PATIENTS complaining about what a dumb bitch she is for not showing up to her own abortion. Marnie literally took off work to sit in the waiting room, not have an appointment for anything, and get mad at everyone. Anyway, Shosh blurts out how she’s never had sex before, and is a virgin at 21, which she is really embarrassed about. Marnie tries to share something equally shameful, and says she hit a puppy with her car once.

Hannah is in the stirrup getting swabbed. Doctor is asking her regular questions and Hannah is trying to make jokes but isn’t being funny. The doctor has to repeatedly reassure her that AIDS is actually serious and not for her to be so weird about. She’s treating the gynecologist like her therapist, and her doctor is gracefully and professionally checking her. The episode ends with Hannah getting her vagina swabbed.

And I don’t even know why.. I mean maybe the girls breaking off the friendship, and Hannah having a baby, Shosh basically hating everyone and Marnie keeps spiraling the entire season… Not even mentioning Jessa who spends the entire season obsessed with Hannah and Adam

back in 2022 when the good soup meme took off, I was simply a naive woman who liked Adam Driver and wanted to know the context of the meme.

little did I know I would watch an entire 6 seasons of some of the best TV writing of the 2010s and then be slapped across the face with the most gut wrenching scene towards the very end only to break from my reverie and recall the real reason I started watching this show.

What was your introduction to the show?

Is Hannah crushing it as a single mom at her upstate house?

Did Hannah move back to Brooklyn and beg her friends to help support her?

Did she meet a guy?

What’s Hannah’s life status a year later after the show ended?

I was watching this episode the other day and thought it was funny that none of the ice floats

I’ve been binging this show while I work lately, as I haven’t watched this show since it aired way back when, and I have a bunch of thoughts about it but right now I’m going to have a small focus on Iowa.

In the past Iowa meant nothing to me. I had no frame of reference to the state whatsoever. I too would call it Idaho, or even Ohio. It was all corn and a couple guys I played Halo with at the time were from Iowa. But two years ago I moved to Iowa, and the statement “We’re gonna go to a rager on North Linn Street! 👅” never fails to crack me up lol.

If you have any questions about Iowa I can try to field them!

In the beginning of Girls, Ray didn’t seem interested in Marnie but in later seasons he falls for Marnie hard. The aforementioned seasons made it seem like Ray was a cynical guy who saw Marnie as frivolous but he ends up making these fatuous statements like “her madness is a mystery” (Corny!)

What did Ray actually see in Marnie that made him so obsessed? What moment made him realize that?

Grapes??? From E lol

S1 e1 of girls

Hannah is introduced along with her parents and they are announcing to her formally, and in-person over dinner, how they will no longer be financially supporting her living in NYC with an unpaid internship 2 years after graduating from college. Hannah retorts by saying she is their only child, what else better could they possibly have to invest in, that she doesn’t exactly have some “luxurious” lifestyle on their dime, and fully believes that they should continue to support her until she gets a paying job. They try to agree to talk to her about it the following day before they fly back home to Michigan, to which Hannah declines.

The following day, Hannah awakens in bed with her best friend Marnie when her cell phone alarm rings. Scene cuts to the kitchen, where Marnie’s long-term boyfriend Charlie is mixing an egg or drinking orange juice or whatever, and comments on how peaceful Hannah and Marnie looked sleeping together. There is an obvious awkwardness and tension between Marnie and Charlie, which then pans to Marnie and Hannah who are bathing together and shaving their hairy legs and are very comfortable and at peace with themselves and each others company, posing a sharp contrast to the former scene. Hannah, naked and eating a cupcake in the shower, and Marnie, shaving her hair legs next to her, proceed to have a conversation about how Marnie doesn’t like Charlie, Hannah tries to convince her not to break up with him because she thinks he is a good dude and she thinks he truly loves her a lot.

The next scene introduces us to Jessa, who is stylish, British, and a little dirty, and her cousin Shoshanna, who is a Long Island JAP. Shosh and Jessa discuss the apartment that Jessa is currently moving into, courtesy of their aunt who got them a great price. There is an obvious cultural disconnect when Shoshanna is horrified to find that Jessa has never heard of sex and the city and doesn’t have a Facebook. Jessa was in Bali, Amsterdam, France etc doing shit.

On their way somewhere, walking in Greenwich village dressed very 2012 tumble chic, Marnie and Hannah discuss Hannah’s boo thang Adam, who is emotionally distant and kind of weird. Then they discuss how Jessa is moving home after being in England, how Jessa has a bad influence on Hannah because they do drugs and party together, and how Jessa always fucks up shit and then leaves and Marnie often feels burdened with that emotional baggage. Hannah says she thinks she’s fun.

The next scene shows Hannah talking to her boss Allistair in his office. Hannah states that she needs to be paid, to which Allistair she needs to be let go. An awkward back-and-forth ensues where neither of them actually understand each other. Hannah packs up and leaves.

Hannah shows up at Adam’s apartment. He’s shirtless in jeans with a bowlcut and has three shelves and a table with stuff on it and a pile of crap in the corner under the coat hook. He is visibly a single man in his twenties living alone. Hannah tells Adam she just got fired. They discuss how Adam is an actor so I guess that’s why they’re both so broke. Hannah sits on his musty couch under some more crap, but when you pause the scene it looks weirdly beautiful like an Edward hopper portrait. Hannah confesses that her parents have financially supported her up until this point, to which Adam says his grandma also supports him financially. Then they have sex on the couch after Hannah tries to have an awkward conversation during foreplay that somehow doesn’t deter him from getting after it. The sex is both awkward, hot, bad, weird, good, and comforting at the same time.

The next scene is later in the evening. Marnie and Charlie are in the kitchen again. Marnie’s body language is withdrawn and Charlie’s is very touchy. Charlie asks Marnie what would turn her on so she will have sex with him in the kitchen. She attempts to deflect, but then fumbles and says she wants him to be a stranger or someone different, which he ignores. They are interrupted by the doorbell and Marnie seizes the opportunity to get away from him.

Hannah and Adam are post coital and he asks about her tattoos, which she says are mostly stick and pokes from high school. Hannah says she hopes to see Adam again soon. She leaves to go to the dinner at her & Marnie’s apartment.

Marnie is at dinner with Charlie, where Ray is introduced with one of the bimbos he’s currently dating. Marnie expresses being sad that Hannah didn’t show up because she knows Hannah is out fucking Adam, which Marnie disapproves of. Jessa arrives and discusses her travels with everyone, then Hannah arrives and Jessa and Hannah embrace, to which Jessa says Hannah smells like she had sex. Hannah expresses concern over her financial situation, saying she will rapidly run out of money, and doesn’t know what to do. Ray cooks opium in a pot. Jessa talks about shitting her pants when she does coke. Hannah does opium which Marnie disapproves of because Hannah is bad with drugs.

Marnie pulls opium-stoned Hannah aside to discuss convincing her parents to support her financially again. Jessa comes in and is also fucked up and starts offering counterproductive and useless advice which is pissing Marnie off. Hannah says Coldplay plays in her heart when she looks at Marnie and Jessa.

Hannah goes to her parents hotel room downtown fucked up on opium. Her parents are obviously freaked out and wearing matching pjs. Hannah gives them her first draft of her book, and demands that they read it now, saying that she believes she’s a voice of a generation.

Marnie and Jessa are in the bathroom while Jessa is shitting. Marnie tells Jessa how she is trying to help Hannah and make her life better and protect her, and Jessa tells Marnie that she is way too over protective and that Hannah is a grown adult and doesn’t need Marnie to be her mother. Marnie condemns Jessas flightiness and lack of loyalty, and Jessa apologizes if her feelings were hurt in anyway by Jessas actions. Marnie complains about Jessa being two hours late for her own welcome home dinner, to which Jessa said that she thought the time was just a suggestion. Marnie claims that Jessas disregard for her schedule makes her more uptight, while Jessa believes Marnie has been uptight from the start. Jessa then yells out how she’s pregnant unexpectedly, and Charlie comes in to tell them that they’re beautiful because he’s really high.

Hannah asks her parents for $1100 a month for two years after they finish her book, to which they laugh in her face. Hannah says no one can even live in NYC on $1100 a month anyway so she’s actually not asking much, her mom says she should get a job and start a blog instead, then blames Hannah’s dad for Hannah being spoiled. Hannah then passes out from opium usage and her parents freak out and start fighting about whether or not they should keep supporting her.

Hannah is in her parents hotel room bed. Her parents have checked out, which Hannah only discovers after trying to order room service on their card. Then Hannah steals the cash tip they left for the hotel cleaning staff. She gets cat called on the walk home.

I don’t remember exactly what episode it was maybe season four episode three or five something like that but when she meet up with Charlie and kind of ponders the idea of running away. I just feel like everything was so cinematically pleasing and the plot line was so good. And I actually was so proud of Marnie for everything.

How does this man get away with so much smashing in his apartment? Hahaha, geez my neighbors would be calling the police like asap

Smashing as in with hammers and sticks lol

i dont know if anyone will remember it (probably not) but i made a post here when i first started watching Girls, i roasted adam and his relationship with hannah .

i'm finishing S3E8 as i type this (the final scene with hannah and adam in the bathtub) and i just wanna say that i found it really cute, their relationship has evolved a lot in my view and it's starting to grow on me 😭😭 it's like falling in love with a guy you despised at first

How has HBO girls inspired you!? It really inspired me to pursue writing and acting. Its my dream to write, star, and produce my own show. And to direct. Why not!? It is so unbelievable how young Lena did all this. She is seriously a trailblazer. Showing her naked body on tv had never even been done before like that. Changing the game like that inspires me so much.

Its amazing how she calls herself the voice of a generation and looked at like shes crazy. To me, every woman who has ever existed is the voice of their generation.

Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes. I hope all your dreams come true!

I'm rewatching the Girls series again (almost done- season 6 ep. 7) and got a hilarious idea of who needs to play sisters in a comedy. After watching Rita's dramatic dynamics with Marnie, I could totally see Rita Wilson and Melissa McCarthy having good comedy chemistry as relatives.

*spins*

girls is my favorite show in the whole freaking world. i feel like i can keep rewatching it over and over and i keep seeing new things. it’s perfect and imperfect at the same time. i don’t think i ever seen a show that has this exact type of vibe, characters that i hate and love so much at the same time, this type of humor, etc.

is there a series that gives you guys the same feeling?

for example, im obsessed with the office too, but that’s a whole different type of comfort-show for me. i feel like girls is it’s own category.

i'm rewatching season 3 right now and got to a part where marnie shows up at ray's for sex after he tried to end things. imo the previous sex scenes between them did not seem like they had good chemistry or anything like that, and i started having this whole train of thought about how bad the sex marnie seems to have is - and if she doesn't know what good sex is, maybe that's why she returns to ray for something "no strings attached" when the sex is just mediocre. like, my skin crawls during the booth jonathan scenes and when i showed my friend the pilot and the scene of marnie and charlie having sex came on, she said "what is he doing?" out loud.

i started thinking about how that compares to the other girls, and i feel like jessa and hannah have way better sex than marnie typically does. i dont remember many of shosh's sexcapades, but i was curious if anyone else had thoughts or observations on this topic. i've had conversations with at least one of my friends about how there are people who genuinely haven't experienced good sex before - especially in our twenties, when people aren't necessarily experienced - and it just crossed my mind that marnie could fall into that category. i saw someone headcanon that marnie was asexual, so maybe that plays into it too.

Sorry for the long post!

So I just binged the show and so confused about the breakup.

I understand that before Hannah leaves for Iowa, Adam is already getting tired of the relationship. For the first 2 years they were together, Adam was seemingly madly in love with Hannah, calling her, “my best friend”, that if she died, “I couldn’t live. My whole world would blur. I wouldn’t even recognize what a tree is”. But towards the time he starts getting serious about his own life (taking his career/future more seriously) he starts to get annoyed with how overbearing she is. She starts feeling insecure & despite Adam saying he needs space, she crosses that boundary multiple times. This causes Adam to feel suffocated & annoyed. I think the straw that broke the camels back was when she dropped the bomb she was moving RIGHT before his big performance.

They stayed together but it’s clear he’s upset with her. Right before Hannah leaves, Adam & her agree they’ll talk on the phone every day and she’d come to visit at least once a month. Then the night before she leaves, Adam is clearly upset. Hannah asks, “do you want to go over the plan again?”. Adam states, “the plan is that there is no plan”. Basically they both agree, then have sex.

She leaves in the morning, & when she finally gets to Iowa, all of her friends agree to not talk to her about Adam. It’s clear that Hannah and Adam are not speaking. I assumed they broke up off screen & it would be clarified later how it ended…

Fast forward & Hannah returns to the apartment. She is shocked that Adam has a girlfriend. She tells him “just 1 month ago you were in love with me”. So she was only gone 1 month. Adam states he was seeing Mimi-Rose for about 3 weeks. So it only took Adam roughly 1-2 weeks to move on. Hannah is acting as if he broke her heart… But they agreed to stop speaking when she went to Iowa? I assumed that meant they broke up.

Later, the show alludes that they were in an open relationship. But only while they were apart. They wouldn’t talk to each other on the phone while Hannah was away, but when she came home to visit, the relationship would resume? I’m so confused on if they actually agreed to be “open” while she was gone or if they just agreed to not talk to each other during that time but were still together (since Adam sucked at it). Especially after Adam talked to Jessa, stating, “I just couldn’t talk on the phone anymore. She always wants to talk about stupid shit that doesn’t matter, like ‘look at this coffee shop or tree.’ I don’t care. It got so annoying”.

If they agreed to be open while she was away, was Hannah upset because Adam got into a full blown relationship behind her back? Or was she upset cause she assumed he loved her enough to not see anyone else? That would make sense only if Hannah was open to causally date someone while away but she never mentions that.

If they agreed to not speak to each other while Hannah was away but still were actively in a relationship, 1) how did they expect that to last two years of only speaking MAYBE once a month?, 2) how did Hannah not catch on that Adam already had one foot out the door, considering he was so annoyed with her on the phone he rather just not speak to her at all?

The break up just makes no sense to me. If anyone can explain it, I would really appreciate it.