Nudity: Marnie’s jiggly butt during some serious ass-eating and Hannah and Adam’s sad sex shown from the side
Best line: “You’d be an amazing victim.” — Elijah’s (mean) ex’s friend to Marnie
Spoiler alert: The fourth season of Girls is off and this one is already funnier than most of last season. And yes, we are still required to watch Marnie do things we (and Elijah) know won’t end well for her — such as getting her butt motorboated by Desi, who still has a girlfriend. NBD. (Shooting that scene apparently involved Spanx and pads for actor Allison Williams).
Despite her uptight reputation, Marnie has now had a ton of sex scenes (with Ray, Charlie, Booth Jonathan, Desi) on Girls. I was not moved by Marnie and Desi going ass to mouth, though, so much as I was eager to rewind to hear if what Desi said afterwards was “I love that” or “I love you.” Big difference.
Post-butt munch, Marnie’s talk with Desi’s girlfriend Clementime and her freak out were both characteristically cringe-y — but her defensive line that people should respect her music because “some of the songs are about death!” made it all worth it.
Marnie’s hair accessories continue to be the funniest things on the show (what was that long feather tie thing anyway?). And it felt good to watch Elijah give Marnie a talk about the importance of not giving any fucks, even if Marnie is the least likely person to be able to stop caring what people think. Fun fact: Jack Antonoff (Guitarist in Fun and Lena Dunham’s boyfriend) has commented publicly that he helps out with the writing of some of Marnie’s “bad” songs.
This season we also learn that Adam has done a prescription drug commercial for something called Torpica and isn’t happy about it, but I feel similarly to Hannah on this one: he took a job, it’s totally ok to take a job, dude. It also becomes apparent quickly that Adam and Hannah don’t have a clear plan for their relationship during her big move to attend the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Adam shuts down a convo with Hannah by saying, “There’s no need to create some drama.” He’s right, there’s plenty of drama here already.
Still, Adam and Hannah’s walk after mailing some of her stuff to Iowa (it’s funny how momentous this responsible act of mailing things ahead of time felt for hot-messy Hannah) was shot beautifully. It felt almost reassuring that Nicholas Sparksian couples like this one can have one last gorgeous date before they get in a terrible metaphorical car accident.
The sex scene between these two speaks volumes about their parallel internal worrying. In the end, it’s hard to watch Hannah and Adam choose not to say goodbye to each other, each in in their own ways. These two can never do the easy thing, even when doing that easy thing would make them so much less miserable.
It was nice to see Shoshie get her diploma (although it wasn’t super clear how she pulled that off) even though her embarrassing parents, Melvin (Mel) and Melanie (Mel) Shapiro were rough. Shosh clearly wins best new hair this season and I have high hopes for her this year. I ship Ray and Shoshanna hard so I can’t tell if their chat at the jazz brunch felt hopeful or if Ray was just closed-mouth smiling A LOT.
I relished the sweet moment Jessa had with Beadie, since they seemed to have a tender albeit unusual friendship. But the presence of Natasha Lyonne, while she’s rad, was an example of how this show can lose the plot jamming in unnecessary guest stars. Of course, Jessa’s kindness to her older companion was followed up by her being a flaky bully to Hannah — à la season one Jessa. God forbid Jessa simply tells Hannah that she is sad about her friend (and employer) moving away.
Need a reason for living? I will be giving my two cents on all this season’s episodes. Check back for a new one every Monday.
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