# HBO's Girls **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 2, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593 "2012-05-02T01:16:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Mint\_Julep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593/121 "2012-06-15T17:44:13Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I realize she’s _supposed_ to be annoying to serve as comic relief (inasmuch as a half-hour comedy show needs “comic relief”), but I find her character nearly unbearable. It’s like they made a rough prototype of a female android with a brain powered by an AOL chatroom. Wait. So you are saying a female AOL-bot is bad? ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593/122 "2012-06-18T14:17:44Z")
Well, I loved the finale. The final shot w/ Hannah and the cake was really great. Lots of great scenes throughout. What did the rest of you think? Here’s an [expansive (re: very long) interview Alan Sepinwall did w/ Lena Dunham and producer Jenni Konner](http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/girls-producers-lena-dunham-jenni-konner-talk-finale-backlash-judd-apatow-and-more). It’s a good post-season wrap-up. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593/123 "2012-06-18T14:40:41Z")
I enjoyed the season as a whole in general and the finale in particular. I think the show suffered a bit because the pilot was probably the weakest episode (although I enjoyed it as well) but the show just got better and better as it went along. Looking forward to next season. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593/124 "2012-06-18T18:47:56Z")
I missed the last two episodes because hubby was watching basketball. Without the Game of Thrones lead-in, he cannot be bothered with HBO. Grrrr. I’ll catch Girls (and Veep) on demand. Or HBO to Go. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593/125 "2012-06-18T19:56:34Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Well, I loved the finale. Well, I give up. I gave it a full season, and I guess I just don’t get it. I guess I’m officially an old fogey. I have to Lena Dunham credit for keeping me interested enough to want to see it through a whole season, though, but the finale was just one WTF after another for me. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593/126 "2012-06-18T21:05:18Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Well, I give up. I gave it a full season, and I guess I just don’t get it. I guess I’m officially an old fogey. I have to Lena Dunham credit for keeping me interested enough to want to see it through a whole season, though, but the finale was just one WTF after another for me. It definitely seems to be a very divisive show. People either really enjoy it (like myself and my wife) and others completely hate it. They talk about it in the interview I linked to above. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593/127 "2012-06-19T00:48:47Z")
I loved every second of Adam’s takedown of Hannah. It was totally deserved. Her self-pity is so self-indulgent and self-centered. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593/128 "2012-06-19T06:04:50Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Her self-pity is so self-indulgent and self-centered. Well, yeah. I mean, the whole series is very self-aware about the fact that these are all assholes, isn’t it? Or am I giving Lena Dunham too much credit? I don’t think I am. It just doesn’t work for me. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593/129 "2012-06-20T00:40:34Z")
Finally saw them. I was totally surprised by Jessa’s marriage to the rich creep. I’m totally wondering if Shoshana liked what she got and I’m again flabbergasted by Adam’s erratic behavior. Also, Jessa’s husband-- where have I seen him before? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593/130 "2012-06-20T01:19:18Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I’m again flabbergasted by Adam’s erratic behavior. Actually, this time I was totally on board with him. > [@](#): > > Also, Jessa’s husband-- where have I seen him before? Apparently he’s an Irish actor named [[URL=“http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1483369/”]Chris O’Dowd](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1483369/). I don’t think I’ve seen him before, but he was in _The IT Crowd_. ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593/131 "2012-06-20T02:14:30Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Also, Jessa’s husband-- where have I seen him before? If you’ve seen Bridesmaids, he was the cop/love interest. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593/132 "2012-06-20T03:02:51Z")
> [@planetcory](#): > > If you’ve seen Bridesmaids, he was the cop/love interest. Ah ha! I knew I had vestigial feelings of niceness about him, even though his character reminds me of the older men I ran into at clubs when I was young a thousand years ago. Creepy. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593/133 "2012-06-20T03:57:57Z")
Nevermind ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593/134 "2012-07-01T16:05:42Z")
Just read that Jemima Kirke, the girl who got married in the last episode, is pregnant in real life. Now I can’t wait to see if they incorporate the pregnancy or hide it. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593/135 "2013-02-15T12:59:02Z")
Anyone watching the second season? I found the latest episode — “One Man’s Trash” (episode 5) — interesting, particularly at the point at which Hannah started babbling her self-absorbed nonsense and you could see the very moment in Joshua’s face when he realized how immature she was. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593/136 "2013-02-15T13:07:58Z")
I’m watching but I really was confused by that episode. It almost seemed like a dream or fantasy sequence. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593/137 "2013-02-15T13:14:59Z")
I think the ending showed it wasn’t a dream. She screwed things up in her usual Hannah way, not that it was ever going to be a long-term thing. She just caught Joshua at the right point in his life for a brief fling with an available, young woman. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593/138 "2013-02-15T13:21:19Z")
Could be… I just found the tone of the episode very different and maybe the fantasy feel comes from wondering what a Joshua would ever see in a Hannah past a very brief one night stand. I kept expecting it to show it was a dream or have some weird dark secret that Joshua had. I wasn’t a big fan of it actually - maybe cause there’s only so much of Hannah I can take without being supplemented with the other supporting cast LOL. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593/139 "2013-02-15T13:27:48Z")
> [@LVBoPeep](#): > > Could be… I just found the tone of the episode very different and maybe the fantasy feel comes from wondering what a Joshua would ever see in a Hannah past a very brief one night stand. Well yeah he wouldn’t. But he’s a well meaning and sincere enough person and sufficiently lonely and hurting that he might be able to fool himself for a day or so. That’s what made the story realistic to me. > [@](#): > > I wasn’t a big fan of it actually - maybe cause there’s only so much of Hannah I can take without being supplemented with the other supporting cast LOL. Agreed. But I have to admire Dunham’s willingness to portray herself so starkly. There is almost nothing redeeming or admirable or endearing about her character. And that is realistic for a certain age. ---
**Author:** ![twilight34](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/258eb7/32.png) [@twilight34](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twilight34)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593/140 "2013-04-04T16:19:39Z")
I hope more people post on this board. I just started watching Season 2, On Demand, and I’m really liking it. I saw episode 5, “One Man’s Trash” last night, and thought it was totally over the top. It’s the first one that I didn’t care for. There were too many little things that didn’t add up: He was supposedly a doctor, yet he could just call in “sick”. No patients or hospital visits to worry about. No phone calls from his office or for emergencies? If you’ve ever lived with a doctor, you know how ridiculous that is! Also, and I know this is nit-picking, but when Hannah finally left his house and walked down the street, I noticed right away that she had no purse or cell phone, etc. Unrealistic in today’s world. I doubt even Hannah would spend 48 hours at a man’s house with no handbag, backpack, cell phone or any means of identification? I liked the episode, “I Get Ideas”, the best so far. Loved the title song that played over the credits at the end. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-girls/620593.md?page=8)