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Several pop culture publications and trades printed stories this week about the fact that some combination of Zosia…
Reviews - Girls
B+
Girls saved its biggest twist for next-to-last. The news of Hannah’s pregnancy was surprising, as well as her…
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“What Will We Do This Time About Adam?” is an awkward title for an episode that provides such an elegant solution…
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One of my fondest memories of the few years I spent in New York City was an interaction I saw on the subway during…
C+
“Full Disclosure” is one of the oddest, lumpiest half-hours Girls has ever turned out, an episode equally comprising…
B+
One of Lena Dunham’s strengths as a writer is her understanding of how weird and arbitrary people can be, and how…
B
Saying goodbye to Girls is difficult because it’s hard to imagine what the show’s finish line looks like. Hannah and…
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From the moment Hannah walks into the well-appointed apartment of Chuck Palmer (Matthew Rhys), the fix is in. He’s…
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As many recent essays and oral histories have argued, Girls has had an outsize influence on television that it…
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“Maybe I don’t want to enjoy things all the time. Maybe that’s not my style.”
For a show that prides itself on upending the conventions of television storytelling, Girls always manages to stick…
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At this late stage, it’s pointless to debate whether Girls should be classified as a comedy or a drama, but I have…
B+
“I’m sorry, I’ve been a little too busy Yelping divorce lawyers to worry about the sex lives of our second-tier…
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Girls set itself apart from the rest of the premium cable dramedy pack early on with its willingness to try atypical…
B
One of the recurring themes of contemporary feminism is the notion that women are too nice, that societal pressure…
B+
“I’ve wanted this for a really long time.”
“Me too.”
B+
If you have the moxie and the wherewithal to do so, there’s no better way to spend your 20s than to try living in…
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“Good Man” is one of the most purely, consistently funny episodes of Girls in a long time, perhaps the whole run of…
B+
Early this year came rumblings about the impending end of Girls, with sources close to the production claiming Lena…
A
Girls has a peculiar rhythm that invariably makes its season finales feel like potential series finales. It’s common…