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'Girls' Recap 10: Saving the Worst for Last
If last week’s episode dealt with body horror (ass splinters! lodged Q-tips!), this week’s episode deals with the horror of finishing things. Hannah struggles -- but not too hard -- with wrapping up her barely inchoate manuscript, while “Girls” struggles with capping off its second season in a coher...
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Hannah Deals With OCD and Marnie Just Wants to Sing on 'Girls'
The article below contains spoilers for "It's Back," the March 3rd, 2013 episode of "Girls."
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'Girls' Recap 8: OCD and AA in an Episode That's All Over the Place
“It’s Back” works hard to juggle four different storylines. Two are successful, and two are cringe-inducingly out of left field.
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'Zero Dark Thirty' Parodies: With Lena Dunham and As A Rom-Com
Who knows if these parodies might have helped Zero Dark Thirty in the Oscar race? (Could they have hurt more than the controversy about torture?) Laughing about the subject probably wasn’t in anybody's awards strategy, but these two very funny videos reveal how firmly the film has pervaded the cu...
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Recap: 'Girls' Goes To The Country With Jessa & Hannah
After the solo Hannah episode two weeks back and last Sunday's focus on Ray and Adam, once again "Girls" is allowing its focus to flesh out a particular character, with Jessa (Jemima Kirke) getting the spotlight. The episode kicks off with her and Hannah (Lena Dunham) at the Manitou train station, a...
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'Girls' Recap 7: In 'Video Games,' Ben Mendelsohn Guest Stars as Jessa's Flaky Father
In Season One’s “The Return,” we see Hannah and her parents in their natural Horvath habitat, Michigan. In Season Two’s “It’s About Time,” we’re offered a brief glimpse of Jersey girl incognito Marnie’s passive-aggressive relationship with her mother. In this week’s episode, “Video Games,” we’re int...
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'Girls' Offers the Male Side of Its Cast a Moment in the Forefront
The article below contains spoilers for "Boys," the February 17th, 2013 episode of "Girls."
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'Girls' Recap 6: The 'Boys' Aren't in Kansas Anymore, Toto
One of the things I’ve admired about this season of “Girls” is that it has no obligation to regularly check in with each of the four “leads” of the show. Instead, certain characters are more central in certain episodes, in an organic way, while supporting characters are given a surprising amount of ...
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Patrick Wilson Guest Stars in One of the Weakest Episodes of 'Girls'
The article below contains spoilers for "One Man's Trash," the February 10th, 2013 episode of "Girls."
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‘Girls’ Recap 5: ‘One Man’s Trash’ a Two-Hander for Dunham and Guest Star Patrick Wilson
In “One Man’s Trash,” Joshua (Patrick Wilson), a handsome, disgruntled neighborhood man, confronts Grumpy’s manager Ray about trash from the café that’s being foisted into his personal garbage bins. Hannah follows Joshua back to his gorgeous Willamsburg brownston...
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