Season finale review: Girls ‘Together’ – Only The Rain Has Such Small Hands

Thinking about the second season of Girls as a whole, I can't shake the feeling that the show's become something completely different in its sophomore year. 'Together', the last episode of Girls in 2013, seems to affirm this notion, an episode that delves further into romanticism, turning four women on a journey into four women on a journey for …

Review: Girls ‘On All Fours’ – Slick With Semen And Sadness

Like last week's episode, 'On All Fours' is worth watching mostly because of Adam - since the pilot, he's been the best, most consistently written character on the show, making him the easiest to connect to and understand. Unfortunately, he's the lone highlight - an episode about trying to make things fit where they clearly …

Review: Girls ‘It’s Back’ – She’s A Fucking Hustler

Girls has bounced around quite a bit this season, separating most of its major characters from each other,  checking in with different characters and their situations in haphazard fashion, all thinly connected by the presence of Hannah. 'It's Back' returns to NY after last week's trip upstate, and it feels like the rest of the season: …

Review: Girls ‘Video Games’ – Camry Drivers Are Cunts

For all those hoping the four Brooklynites would break out Mario Kart on tonight's episode of Girls, color yourselves disappointed. 'Video Games' is an out-of-NYC adventure composed around a central idea: perception. Perception of ourselves, our parents, the world we live in, and how we as humans let all these perceptions affect our self-image. Posited as …

Review: Girls ‘Boys’ – How’s Your Book Of Shit?

The hard truths of adult life are front and center in 'Boys', where reality comes in to shatter many-a character's dreams. Watching our dreams pass us by, dealing with failed relationships and friendships - and most importantly, realizing we may not be the people we think we are is all apart of life - whether …

Review: Girls ‘One Man’s Trash’ – I’m Like An Old Ghost

There's no doubting the ambition behind 'One Man's Trash', an episode of Girls that sidesteps everything going on in the season to pause and examine a short fling between Hannah and a sad doctor named Joshua. A half hour that takes place in an almost dream-like state, 'One Man's Trash' isn't perfect television, but it's certainly compelling, …