Girls SEASON FINALE sobsobsob

Who would have thought it, Adam a knight in shining armour? I can finally say I am satisfied, I am satisfied and amused by the latest episode of Girls, not everything is resolved in a neat little bow (I would expect nothing less from girls, perfect happy endings is not their style) but I got what I wanted from it.

Marnie and Hannah still need that re-bonding properly but the beginnings of it began to show, so many loose ends but I am just thinking how much I am going to miss Girls now. I feel like I am losing the gang. I don't care if their romances aren't perfect, their jobs are messy and frankly they are all totally pants at maintaining things but frankly it is real. 

It has been criticised for using the New York setting as many shiny American sitcoms have in the past and totally romanticising and idealising it but I feel like Girls is pretty real. Sure they all attempt to have 'cool' careers and aren't just worker drones, but that is because they are a quirky cast of characters and that is what the audience want. Plus the struggles they are having with their 'cool' careers, like not getting them at all is pretty real. Marnie is just floundering entirely and then Charlie is an over night success. I think it is a pretty accurate representation really of our generation where an app, something people put on their phones, can make you rich. We change at a rate of knots and Girls understands that. 

Talking about careers, Ray trying to impress Shoshanna with a better job and totally missing the real issue in their relationship was so uncomfortable. Shoshanna never ever fails to be entirely brilliant, 'YOU HATE EVERYTHING' and 'I CAN'T BE THE ONLY THING YOU LIKE' were just excellent at summarising Ray, if I am honest I am glad it has come to a head because he is draining her and her 'social butterfly ness'. Shoshanna is sunshine. (Sidebar I MISS JESSA but whatever maybe it is just because in my head I am Jessa, when I am totally not).

Oh and Hannah with her downstairs neighbour, did anyone else laugh out loud when she said she might look 'scary thin' and he just shot her down. I laughed. Oh Hannah... poor Hannah. The haircut, actually I will leave the hair cut alone, she has taken enough crap lately. 

I am still loving the chilled look on Marnie, 

And here is that haircut I promised not to mention - 

Well all I can say is I am going to miss this for a while, first original thing I have seen in terms of American comedy in a long while.

Daphne

Girls (on film, do do do do dooo)

So this episode was the land of wincing and cringing (although there were some beautiful moments of cringe humour), the girls in Girls are all floundering. Floundering I tell you. We have lost Jessa to the ether, cry, Hannah is in full on melt-down over her e-book, Shoshanna's philandering surprisingly has me feeling no sympathy for Ray aaaand Marnie, what the hell? Seriously Marnie all for the singing career but the desperate attention seekingy singing had me cringing so badly I could barely watch. The long cringey intro, the swapping of the i-pods leaving a silent gap. Just..eep. 

Frankly, I wanted Marnie and Charlie to get back together but not because they had changed roles, now he is the success and she is the annoying leechy failure (sorry I love you, but it is true). I have refrained from doing a Girls post for a while because I have been a bit underwhelmed, it has gotten a bit grim, but I guess that is reflecting the stages they are all at in their lives and careers. 

Marnie and Hannah need to get this sorted, THEY NEED EACHOTHER. Really, a girl's best friend is the only person that can help her get her life on track, parents are going to do the best they can but your best friend is the one holding the bottle of vodka and making you write pro/con lists at three in the morning, the only time when you actually figure shit out in my opinion. 

I actually shed a little tear for Hannah over her various injuries and loneliness and her encounter with Adam. Adam being a total dick, kind of, I have no idea what I think of Adam; I think that is the point of Adam. Anyhow, please God someone rescue Hannah and her OCD please, please, please. She tried to reach out to that doctor who basically just mocked her, I need Hannah to get help for my own sanity as a viewer!

Shoshanna, oh darling, so stereotype America-girl 'like yah'. I find it impossible to hate you because you had every reason to cheat on Ray, he's just Ray. He won't make her happy in the long run and she is beginning to realise this. But 'HOLDING HANDS' seriously, no. If you are going to lie, then don't tell him. Do not go half fucking way (or really just an inch of the way but whatever), she is in a little bit of a mess.

1. I miss Jessa
2. I miss Marnie/Hannah moments
3. I want Marnie to not be so dorky, but at the same time it is quite funny
4. I want Charlie to want Marnie out of love not pity, I still think he is a dork deep down
5. I want Shoshanna and Ray to break up, or at least have a fight

Sorry if this sounds annoying intense fan-ish as opposed to an eloquent review of the series, but right now I am feeling like an annoying intense fan. Girls was my fill of New York amusement. Girls is pretty 'real' at the moment which is probably better than it being a happy shiny sitcom, I'm probably just sad that it isn't really escapism right now. 

Costume points, I like Marnie's new chilled look 

As she decomposes I kinda like her more as a person, also Shoshanna's increasingly bizarre hair and clothing choices (the donut bun right on top of her head, hair half up half down. Brilliant!) are wonderfully entertaining in themselves. It sort of reflects her own hyper-actively changing emotions and thoughts. 

Daphne 

Marnie's Plastic Dress in Girls

By Daphne and Dorothy,
Everyone seems to be slating the unusual fashion choice made in Girls this week, sure it isn't Marnie's usual attire and maybe they are slating it because it just isn't a choice she would usually make and she is changing herself for Booth. But am I the only person that thought it was actually kind of fucking awesome? 
I quite like it, though it isn't very flattering, and I imagine it chafes too.



I am really into the whole transparent thing at the moment, admittedly usually on shoes but I think it totally works here with the gold, two-piece, snake-skin under-layer.  I think it is quite fun. I mean yes it probably isn't practical or comfortable but there is something totally excellent about it.

I found some info on the dress where it isn't described as appalling and actually has quite an interesting background to it - http://www.buzzfeed.com/hillaryreinsberg/marnie-plastic-dress-girls

In the episode, Marnie, played by Allison Williams, is helping her celebrity artist "boyfriend" throw a party for his art world friends — and while Lena Dunham's character Hannah shows up in a dingy raincoat, Marnie opts for a see-through plastic item that is certainly the edgiest, most high-fashion thing we've seen yet on the show. (Excluding that yellow mesh tank top Hannah wore a few episodes ago.)

But sorry to inform: you cannot buy it.

"I made Marnie's plastic dress especially for the episode," the show's costume designer, Jenn Rogien, explains. "It's two layers of vinyl — a metallic gold croc textured vinyl bandeau high waisted mini skirt under a charcoal transparent vinyl fit and flare silhouette."

Dunham actually wrote the dress into the script, Rogien explains. "It was inspired by a moment from Lena's life in which she got in a fight with her friend who was wearing a plastic dress."

I want to wear a plastic dress at some point