The Girls are back for a second season after having won “Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy” last night at the Globes. Lena Dunham also won the Golden Globe last night for “Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series- Musical or Comedy.”
The season opens with Hannah (Dunham) waking up to new roommate, gay ex-boyfriend Elijah (guest star Andrew Rannells) with a boner. “It’s not for you,” he says. I had to laugh. This was highly reminiscent for me because as a gay boy, it’s always nice to snuggle up with a cute lady friend. There’s totes no presh you know? “I love living with you,” they say together. Awe, how adorbs! These two are so cute together.
Speaking of Hannah, she’s f!cking a new guy named Sandy (guest star Donald Glover) who she works with. She wants to make it clear though: don’t say the word L-O-V-E to her —ever. She is also still helping Adam (Adam Driver) recover from having been hit by a bus. Trouble is, he totally doesn’t understand that Hannah has done a complete 180-degree turn and decided she actually doesn’t want to hold his heart, or take care of anyone…but herself.
Marnie (Allison Williams) finds her life spiraling. She feels “less close” with Hannah now that they no longer live together, her mother visits and serves up a heaping helping of judgment, she feels she has lost Charlie (guest star Christopher Abbot), and to make matters worse she loses her job. Her boss is downsizing, cant afford two employees, and she is f!cking the other, so basically Marnie is out of luck.
Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) is heartbroken after Ray (Alex Karpovsky) apparently broke her heart. I actually felt terrible for Shoshanna. Sure she always talks like she downed an entire bottle of Zoloft, but she gave up her virginity to Ray and he dumped her. What a terrible human being. Of course they end up back together. Run Shoshanna, run for your life! This loser is such a creeper anyway.
Rita Wilson is a real delight as Marnie’s mother. She tells her daughter she looks 30. Haggard. “You look like floats in a Macy’s day’s parade. Big heads on these tiny bodies,” she says of Marnie and her friends. “Sometimes all you need is a pair of rough hands on your body,” she says of her new lov-ah! I hope we get to see her again, because she is great! Bring her back!
The second season, I must say, is not shaping up to top the first, which was really entertaining, at times moving. What we have in the second season is more of the same repetitive nonsense, which occurred last season, including Marnie’s strange obsession with changing her mind as it comes to Charlie. How many times is she going to need him? Homegirl needs to move on. Her life looks less appealing than that of someone attempting to pursue a meaningful career as a poet. Is that next?
Then something really totally awkkkk happens. Elijah and Marnie decide to randomly attempt sex. I normally appreciate the writing the show has to offer, but come on Lena Dunham…no. Elijah practically sneezes glitter. I don’t believe for a man that gay, that sexuality is all that fluid — regardless of what Ms. Dunham learned in her human sexuality class during liberal arts college. *Eyeroll* The only thing good about this was seeing Andrew Rannells from the back, naked…nice! Otherwise, it’s a major turn-off, which is exactly what happens when Elijah tries to get hard.
Allison Williams: I liked her more last season, before I found out her father was Brian Williams. I know, I know…she fits the character, but it just feels a little convenient. I would have thought Ms. Dunham would have wanted to hire an actress who is working really hard and can’t catch a break. Also Ms. Williams seems a little too concerned with nudity. She had her breasts covered the entire time during the sex scene with Elijah. She’s on HBO. I can’t imagine she didn’t know what she was signing up for. That’s all I am saying.
Next week, more Adam acting like a sociopath and Hannah secretly loving the attention, Marnie makes confused, wallow-y faces, Jessa (Jemima Kirke) acts like she’s Ghandi and holds the secret to life in the palm of her hand, and Shoshanna continues to attempt at solving the case of the missing hymen. Welcome back Girls.
My name is Cory Allen. I am a hopeless romantic, media junkie, and animal rights activist. I also watch way to much TV. My current favorites include “True Blood,” “Weeds,” and Food Network shows- “Cupcake Wars,” “Chopped,” and “Food Network Star” are my favorites.