A brief oral history of my relationship with GIRLS:
- Last year I tore the first three episodes of this now Golden Globe-winning “comedy” a new one.
- This year R finally got me to watch the last four episodes, and I mostly liked them.
- Last week I had the below conversation with Geanna.
- Two nights ago R and I watched the first two episodes of this season, and I wanted to take back everything I said to Geanna. The show seems to be back to its slow, meandering approach featuring “stories” that just end with people yelling annoying things back and forth.
- Today I am posting the below thoughts because I did say and believe those things.
- Next week I will watch GIRLS again. If I enjoy it more than this week, I’ll keep watching. If I don’t, I’m giving up again…until R wears me down a week before Season 3 airs…
12:45 PM me: happy thursday!
I missed your call, but here I am!
Geanna: and to you!!!
did you get my message????
me: I didn’t – my iphone is being weird
is someone else engaged??
Geanna: holy shit
no
it’s even better
12:46 PM and more earth shattering
me: what could be??
Geanna: I WATCHED GIRLS
me:
OH…
guess what…
so did I…
Geanna: AND I LIKED IT
me: I watched all the episodes I didn’t watch
AND I SORT OF LIKED IT TOO
Geanna: i LAUGHED OUT LOUD
me: me too…
I was really upset about it at first
12:47 PM I didn’t even tell anyone
obviously
12:48 PM Geanna: i called you first, obviously
12:49 PM and then i felt like i needed to tell everyone because i have never been so wrong about something before
me: well, let’s calm down for a moment here
we weren’t WRONG
the first few episodes had some miserable moments
it was trying SO hard
then, in my opinion, they calmed down and got more real
12:50 PM Geanna: yeah i mean i think introducing all of the characters makes it seem like way too much
but they kind of ease into it
me: insider info: this corresponded with the arrival of a proper show runner, but that’s just me being a bitch about Lena Dunham’s ability to run a show at 20-whatever
12:51 PM Geanna: ahhhhh interesting!
anyway, im still in shock that I enjoyed it
me: same
Geanna: the episode where they go to the party was hilarious
me: I thought some important things were discussed, and bravely
12:52 PM that was my turning point too
uugghh and R said it would be
and I was like, nope, sorry, never watching it
Geanna: HAHAHAHA
me: I haven’t seen this season’s premiere yet
Geanna: me neither
12:53 PM me: I haven’t heard much about it
Geanna: mariel saw it, she said nothing really happened
me: so maybe they’re back to their old tricks
Geanna: we shall see
me: I mean, it’s still FAR from my NY experience
but it got less annoying about itself
12:54 PM we can only hope that it keeps it up
12:55 PM because obviously we are a critical mass of their viewing audience
Geanna: the things that were completely horrible to me:
when that girl goes into the bathroom and HAS TO masturbate?!
are you kidding me?!
me: ugh, right
that was annoying
Geanna: and also i dont get how adam just suddenly falls in love with hannah
me: also that guy who was like, “you’re going to have sex with me.”
Geanna: yeah, gross
me: that’s also a fair point
12:56 PM Geanna: like all of a sudden he wants to be her bf
me: we’re supposed to believe he has “issues”
apparently all of that was intentional
a “slow burn” on the character, as we assholes here in LA say
Geanna: oh please
12:57 PM me: it is weird, but it is now weird and less offensive to me
before it was weird and offensive to women with brains
and men too, especially that sad sack Charlie character
Geanna: well, people like him exist in the world
me: yeah, that’s true
12:58 PM so do people like all the other characters too, I guess
Geanna: yep
i hate charlie’s friend
me: I think I met some of them in my travels around New York
and decided not to be friends with them
see even he is growing on me
he’s SO real
I knew version of him
they all worked at the Tribeca Film Festival
12:59 PM Geanna: oh lord
me: anyway, I’m proud of us
but I’m still going to try not to talk about this a lot
1:00 PM Geanna: HHAHAHAHAHA
me: and I still maintain that I was right about the beginning of the season
Geanna: that is fair
i also really enjoy the shoshanna girl, but only because she was on mad men and a completely different character
i respect her as an actor
1:01 PM me: I might end up posting this conversation to the blog though
Geanna: hehehe okay 🙂
me: as my passive aggressive apology
Geanna: i like being on the blog!
1:02 PM even colin liked it
it was just crazy all around
1:05 PM me: it really is…
1:06 PM R just ironically sent me this link: http://www.vulture.com/2013/ 01/grown-up-behind-girls- jenni-konner.html?mid=twitter_ vulture
hm, that’s a coincidence, not an irony
so tough those two…
Geanna: yeah, i couldnt define irony if you asked me to
1:09 PM me: alright – back work with me
I’m really glad we had this conversation
I feel a lot better
Geanna: me too!
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I’m glad you’re giving Girls another chance! I have a feeling the new season is just taking a while to get started, but I think it’ll end up building to be as good as the first season was. I’m interested to see what happens with Adam now that he’s all love sick and stalkery. And I really enjoyed when Donald Glover’s character called Hannah out on at least some of her shit. More people in her life need to do that.
I hated pretty much all of last season, but Season 2 has been enjoyable so far. I figured there was a new showrunner. It feels like a different show.
There isn’t a new show runner this season. Also, just having a “black republican” appear out of the sky and suddenly be dating Hannah is forced and lame.
i completely agree, and am very disappointed with this season’s two episodes. It seems to me like the writers took a Plot Wheel and spun it and are having the characters do and say things that make zero sense. Also is Hannah the most annoying character ever, and not in a good way? I get profoundly irritated by her fast-talking, mumbly, awkward way of speaking. Not rooting for these characters anymore. THey seem like cartoons.