Another solid Girls episode of major ups and downs.
The pregnancy itself isnt so novel; shows have been throwing in pregnancies to insta-spice up drama since forever.
Its not as simple as Hannah was happy and now shes sad though.
Its more like what seemed to be Hannah at her best has now been reframed as Hannah in denial.
about their relationship and stubbornly shuts down perfectly reasonable advice from her dads boyfriend, Marnie, and Adam.
Marnie is also at a decidedly down point (though Marnies been on this trajectory for seasons now).
The last time we saw him hed been in rehab for an unclear amount of time.
Now hes out, relapsing, and potentially suicidal.
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Basically, the Marnie/Desi stuff here is fine, but feels underwritten.
Not all the characters are doing badly!
Elijah also finds out hes a great dramatic actor.
Adam and Jessa get a scene each with Hannah and its properly sad stuff.
Its cool to see these characters fully playing off each other again (Hannahs Youre stalking me now?
Thats very three years ago line is a brilliant bit of meta-comedy).
And when Hannah finally does sit down to watch the film, we get a poignant and effective cliffhanger.
Full Disclosure is brought down a wee bit by the semi-meandering Marnie/Desi plot and a few unearned dramatic lines.
Also, theres no Shosh and Ray!
Plus, Im just so impressed that it made me reconsider the early episodes of this season.
