Girls is still finding a way to be adventurous.
It regularly ricochets between drama and comedy to the occasional existential meditation piece.
It even once dipped its toe into something approaching horror (or at least thriller) in Season two.
At any rate,Girlsis still pretty damn adventurous and Triggering is a stark example of that.
Where the premiere, Iowa, was all melancholy and bittersweet, Triggering is almost 100 percent comedy.
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The first thing Hannah does is look for a place to rent.
and ends up renting an entire house, all unnecessarily huge and rustic.
The joy of Iowa collapses pretty fast over a number of small, consecutive sequences.
Hannahs interaction with the clerk at the university store is kind of funny but also just kind of weird.
A guy walking by informs her of this and then tells her she should come to a bar later.
Battle of the Bands tonight.
Im drummin… inbothbands!
(This guys delivery is perfect and he made me laugh harder than anything else in the episode.)
The biggest blow to Hannahs happiness comes from her first creative writing class.
Dunham has included similar scenes in her past short film work and its so great that she does.
The scene displays an incredible understanding of this sort of university environment.
The dynamic in Hannahs class is immediately clear.
Whether DAugust has experienced these hardships or not himself is not apparent.
The scene does unfortunately go off the rails a bit here.
Its justlook at her, says Chester.
Some aspects are still brilliant.
Its after this scene that things go a bit wrong.
The real issue, however, is that Elijah suddenly shows up.
But, writing-wise, this is a bit of a cheat.
I like Elijah fine.
I like when Hannah tells him I hate everyone who isnt you and he replies, Me too.
Ive been saying that for years.
But as of right now him materializing in Iowa feels a bit cheap and disappointing.
Elijah also just blows through the storyline like a hurricane.
Colored mud?).
Time is a bit confusing in this episode as well.
Its also just odd how Elijah got theresofrickin fast.
Overall, this was a great episode and then Elijah blew in and tore it the fuck up.
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Rating:
3 out of 5
