Yeah, and like Ms Knibbs said, both Bill and Amy acted it so perfectly! Very nice going, guys.

Really great review. and not just cos I agreed with every word (though mostly that). God I love this show.

Mate, you were the one complaining about my.. oh god - forget it. So tedious.

Yeah, I do realise that - thank you for being so clear, in case I'm completely stupid, though - I appreciate that. And you realise that this is a comments section for a tv show, yeah? Because that's what I was doing - commenting on the actual episode.

There was nothing in that scene to make it seem likely that calling rape would be her next step.

Heh - 'professional charisma vacuum Dylan Bruce' is perfectly put!

Exactly! It's a bit like wishing Malcolm Tucker had sworn less.

That could work, I guess.. and in the meantime, Jonah, at least, seems to be getting *something* crushed in the most awful way possible..

Heh - that was brilliant, wasn't it. So many good lines but that might have been my favourite, both in content and delivery.

Yeah.. with lines like 'it would be neat if even one of the characters betrayed a hint of an idealistic side', I'm not entirely sure this show and this reviewer are the exact right fit.

Yeah - that was great - it was basically the translation of 'she learns at Julliard'.

I love me some Teti writing, so it's always great when he trips over here to the TV Club.. but man I wish he were also regularly reviewing Married At First Sight - now that would be a match made in heaven!

Yes, but how many people signed a petition to keep him on the show?
Personally, I think he should get run over.. what a self-important tool.

'…perhaps one in which she takes him to a swingers’ club and has sex with other men in front of him' - what are you talking about, Mr Alston!?? Or did I really miss something in that scene!??

Yeah - that's the impression I got too - he's too self-important to have hidden his grand engagement gesture that way. I feel like it's a public service to young women - putting a character like Desi on the screen - he's such a classic type that every woman's gonna encounter at one point in their lives at least.. so…

I had a similar reading to yours.. and I agree, too, that the show's receptivity to different interpretations is one of the great things about it.

I don't know.. I think in real life, people don't just 'grow up' in one long, logical progression - it's more of a one step forward, two steps back kinda deal, in my opinion. And I think Girls reflects that quite beautifully and, in my opinion, very entertainingly and with a great deal of underlying maturity. I…

Fair enough.. I gotta admit that I certainly wouldn't have expected to see Skyler's name in that list, given the amount of (what I would call unreasonable) hatred directed at her character by so many viewers. Was surprised to see Valerie and Selina make an appearance as well (I'd argue they're at least as pathological…

Cool.. will check it out - thank you!

Just out of curiosity, are there many contemporary female characters you can in fact bear? (And yes, I know you're a woman.)