Yeah, I don't get that line in Todd's review. Can't we accept that this season has flaws and like it despite them (not *because* of them)?

Absolutely. In fact your description of two broken people, recognizing the damage in the other, reminds me uncannily of Carrie/Brody on Homeland, and now I'm ready for the thinkpiece comparing these two pairings.

"You only like the beginning of things." Interesting theory, but where does Marnie fit in? I'm inclined to say that Marnie is Hannah's Dr. Faye, but then that means she's truly out of the picture. Maybe Marnie is Hannah's Peggy (and vice versa, actually), which fits better if you consider Hannah/Marnie and Don/Peggy…

Do we know that one Hannah and Adam were together (that is, post-crackcident) that they still engaged in "rough," degrading sex? Was Hannah's sex with Donald Glover like that? I thought that was something she let Adam to do her to get him to like her more, to get him to want to be with her?

I agree. I thought one of the most touching, and deeply sad things about this season, or even this whole show, was when Hannah was doing the counting thing over her shoulder while Adam was watching and then trying to deny it. That total helplessness—she really CANNOT help herself, even though she can, in a weird sort…

Yep, part of what irked me about their reconciliation is that the problems that led to their breakup in the first place don't seem to be resolved. Charlie is still subservient to Marnie (the sex may be better (for now), but he's still doing all the giving), still puts up with her shit, Marnie's priorities and wishes…

I agree that the writing and directing on this show is far better than the acting (particularly Dunham and Williams, Jemima Kirke to an extent), but I disagree that Hannah would be pushed further if Lena didn't play her. I actually think that opens up a lot more possibilities for the character than if it were any…

This show has never shied away from depicting the comedown after graduating from liberal arts college. Exhibit A: Marnie (she could always marry rich).

I think it was a disappointment if you were expecting it be similar to S1, which it wasn't. I feel like Girls S1 was the show that Dunham produced to get a shot at S2, which is what she really wants to make, and I'm going to have to adjust my expectations a little because I think we're going to be getting more of the…

I thought the money line was thrown in kind of ironically, because from the past few weeks it was obvious that Charlie's money was what had renewed Marnie's interest in him. Her attraction to successful men has been well-documented thus far on the show. I think she absolutely does care how much money he has, and I'm…

I think this season has been very iffy, but I really loved that episode. I totally agree about the Marnie/Charlie thing. Are we supposed to be happy? These two are "made for each other" in the way people often say that two rotten (to borrow a term from Laird; so apt) people "deserve each other." Not to say that Marnie…

I agree with this and I think one of the drawbacks of this season overall has been the lack of female friendships portrayed. But Lena Dunham has consistently said she felt this show was about the "romance" between Hannah and Marnie, and I'd agree. As such, I thought the scene where Hannah hides from Marnie was the…

@JenFizz:disqus Rory dropped out of Yale at the end of the spring semester and didn't even begin talking to Lorelai until, what, Thanksgiving? That's 6 months.

Yet another reason why it shouldn't have derailed her life for half a year like it did.

@jakenderek:disqus Christopher leaves Lorelai at Sookie's wedding at the end of S2. I don't like S2 Chris that much because he handles that whole situation really poorly, and also in that episode when he explodes at Lorelai when she confesses she'd self-sabotaged every relationship because she had in her head the…

That's interesting because I usually find her desire to please everyone kind of annoying. I didn't like how she was a pushover sometimes.

Yeah, she's Miss Celine. Gilmore Girls actually "re-uses" actors a few times. The most obvious example being Kirk, whose backstory and name actually changes after the series begins.

The Christmas of 2006 I had serious jaw surgery and my cousin, who loved the show, lent me her DVDs to watch with my mother while I recovered. I don't actually remember much of those episodes that I watched (I was pretty zonked out), but we bought our own DVDs a few days later and I've since rewatched these episodes…

Great point about the backstory coming into play. I thought that was always really interesting and is why "Dear Emily and Richard" is one of my favorite episodes ("Christopher Returns" is another great episode in this respect). You don't really get the full effect that Lorelai actually *ran away* and deliberately kept…

@jakenderek:disqus Season 5 Christopher has to be the worst - the way he tried to break up Luke and Lorelai. S6 Chris, from what I remember (I really dislike that season so haven't seen it in a while) was pretty great, until he took advantage of Lorelai and slept with her. Season 3 Chris… was actually pretty…