I think the point is that Girls is a show about the shitty things people do to each other, the unilateral actions we take even when they might hurt another person. Her behavior is understandable and inexcusable, which is why it's exactly right.

Yoga retreats cost money and need to sell themselves too. A new day. A new you.

(Spoiler)
You're right. He says it. But she doesn't say it back. Instead she says the line that's most famous.

I think Weiner was aiming for The Apartment, but he forgot that Billy Wilder never has the characters kiss or use the word "love." Hinting at it makes the ending much more powerful, and is the reason the movie has endured.

He slept with her!

The plane with the banner gave him enough hope to walk out of that meeting. *That's* what advertising can do.

Or he'll become the hobo whispering to young abused boys about how he got out.

The ties are getting fatter by the week. The seventies are here.

He doesn't know what to chase, but he's right to try. I almost cried at the airplane scene: "Man wasn't born to fly."—Don doing an imitation of a hick to Peggy

She made the right choice on a personal level, for herself and her kid, but boy would it have been rad if she'd tried.

He's also going to the midwest to actually look at that man.

Seems like a real Bob Benson move.

Henry also tried to get Don to stay awhile, another effort Don rebuffs.

I can't tell if he knows.

Betty is too concerned with status and is a shitty mother. Megan is a phony. And Don's mistresses have their own problems. Don won't find salvation in women because he can't see women clearly. Don connects with Sally and Peggy, but he needs a male friend (like Freddy or even Ted). Roger tried to connect about ex-wives…

Most conspicuous absences: Lou and Jim.

Yeah, the flash forward was a missed opportunity. The only thing I wanted to see was Shosh speaking Japanese quickly and fluently.

Baby Gene is the spinoff.

Who plays Ida Blankenship?

I liked the way he handled it. He gave her the parent he wished he'd had. It was neglect that enabled him and why things got so out of hand.