I agree about Elijah - there are some rose-tinted glass action going on even in the comments about him. He has a history of saying and doing horrible shit to Hannah, too. Jessa is more guilty of it, and Elijah has come around recently, but Hannah has a history of forgiving the men in her life faster than the women.…

Exactly. I know plenty of women I went to high school with who got married and knocked out a bunch of kids right out of school and they all lack the self awareness and world wariness that Hannah has. She might have some blind spots, but she's supported by loved ones and has grown a lot in the last season. I think…

I don't know, I think that's a pretty shitty thing to say of anyone. If they want their baby, that should be just as accepted as if someone wants an abortion. The "choice" part of pro-choice implies that a woman should be able to make a decision for herself no matter what. And I don't think it's fair to pre-judge how…

I actually thought he might die too. But then I remembered the double death a few episodes ago and figured they wouldn't do it again. The one thing that really stood out about this Desi thing is how he's the second partner now that Marnie has turned into a drug addict.

I don't entirely disagree, but just as a human who has been there many times, I have a weird appreciation of Hannah/Adam, and I'd be ok with a reconciliation. The Mimi-Rose thing upsets me more than Jessa, honestly - he and Hannah were at least a year out of their relationship before he hooked up with Jessa, which…

Jessa is such a bizarre character because she seems to change from episode to episode. She'll be a complete monster one second, and then a few episodes later have a really relatable, down to earth moment where you realize she's the product of distant, fleeting parents and serious addiction. She also had a conscience…

I love Shosh, but I do have to remind myself that when she came back from Japan she told her ex that she was going to go on food stamps and accused him out of nowhere of saying she doesn't deserve government assistance because she's Jewish. That… definitely set her back a few pegs in terms of maturity/likability for a…

I'm happy at least that they're acknowledging this season how Hannah's relationship works with the both of them. For a while now it's been a total head-scratcher why Hannah even speaks to Marnie at this point, and her friendship with Jessa was almost always based on a weird sort of envy - she seemed drawn to her…

I think he came to be a dancer. In the first season he talks about teaching and taking dance. I think theatre was always his goal but he's just now grown the brass to realize he could be an actor too.

Not to be an annoying corrective twit, but Hannah's friends never confirmed the Adam/Jessa thing. Marnie said she didn't know about it, and neither did Shosh or Ray. It was confirmed to Hannah when she called Jessa who admitted she was with Adam and his niece, and then admitted she was fucking him. But I do agree with…

But you can see the sting in his eyes, and that "you're going to cry" thing felt like his own way of trying to hold it together even though he knew he just crossed a line.

I was two years out of college when the series started and I'm 28 now - so it's not totally off. She might have been a young graduate. I don't recall them saying her age earlier in the series, but I could be wrong.

I get the impression that the Adam/Jessa movie is impetus for an Adam/Hannah reunion - it seems like he's realizing that his love for Hannah was complicated but beautiful, and that his relationship with Jessa was always manic and impulsive and probably a backhanded way of abstractly latching himself onto Hannah's…

I saw some set photos on the Daily Mail which spoiled certain… events to come re: this Hannah storyline, so I can't say this episode surprised me. But I was definitely surprised that Riz Ahmed is the baby daddy and that PATRICK WILSON was the one to deliver the news. I gasped at that the same way I gasped when…

The "inside the episode" this week led me to believe it's likely one of them is on something. Lena said something about how they're "seemingly" sober. I don't think Adam has ever been into drugs so I'll count him out but Jessa has seemed particularly neurotic and holed up lately. Their relationship seemed like a good…

That's what really boggles my mind. A lot of my friends are on the pill or have IUDs so they don't think they need condoms for random hook ups. Like, come on ladies! You don't know where that thing has been. You might be safe from pregnancy but there are other things that can transpire down under when you have…

I get the impression that all of these people are lonely and self-absorbed enough that their social circles are pretty small. We never really see them engage with anyone outside of this core group, so it's not totally out there that they would be each other's wedding guests. And though it's obviously convenient for…

Hannah worked for him at his coffee shop for a few seasons. That's where they seemed to grow closer as comrades.

As someone who has been rejected from Iowa twice, I completely agree. That is literally *the* most prestigious creative writing program in the world and the show treats it like she got into community college.

Exactly. Creative nonfiction is still nonfiction. It involves deep research and, like you said, awareness of the craft. The Modern Love thing really made me laugh - since when is your ex-boyfriend dating your friend an interesting enough dilemma to qualify for that sort of newspaper real estate? And yeah, I suppose…