I would love to see a dramatic, more in-depth plotline for Elijah. The gay bff accessory thing is beyond boring and played out.

I think you know the answer.

I mean, if I had to pick one, it'd probably be Shosh, if only because she seems to be the least manipulative and ego-centric one. I'd know she wasn't going to be distracted by a 'cell phone diet' or finding some crackhead to regale with stories about her time in Antwerp.

There are Native American signifiers surrounding her ethnicity on her father's side, but I wish Collins had just come right out and said it.

I mean, I paid thousands of dollars to study literature, and most of the time I'd read R.L. Stine over Pynchon, if I'm reading solely for pleasure.

Do yourself a favor and don't re-visit Christopher Pike.

I honestly hated King Dork but agree with the reasons for your statement. It reads as much more realistic to have the growth come from 'the smaller, less-obvious points' because…that's how life operates, I guess.

I never really 'got' why Shoshanna was friends with the rest of the characters (at least Marnie/Hannah/Jessa) until this episode.

I mean, Marnie's band generated excitement from people she didn't even know. That should tell us something.

It's also the reason why undergrad fiction/poetry can be really, really awful to read. There are only so many thinly-veiled autobiographical parties + streetlights + bad sex + manic pixie dream whatever stories you can get through without wanting to tear out your hair and beg them to write literally anything else.

It's a professional environment, in addition to an academic one. Hannah needs to act as though this is already her career, because, well, it is. Getting into the Iowa Writing Workshop is impressive, but it's not worth shit when (fairly basic and justified) criticism of your work turns you into a petulant child (which…