Girls

Hannah embarks on a new chapter.

That's, like, the greatest compliment a person can get.

Well, what am I gonna do when I start my job next month,

- so. - No. That's exactly my point.

♪ Got nothing to lose ♪

Turn it off!

No!

And that is a swaddle.

just squeeze a little bit of milk out onto the tip of the nipple,

So, now it's my fault? Like, my stress is repelling him?

I feel, like, very objectified and I just would like some privacy.

It's insane. And, like, why is this man a bachelor?

- Yeah, live. - Marnie, that's the most

no way I could come with you.

♪ Oh, he so horny, yeah, he want to fuck ♪

- I can't do anything. - Okay, okay, okay, okay.

All she did was complain about how unfair

Or, like, a fun, zany sitcom

But honey, he'll be fine, whether you use formula or milk,

Yeah, I do,

And now all she does is judge me and bully me, you know?

You wanna act like this whole thing was an accident?

and that is the most moronic thing I have ever heard.

Bisquick, obviously, 'cause you have to add, like, 2,000 calories a day

And this house would be a home and not just a fucking bunch of rooms.

I'm not a hooker.

there's been a slight disturbance in the cabin.

and I think you should put it on him first before helping

Oh, I used the last bag of breast milk earlier.

Okay, Marnie, sure, but,

With Hannah and Grover?

You know? We even had a child together.

Okay, you can talk to me, it's okay. I'm safe. I'm a safe person.

Here, take these. Take these, takes these. Come on.

Yeah.

Yeah.

She has a million trillion things she'd rather be doing.

So give me back my jeans!

No, I mean, it's a start.

- But she is a really good judge. - Mm.

Where's Grover?

After an important meeting, Hannah reaches out to friends for advice, but has trouble reaching Marnie.

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Oh, my God, I'm so glad I answered. When do I ever do that?

Listen, this is so weird,

You're gonna leave,

Do you remember when we first moved here?

I mean, what if it was for sex?

♪ I'm a little curious, too ♪

I never would have met your dad on Gay.com.

Ugh! Get a life.

WOMAN #2: I like the slip top.

- I don't want that in our apartment. - Oh, okay.

Ugh, I can't believe this is my fourth callback for this fucking show.

I'm sure there's plenty of quality people

- Look. I stole these. - Oh, my God! I'm so proud of you.

(mouthing)

- Whoa, Caroline, hi. - (gasps)

And you, my beauty,

Yes, Hannah, go.

to throw rice, but I just don't think I want them throwing it,

You had a party and you didn't invite me?

This is an engagement party for you?

Good job. Yeah, it worked super great.

for this very important soiree.

- GUESTS: Cheers! - Cheers, guys! Enjoy.

start a fight and ruin this for Byron and for me? I don't think so.

We are not going to throw randomized grenades

I am feeling a lot of anxiety about the fact that we've allowed our

Nope, that's not it.

With the help of Byron, who has completed all 12 steps of Al-Anon,

Great. If you guys wanna stay,

And in that moment, as if it were like a near-death experience,

I got it! I got the part in "White Men Can't Jump"

She's planning a wedding. It makes people very hostile and aggressive.

because I needed her to tell me my ATM code, so.

It's, um, er, for a child.

No. He'll be perfect.

I am sorry for...

Uh-uh, our best was awful.

(music playing)

Adam comes to Hannah with surprising news. Jessa spends a day off on her own. Shoshanna slogs through helping Ray with his oral-history project, until a fortuitous run-in with Abigail, her old boss, infuses the venture with new energy.

Well, congratulations, you have located me, so...

and has my gravitas next time, okay?

Whatever those are. I do... I don't know what they are.

Now, if you were to help us in digitizing these tapes,

I don't know, just, like, chill for a second.

- Hi! - Oh, my God!

she doesn't need to know about that though.

Shaped me as a child.

- little loud of a "boo," Jessa. - Oh, please, it's fine.

All right, it was a bit erratic, I will say,

It's, um... it's like some Bolivian zip line guy's baby.

(high-pitched) Please... help me.

the sound of waves crashing.

and then we had to patch it, if you remember, so.

- Can I look? - Yes, you can look.

The purpose of my life was to become a junkie

Mm. Ooh.

- Abigail. - No, I thought that was really cool.

Yeah.

Exactly. And of course we know the correct answer.

as long as you never actually have to see your true self.

There's too much good stuff for us not to try.

There's more laughing. She laughs a lot.

Fuck you.

What if I feed the baby a piece of food that's too big for it

I need to have my own sheets, I need to have my own toilet. I can't."

This can't happen! If I puke, they'll send me home.

(seagulls squawking)

You bought it for me! I want the rest of my soda!

Come on.

- ♪ Yeah, Yeah ♪ - ♪ There's something 'bout you, boy ♪

And it won't be leaking toxic ooze all over our kid.

♪ I'd be free ♪

Yeah. I'm excited.

- Mm-hmm. Yeah. - my late boss, Hermie, he started this

- Oh, about almost 90 years. - That's amazing.

Um, actually, um,

about the noise or complain about anything.

Oh, right!

Elijah prepares for an open-call audition for a new Broadway musical, but is thrown off his game by an unexpected visitor. In need of cash, Marnie tries to pawn a family heirloom and gets a wakeup call from an unlikely source. Hannah reconnects with Paul-Louis.

Elijah: Well, you've gotten yourself into quite a predicament, Dillard.

Please wait in the kitchen while I speak to Hannah alone in the hall.

Mom, it's just a small loan,

this would give us more time to rehearse as The Michaels Sisters!

Oh, no. I just got here.

Whoop! Whoop! Whoop!

I got to get out of here. I can't go in that room

but that's ending now.

This...

and all I've ever done to anybody is love them.

Do you?

♪ She'll do all she can ♪

♪ Star. ♪

I have 14 Emmys. I know when someone's keeping a secret from me.

to flout tradition when I can,

I was gonna father that baby

in an ex-lover's squat house.

Micucci...

He flipped it!

by saying this is a real no-pressure sitch.

Uh, because I'm not really ready to... to have a kid.

I don't even believe in mistakes.

a name I always thought was cool for a boy was Grover.

Dill: Sounds like he didn't have much to say.

- Shh. - How easy it was.

It's just... It's just...

Then why the fuck you try out for a basketball musical?

Yes, but only because he's hiding

I nailed the first two parts of that audition.

Honey, how'd it go?

I'm ready to stop hiding.

but not anymore.

Marnie tries to convince a resistant Desi to follow through with their planned gig at her mom’s birthday party in New Jersey. After rebuffing Adam’s request to watch his film, Hannah gets advice on an important decision from her dad and his new partner, Keith. Elijah’s thespian talents are rekindled when he helps a coworker run lines for an audition. MORE -LESS

Marnie: Oh, my God, this is first trimester hormones, isn't it?

What the fuck did you just do? That's a rental!

My mom's friend's birthday in New Jersey. We've gone over this.

And by the way, not that you give a shit,

Now it is a bad dream come true.

My friend Carlos is having a hot dog taco party.

but you're certainly not gonna be the worst.

Yeah, see? People with great parents they name kid "Steve."

I just don't think I'm gonna be a very good influence.

- Did you watch it? - No, dude, and I can't.

Great, so you expect me to believe you made anything for me?

'Cause I need you to tell me if it's real.

from what I can say were, for me, some very painful memories.

Well, I'm pregnant.

No!

Yeah, I'm just, um, waiting on my partner still.

Well...

Desi?

You're not?

So gorgeous.

the godmother that I need to be.

they told me they didn't want to tell the child

I think we all need to do exactly

Anyway, for me, like, being in a band is mostly stressful

you'll get there.

- You're not wearing a watch. - Well, I know what time it is.

Oh, no. Fuck, yes!

I didn't see her.

You ran? You hit a little girl and ran?

My whole life...

do it here,

You're pregnant?

He was just following me down my block.

Will you please be quiet?

for a reason, which is that I don't care what you think.

And I am here and I know you.

Can you cut it?

until you came into my life.

Enjoy it.

♪ Every thought I have, I'm thinking what you might do ♪

you reinvented the form.

Adam and Jessa begin shooting scenes for their film, but she questions his creative direction. In town to visit Hannah, her mother, Loreen, has a hard time accepting the next phase of her life. Marnie does a less-than-stellar job of being there for a grieving Ray.

She's way more chill than that.

Uh-huh. Yeah.

You're weirder than even me.

of someone who thinks they have more power than they actually do, right?

I couldn't travel with it,

and it is something that I really want, I think.

like about how I'm gonna have to start drinking water.

Yeah, we were all little kids once. It's wild.

"Emmanuelle," "Red Shoe Diaries," "Young Ladies of Chatterly."

And if you need me here, here I am.

- How's that? - Yeah. Yeah, good.

Okay, just to be fair,

Someone you sort of like dies

Hey.

No, I'm fine. I'm fine.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, sure.

they're ultimately only gonna hurt each other.

I don't need to read scripts. I'm here to produce!

She's right out there.

I'll help you find a good doctor here

I mean, I think I have, so.

Do you think I'm gonna travel alone with this child?

Do you have any idea of what my life is like on a day-to-day basis?

Go get my shoes.

Extra crispy.

- I don't know! - What the fuck sense does that make?

Rocker. Like a Midwestern rocker.

What?

Mom!

You don't know the terrain. You're not Lil' Kim.

For real?

I think it's a really bad idea.

Pfft, well, I wasn't planning on sharing an apartment with some...

- Yes. - Yeah!

You don't think I have plans?

You're gonna be a terrible mother.

- Sure. - ...and learn to live with it.

The good news is that, "Marijuana by itself

Hannah interviews influential writer Ode Montgomery, who offers eye-opening advice on being a woman and a writer. When Adam storms off the set of his latest acting job, Jessa suggests they embark on a creative endeavor of their own. Ray considers the course of his life after a regular at the coffee shop dies suddenly. Marnie is confronted with her narcissism. MORE -LESS

robbing her of oxygen and of the will to live.

I still don't understand why he's talking so much right now.

Other times, I don't. It just depends.

Uh, good-bye. It was nice meeting you.

Hold on. Almost there.

Yeah.

You're always at rehearsal or booty body camp, whatever it is.

That's, like, if you asked me like, "What's your ideal plan?"

Or should I try to meditate on the train?

It feels like a pipe cleaner's in there.

I don't know if I feel like abusing my media contacts for you right now.

Reminds me of this time back when I was assistant to the transportation commissioner

Wow, that's a crazy story.

- Man: Hey. Hey, Bobby? - Oh, Jesus.

Hey, nice doing business with you. It's been great.

caused you to develop an addiction to something

- Can I have some water? - Yeah, have some water.

You were my partner, but you never saw me.

or rolling their eyes and dismissing you,

I shut down?

You really did, Marnie.

- and petty vandalism. - Oh, my God.

Wait around like some tool

Money literally grows on trees.

I feel bad.

and pretending death wasn't real.

Hmm? I don't need you to judge me

and now you're just coasting.

You have to go to the ER.

You know, like, even if it fucking hurts,

and it's raw, it's powerfully true, Adam.

- All that shit! Yes! - Yes, yes!

Good, yeah.

Yes, your urine tested positive for infection.

- Well, I mean... - And even if I did end up like him,

- I'm gonna go apologize to him right now. - Okay, good.

- We'll talk about this later. - Great.

And I know it's really, really painful,

You guys should do whatever you want.

It was just, like, a bunch of old gays

Put your little head on my lap.

Hannah has a tense tête-à-tête with Chuck Palmer – an acclaimed author she once greatly admired – about the disturbing allegations swirling around him.

I'm a writer, you know? And I may not be a...

Namely that you were using your power and your influence to

I could tell that from the first sentence you wrote.

Me, who I may or may not have got a blow job from consensually,

You've heard that old joke...

Ask Graciela, 'cause, uh, sometimes it's in her car.

this be a good time to talk about summer, uh, custody?

Mayaan, I'm not gonna tell you when you can see our daughter.

but, um... she's good.

that so much of your life, your world can be destroyed

thought I was done with all that shit. Tried everything.

I wasn't trying to punish you.

Because I don't consider the accounts of four different women hearsay.

above me, but...

I fucked around on my wife.

who's gonna cure their mom's bum leg with the touch of God.

"I met Chuck Palmer. He's a sad man with a receding hairline.

Kept asking if she could come visit me in New York.

if you know that you're this, like, perfect specimen,

If not me, who? And if not now, when?

The part where she looks like a Victoria's Secret model

Then you unbuckle your pants.

Did I put a gun to her head? Did I offer her a job?

When I was in fifth grade, I had this English teacher, Mr. Lasky.

It also made kids hate me and put lasagna in my fucking backpack,

"That's a very serious accusation, Hannah." And he walked away.

I didn't tell you so you'd feel sorry for me.

"of someone who had very recently worked far too hard

"as if someone had told her that's what made women irresistible...

"and the silvery scar snaking quietly across her forearm,

"my daughter, even my mother and the times they had resisted being known,

before a website called The Awl called me "Throat-Piercer."

Hannah, that is what I am guilty of...

I know it is, but I can ask you where you're from, what you want, who you are.

- Really? - Yeah, I know.

I want to write stories that make people feel less alone than I did.

You thought you knew everything, but you didn't.

Those are my rules. Write that down.

But it's signed to you and everything.

Would you lie down with me for a moment?

Hi, love!

- I got you some new markers. - Miranda: But I wanna show you what

- Sorry. - Honey, take your time.

Hannah provides cover for Marnie’s secret weekender to Poughkeepsie, which she hopes will help clarify an old chapter in her life. Shoshanna enlists Elijah to be her plus-one at a networking event for young professional women, where Jessa’s antics lead Shosh to reevaluate her post-college friendships.

♪ Nobody was calling me up... ♪

Road trips and skinny-dips!

Um, and I, um... I hope there's no elder abuse at the, um...

Yeah, um, actually, speaking of which, I need to go.

if you want to make actual plans.

and it's totally not your crowd.

Okay, with my women. With my women. I stand corrected.

I have never felt such an intense need

You could be making, like, $10 million a year.

I couldn't even afford new undergarments.

- That's, like, a lot of volts. - Yeah.

How much is that tea set in the window? It's so beautiful.

- What... what... what is going on? - _

♪ Her Hitler hairdo ♪

cozy does not even begin to describe this hinoki masterpiece.

- Know what I mean? - Yeah.

- Oh, Jamba Jeans. - I know.

- ♪ So fill up your lungs... ♪ - _

Sorry to interrupt what is surely a maelstrom of fascinating conversation.

- of New York female entrepreneurs - Mm.

if the group is open to trans women,

- We haven't seen you in an eternity. - An eternity.

Did you try them? Amazing.

We're expanding into T-shirts right now,

Shoshanna: Oh, my God, totes. I have been pitching them all the snaps,

(music continues)

Mm... those are my mints. Just... whatever. Put 'em back.

Is that what you wanna hear? They're Oxy-fucking-Contin.

Oh, fuck, yeah! Put 'em back!

- Marnie: Fuck! - (bones crunch) Ow! God!

- get down here! - Desi: Yeah, so Hannah,

What is the meaning of this fucking cunt parade?

This is shocking, okay? That is not who I thought that person was.

Shoshanna: Seriously, seeing you was like

two ways instead of three ways,

Shosh. Shosh!

I don't think you should say "jaunt." That's not a good expression to use.

observations about other people when you're only thinking about yourself.

- Well, I need to ask you something. - Yeah?

Desi: All right, you fucking babies!

Why aren't more of these women going into more practical trades, like

our tiny little friend here. All right?

- Oh, no he doesn't. That is a rumor! - Yeah.

- What? - Ah.

you convince me to go to Rockaway for the day

Get out of my face.

6x1 "All I Ever Wanted"

Aired 7 years ago - Feb 12, 2017

Riding a wave of newfound career success, Hannah gets an assignment to write a story about a female surf camp in the Hamptons, where she meets Paul-Louis, an uncomplicated waterski instructor. Hoping to break her old patterns post-divorce, Marnie tells Ray he needs to spend more time at his own place, but Adam and Jessa’s intensity drives him out of the apartment. MORE -LESS

What our vision is is kind of we send you out there,

Okay, could I just perception check for a moment?

Always. Like, they ordered this huge fish dinner months ago and it just...

Yeah, but you guys don't even get along that well. Plus, he's gay.

if I could use your room while you're away.

I don't think you need to take an acting class, baby.

I know she'd want to hear from me.

told me to come out to the parking lot, but she seemed pretty, uh, dumb.

Jesus!

What? You already have a spoon!

Oh... okay. I thought the brand was Ginny.

- Yeah. - You good?

So, engaging our back muscles, and we're gonna be paddling.

ah! Beautiful.

Okay, that's enough paddling. And then hands on the rails.

- 'Twould be my honor. Yeah, yeah? - Yeah. Yeah.

Although, what if the piece was about how I went out to the beach,

I think you may be talking about my sand fleas.

Long Island's the wrong island.

Hey, can I ask you a question on, like, deep background?

♪ I done hit it from the back to the melody of "Roll It Slow" ♪

- Takes a lot of practice. Mm-hmm. - It's hard, right? Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, maybe that's a little... nope. It's...

Definitely have coffee. I bought it at, like, a real coffee place. Here you go.

_

Ah, for your information, this is what adult women look like

Tears, sweat, the sea.

The neighbors were always having kids, kids were always crying.

Just whatever my dad wasn't.

Hate takes energy.

What?

She's helping me on a spiritual journey, Marnie. You know that.

Okay, Desi, stop. I do want that.

Like, maybe I can get, like, an Airbnb in town and write and hang out.

But we try and see each other every couple of weeks when I'm off.

Well, lucky I didn't meet you on Kilimanjaro.

I'm really sorry, Hannah.