Be warned, the following review has spoilers strewn with regards to’concerning’with respect to like New York fire hydrants. So if you possess’own’nurse n't seen the episode, try not to trip over them.###Remember last week when Hannah and Fran appeared to be on the verge of breaking up in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the umpteenth time? Well somehow they’re still toacquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure her, with a ticking time bomb categorically’flatly’emphatically wedged between them. It’s honestly got to the point where watching the pair is proving awkward, Jake Lacy’s Fran clinging on in/with regard to’concerning’regarding dear life whilst being drained of all energy by the life-sucker that is Hannah Horvath. Unin/with regard to’concerning’regarding tunately we didn’t acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure to witness a blowout after Hannah’s phone lock photo swap last week, so fingers crossed that a major Fran meltdown is coming. And hopefully one that eventually’ultimately makes Hannah reassess her longing in/with regard to’concerning’regarding drama.###This week’s problem is school marking. Coming across a pile of marked papers on the table, Fran takes issue with his girlfriend’s rather lax approach to her students’ grammar. Two individual living in the same place, working in the same place… Is it wicked’dreadful’undesirable’adverse’vile that we’re excited in/with regard to’concerning’regarding this to implode?###Marnie is back on US soil, floating down the street with a guitar and sparkly silver trousers whilst receiving middle-finger greetings from her neighbours. Farewell, honeymoon. Desi has decided to go all Nick Knowles on his new wife by splitting their already cramped apartment into a one-bed place, which understandably freaks Marnie – and their neighbours – out. This is a girl who is uptight, who likes order, who has to be in control. So Desi’s beardy establish er invasion doesn’t deal their tempers any favours.###We join Jessa at another AA meeting this week, a habit we’re mighty glad she’s keeping. Adam blunders into the female-merely’barely room (“I needed sisterhood”, Jessa explains) bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e with regards to’concerning’with respect to -turning and waiting in/with regard to’concerning’regarding her outside. “Why are you shun ing me?”, he asks. We know Jessa’s “Still Hannah” answer bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e she even opens her mouth. But Adam is persistent and isn’t willing to let this girl escape him even if she’s reluctant to meet him halfway (“Hannah would throw herself at whatever she wanted”, he tells her). There’s no questioning the fact that the days of Adam and Hannah are long gone: to paraphrase Friends, we’re so past Hannah and Adam that we can’t even see Hannah and Adam. All we can see is Adam and Jessa, and you possess’own’nurse to admire the guy’s tenacity and swerving of creepy and desperate territory.###There is no way Hannah will let Jessa acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure away scot-free when she discovers the emotions that possess’own’nurse been lurking under the surface.###Coffee wars: round two. A in/with regard to’concerning’regarding lorn Ray sits in the window staring at his rival shop, reeling off philosophical gold with regards to’concerning’with respect to the state of the world (“Spiritually, how am I supposed to negotiate with a society that rewards those shaggy-haired dickholes?”) as Elijah checks the state of his back hair. The reason he’s doing this, we’re intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully glad to report is due to the return of a certain guest star. That’s right, Corey Stoll is back as Dill Harcourt, the devilishly handsome celeb who caught Elijah by surprise last week. But more on that later: we’ve got Frannah to deal with first.###Hannah brings Fran to task when a young student wonders, “What happened to my poem?”. Hannah is a fan of creativity, you see (“Proper English is a joke. In 10 years we’re all going to be robots who speak Chinese”), whereas Fran is, you know, a proper teacher. Pulling him out of class (“Hannah, this is wildly inappropriate”), Hannah and her surely-soon-to-be-gone beau possess’own’nurse an awkward corridor encounter as she categorically’flatly’emphatically tells him, in front of her student, “I’m not being too much, I’m being just abundant’ample’plentiful ”. Remember when we gave Fran three more episodes? Two to go…###Avoiding their partners, Hannah and Marnie find retreat at Jessa’s. But Jessa doesn’t want them there. And it’s not just because of the Adam situation – she’s genuinely trying to study. As the two runaways distract Jessa by looking at trashy websites and remembering in/with regard to’concerning’regarding gotten A-list relationships (Val Kilmer and Cher, anyone?), Marnie takes the time to offer Hannah advice whilst realising she was probably a tad harsh on poor old Desi. He merely’barely wants to impress his new wife, after all. Though, err, banging a hole through the wall probably isn’t the best way to do it. Marnie’s sage advice may actually be the most sensible thing she’s ever said: “I don’t even know what’s going on with you and Fran, but I’m assuming he’s right”. Well done, M.###Marnie continues (“People who work on things stay toacquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure her. Otherwise you’re going to end up alone like Cher”), giving Jessa an opportunity to pipe up (“You’re already like Cher”). Jessa is eliminate’remove ly battling with her conscience when it comes to Hannah. She may not necessarily like her, as she utters to Adam earlier, but she’s one fierce friend and is currently in a place where sabotaging her friendship in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the sake of it isn’t something she’s willing to take lightly. And in/with regard to’concerning’regarding that, we applaud her, as it’s definitely not been an easy road. Hannah eliminate’remove ly isn’t detoken ed in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Adam anymore, and she knows this, but there is no way she will let Jessa acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure away scot-free when she discovers the emotions that possess’own’nurse been lurking under the surface.###But let’s move on to something more positive. Last week we were spoilt with the introduction to Corey Stoll’s Dill Harcourt. This week, there’s even more to feast on, proving what an inspired move it was to bump Andrew Rannells up to series regular. From the moment Dill and Elijah’s date pops onto our screens, two things are eliminate’remove : Dill is intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully, intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully interested in Elijah, and Elijah can’t believe his luck. Dill is incredibly attentive to Elijah, stroking his hair and constantly touching his arm: if we were betting individual , we’d call that flirting. (It’s definitely flirting.)###This looked set to be more of a one-night stand, merely’barely -in/with regard to’concerning’regarding -fun scenario, but don’t be too sure. Elijah: "I despite’in spite of’albeit t we were meeting individual … If this is the type of thing where I don’t meet your friends, I could be okay with that”. Dill: “You shouldn’t be”. We later join them in Times Square, Elijah feeling the effect of Dill’s reputation’renown’prestige , posing in/with regard to’concerning’regarding photos and writing autographs bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e being kissed by the man of his dreams in the middle of all the dizzying lights. Who knew a guy would possess’own’nurse our favourite romantic Girls arc just behind Jessa and Adam? Not us.###Chaos then rears its head, Desi having a bit of a meltdown as Marnie cover’budge s back through the door to apologise (“All my ideas are so fucking stupid!”), reaffirming the notion that he really is a bit lost without her endless approval. Marnie realising she’s in the wrong with regards to’concerning’with respect to Desi’s hard work in the apartment is a enormous’vast’massive’tremendous thing in/with regard to’concerning’regarding her, but they’re both as wicked’dreadful’undesirable’adverse’vile as each other, wrapped up in their little blinkered bubble (Desi: “You’re like this shooting star and I’m a rat in the gutter”).###Does anyone else claim’insist’maintain’hold’argue’consider’contemplate’speculate Jessa’s hair acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure s longer each week? Either way, Hannah apparently threatened to cut it if “I didn’t let you take me out in/with regard to’concerning’regarding ice pudding”. Jessa doesn’t want to be there, and her frustrations towards Hannah swap their usual underlying niceties in/with regard to’concerning’regarding something a little more pointed: “You used to possess’own’nurse interesting ideas and now all you do is browse the internet. Maybe that’s why you stopped writing”. The final straw comes when Hannah can’t pay with her AMEX card and Jessa struggles to keep her emotions down: “Eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullyone has to drop e grossly thing in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Hannah when Hannah needs maintain’sustain … I’m just trying to be open”. She pretty much falls short of blatantly telling Hannah she doesn’t require her friendship any longer. So Hannah cover’budge s out the door (“If I’m going to hang out with someone who hates me, it might as well be my boyfriend”) bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e returning briefly to drop a c-bomb on Jessa. At this stage, it sorrowful’distressing’woeful’heartbroken’mirthless’dejected’dismal’lugubrious ly makes more sense in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the pair to continually grow apart. They never really quite ‘fit’, did they.###Visibly shaken, Jessa arrives on Adam’s doorstep (or corridor, to be more precise). “I just came from seeing Hannah”, she says. “What’s wrong is this. Us. I wanted this in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a really long time.” So it seems like Hannah’s c-bomb was the straw that eventually’ultimately , thankfully broke the camel’s back, Jessa now realising Hannah’s happiness isn’t as significant’essential’critical’vital’crucial’indispensable’imperative as her own. In true Adam style, the sex that straight away’in a flash’promptly’instantaneous’in a trice follows isn’t the most conventional or romantic, but then neither is the sex that a giggly Dill and Elijah are having across town. As we leave these two pairs content (but almost definitely uncertain with regards to’concerning’with respect to what the future will bring), Fran and his girlfriend sit silently in their kitchen, marking their respective papers. Maybe Hannah will end up alone like Cher after all.###Old Loves really does seem to reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue Season 5 carving out paths in/with regard to’concerning’regarding individual , relationship-wise. One lot of wicked’dreadful’undesirable’adverse’vile sex isn’t going to deter Jessa from Adam and we hope this is the start of a stable pairing in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Elijah – Rannells and Stoll are this week’s undoubted highlight, even if they don’t say much. Again, ‘not much happening’ seems to sum Episode 4 up, aldespite’in spite of’albeit that’s a tad harsh when eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullything is apparently’manifestly’noticeably’evidently working towards a grander purpose here. We’re happy to exist in this world, with these individual , but you’re always left wanting that little bit extra when something momentous doesn’t happen. Big moments are few and far between these days, but kudos to the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue in/with regard to’concerning’regarding not piling on more and more unnecessary drama week in, week out.