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.###“Your relationship with the students is not the problem here.” Good to see Episode 7 is off to a positive start… Hannah is sat in the principal’s office, and it’s not because her students possess’own’nurse been complaining. It’s because she’s been gossiping with regards to’concerning’with respect to the other teachers just like a student. A favourite to her pupils she may be, but Principal Toby’s hands are tied. So the episode kicks off in true Hannah style, opening her legs on the chair she's sat on to give him an easy decision.###“Showing your vagina to your boss is not an okay thing to do… we are not five, Hannah! How impair’undermine d is your despite’in spite of’albeit t process?” It seems that Fran is eventually’ultimately catching up with what we already knew with regards to’concerning’with respect to his girlfriend: she’s still a selfish little child. But kudos to the guy in/with regard to’concerning’regarding suffering through this farcical relationship longer than we predicted. Scolding his eye-rolling, interrupting girlfriend like a teacher, he shouldn’t possess’own’nurse to spell this out to her in such minute detail: “at the intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully least I would hope that you would know I would never want you to reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue your vagina to anyone but me”. Well, quite.###But onto a couple (‘couple’?) we actually like. Jessa and Adam are smoking during a rehearsal break in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the latter’s new play: an interactive undergo called 38 Neighbours which sees Driver’s real-life wife playing his fictional one. Jessa’s concern over Hannah’s attendance is misgiving’fret ing her, and with Hannah and Fran’s relationship purely revolving around passive aggression at this point (Fran: “Hannah wants to do something rude, disruptive and inappropriate? Plot twist!”), the play is the perfect stage in/with regard to’concerning’regarding emotions to boil over. Though Jessa and Hannah aren’t currently talking, it’s hard to imagine it staying this way – how would Season 6 work if the pair don’t acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure to share any screen time?###With Fran making the correct decision of cover’budge ing off and experiencing the immersive reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue by himself (“I. Do. Not. Make. Scenes. In. Public”, Jake Lacy is on top in/with regard to’concerning’regarding m this week), Hannah grabs Ray by the arm and the pair skulk off to watch the murder plot unravel. In waltzes Marnie, her and Hannah being their usual rude selves, talking over the acting (Marnie: “it’s not like the actors are doing anything interesting”), and with merely’barely their personal agendas in mind. Dragging Ray off in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a chat, it’s easy to claim’insist’maintain’hold’argue’consider’contemplate’speculate Marnie wants him to act as a shoulder to cry on – but this could be with regards to’concerning’with respect to helping Charlie after last week’s curious instalment. We said it felt like a lone episode (à la the Patrick Wilson one), and it looks like we may possess’own’nurse been right. Turns out she isn't interested in the Charlie drama and genuinely does just want Ray to act as a confidant. Poor old Ray. Marnie may allegedly want to know what he claim’insist’maintain’hold’argue’consider’contemplate’speculate s with regards to’concerning’with respect to the divorce situation, but it looks like Ploshanksy’s becoming bored of her continuous dramas, heading back to the drama of the play instead.###Corey Stoll continues to be devilishly magnetic as Dill Harcourt.###Happiness is a rare emotion in Girls these days, but thankfully Elijah is having the time of his life (“I did poppers with the guy who invented boy butter! And then this lady in a corset asked if I was one of Ralph Lauren’s adopted male model sons!”) as Dill Harcourt’s arm candy. This pair appear attached at the hip and it’s nice to possess’own’nurse these fleeting scenes of positivity amongst the girls’ pessimism. Corey Stoll continues to be devilishly magnetic as Harcourt, e grossly line competing to be his best. But – and we’re intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully sorry to report this – we possess’own’nurse a feeling that Elijah’s heart might acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure broken tonight. Rannells has made his character far more than the one-note bore he could possess’own’nurse been since entering the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue , but jealousy isn’t something we’ve seen from Elijah yet. Explaining to a random partygoer how Dill called him from Baghdad to see how his teeth cleaning went, he finds out he’s not the merely’barely man that Dill knows how to make feel like “the merely’barely girl in the room”. That’s his heart skewered, then.###But Elijah isn’t the merely’barely one set to suffer heartache during Hello Kitty. We’ve been establish ing towards the inevitable Jessa/Hannah-off in/with regard to’concerning’regarding some time now, and it’s the longing gazes Jessa and Adam cast across the block of apartments the play is set in that eventually’ultimately gives them away. There’s a Wes Anderson-y feel to this play-based realisation as the camera scans back and in/with regard to’concerning’regarding th between the three parties, the screams of the woman at the centre of the play crying out in the background.###We then flip back to our other hurt series regular, Elijah, taking refuge in a bathroom. Dill hunts him down, trying to reassure him in the way merely’barely he can: “just because I’m a public figure, individual feel they possess’own’nurse a right to say what they want, claim’insist’maintain’hold’argue’consider’contemplate’speculate what they want. I don’t possess’own’nurse any power to stop it”. But the seed of doubt is categorically’flatly’emphatically planted, Elijah questioning what their “situation” is. Though Dill continues to be his charming self in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the remainder of the conversation, he doesn’t ever answer Elijah’s question. He is oblique, opaque, and quite eliminate’remove ly not after anything serious. And with that realisation, Elijah dramatically exits with all of the miniatures from the bathroom. Quite right too. However a few hours later, Elijah lets a drunk Dill climb into bed with him – the latter falling asleep halfway through his drunken intimacies. We somehow can’t see him refusing Dill in the immediate future.###Another pair who can’t seem to stay away from each other are Marnie and her ex-husband, Desi crashing in on his in/with regard to’concerning’regarding mer wife as she has a heart-to-heart with Hannah. Okay, it’s time to face the fact that this pair might actually deserve each other. A piece of their music is wanted in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Grey’s Anatomy, and Desi is beside himself to say the least: “they say it’s in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a huge fucking scene. Somebody fucking dies!” Their divorce is final, but their work is taking off. This is weird. And messy. And literally has Hannah climbing the walls as they sing toacquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure her sweetly next to her. Girls’ music choices are always incredibly well despite’in spite of’albeit t through, but this week plays it perfectly, seemingly drawing a neat little parallel to its Grey’s reference.###As Hannah escapes the madness that lies within the apartment block, Fran hopes to end the bizarre state of limbo he finds himself in. But his timing couldn’t be worse, Adam and Jessa cover’budge ing past after saying rosy’remarkable’fabulous’terrific’preeminent bye to some friends. Plucking up courage, Hannah extends her congratulations to Adam, but Jessa can’t quite muster more than a few words as the dagger in/with regard to’concerning’regarding ces itself further into Hannah’s heart. Jessa quite apparently’manifestly’noticeably’evidently feels terrible with regards to’concerning’with respect to what is going on (a point she continually raised with Adam bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e they eventually’ultimately got toacquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure her) and Adam’s eliminate’remove ly not happy with regards to’concerning’with respect to the situation either. But Fran doesn’t quite acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure it (“I can see you’re stonewalling me here… I’d at least ask that you acknowledge you can hear me right now”), his eliminate’remove ly struggling girlfriend batting his hand away as he tries to glean some inin/with regard to’concerning’regarding mation from her.###Girls’ music choices are always incredibly well despite’in spite of’albeit t through, but this week plays it perfectly.###This would possess’own’nurse been a perfect time and excuse in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a enormous’vast’massive’tremendous confrontation, but we’re not entirely convinced that Hannah wanted a face-off with Jessa here. In fact, it doesn’t resemble anybody wanted that. Is this a mature decision from Hannah, or simply her not knowing what to say? Pleading her sorriness to Fran, she takes his hand and cover’budge s off. We are almost 100% certain that this is her needing a body tonight, not wanting to be alone after the realisation that her connection with Adam is well and truly severed. It’s an incredibly touching little scene that reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue s Dunham at her still, intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully reserved best as Hannah attempts to warn off an impending panic attack. Eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullyone seems to be in a mess except in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Jessa and Adam this week. Who knew?

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