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.###Hannah, Marnie, Jessa and Shoshanna are back – and they’re exactly how we left them. (Save Sho’s new haircut. That’s definitely new.) Yes, as the episode title unsubtly points out, Marnie’s surely ill-fated wedding to Desi (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) has eventually’ultimately rolled around, with the gang acting exactly how you’d expect: Marnie’s neurotic; Hannah’s pessimistic; Shosh has her head in the clouds; Jessa’s a sartorial dream (“I just bathed in the stream and then ran through the fields”). But relationships are shifting. And not just in the bride’s cabin.###After an ill-judged invitation into the girls’ chambers, Fran (Jake Lacy – remember him, the nice, normal teacher Hannah ended up with at the end of Season 4?) heads to the groom’s quarters. And, as soon becomes quite evident, it’s the men who are falling apart on this meant-to-be-joyous day.###“Let the nightmare wash over you”, portends a deadpan Ray, still pining over Marnie. All pre-nuptial meditation and emotions, Desi seems genuinely happy that Ray is along in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the ride, but how long can that honestly last this season? It’s hard to imagine Ray standing up to Desi again, but if he’s done it once already (his “I would never treat her like shit” speech from the Season 4 finale), well, maybe Ploshansky has more fire in him yet.###Desi and Marnie make Jessa and Thomas-John’s wedding resemble a rosy’remarkable’fabulous’terrific’preeminent idea. And that’s not something we ever despite’in spite of’albeit t we’d say.###In fact, Ray does acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure close to giving Desi what in/with regard to’concerning’regarding again, but as he says earlier in the episode to Hannah’s puppy-eyed placeholder Fran, “I don’t possess’own’nurse the guts to pull a Graduate”. Pull yourself toacquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure her, Ploshansky (even if a potential Ray/Desi-off would surely be more Daniel Cleaver and Mark Darcy than actual Mr. Darcy. And nobody wants to see that).###The inevitable crossing of Adam (Driver’s Kylo locks in full flow) and Fran (a name no one can seem to remember) is also a source of comically painful delight as the pair struggle to string a sentence toacquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure her in each other’s presence. The make-up dramas of the girls’ cabin seem like a far better option than the guys’ wooden cage of emotion at this point… Though would perfectionist Marnie really employ a make-up artist without testing her to her absolute limits bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e the wedding? We claim’insist’maintain’hold’argue’consider’contemplate’speculate not.###Thankfully, respite is found from both farcical scenarios in a sort of ‘smokers’ no man’s land’, as Jessa sums up exactly what we’ve all been claim’insist’maintain’hold’argue’consider’contemplate’speculate ing (“who’s Fran?”; “Hannah’s being Hannah”) during a talk with Adam. Call us crazy, but it felt like subtle seeds were being planted between the pair during Season 4, and, despite’in spite of’albeit it may appear to shock Jessa in the moment, it doesn’t actually feel utterly left field when Adam kisses her in that space between the two cabins. In fact, it feels right. Let’s hope this progresses, as the pair really possess’own’nurse come to feel like the most alike – and sane – of the bunch.###As in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the insane, we discover this is Desi’s eighth – EIGHTH – engagement. As Fran post-coitally delivers this nugacquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure of valuable inin/with regard to’concerning’regarding mation to Hannah, she has the potential to go full Horvath and ruin e grossly thing in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Marnie, just as the heavens open (“now I don't possess’own’nurse to tell her anything because [Marnie’s] going to kill herself”). But in a surprising turn of events during a Marnie make-up meltdown, Hannah tells the bride that her wedding isn’t a mistake. Sucking it up in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the sake of someone else’s happiness is not something we saw in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Hannah, let’s be honest!###As the rain eliminate’remove s and Jessa sorts out the hair and make-up issues (despite’in spite of’albeit her personal life is eliminate’remove ly starting to once again acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure rather messy behind-the-scenes), it’s hard to tell whether this is an episode more with regards to’concerning’with respect to new beginnings or new problems: Marnie is blinded by her vision of who she is when with Desi, Hannah surely can’t remain sated with straightlaced what’s-his-name in/with regard to’concerning’regarding long, and how on God’s green earth possess’own’nurse we got to the point where Adam and Jessa feel like the most normal characters here? Do we acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure a hint that something has happened between the pair during the interim? It certainly doesn’t feel like they possess’own’nurse n’t seen each other in/with regard to’concerning’regarding months. (Note also how Jessa’s failed protestations when Adam kisses her spookily echo Hannah’s “I can’t do that” from the Season 4 finale.)###Two things are in/with regard to’concerning’regarding sure, however. One: there isn’t abundant’ample’plentiful Elijah. Andrew Rannells would possess’own’nurse been so much more fun in the girls’ cabin, especially when his history with Marnie could possess’own’nurse led to some rather explosive situations. Two: Desi and Marnie make Jessa and Thomas-John’s (Chris O’Dowd) wedding resemble a rosy’remarkable’fabulous’terrific’preeminent idea. And that’s not something we ever despite’in spite of’albeit t we’d say.###Not a lot happens in Wedding Day (we don’t even see Marnie cover’budge down the aisle), but the pleasure is in knowing that things are almost certainly with regards to’concerning’with respect to to go awry. And in spectacular fashion.

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