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Love her or hate her

This week it’s a trick question. Just when we think we’re

starting to love the new Hannah, who makes solid life choices and goes on dates

with great guys like Fran, she jeopardizes it all by taking her date to

Mimi-Rose’s latest art show. Within seconds it becomes apparent that Hannah has

been keeping tabs on Adam and his new girlfriend, and isn’t as ready to move on

as we previously hoped. The kicker is that we’re led to believe that perhaps

even Hannah herself didn’t realize it, and that this journey was her trying to

gain some strange sort of closure.

Another cringe-worthy

moment

Rather than dealing with Adam in a quick, private moment and

salvaging the night, Hannah opted to hash things out in front of her date,

resulting in Fran’s quick getaway and yet another face-palm moment. Only

slightly less awkward was when Marnie called Hannah out in front of everyone,

not even trying to hide her disdain at seeing her friend there.

Runner-up goes to the weird plot twist in which Mimi-Rose

insisted that she take a cab with Hannah, while Adam get to know her ex in

another cab.

How many shots to

forget that time…

Elijah + Hannah = co-masturbating?

A realization

After several references about supporting fellow women in

the arts, Mimi-Rose and Hannah finally had an opportunity to come face-to-face

on more equal footing, forcing the women to realize that they have more in

common than they previously thought. Of course we couldn’t get there without

some completely random shenanigans involving a hazardous cab ride, former

sexual partners (shout out to guest star Zachary Quinto), and plenty of

snacks.

A growth spurt

Throughout the installment Hannah went from acting like a

grownup to being a hissy fit throwing ex girlfriend, then settled into

something in between by the episode’s end. Her ability to accept Mimi-Rose

after their adventures and heart-to-hearts, and then give her well wishes to

Adam before bowing out, was akin to Hannah realizing that she actually needed

to let the situation go for once. And potentially settle on herself, and what

she wants from life.

This week in

friendship

Just when you thought Adam and Jessa had developed a kind of

friendship that was unique and different from everyone else in the group thanks

to their shared experiences with addiction, Jessa went ahead and revealed her

true intentions behind setting Adam up with Mimi-Rose: so that she could have

Mimi-Rose’s ex all to herself. If Jessa actually isn’t pregnant by the time the

fourth season ends we should all be surprised.

Vote for Ray

Since Ray wasn’t featured in the episode, we can only assume

he was too busy starting his campaign to actually show up to the art opening.

Shoshanna was also absent, leading us to believe that she was either too busy

getting ready for some big dates with Scotty (Jason Ritter) or else she’s

Hannah’s one true and loyal friend, who wouldn’t be caught dead at Adam’s new

girlfriend’s show.

Most telling quote

goes to…

“You try because you’re an artist. And I couldn’t do it

so I quit.” – Hannah, realizing she could actually be friends with someone

like Mimi-Rose and her “dollface.”

“Girls” airs Sundays at 9pm on HBO.

Grade: B-

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