Another big episode and another indicator that these characters are heading towards their end.

The biggest theme from this episode that I can take away is the idea of a harsh reality mirror. We have seen these girls be challenged throughout the series but we have rarely seen them, especially at the same time, be told just how ridiculous their behavior is.

1- Shoshanna: At the beginning of the season I would say she was the one who most had her act together. In episode eight? I think she might be the furthest from knowing up from down.

Looking up how to apply for welfare while eating sushi?! I give Sosh two angles of defense. A. This is probably her lowest point in the past five season. She lost her job, she doesn’t really have any friends, She’s not committed to a guy (which isn’t that important but she stalked her ex-boyfriend’s sushi spot for crying out loud), and she is in that mid-twenties panic of having absolutely no idea of where to go. B. If we’re honest, we’ve been there. Not specifically eating sushi while thinking about welfare per-say, but the moment is a heightened version of a very real experience; in our immaturity we can’t take responsibility or acknowledge that our less than ideal circumstances aren’t tragic. They’re just moments in life and if we are physically capable it’s on us to create a different reality. Sosh got completely slapped in the face with that truth. What she’s going to do with it I suppose we’ll have to wait and see.

2-Jessa: The line Adam serves Jessa at the end of this episode is probably the line we’ve been waiting someone to tell her for five years. “You’re and adult. She is a baby. Why do you need more help than a baby.”

I think Jessa deserves her credit though. This season she has kept on a steady path towards really making an effort to be the person she wants to be and to try and do things right. This moment that she freaks out over the spit-up with Adam’s reaction, to me, is just one of the final pieces she’s missing.

Her life has consisted of fantasy, adventure, flakiness and abandoning any chances of real connection. As the scenes were progressing with Adam and Jessa you couldn’t help but wonder if Adam, who was going through a very personal evolution in life with the possibility of having to fend for his niece, was beginning to look at Jessa in the same way that he looked at his sister.

They’re similar aren’t they? They both struggle to maintain jobs, they both scurry at the sight of the real, and they abandon things when they become difficult. They’re elements that were never healed or worked upon in Caroline so when things became irreversibly real she didn’t have the tools to manage it.

You can’t help but understand that Adam might be looking at Jessa with concerns. Am i with someone with the same damage?

3. Marnie: For once Marnie is the one who seems the most in control? I love seeing her own herself the way she did this episode. I stand by my feelings that the sooner Desi is off the show the happier I will be. There’s one season left and though I think partnership is the last thing Marnie needs now, I would like to see her by the end be in a place where she can receive that.

Will it be Charlie? Of course not. They killed Charlie. Let’s not kid ourselves.

4. Hannah: So much cringing. This character is infuriating. Let’s try and take it step at a time.

For the record, I laughed my ass off when she texted Fran from the bathroom. That was so childish and priceless.

However, many times when we categorize things as “childish” they’re just actions that are really the no-filter version of what we want to express.

I know people have been there before. They just don’t want the conversation, they don’t want the closure, and they don’t want the explanation. They just selfishly, brutally, and desperately want it to be over.

As ridiculous as she was being and as much as I felt for Fran who really wasn’t a bad guy at all, I could feel for Hannah in that moment.

I don’t even want a ride back to the city, I just want this to end. Beautiful truth.

Now, her behavior to get home. Ugh.

I see that Hannah has the most growing to do amongst the girls. Her self centered antics were not in short supply this week. I not only see her oblivious to the needs of others but I also see somewhat of a panic in her of being left behind in her immaturity.

I was glad to see her come to the understanding that her life is still open to new possibilities as she approached New York once again.