Tonight’s Girls season 4, episode 4, “Cubbies,” makes one more attempt to break Hannah into the Iowa atmosphere. But will it work?

Did you ever try to slip a note into a grade school crush’s locker or cubbie? Hannah’s tactic to get her new writing classmates to accept her quirkiness is not well evolved from her elementary years. On tonight’s all new Girls season 4, episode 4, “Cubbies,” Hannah retires from preaching at her seminar buddies and decides to let her words wash over them through prose.

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Previously on ‘Girls’

With Elijah pretty much running the social scene in Iowa, Hannah is left to watch her Teen Nick marathons and wallow in her pre-writing phase alone. The night life is Iowa does not have the Brooklyn warehouses, but it does have some moody poets whose house party gives Hannah yet another opportunity to try and construct a bridge between her and her classmates. But Hannah’s accusatory tone and defensive nature leave all roads to friendship blocked.

This week on ‘Girls’

Ray finally comes back to the scene on this week’s episode. Shoshanna decides to take a break from looking at her own dismal future and decides to work her way back onto Ray’s good side by helping him plan his next role in the city.

Another still from tonight’s episode shows Hannah retreating from her latest venture in making new friends and walking into her apartment to find a new guest. Gillian Jacobs (Community) guest stars as Adam’s new… roommate?

Synopsis: “Hannah (Lena Dunham) is confronted by her classmates after leaving a nonapology apology letter in their cubbies. After being rejected at yet another job interview, a frustrated Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) spends a day with Ray (Alex Karpovsky). Creative and romantic tensions between Marnie (Allison Williams) and Desi (Ebon MossBachrach) reach a breaking point.”

Watch Girls season 4, episode 4, “Cubbies,” tonight at 9:00 p.m. ET on HBO.