Gabbing About HBO 'Girls': Week 7

Last night was huge in the entertainment industry. If you were able to endure Seth Macfarlane’s unfunny, sexist jokes during the Academy Awards, then you were able to make it to see Jennifer Lawrence’s deserved Best Actress win. However, I didn’t forget to catch up on my favorite TV show after the show. This week’s episode of Girls was another half hour that could have stood on it’s own as a short film. “Who’s ever in the right state of mind to see their parents?” is a question Hannah poses to Jessa half way through a spontaneous trip to visit Jessa’s father. The question seemed to be the central theme of the episode. Lena Dunham seemed interested in exploring the idea that children are a culmination of their parent’s triumphs and failures, and she succeeds.

-The episode opens with Jessa and Hannah waiting at a train station for Jessa’s father to pick them up. Hannah claims she needs to pee and runs across the tracks to pee in some bushes. Unfortunately for her, a cute elderly couple shows up as she’s relieving herself. What a strange opening…

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-Molestation jokes are not funny…like ever.

-One of the only really plausible things that occur this episode is the discussion of butt texts. Butt texts occur in my life more often than I would like.

-Camry drivers are the worst. Sorry, mom.

-Jessa’s father (who looks a lot like Gary Oldman) keeps a bunch of old computers in his back seat and never cleans his house.

- Hannah is the “cushion” in this awkward situation. She, obviously, takes up the position with pride. It seems like any opportunity to make herself included and involved, she’ll gladly take.

-The title of this episode “Video Games”, was unfortunately not a Lana Del Rey reference. Jessa’s father’s girlfriend reveals to Hannah that she believes that life is just “one big simulation.” When Hannah prompts her for evidence, she says that scientists lie and hands Hannah a bunny rabbit? #notclear.

- Hannah’s line “I can never tell if guys are attractive in a loserly-way, or just losers,” hits so close to home.

-Jessa’s character in this episode was developed so beautifully. She reaches out to her father for comfort about the dissolution of her marriage, lamenting that “it’s like he forgot we had taken vows,” and gets in response “Maybe you wanted this, we’re not like other people.” The viewer is clearly able to see how deeply unsettled Jessa is about her relationship with her father. She desperately wants his attention and receives none.

-Jessa’s father and his family eat rabbit for every meal…which may explain why they’re so strange. From my limited understanding, rabbits have little to no nutritional value.

-Tyler, a beautiful lacrosse player shows up to dinner and invites Jessa and Hannah out. At first, Jessa declines but eventually goes with them when her father reveals that he already has plans. Clearly put out, Jessa decides stealing booze and whip its is the proper solution.

-High on whip-its, Jessa covers Tyler’s eyes as he is driving. Drugs….not even once. Hannah responds by having them pull over and storming off into a cemetery.

-I have been waiting too long for a Hocus Pocus/Thora Birch reference to find its way into television. TOO DAMN LONG.

-Hannah and Frank (the son of the father’s girlfriend) end up having three second sex in said cemetery. It was awkward and Hannah just ends up rubbing his back for most of it?

-I think it goes to show how self-involved Hannah can be when she was convinced that Jessa was taking her on a sexcapade. Clearly, she doesn’t know Jessa as well as she thinks she does and it shows how influenced Hannah is to have sex just to try and “keep up” with Jessa.

-The scene between Jessa and her father was so beautiful and Jemima has been doing some seriously great acting this season. I think it’s so common that parents rely on their children and Jessa calling her father out on that felt so raw and true.

-I can’t believe that in the end of the episode that Jessa just up and left without letting Hannah know where is going. If I were Hannah, I’d be pissed. I don’t go into nature for many people, and I would be especially pissed if they left me in a stranger’s house by myself.

-What I learned from Hannah’s storyline this episode was that you should never have sex with a virgin who has a middle part.