Girls returns to its roots in “Ask Me My Name,” reviving the honest emotions and devil-may-care atmosphere of earlier seasons that were sorely missed from a largely gloomy Season 4. Even better, the welcome change in tone is thanks to an unlikely duo: Hannah…
Adam is in unfamiliar territory. The white knight, “at his best when he’s nurturing the poor, the lost, the profoundly damaged,” according to loopy sister Caroline, is now dating a woman who is fiercely independent and dispassionate to the point of repression. Mimi-Rose Howard…
We have just witnessed a turning point for Hannah. In what was Girls‘ strongest episode so far this season — beautifully directed by Richard Shepard, who also helmed the poignant “One Man’s Trash” from Season 2 — our protagonist hits rock bottom. “Sit-in” marks…
After three seasons of ill-advised choices and poor decisions, it often feels like the girls of Girls are stuck in an endless loop of setbacks, with little or no progress being made in their lives. For this reason, it was refreshing to see Shoshanna…
Hannah Horvath is a modern antiheroine. She is selfish, narcissistic and insensitive. She displays self-absorption more often than self-awareness. She is frequently (and often bafflingly) unlikeable. Yet, I found myself rooting for Hannah in episode 3, “Female Author,” and relishing her epic takedown of…
Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas New York anymore. In episode 2 of Girls, Hannah has finally arrived in Iowa, the land of corn, cows and rolling hills. For both our protagonist and viewers at home, “Triggering” opens with a heady…
Girls‘ Season 4 premiere picks up right where Season 3 left off, with Hannah and co. each moving on to the Next Big Thing in their meandering, twenty-something lives. As Adam presciently puts it in episode 1’s opening scene, they’re “taking the next step…
“Not unpleased” is Peter Gregory’s high compliment (via Monica) on Pied Piper’s triumphant win at startup competition TechCrunch Disrupt. It also happens to reflect how I feel about Silicon Valley‘s season 1 finale.…
Move over, Bazinga. We’ve found a new television catchphrase for geeks — and it’s much funnier: “You’re gay for my code.” Destined to be repeated by developers everywhere, it’s a soon-to-be classic line that emerges from a hilarious scene in a hilarious episode. “Proof…
Silicon Valley keeps serving up satire that both insiders and average viewers can appreciate — including the introduction of a cocky, young genius archetype — but the largely inconsistent “Third Party Insourcing” is littered with moments that deserve the three-finger salute.…