Season 6 Lena Dunham stars in the sixth and final season of Girls, HBO's hit comedy that follows the assorted humiliations and triumphs of a group of 20-something friends in NYC. Season 6 picks up six months after the end of S5, with Hannah (Dunham), enjoying new success as a writer after her participation in The Moth last season, getting a plum writing assignment that could dramatically change the course of her life. Marnie (Allison Williams), now in a relationship with Ray (Alex Karpovsky), seeks to maintain her independence post-divorce from Desi, but when her actions veer into self-absorption, it may end up making her current relationship unsustainable. Now also a couple, Jessa and Adam (Jemima Kirke and Adam Driver) decide to embark on a creative project to channel their passions, which could become a source of contention. And Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) finds herself professionally on the right path in a new job at a marketing agency, though personally she realizes that her friendships may be holding her back. Episodes: Episode 1: All I Ever Wanted Episode 2: Hostage Situation Episode 3: American Bitch Episode 4: Painful Evacuation Episode 5: Gummies Episode 6: Full Disclosure Episode 7: The Bounce Episode 8: What Will We Do This Time About Adam? Episode 9: Goodbye Tour Episode 10: Latching Extra Content: Audio Commentaries Inside the Episodes Finale Show - Extended Cut Favorite Moments: Shoshanna Supercut Favorite Moments: Jessa Supercut Favorite Moments: Hannah Supercut Favorite Moments: Marnie Supercut
Almost getting it kind of together. Following the urban adventures of a group of 20-something women the series focuses on Hannah Horvath (Dunham) and her complicated web of NYC friends ex-friends boyfriends and ex-boyfriends. This season Hannah forges ahead with her dream of being a bestselling author and even starts to earn a little cash but her enthusiasm is tempered by the responsibility she feels for her now-ex Adam (Adam Driver) convalescing after his S1-finale accident. Let down by work and still lonely after calling things off with Charlie Marnie (Allison Williams) needs her best friend and former roommate more than ever but lingering awkwardness - and some surprising turns - only drive a wedge further between them. Meanwhile Jessa (Jemima Kirke) meets her new inlaws and attempts to live the married life and Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) gives Ray (Alex Karpovsky) another chance at a relationship. The girls may have their ups and downs but the show's raw poignancy and fresh humor remain constant. And Season 2 of Girls is as addictive as ever.
Lena Dunham stars in the sixth and final season of Girls, HBO's hit comedy that follows the assorted humiliations and triumphs of a group of 20-something friends in NYC. Season 6 picks up six months after the end of S5, with Hannah (Dunham), enjoying new success as a writer after her participation in The Moth last season, getting a plum writing assignment that could dramatically change the course of her life. Marnie (Allison Williams), now in a relationship with Ray (Alex Karpovsky), seeks to maintain her independence post-divorce from Desi, but when her actions veer into self-absorption, it may end up making her current relationship unsustainable. Now also a couple, Jessa and Adam (Jemima Kirke and Adam Driver) decide to embark on a creative project to channel their passions, which could become a source of contention. And Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) finds herself professionally on the right path in a new job at a marketing agency, though personally she realizes that her friendships may be holding her back. Episodes: Episode 1: All I Ever Wanted Episode 2: Hostage Situation Episode 3: American Bitch Episode 4: Painful Evacuation Episode 5: Gummies Episode 6: Full Disclosure Episode 7: The Bounce Episode 8: What Will We Do This Time About Adam? Episode 9: Goodbye Tour Episode 10: Latching Extra Content: Audio Commentaries (TBD) Inside the Episodes (40:00) Finale Show - Extended Cut (35:30) Favorite Moments: Shoshanna Supercut (18:33) Favorite Moments: Jessa Supercut (15:33) Favorite Moments: Hannah Supercut (11:59) Favorite Moments: Marnie Supercut (11:46)
Season 1 Created by and starring filmmaker Lena Dunham, Girls takes a comic look at the assorted humiliations and rare triumphs of a group of girls in their early 20s. The girls, having lived in New York for a couple of years are still not sure what they want from boys, from each other, from themselves... and things don't seem to be getting any clearer. Season 2 Following the urban adventures of a group of 20-something women, the series focuses on Hannah Horvath (Dunham) and her complicated web of NYC friends, ex-friends, boyfriends, and ex-boyfriends. This season, Hannah forges ahead with her dream of being a bestselling author and even starts to earn a little cash, but her enthusiasm is tempered by the responsibility she feels for her now-ex Adam (Adam Driver), convalescing after his S1-finale accident. Let down by work and still lonely after calling things off with Charlie, Marnie (Allison Williams) needs her best friend and former roommate more than ever, but lingering awkwardness and some surprising turns only drive a wedge further between them. Meanwhile, Jessa (Jemima Kirke) meets her new inlaws and attempts to live the married life, and Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) gives Ray (Alex Karpovsky) another chance at a relationship. The girls may have their ups and downs, but the show's raw poignancy and fresh humor remain constant. And Season 2 of Girls is as addictive as ever. Season 3 Following the misadventures of a group of 20-something friends in NYC, the series centres on Hannah Horvath (Lena Dunham) and her mess of anxieties, insecurities and uncertainty as she approaches her mid-20s. In Season 3, Hannah is now in a committed relationship with Adam (Adam Driver), and the two are settling into a newfound domesticity in her apartment. Hannah is also working on rehabilitating her writing career and concentrating on delivering her eBook to her eccentric publisher. Meanwhile, Marnie (Allison Williams) is adjusting to life after a sudden and traumatic breakup with Charlie and meticulously working to achieve the life she feels she deserves. Nearing graduation, newly single Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) masterminds a plan to create a healthy (at least on paper) balance between partying and her studies. And, continuing her streak of disrupting the lives of those around her, Jessa (Jemima Kirke) resurfaces and strikes up an ambiguous friendship with a flamboyant father figure. Over this season's 12 episodes, the friendships between the girls are more volatile than ever, proving that female friendship is its own kind of romance. As always, love, life, sex and death can all interrupt the circuitous path to adulthood - and will arrive when you're least prepared. Season 4 Lena Dunham returns for the fourth season of Girls, the Emmy®- and Golden Globe-winning comedy series that follows the misadventures of a group of 20-something friends in and out of NYC. This season finds the girls tentatively edging towards maturity as they take on new personas in new worlds. As the season begins, Hannah (Dunham) leaves New York to attend the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop in the hopes of becoming a more serious writer, while confronting uncertainty in her relationship with Adam (Adam Driver). Meanwhile, back in New York, Marnie (Allison Williams) pursues a music career while balancing her professional and romantic relationship with Desi (Ebon Moss-Bachrach); Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) graduates and begins interviewing for jobs, while sorting out her relationship with Ray (Alex Karpovsky); and Jessa (Jemima Kirke) is trying out sobriety through AA, though her ability to stir up drama remains undiminished. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, this season's 10 episodes offer up some unexpected twists, as the girls of Girls continue to hunt for success creatively, professionally and romantically in New York City and beyond. Guests this season include Richard E. Grant (Doctor Who) as Jessa's rehab friend Jasper; Rita Wilson (The Good Wife) as Marnie's mom Evie; John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) as Hannah's editor/publisher David; Gaby Hoffmann (You Can Count on Me) as Adam's sister Caroline; and others. Season 5 Lena Dunham returns for the highly anticipated fifth season of Girls, the award-winning hit comedy series that follows the assorted humiliations and triumphs of a group of girls in their mid-20s each facing new challenges in life and love this season. As Season 5 begins, Hannah is, for the moment, putting her writing ambitions aside, continuing to work as a teacher alongside new boyfriend (and refreshingly nice guy) Fran a relationship which her friends urge her not to screw up. Meanwhile, Marnie micro-manages her upstate wedding to her musical partner Desi, but upon returning from the honeymoon, begins to realize she needs more space, literally and figuratively. Jessa, working towards becoming a therapist, tries to stay on the straight and narrow, while managing a budding relationship. And Shoshanna, who makes a brief return to the U.S. for Marnie's wedding, is thriving at her new job in Japan, where she flirts with her boss despite her long-distance relationship with Scott back home. Honest and uproarious, with unexpected surprise turns, Girls' fifth season promises to maintain the series' place as one of the most talked-about shows on television. Season 6 Lena Dunham stars in the sixth and final season of Girls, HBO's hit comedy that follows the assorted humiliations and triumphs of a group of 20-something friends in NYC. Season 6 picks up six months after the end of S5, with Hannah (Dunham), enjoying new success as a writer after her participation in The Moth last season, getting a plum writing assignment that could dramatically change the course of her life. Marnie (Allison Williams), now in a relationship with Ray (Alex Karpovsky), seeks to maintain her independence post-divorce from Desi, but when her actions veer into self-absorption, it may end up making her current relationship unsustainable. Now also a couple, Jessa and Adam (Jemima Kirke and Adam Driver) decide to embark on a creative project to channel their passions, which could become a source of contention. And Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) finds herself professionally on the right path in a new job at a marketing agency, though personally she realizes that her friendships may be holding her back. Episodes: Season 1: 1. Pilot (30.25) 2. Vagina Panic (26.10) 3. All Adventurous Women Do (28.25) 4. Hannah's Diary (27.53) 5. Hard Being Easy (27.26) 6. The Return (27.14) 7. Welcome to Bushwich A.K.A. The Crackcident (26.52) 8. Weirdos Need Girlfriends Too (28.07) 9. Leave Me Alone (25.31) 10. She Did (28.44) Season 2: 1. It's About Time (28.18) 2. I Get Ideas (26.56) 3. Bad Friend (27.55) 4. It's A Shame About Ray (27.38) 5.One Man's Trash (27.16) 6. Boys (28.42) 7.Video Games (27.08) 8. It's Back (28.44) 9.On All Fours (27.45) 10. Together (27.55) Season 3: 1. Females Only 2. Truth or Dare 3. She Said OK 4. Dead Inside 5. Only Child 6. Free Snacks 7. Beach House 8. Incidentals 9. Flo 10. Role-Play Season 4: Ep. 1 Lowa Ep.2 Triggering Ep.3 Female Author Ep.4 Cubbies Ep.5 Sit-In Ep.6 Close Up Ep.7 Ask Me My Name Ep.8 Tad & Loreen & Avi & Shanaz Ep.9 Daddy Issues Ep.10 Home Birth Season 5: 1. Wedding Day 2. Good Man 3. Japan 4. Old Loves 5. Queen for Two Days 6. The Panic in Central Park 7. Hello Kitty 8. Homeward Bound 9. Love Stories 10. I Love You Baby Season 6: Episode 1: All I Ever Wanted Episode 2: Hostage Situation Episode 3: American Bitch Episode 4: Painful Evacuation Episode 5: Gummies Episode 6: Full Disclosure Episode 7: The Bounce Episode 8: What Will We Do This Time About Adam? Episode 9: Goodbye Tour Episode 10: Latching Extra Content: Season 1: A.Audio Commentary (E1) with Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner B.Audio Commentary (E6) with Lena Dunham and Judd Apatow C.Audio Commentary (E7) with Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner D.Audio Commentary (E9) with Lena Dunham and Richard Shepard E.Audio Commentary (E10) with Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, and Zosia Mamet F.Inside the Episodes (10 total, Disc1 = 13.51, Disc2 =14.57 ) Season 2: A.Audio Commentary (E201) with Allison Williams and Andrew Rannells B.Audio Commentary (E203) withDirector Jesse Peretz C.Audio Commentary (E204) with Zosia Mamet, Alex Karpovsky and Director Jesse Peretz D.Audio Commentary (E205) with Richard Shepard E.Audio Commentary (E207) with Richard Shepard F.Audio Commentary (E209) with Lena Dunham, Jenni Konner G.Audio Commentary (E210) with Lena Dunham and Judd Apatow H.Inside the Episodes (D1=15.56,D2=15.55 ) I.Episode 5 Table Read (22.12) J.Guys on Girls (17.37) K.Season 1 Recap (2.02) Season 3: A. Season 2 Recap (1:00) B. Inside the Episodes (Disc 1:18:00Disc 2:19:00 approx - total 35:27) C. Audio Commentary (E302) D. Audio Commentary (E307) E. Audio Commentary (E309) F. Audio Commentary (E310) G. Audio Commentary (E311) H. Audio Commentary (E312) Season 4: B. Season 3 Recap (1:00 approx) C. Inside the Episodes (Disc 1:14:00 approxDisc 2:18:00 approx) D. Audio Commentary (E401) E. Audio Commentary (E402) F. Audio Commentary (E403) G. Audio Commentary (E405) H. Audio Commentary (E406) I. Audio Commentary (E408) J. Audio Commentary (E409) Season 5: Inside the Episodes (34:30) Deleted &Extended Scenes (18:00) Season 6: Audio Commentaries; Inside the Episodes; Finale Show - Extended Cut; Favorite Moments: Shoshanna Supercut; Favorite Moments: Jessa Supercut Favorite Moments: Hannah Supercut; Favorite Moments: Marnie Supercut;
Lena Dunham returns for the highly anticipated fifth season of Girls, the award-winning hit comedy series that follows the assorted humiliations and triumphs of a group of girls in their mid-20s each facing new challenges in life and love this season. As Season 5 begins, Hannah is, for the moment, putting her writing ambitions aside, continuing to work as a teacher alongside new boyfriend (and refreshingly nice guy) Fran a relationship which her friends urge her not to screw up. Meanwhile, Marnie micro-manages her upstate wedding to her musical partner Desi, but upon returning from the honeymoon, begins to realize she needs more space, literally and figuratively. Jessa, working towards becoming a therapist, tries to stay on the straight and narrow, while managing a budding relationship. And Shoshanna, who makes a brief return to the U.S. for Marnie's wedding, is thriving at her new job in Japan, where she flirts with her boss despite her long-distance relationship with Scott back home. Honest and uproarious, with unexpected surprise turns, Girls' fifth season promises to maintain the series' place as one of the most talked-about shows on television.
Almost getting it kind of together. Following the urban adventures of a group of 20-something women the series focuses on Hannah Horvath (Dunham) and her complicated web of NYC friends ex-friends boyfriends and ex-boyfriends. This season Hannah forges ahead with her dream of being a bestselling author and even starts to earn a little cash but her enthusiasm is tempered by the responsibility she feels for her now-ex Adam (Adam Driver) convalescing after his S1-finale accident. Let down by work and still lonely after calling things off with Charlie Marnie (Allison Williams) needs her best friend and former roommate more than ever but lingering awkwardness - and some surprising turns - only drive a wedge further between them. Meanwhile Jessa (Jemima Kirke) meets her new inlaws and attempts to live the married life and Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) gives Ray (Alex Karpovsky) another chance at a relationship. The girls may have their ups and downs but the show's raw poignancy and fresh humor remain constant. And Season 2 of Girls is as addictive as ever.
A devoted focus on an enigmatic, dynamic, yet seriously damaged female lead is the absorbing narrative focus of Enlightened. Laura Dern plays Amy Jellicoe, a high-powered executive at a soulless high-tech consumer products corporation who has a high-end freak-out at work after the dissolution of a disastrous affair with her married boss. The title and premise reveal themselves in nifty short order after this jarring prologue as Amy retreats to a specialized rehab facility in Hawaii, where she finds peace, tranquility, and a spiritual center that she brings back to her corporate world and the many stressors that are the result of Amy being Amy. The premiere episode packs a lot into 30 minutes, as does each subsequent installment by doling out backstory details about Amy's life pre- and post-meltdown. One of the triumphs of the absorbing mix of comedy and seriousness in Enlightened is the fact that its satirical core remains separate from its genuinely affecting character details and too-close-for-comfort observations about modern life. Though she appears to have made an honest change in her spiritual world, Amy is still deeply screwed up. The interactions that unfold with her family and coworkers continually try her newfound sense of well-being, illustrating that everyone's grasp of reality is always tenuous and subjective regardless of any sense of personal enlightenment. Amy's snippets of narration play like a self-help regimen aimed directly at the viewers; her affirmations are not just for her own benefit, they're also meant to bring us into the fold on her ongoing quest for illumination. "You can change," she says to herself, "and you can be an agent of change." Are you listening? Enlightened was developed (along with Dern) and written by Mike White, who also plays one of Amy's coworkers, Tyler, a marginally creepy, socially challenged misfit she gets stuck with in the bowels of a corporate IT hellhole. White has created a number of intriguing pieces of work as a writer, director, and actor (The Good Girl, Chuck and Buck, School of Rock, and episodes of Freaks and Geeks among them). His off-kilter sensibility is at its peak in Enlightened, which is restricted and enhanced by the concision of its format and the pithy fine points of plot that are simultaneously amusing, disturbing, and spot-on in their observational tone. The cast also includes Diane Ladd as Helen, Amy's mother (Dern's too), who's bewildered and more than a little exasperated when Amy moves in with her ready to heal something that Helen wants to stay broken. Luke Wilson plays Amy's ex-husband Levi, a man-child in love with drugs who Amy also wants to help by providing healing that he doesn't really want. All of these people and the many other characters in Amy's life that the show deftly introduces and weaves into its dramatic structure mostly keep their own counsel---just like people in the real world do. But when they talk it's important to listen closely. The 10 brisk episodes continue to reveal more about them all as the web of Amy's connections and the roots of her psychic vision quest unravels. Enlightened is the kind of show that requires active viewing and demands that attention be paid in order to get up to speed with its conceptual centre. But once hooked, nirvana in the form of a half-hour TV show is not far behind. --Ted Fry
Lena Dunham returns for the third highly anticipated season of her Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning comedy series Girls. Following the misadventures of a group of 20-something friends in NYC the series centres on Hannah Horvath (Dunham) and her mess of anxieties insecurities and uncertainty as she approaches her mid-20s. Episodes Comprise: Females Only Truth or Dare She Said OK Dead Inside Only Child Free Snacks Beach House Incidentals Flo Role-Play
Season 1 Living the Dream. One mistake at a time. Created by and starring filmmaker Lena Dunham Girls takes a comic look at the assorted humiliations and rare triumphs of a group of girls in their early 20s. The girls having lived in New York for a couple of years are still not sure what they want – from boys from each other from themselves... and things don’t seem to be getting any clearer. Season 2 Almost getting it kind of together. Following the urban adventures of a group of 20-something women the series focuses on Hannah Horvath (Dunham) and her complicated web of NYC friends ex-friends boyfriends and ex-boyfriends. This season Hannah forges ahead with her dream of being a bestselling author and even starts to earn a little cash but her enthusiasm is tempered by the responsibility she feels for her now-ex Adam (Adam Driver) convalescing after his S1-finale accident. Let down by work and still lonely after calling things off with Charlie Marnie (Allison Williams) needs her best friend and former roommate more than ever but lingering awkwardness – and some surprising turns – only drive a wedge further between them. Meanwhile Jessa (Jemima Kirke) meets her new inlaws and attempts to live the married life and Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) gives Ray (Alex Karpovsky) another chance at a relationship. The girls may have their ups and downs but the show’s raw poignancy and fresh humor remain constant. And Season 2 of Girls is as addictive as ever. Season 3 Happily whatever after. Following the misadventures of a group of 20-something friends in NYC the series centres on Hannah Horvath (Lena Dunham) and her mess of anxieties insecurities and uncertainty as she approaches her mid-20s. In Season 3 Hannah is now in a committed relationship with Adam (Adam Driver) and the two are settling into a newfound domesticity in her apartment. Hannah is also working on rehabilitating her writing career and concentrating on delivering her eBook to her eccentric publisher. Meanwhile Marnie (Allison Williams) is adjusting to life after a sudden and traumatic breakup with Charlie and meticulously working to achieve the life she feels she deserves. Nearing graduation newly single Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) masterminds a plan to create a healthy (at least on paper) balance between partying and her studies. And continuing her streak of disrupting the lives of those around her Jessa (Jemima Kirke) resurfaces and strikes up an ambiguous friendship with a flamboyant father figure. Over this season's 12 episodes the friendships between the girls are more volatile than ever proving that female friendship is its own kind of romance. As always love life sex and death can all interrupt the circuitous path to adulthood - and will arrive when you're least prepared. Episode List: Season 1 Pilot (30.25) Vagina Panic (26.10) All Adventurous Women Do (28.25) Hannah's Diary (27.53) Hard Being Easy (27.26) The Return (27.14) Welcome to Bushwich A.K.A. The Crackcident (26.52) Weirdos Need Girlfriends Too (28.07) Leave Me Alone (25.31) She Did (28.44) Season 2 It's About Time (28.18) I Get Ideas (26.56) Bad Friend (27.55) It's A Shame About Ray (27.38) One Man's Trash (27.16) Boys (28.42) Video Games (27.08) It's Back (28.44) .On All Fours (27.45) Together (27.55) Season 3 Females Only Truth or Dare She Said OK Dead Inside Only Child Free Snacks Beach House Incidentals Flo Role-Play I Saw You Two plane Rides Bonus Features: Season 1 Audio Commentary (E1) with Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner Audio Commentary (E6) with Lena Dunham and Judd Apatow Audio Commentary (E7) with Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner Audio Commentary (E9) with Lena Dunham and Richard Shepard Audio Commentary (E10) with Lena Dunham Allison Williams Jemima Kirke and Zosia Mamet Inside the Episodes (10 total Disc1 = 13.51 Disc2 =14.57 ) Season 2 Audio Commentary (E201) with Allison Williams and Andrew Rannells Audio Commentary (E203) with Director Jesse Peretz Audio Commentary (E204) with Zosia Mamet Alex Karpovsky and Director Jesse Peretz Audio Commentary (E205) with Richard Shepard Audio Commentary (E207) with Richard Shepard Audio Commentary (E209) with Lena Dunham Jenni Konner Audio Commentary (E210) with Lena Dunham and Judd Apatow Inside the Episodes (D1=15.56 D2=15.55 ) Episode 5 Table Read (22.12) Guys on Girls (17.37) Season 1 Recap (2.02) Season 3 Season 2 Recap (1:00) Inside the Episodes (Disc 1: 18:00; Disc 2: 19:00 approx - total 35:27) Audio Commentary (E302) Audio Commentary (E307) Audio Commentary (E309) Audio Commentary (E310) Audio Commentary (E311) Audio Commentary (E312)
Lena Dunham returns for the fourth season of Girls, the Emmy®- and Golden Globe-winning comedy series that follows the misadventures of a group of 20-something friends in and out of NYC. This season finds the girls tentatively edging towards maturity as they take on new personas in new worlds. As the season begins, Hannah (Dunham) leaves New York to attend the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop in the hopes of becoming a more serious writer, while confronting uncertainty in her relationship with Adam (Adam Driver). Meanwhile, back in New York, Marnie (Allison Williams) pursues a music career while balancing her professional and romantic relationship with Desi (Ebon Moss-Bachrach); Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) graduates and begins interviewing for jobs, while sorting out her relationship with Ray (Alex Karpovsky); and Jessa (Jemima Kirke) is trying out sobriety through AA, though her ability to stir up drama remains undiminished. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, this season's 10 episodes offer up some unexpected twists, as the girls of Girls continue to hunt for success creatively, professionally and romantically in New York City and beyond. Guests this season include Richard E. Grant (Doctor Who) as Jessa's rehab friend Jasper; Rita Wilson (The Good Wife) as Marnie's mom Evie; John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) as Hannah's editor/publisher David; Gaby Hoffmann (You Can Count on Me) as Adam's sister Caroline; and others.
Lena Dunham returns for the highly anticipated fifth season of Girls, the award-winning hit comedy series that follows the assorted humiliations and triumphs of a group of girls in their mid-20s each facing new challenges in life and love this season. As Season 5 begins, Hannah is, for the moment, putting her writing ambitions aside, continuing to work as a teacher alongside new boyfriend (and refreshingly nice guy) Fran a relationship which her friends urge her not to screw up. Meanwhile, Marnie micro-manages her upstate wedding to her musical partner Desi, but upon returning from the honeymoon, begins to realize she needs more space, literally and figuratively. Jessa, working towards becoming a therapist, tries to stay on the straight and narrow, while managing a budding relationship. And Shoshanna, who makes a brief return to the U.S. for Marnie's wedding, is thriving at her new job in Japan, where she flirts with her boss despite her long-distance relationship with Scott back home. Honest and uproarious, with unexpected surprise turns, Girls' fifth season promises to maintain the series' place as one of the most talked-about shows on television.
Following the urban adventures of a group of 20-something women, the series focuses on Hannah Horvath (Dunham) and her complicated web of NYC friends, ex-friends, boyfriends, and ex-boyfriends. This season, Hannah forges ahead with her dream of being a bestselling author and even starts to earn a little cash, but her enthusiasm is tempered by the responsibility she feels for her now-ex Adam (Adam Driver), convalescing after his S1-finale accident. Let down by work and still lonely after calli...
A devoted focus on an enigmatic, dynamic, yet seriously damaged female lead is the absorbing narrative focus of Enlightened. Laura Dern plays Amy Jellicoe, a high-powered executive at a soulless high-tech consumer products corporation who has a high-end freak-out at work after the dissolution of a disastrous affair with her married boss. The title and premise reveal themselves in nifty short order after this jarring prologue as Amy retreats to a specialized rehab facility in Hawaii, where she finds peace, tranquility, and a spiritual center that she brings back to her corporate world and the many stressors that are the result of Amy being Amy. The premiere episode packs a lot into 30 minutes, as does each subsequent installment by doling out backstory details about Amy's life pre- and post-meltdown. One of the triumphs of the absorbing mix of comedy and seriousness in Enlightened is the fact that its satirical core remains separate from its genuinely affecting character details and too-close-for-comfort observations about modern life. Though she appears to have made an honest change in her spiritual world, Amy is still deeply screwed up. The interactions that unfold with her family and coworkers continually try her newfound sense of well-being, illustrating that everyone's grasp of reality is always tenuous and subjective regardless of any sense of personal enlightenment. Amy's snippets of narration play like a self-help regimen aimed directly at the viewers; her affirmations are not just for her own benefit, they're also meant to bring us into the fold on her ongoing quest for illumination. "You can change," she says to herself, "and you can be an agent of change." Are you listening? Enlightened was developed (along with Dern) and written by Mike White, who also plays one of Amy's coworkers, Tyler, a marginally creepy, socially challenged misfit she gets stuck with in the bowels of a corporate IT hellhole. White has created a number of intriguing pieces of work as a writer, director, and actor (The Good Girl, Chuck and Buck, School of Rock, and episodes of Freaks and Geeks among them). His off-kilter sensibility is at its peak in Enlightened, which is restricted and enhanced by the concision of its format and the pithy fine points of plot that are simultaneously amusing, disturbing, and spot-on in their observational tone. The cast also includes Diane Ladd as Helen, Amy's mother (Dern's too), who's bewildered and more than a little exasperated when Amy moves in with her ready to heal something that Helen wants to stay broken. Luke Wilson plays Amy's ex-husband Levi, a man-child in love with drugs who Amy also wants to help by providing healing that he doesn't really want. All of these people and the many other characters in Amy's life that the show deftly introduces and weaves into its dramatic structure mostly keep their own counsel---just like people in the real world do. But when they talk it's important to listen closely. The 10 brisk episodes continue to reveal more about them all as the web of Amy's connections and the roots of her psychic vision quest unravels. Enlightened is the kind of show that requires active viewing and demands that attention be paid in order to get up to speed with its conceptual centre. But once hooked, nirvana in the form of a half-hour TV show is not far behind. --Ted Fry
22-year old Aura (Lena Dunham) returns home from university to her artist mother's Tribeca loft with: a useless film theory degree, 357 hits on her YouTube page, a boyfriend who's left her to find himself, a dying hamster and her tail between her legs. Luckily, her train wreck childhood best friend never left home, the restaurant down the block is hiring and ill-advised romantic options options lurk around every corner. Aura quickly careens into her old/new life. Surrounded on all sides by what she could become, Aura just wants someone to tell her who she is.Lena Dunham wrote, directed and stars in this knockout existential comedy, presenting a wildly imaginative take on romantic humiliation and post-university confusion. Tiny Furniture was shot in Dunham's family home, starring Dunham's mother (photographer Laurie Simmons) and her precocious sister Grace as Nadine.
Created by and starring filmmaker Lena Dunham, Girls takes a comic look at the assorted humiliations and rare triumphs of a group of girls in their early 20s. The girls, having lived in New York for a couple of years are still not sure what they want from boys, from each other, from themselves... and things don't seem to be getting any clearer.
Lena Dunham returns for the fourth season of Girls, the Emmy®- and Golden Globe-winning comedy series that follows the misadventures of a group of 20-something friends in and out of NYC. This season finds the girls tentatively edging towards maturity as they take on new personas in new worlds. As the season begins, Hannah (Dunham) leaves New York to attend the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop in the hopes of becoming a more serious writer, while confronting uncertainty in her relationship with Adam (Adam Driver). Meanwhile, back in New York, Marnie (Allison Williams) pursues a music career while balancing her professional and romantic relationship with Desi (Ebon Moss-Bachrach); Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) graduates and begins interviewing for jobs, while sorting out her relationship with Ray (Alex Karpovsky); and Jessa (Jemima Kirke) is trying out sobriety through AA, though her ability to stir up drama remains undiminished. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, this season's 10 episodes offer up some unexpected twists, as the girls of Girls continue to hunt for success creatively, professionally and romantically in New York City and beyond. Guests this season include Richard E. Grant (Doctor Who) as Jessa's rehab friend Jasper; Rita Wilson (The Good Wife) as Marnie's mom Evie; John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) as Hannah's editor/publisher David; Gaby Hoffmann (You Can Count on Me) as Adam's sister Caroline; and others.
Lena Dunham returns for the third highly anticipated season of her Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning comedy series Girls. Following the misadventures of a group of 20-something friends in NYC the series centres on Hannah Horvath (Dunham) and her mess of anxieties insecurities and uncertainty as she approaches her mid-20s. Episodes Comprise: Females Only Truth or Dare She Said OK Dead Inside Only Child Free Snacks Beach House Incidentals Flo Role-Play
From acclaimed graphic novelist Dash Shaw (New School) comes an audacious debut that is equal parts disaster cinema, high school comedy and blockbuster satire, told through a dream-like mixed media animation style that incorporates drawings, paintings and collage. Dash (Jason Schwartzman) and his best friend Assaf (Reggie Watts) are preparing for another year at Tides High School muckraking on behalf of their widely-distributed but little-read school newspaper, edited by their friend Verti (Maya Rudolph). But just when a blossoming relationship between Assaf and Verti threatens to destroy the boys' friendship, Dash learns of the administration's cover-up that puts all the students in danger. As disaster erupts and the friends race to escape through the roof of the school, they are joined by a popular know-it-all (Lena Dunham) and a lunch lady (Susan Sarandon) who is much more than meets the eye.
From acclaimed graphic novelist Dash Shaw (New School) comes an audacious debut that is equal parts disaster cinema, high school comedy and blockbuster satire, told through a dream-like mixed media animation style that incorporates drawings, paintings and collage. Dash (Jason Schwartzman) and his best friend Assaf (Reggie Watts) are preparing for another year at Tides High School muckraking on behalf of their widely-distributed but little-read school newspaper, edited by their friend Verti (Maya Rudolph). But just when a blossoming relationship between Assaf and Verti threatens to destroy the boys' friendship, Dash learns of the administration's cover-up that puts all the students in danger. As disaster erupts and the friends race to escape through the roof of the school, they are joined by a popular know-it-all (Lena Dunham) and a lunch lady (Susan Sarandon) who is much more than meets the eye.
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