Girls: The Complete Second Season

i liked it more than i thought i would
i am STILL warming up to this series but i must confess i like it better than expected. first off, i am 64 so it is a stretch for me to tune in to this generation of twenty somethings. if you had asked me when i was this age if i thought young, educated women in new york city would be like this in 2013, i would have said no. thus, it has been a real eye opener to see how much of their time and effort goes into abyssmal love affairs. one friend was actually married and we got to see the marriage implode over one dinner with his parents.

the aspect of this show receiving the most online coverage is Hannah's continually exhibiting her nude body over the season, when her body is far from being the american ideal. in fact, anorexia remains a real danger for young women in this age group so all the more wonder at this daring and bold aspect. i applaud the show for pursuing this angle.

another compelling aspect is that we see hannah have a complete remission into her...

Fantasy show about Real Life Girls
I started watching Girls this season and quickly watched both seasons in a matter of weeks. My problems about the first season were all but eradicated in the second season although maybe not for the best. The first season I found uncomfortable to watch. As a 20 something facing similar problems and situations (albeit not in New York) I found the show very real and almost too approachable. The characters are self indulgent to the point of irritability and never reach the self actualization they could have if they stopped to think about any other person but themselves. That isn't a critique as much as it is a failing of all 20 somethings who think their lives are SO hard despite daddy footing the bill for everything.

Th second season was a little bit more scripted in th sense that the characters didn't get into real world situations so much as they got into hyberbolic versions of real world situations. One character's desire to experience life so that she can write about it...

Sophomore slump.....
I really enjoyed the first season where the quirky characters delivered some great, cringe-worthy lines, and some parts were laugh-out loud funny. What happened in S2?

Like life imitating art, the writing just doesn't come together. Every one of the main characters becomes annoying and whiney, and you have no sympathy or support for any of them, with the exception of Charlie, played by Christopher Abbot. The fact that this actor has left the show abruptly at pre-production of S3 as he was unhappy with the direction the show was taking, speaks VOLUMES on how trite this season is compared to season 1.

Each episode seems like improvisation and there is only a loose thread of a storyline throughout, making each episode almost standalone, with cameos from people who are complete caricatures delivery nothing but cheesy lines.

I really hope S3 resembles S1 more, as I would drop this show if S2 is the new vein. It is borderline depressing and really has no...

Click to Editorial Reviews