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 in a series of random steps." Before that happens, though, the girls of Girls must tie up loose ends — or, at least, haphazardly wrap them together
Hannah, of everyone, is dealing with the biggest change: She's preparing to leave New York City to start classes at the Iowa Writers' Workshop — and in classic Hannah fashion, she wants everyone to acknowledge that fact. With Adam, in particular, Hannah repeatedly seeks reassurance that he'll miss her ("I just feel like the whole separation thing would be easier if we had a clearer-cut plan"). Unable or unwilling to express his emotions, however, Adam remains outwardly aloof. He avoids giving a proper goodbye on the morning of Hannah's move by pretending to be asleep, opting instead to look on from his apartment window, as she drives off. Read more...
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