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Yeah, Richie seems inclined to take zero shit from anyone.On that note, last season on IMDB I think I made comments about my lack of enthusiasm for Raul Castillo's acting, but I think the fact is they were writing him as a somber Gary Cooper type. In this episode, he sparkled-- still in a subdued, gentle way, but ( for instance) the way his eyeroll at his cousin's narking on him about the loan for the suit combined exasperation, affection, resignation, self-mocking, and self- respect all in the space of about five seconds-- killed it. I like San Leandro Ritchie a lot.

That song killed me. Perfect choice.

My uncle left his very gorgeous beauty salon owner wife for a woman who kind of looked like a middle aged female version of John Denver, only add a few pounds, two inch nails, and some jewelry. Why? Because she was awesome. They were giddly happy together until she died. One day someone will figure out what a goldmine is waiting for people willing to tell stories about the Everywoman-- no, not you, Chaka, the REAL everywoman-- and the media world will turn upside down. ( sorry, crosspost-- that was to Tooch.) Just to redirect the tangent-- holy shit, I hadn't really processed the whole missing wall/ name on lease thing, with everything else going on-- I guess the fact that Hannah wasn't flipped out about it except as something she'd wanted to do made me assume they had discussed it with the landlord or something.

I actually see this reasonably often-- in real life. For some reason the folks in TV land are terrified to tell this particular story.

My moniker came from a running joke between my ex husband and myself. After we broke up he slipped and called me "bunny" once on the phone, and I just said, "NO." So, yeah, big ouch moment. Something about Jessa's bitter speech at Hanna piqued my imagination-- does she have a crush on Hanna? Naaaaah... She was riveting, all the way through. her subdues tears in the bathroom scene with Marnie, her deadpan responses to Ray while he was talking about Marnie-- she killed it.

...and I kinda liked the veggie shirt, too.

Everything about this episode is exactly why I watch this show. I'm still crying over Dunham and Driver-- what an amazing performance. I can't imagine a more raw, real, and true- to - character break up scene for Hannah and Adam.

Exactly. I think Tovey nailed the internal conflict this episode, and it did seem like the comfort of denial was not available to Kevin. Word up about episode exhaustion, though. I can't wait for the zoo ep.

it was definitely a sad, sad episode, but I felt like everything that happened was long overdue. Patrick needed to check himself on the Kevin situation, and Kevin needed a big check on how much damage he was capable of doing. Eddie is such a great addition to this show. And I do love how Augustin responds to him.

(sigh) It it weird that I feel sorrier for Kevin than I do for Patrick?

That is a really interesting observation. I wonder how close of an economic match Lanford is to (say) Flint?

Heartfelt thanks to the Talk It Out crowd. You just convinced me I don't need to waste valuable time on this episode. Back to Carol Burnett reruns.

Yeah, I realize how dumb it us to get offended at this show, but the fact that nobody is getting called out on the invasion of privacy issues actually offends me. Dr. Drew wouldn't stand for that shit!

Yebbut they can at least PRETEND to be therapists!

I think we shouldn't get too bogged down with the idea of " realism" -- this series is definitely not realist, but absurdist, with touches of realism. Not Cassavetes, but Woody Allen. It is just as realistic for Hannah to get space to lecture all her classmates as it is for her to have a freaking heart to heart with Patti Lupone.

Why are the fucking therapists allowing one of their group therapy patients to be bullied by two other participants? And why are they standing aside when a therapy participant's personal belongings are raided and damaged?How does that serve the ever- popular "needs of the group"? Seriously, fuck both of them.

Yikes, Marnie's kitten. I can just picture the poor thing wandering down the streets of Brooklyn while Marnie knits her hipster scarf...

I'd like to believe Adam is helping Jessa back to Program, but yeah, my prediction was, Marnie would do that bridge burning stuff she does and throw herself at Adam when he was in a weak moment, chaos would ensue between Adam, Hannah, Marnie, folkie- dude and his girl, Hannah and Adam would call it quits, and when the dust settles, Shosh and Adam hang out as friends and then find themselves making out. Followed by a tortured " I know you are broken up and stuff I just wanted to see if you were ok with this" phone call from Shosh, who is so guilt- wracked that Hannah winds up comforting her. I dunno, their banter during last season's road trip made me think...

Yes! Exactly!

I've found Williams to be pretty on point with most of her scenes. For one thing, she has amazing comedic timing.And I thought the fact that everyone was afraid to criticize that inferior ZZ Packer knockoff Workshop's Pet presented was kind of the point. Whether they were trying to be with-it and praised the story based on its implied social message or the guy had creds that they were afraid to knock is up for debate, but the reading was definitely lackluster. I thought the implication was the group was kind of cliquey and let their personal opinions affect their critique. And for my part, I found the opening paragraph of Hannah's story intriguing.

Maybe he's ALWAYS been imaginary...

Marnie wasn't evasive, she was taunting. She's the one who brought Adam up, then cockteased Hannah by acting like she'd been grilling her. But yeah, something is definitely up. Jessa is probably my favorite Girl, but if Adam is gonna hook up with anybody, I'd rather it be Shosh. They just seem comfortable with each other.

Furreal. This exercise tells me much more about the hosts than the participants.

I was wondering about the job thing, too. Is Elijah a trust fund baby?

I could't stand Peete before this show. Her mincey little voice and the insipid roles they put her in. She is rocking my world in this. "Okay, one Mississippi." ( and the way she shook herself out after offering to flash her boobs, like she was getting ready to do a long jump or something.) And I love how she absolutely refuses to play straightman to Alex when they banter. No matter what he throws at her, she throws it back, harder. Melanie Lynsky as her poison courtesy dominatrix was fantastic-- and I loved how she broke character and whined "will you just do it? " I also loved the sheepish grin our lovebirds exchanged on the couch apres. They will be ok.