Girls, BYE

So, if you haven't watched the series finale of Girls, you should. You should also probably pause and not read on, because there are spoilers to come.

A lot of people are having trouble "latching" onto the end of it all.

LOL cmon that was KINDA funny!

Let this be a classic! Oh, what are we gonna do without this unfiltered Hannah Banana?

Sooo... before I even watched the finale, I saw this quote. It really made me think about why I love Shosh so much beyond the motor mouth quality...

“We’ve all often referred to her as the moral compass of this show, and I think this season everybody is really trying to falter-step less than they have in previous years. We don’t tie everything up in a bow, but I think you find some satisfaction with all of these girls at least starting on to the proper path they haven’t been on previously.  I think  she is sort of the farthest along on that path, and that is – to me – quite victorious for her. She’s taken some of the bolder steps, but also fallen the hardest in some ways, so I’m excited for everyone to see the growth that she has this season.” – Zosia Mamet, “Shoshanna”

Anyways, lets start with what happened... We all need that moment to summarize the end of the voice of our generation... or a voice of a generation. Isn't that what this show was?

Okay, lets break it down... (especially for those who aren't caught up)

Hannah and Adam try it out again as in they try to get back together... cause Adam stalks Hannah and tries to say he'll raise her baby with her.

Then reality sets in... aka they remember that their history isn't all unicorn fraps.

So what happens? The only other logical thing, apparently. Is it logical, I don't know, but it is ironic. Remember this scene *ahem season 1 ahem with Hannah*

So yeah

Jessa and Adam end up together or SOMETHING...

Elijah gets cast in a musical, and we're all getting feels of what Glee SHOULD have and could have been.

Shosh is engaged to a hottie Asian (me too, girl... I always knew you knew what was up).

Marnie grows up after she finds out her diamond earrings were fake and everything she ever knew was a lie... and ends up masturbating on video cam (don't feel ashamed cause hey you go, girl)... and well Hannah has a baby.

I bet she wishes she had masturbated instead at least at ONE point.

That's right... Remember this surfer DJ dude with a girlfriend? He puts the seed in Hannah Banana.

Hannah legit has a baby and ends up giving up her pants to a spoiled little brat that shows Hannah the light.

Basically, the finale was perfect. It didn't tie up every storyline in a bow how we're all used to a lot of shows doing, but it was what a show like Girls deserved. It needed that unapologetically unfiltered ending that made no sense to so many people, because it wasn't meant to make the viewers happy... it was meant to do the story justice... to give it the most authentic ending it could.

The story started with Marnie and Hannah and was meant to end the same... it was Marnie and Hannah trying to figure it out all over again.

Overall, it felt real. We all had that Shosh moment at some point where we realize that the friends we have had are no longer our friends. The memories aren't changed, but the future just simply doesn't include the people we thought it would.

We all grow. We all change... and we're all just trying to do our best.

Now, we've all identified as one of the girls, but what this finale and season as a whole taught me was that we're all a little like them all. I've never felt myself closer to a group of characters like these girls. I have that naive nature of Marnie and that yearning to make a mark that Hannah has... I have that fighter spirit that's embedded in Jessa's bones and that motor mouth that's a staple of Shosh... All in all I was happy with the way it all played out.

As I was saying the finale was suitable for this show. It really cut us off on that last episode and felt real for that. The second episode to the last was the last time we saw all four girls together with their individual styles clashing just as much as they ever had, but they were screaming their clear unsuitableness for each other...

In real life, when we split ways with people, whether it's on good terms or not... that's it. We're suddenly at a crossroads between the now and future. We no longer see how everyone else's lives progress. We're faced with that challenge that is our lives, and we struggle (as Hannah is no stranger to). Then, we woman up and grow. We keep fighting... we're faced with that half naked girl crying about nothing and realize how we've all been that girl and get that moment to almost talk to that old us (in a new person) in hopes that we can help them.

It's crazy to think that the show that at one point was seen as a feminist awakening has ended. I've gone back and forth between feeling it was an unflinching and even ugly view into the relationships of young women and an intelligent and funny look of girls in their twenties. Sometimes it felt unreal and disconnected, but I guess life feels that way at times, too. Either way, it can't be denied that this show is a voice of a generation that will never be silenced...

Shoshanna will forever be my favorite, though, and I can't possibly end this post without some Shosh moments.

GIRLS: Is It Really Worth The Watch?

It's August, but I'm still lurking on my HBO app at all times of the day... hoping it'll make Game Of Thrones come back sooner.

Alas, I've just been left to wonder... is he? No no no. I need to know... I should probably read the books, but don't they leave off where this last season did? Time machines! Someone build one quick! I need a new season of Game of Thrones NOW!

Anyways, I found myself watching Girls. I've finally strapped myself down and gotten through it all; leaving me all caught up.

Now, let me tell you something... the hardest part with HBO's Girls was getting through the first few episodes.

My brother-in-law had recommended the show to me a few years back. I didn't give it much thought, because I felt it was the "new Sex And The City." I never really got into that show. I mean E! always has reruns, so I've watched a few episodes, and the one movie where Big gets cold feet and yada yada. I could see the appeal, but it feels like something of another time... Maybe I just related to Hocus Pocus more than Carrie. Then again I enjoyed the prequel on the CW.... so who knows. The point is I remembered my BIL saying I reminded him of one of the characters, when he mentioned Girls (AGAIN). I swear he wanted me to watch it, and he spiked my interest that way. I secretly hoped he was thinking of Marnie (Allison Williams). I had just seen some good material involving her on tumblr, and it's human nature. I mean I wasn't going to want someone to say the "druggie" reminded them of me.

Enough of that, I basically didn't know anything about this show other than the occasional gif on tumblr and the fact that people called it this revolutionary show like the likes of "Sex And The City," which evoked eye rolls from me. The first two times I tried getting into Girls... I dropped it. Summer of 2015 seemed to be the time, though, because I got through it. Let me tell you something, you NEED to get through it. It helps if you have endless amounts of food, as with any tv show binge/marathon.

I do feel like it's a show that deals with things that may seem insignificant to many, but they need to be addressed. It isn't anything that would be revolutionary, but it's raw in all the right ways. The girls don't have to be just one shade or follow this prestige idea of what a lady is; you see these girls go through that journey of life, and it's a good watch.

Here are some of my favorite gifs/screenshots summarizing all that Girls is

 

 

 

 

 

And lastly, the classic tumblr gif we've all seen at least once a week...

Fun Fact: My brother-in-law and I had lunch recently with the family. I told him I had finished watching Girls and was able to name all the characters. That's when he was able to tell me who I reminded him of, aka Shosh. I was pleasantly surprised, because while she was a character I didn't think I would relate to, I really adored her by the end. I could see the resemblance in our energy. I have that rambling characteristic, and I love that she grows from lost puppy to this strong young lady, so that was awesome to be connected to. It was better than being told I reminded them of the obvious beauty. It felt as if someone acknowledged something else in me other than how I looked, and I loved that.

So if you haven't figured it out, it IS MOST DEFINITELY worth the watch. I'm a sucker for shows. I'm still not over Gossip Girl or One Tree Hill btw. Maybe it's time I revisited them on Netflix? :P


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