Girls: Season 2

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: January 13, 2013

Starring: Lena Dunham, Zosia Mamet, Allison Williams

Summary: Life and their relationships are still messy for Hannah, Jessa, Marnie, and Shoshanna as Elijah (Andrew Rannells) moves in as Hannah's new roommate.

Creator: Lena Dunham

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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Season 2 Episodes

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S2:E10. Together
Air Date: March 17, 2013
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S2:E9. On All Fours
Air Date: March 10, 2013
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S2:E8. It's Back
Air Date: March 3, 2013

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Critic Reviews

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TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Jan 11, 2013

Exasperating but fascinating. Read full review

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Verne Gay

Jan 9, 2013

Sharper, smarter, more richly layered, detailed (and acted), Girls has improved upon its first season. Read full review

Tom Long

Feb 1, 2013

Girls continues to delight and provoke in a way too few shows can. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Jan 10, 2013

Girls is still undergoing ultimately minor growing pains, but it's frequently poignant and audacious, and actors who made little impression in the first season are allowed to flower. Read full review

Willa Paskin

Jan 10, 2013

Girls has matured leaps and bounds, comedically and structurally, but it has jettisoned some of its ambiguity, its sweetness, its own affection for its characters. It's more coherent, but it's also safer. Read full review

Tom Gliatto

Jan 14, 2013

Girls can still be Girls. [21 Jan 2013]

David Hinckley

Jan 11, 2013

Short scenes [are] designed to suggest we just walked in on random real people. It's a raw look that is, nonetheless, a look. It also, inevitably, says scripted TV drama. Read full review

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Hipsteran

Jan 14, 2013

There's lots of hate towards Girls and I can clearly understand why since they're all about "relativity" issues. Much like season 1, season 2 is fun, clever and entertaining in it's own way. It's creative and original. This show is not for everyone, but if you're into it you'll love it.

7 of 17 users found this helpful710

efektdomina

Mar 24, 2013

The season 2 of Girls isn't obvious. If you have been following the episodes as they aired it's time to re-watch it and consider the total of 10 installments. Otherwise, the timelines get messed up. I loved the downfall of Lena Dunham's character, I loved how complicated Adam is. All theseThe season 2 of Girls isn't obvious. If you have been following the episodes as they aired it's time to re-watch it and consider the total of 10 installments. Otherwise, the timelines get messed up. I loved the downfall of Lena Dunham's character, I loved how complicated Adam is. All these experiences are a part of growing up and actually it's amazing that the show talks about twentysomethings but so many thirtysomethings experience similar levels of absurd and messiness in their everyday lives. Quite hard to be a grown-up these days...… Expand

0 of 4 users found this helpful04

Eon2323

Feb 17, 2013

While the characters sometimes seem to drown in their own self-indulgence, the superb writing along with the stellar setting and cinematography greatly overshadow the show's flaws.

0 of 4 users found this helpful04

nicholasbert

Feb 23, 2013

Well, Girls probably has a realistic way of dealing with the lives of a bunch of not very common people. Though one could see it has a point and all the crude fat nudity adds to it, it is in no way original (as it's been said) or clever at al. I think HBO has fallen for the obscure charms ofWell, Girls probably has a realistic way of dealing with the lives of a bunch of not very common people. Though one could see it has a point and all the crude fat nudity adds to it, it is in no way original (as it's been said) or clever at al. I think HBO has fallen for the obscure charms of Lena Dunham and allowed her to create a show where she can tell the world all her own personal problems, about which I doubt someone is interested all that much. Characters' dialogue is also quite stereotypical and annoying, but I guess that falls under the category of the "making it realistic".… Expand

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rocketpackpanda

Jan 14, 2013

Dear Lena Dunham, your show is dull and your characters have no redeeming qualities. Aside from a chuckle here and there season 2 of the spectacularly undeservedly praised show, begins with a whimper. The pilot is a rehash of everything that was terrible in the first season. The charactersDear Lena Dunham, your show is dull and your characters have no redeeming qualities. Aside from a chuckle here and there season 2 of the spectacularly undeservedly praised show, begins with a whimper. The pilot is a rehash of everything that was terrible in the first season. The characters are cardboard stereotype cutouts and their dilemas are the same drama that is featured on shows like the hills and gossip girl. Yes the dialogue is realistic, but that doesn't make it compelling, Dunham's dialogue is dull and lifeless and the stories are pointless loops of one another. Also if you're gonna have a token black guy on your show, at least give him some cool lines or god forbide characterization beyond simply being "her new black love interest". That's not a personality, pandering.… Expand

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nerdgirl

Mar 15, 2013

I will begin this review by saying that season 1 of Girls was epic. It was funny, charming and original. The characters were amazing and uncomfortable and beautiful in their own skin.

Fast forward to season 2. WTF has happened? There is no visible plotline. It is like watching a 30I will begin this review by saying that season 1 of Girls was epic. It was funny, charming and original. The characters were amazing and uncomfortable and beautiful in their own skin.

Fast forward to season 2. WTF has happened? There is no visible plotline. It is like watching a 30 minute indie flick once a week that doesn't coherently tie together in any realistic fashion. Lena Dunham (whom I still love) gets her tiny out every change she gets. We get it. You are comfortable with your body, but please move on. As for the secondary characters, Marnie continues to annoy, Shosh continues to be odd, Jessa continues to be messed up... Sigh. There is nothing happening here. Cringe worthy at best. I don't even know why I continue to watch. I think I'll cancel my HBO because this was the only thing making me hold on and it isn't worth it anymore.… Expand

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NewYorker1044

Mar 19, 2013

I think lena is a great writer and everything, but she needs to stop being so naked all the time. i mean come on girl, what are you doing? she should not be getting naked all the time because I personally find it horrifying and it does not add to the series whatsoever. PUT ON CLOTHES LENA!

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  Air Date: January 12, 2014
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: January 13, 2013
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  S2:E10. Together
  Air Date: March 17, 2013
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  S2:E9. On All Fours
  Air Date: March 10, 2013
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  S2:E8. It's Back
  Air Date: March 3, 2013
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  S2:E7. Video Games
  Air Date: February 24, 2013
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  S2:E6. Boys
  Air Date: February 17, 2013
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  S2:E5. One Man's Trash
  Air Date: February 10, 2013
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  S2:E4. It's a Shame About Ray
  Air Date: February 2, 2013
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  S2:E3. Bad Friend
  Air Date: January 27, 2013
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  S2:E2. I Get Ideas
  Air Date: January 20, 2013
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  S2:E1. It's About Time
  Air Date: January 13, 2013
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  Air Date: April 15, 2012