The second-season finale of “Girls” is upon us, on Sunday at 9 p.m. In a way, that’s lightning fast, especially for cable TV, which tends to be Scroogey when doling out episodes. Lena Dunham’s HBO series was launched less than a year ago, on April 15, 2012, and we’re already about to see No. 20. That’s like a cable episode avalanche.
At the same time, “Girls” feels like a veteran TV series. Since its premiere, the New York-set comedy has won five Emmy nominations and inspired what seems like a decade’s worth of close analysis, hot debate, spiky parodies, and passionate love and hate and loving-to-hate. It has struck a cultural nerve, intentionally or not, raising issues and hackles and serving as a springboard for Big Statements by older writers hungry to define people in their mid-20s. “Girls” has been accused of characterizing a lost generation, of celebrating a shallow generation, and of not accurately representing a generation at all.
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There is nothing funny about this show. There is not a character worth giving a damn about. Just a homely, overweight, overwrought twenty something girl with a penchant for disrobing.
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The 20s are often a tough transition to the real world, but these characters' lives admit to little but pathos. There's virtually no relief from their perpetually-trying lives.
I absolutely disagree with the last comment-this show has brilliant writing and brave, risk-taking acting.
It is not your cookie cutter sit-com, or one note drama. It is frank and disturbing and often hilarious.
This second season blew up the ridiculousness of shows where the main characters are nothing but reflections of each other.
I loved that Lena Dunham tore the relationships apart and sent everyone onto different journeys.
I hope the show continues to push envelopes and disregard those that don't like it.
And for those who dislike it-DON"T WATCH-