I’m rewatching Girls and it strikes me that both the Marnie/Charlie episode and Hannah/Adam episode in season 6 are very similar. Both are fantasies about the characters getting back together that end in final goodbyes. The feel of the episodes is similar.

In the episode where Flo is in hospital, Adam makes it there by motorcycle, and Hannah is on a train. This supposes Upstate or New England somewhere within reach no more than 4 hours by any mode of transport from the City.

What’s more, her uncle got done for insider trading, safe to assume he commuted to NYC to work in finance.

I think Hannah’s mother is from whatever state that is (as the single aunt lived there with Flo), got a professor job in Michigan, maybe even went to undergrad there and met Tad and just stayed and settled, raising Hannah there.

Theories?

EDIT: If we’re going further, Horvath is a Hungarian Jewish surname I believe, don’t know Loreen’s maiden name however

I love them all and I don’t care who knows it! Hannah in particular is so funny in how god damn self involved she is. That’s exactly the point Lena is making with her writing.

When I read Famesick I found myself wanting more of the little stories from Lenas New york city upbringing and the people in it.

There is a moment which sticks in my head and I think it’s because it’s so well written and is peak Hannah being Hannah… I’m keen to know yours….

It’s during the Desi/Marnie Oxy drama and Marnie is crying and she say ‘I thought this was just a fun jaunt’ and Hannah says ‘you shouldn’t use the word jaunt. That isn’t a good expression’…

It’s so fucking Hannah to be picky about word choice when her closest friends world is falling apart…

What’s yours?

I first heard about the show from Instagram and it was a clip of Hannah and Adam getting ice cream together and I thought maybe the show was about a couple dating with intellectual disabilities? So it piqued my interest because I thought that was a cool premise and then I started watching the show and then realized I was wrong and that Hannah is just weird and Adam is just a manipulative freak.
Anyways Marnie is my favorite character because she reminds me of Bree from Desperate Housewives lol

Lol I found the clip: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHvtaaDsb4N/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

“Wild Bill Hickok gave this to my grandpa” 😂

As she’s hooking up in the bathroom, crying, she puts her face to the man’s neck and says something but I cant make out what it is.

Closed captions don’t have anything.

Anyone ?

Although mainly Hannah and even sometimes Adam/Ray,i would love to have a full list of all the books and knowledge the characters consume.

Does anyone have a full list or has kept up with the books that they have on display or actively mention throughout the course of the show?

Thank you!!!

I love that she had her own opinions and thoughts and wasn’t conforming to society’s bullshit. Jessa was the fun and non-judgemental friend, and I can see why Hannah loved her so much. Sure, she was an avoidant at times — but honestly who cares lol.

(It rules!)

Anyone else? I'm a 36-year old cis gay boy writer, (definitely a Hannah) and blew through my twenties with relative ease, working contracts around the country, without a huge amount of existential angst. That angst has hit me in truckloads since the pandemic, and it is wild how hard I relate to Hannah's struggles in my 30s rather than my 20s. Feeling deeply self-conscious lol and would love to hear that I'm not alone.

I just want him to hang out all the time, think I'm the best person in the world and want to have sex with only me

This is a question for real life just as much as the show. My own friend is chasing after this musician who in my eyes is a bit of a manchild for his age, a bit too all over other girls' IG accounts.

Marnie vs Clementine fighting over Desi puzzles me, though it definitely happens in real life. It's mystifying especially about Clementine, who seems too mature and confident to fall for it. Is it that some girls are just really drawn to the lifestyle?

truly not trying to rage bait, I’ve just seen many many posts to the contrary. Currently rewatching.

I honestly thought Adam & Jessa was a way of keeping Adam in play when he’d outworn his usefulness. Now I completely get it. Jessa is a vagabond because she always had an unstable family unit- a mother who has some kind unsettling omnipresence and a father who is a child. She was a young addict who bottomed out before most people do. Hannah leaving registered as abandonment because she might be the only character Jessa loved not out of obligation or necessity or neediness. I suspect there might be some borderline edge to that but it’s hard to tell.

My guess is that Jessa saw Adam as an anchor to sobriety which often is threatened severely when it abandonment runs deep and you don’t have a support system. She probably felt he was saving her life and Hannah, who “abandoned” her, threatened that so she clung to him out of self-preservation only to find he likely loved Hannah more. By the time she apologizes to Hannah, she recognizes her own pain for maybe the first time in the whole series.

So while I know Jessa gets hate, I think she’s motivated by trying to outrun a pain that runs very deeply.

Not sure if this was meant to be a comedic running gag or symbolism of the girls’ lives in various states of construction/destruction (or neither), but I found the many apartment construction scenes throughout the show to be pretty absurd. We get Adam and Mimi-Rose taking down an entire wall in Hannah’s apartment; Desi trying to build walls in Marnie’s studio; Adam’s place in general. I get that neither Hannah nor Marnie damaged their places themselves, but still feel like this was so unrealistic. They’re all broke young people who would be fearful of losing security deposits, also a super dick move to do to a friend/girlfriend.

I’m probs reading too much into this. Do we see other similar running gags throughout the show?

It’s my first time watching the show and I’m on S1E5. Hannah is funny and kinda relatable, but overall a huge dumbass and annoying. And I’m not finding any of the other characters likable. Is that the point?? I’m suuuuuper annoyed with Marnie and her bf. I kinda like Jessa but she also seems like a shit friend. It is entertaining though.

I’ve been reading Famesick and doing the mandatory Girls rewatch. I’ve also been listening to Lena’s interviews to promote the book. I was surprised by how much I’ve been loving hearing Lena talk in different interviews, I’ve been founding her very profound, relatable and insightful. Also, it’s impressive how it seems like she’s able to connect with anyone she interacts with.

A couple of loose quotes that stayed with me from the few interviews I listened to:
“Being a girl is like dancing to loud music by yourself in your room, until you hit your toe on the furniture”
“I struggle to interact with others outside work settings. At work we all have a role to play to reach a common objective. I wish we had that at a party”

I’m curious to hear if you have similar quotes/reflections from the promo for Famesick?

You would think that Hannah, as the writer she is, would know enough about the plot of a classic novel?

"Oh, by the way, where's my copy of "Little Women"?

Oh, I left it at Adam's. Sorry.

Well, I need it back.

Well, I can't get it for you right now 'cause I can't see him. So I'll buy you a new one.

Hannah, my godmother gave me that book, okay? She writes notes in the back of books explaining how they relate to my sh*t. I need it back.

How exactly does your godmother think that "Little Women" relates to your sh*t?

Like, does she think you're a Marmee or an Amy?

I don't know. Probably a Marmee, but I don't know 'cause I haven't read it, okay? That's why I need it back. I don't like the idea of it cohabitating with that sociopath. It's unsettling.

Firstly, you're not a Marmee. You're probably the dad who dies of influenza at the war."

I’ve started Girls for like the 5th time already, never finished it. I suppose it’s because it really touches on real life problems, controversial topics and isn’t drama free.

I would love to go slower with it to make sure i retain all knowledge and information about it, watching 1 to 2 episodes at a time.

I’m looking for a blog of some sort where there is an analysis of every single episode, so i could read it after i finish watching them.

Thank you!