View Full Version : In defense of Girls' Season 5


TMC
02-23-2016, 01:23 AM
http://www.vulture.com/2016/02/girls-is-a-better-show-than-it-gets-credit-for.html

This season seems to be the most quietly assured, says Matt Zoller Seitz. “This show is the sitcom as hedgehog; love it or hate it, it will never be cuddly,” he adds. "I've never seen an episode that wasn't on some level infuriating. I understand why so many people hate the show, and even though I love it, there are times when I also kind of hate it. This premiere, more so than any single episode since the exuberantly berserk season-two finale, seems okay with all that…” PLUS: Girls has an incredibly cynical view (http://www.salon.com/2016/02/22/the_girls_wedding_from_hell_is_lena_dunham_torturing_her_characters_or_us/) of human nature.