Girls

Girls season finale. Did I like it? I did. A lot of things happened during this season 3. Charlie and Marnie broke up. I used to think Charlie was the cutest guy on Earth and Marnie didn't deserve him, before learning he's a jerk. Or maybe being with Marnie isn't that easy as she's a huge control freak. Anyway, I would like him to come back next season, you hear me, HBO? So maybe Marnie will stop trying to be with all the guys she can't have just because she feels insecure. Adam gets a role on a Broadway production. I can't believe it, considering he spends half his life on a couch doing nothing but jerking off. Hannah still strives to become a writer and not being consumed by ambition and jealousy. Jessa finally admits she's a junkie, which makes her the most honest character of all. I love the fact she tries to help Beedie killing herself, that's very sweet and brave of her. I don't love exactly when Beedie changes her mind after having swallowed the whole contents of her pill jar. I guess it's not easy, but euthanasia is really something you should focus on before it is definitely too late. Shoshanna? Well, I don't like her much, first of all because I can't stand her tone of voice. And guess what? She dumped Ray like he was the greatest loser of all time and then, when she finds out he'd slept with Marnie, she wants him back! Definitely too easy.

Not a single good thing happened in this season finale, except maybe for Hannah being accepted at Iowa Writers' Workshop (any place left? just wondering).

That's the point with Girls, it always has. I've been watching it since the first episode was released and I can remember I was so excited because I felt it was something I belonged to. Something which was so close to real life of young people it hurt like hell watching. I guess this is pretty unexpected for a TV show, to be that real. We mostly want to be entertained when we turn on TV. Girls isn't entertaining at all in the way we would like it to be. Not in the sense it's not funny, because it is. Lena Dunham is one of the most talented writers of her age. I'd be the happiest person alive if I could get some of her writing talent one day. Girls is more like a punch in the face. You didn't see it coming and when you get someone's just hit you, you're ready to hit back. Then, you realize you're only going to crash your weak fist in your reflection in the mirror and you feel numb. I think it's one of the few shows which can picture perfectly what's like being 20-something today and not make you feel like everything's easy because it's not, really. And the soundtrack is pretty amazing, which is definitely a bonus. Everytime I watch an episode I tell myself I'm going to download all the beautiful tracks in it, but obviously I forget to. The only thing I know for sure is that I do want the job of the guy who's paid to pick out the songs. It must be one of the best jobs in the world, just think about it. You're at your desk with you coffee mug listening to new bands and match them with different scenes. Then, once approved, you go home with the awareness that people will feel sad for a song which made you feel sad in the first place, or in a good mood for another song which made you glad. It's like being the God of tunes. You play with people's feelings and they don't even know. But maybe my imagination is running a little bit too wild.

I am happy there's going to be a season 4, anyway. I must admit I've cried sometimes while watching TV shows or movies because I was sorry for my favourite character and experiencing a deep empathic moment. I am a sensitive person, don't blame for that. Girls is different. The times I've cried for it I did it because I was feeling sorry for myself, no favourite characters involved. I haven't a favourite characters among the four of them, actually. This is another thing I do love about Girls. Hannah, Marnie, Jessa and Shoshanna are far from being perfect. They're full of flaws but that's what makes them real. I love all the Girls in different ways, but none of them is exactly a role model and that's a good thing because neither are we. I don't need to watch another Tv show with a supergorgeous, fairylike protagonist (Rory Gilmore, I still love you, anyway) and feel like my life's crap when I can see how Girls' lives are as crappy as mine.

This is a pretty selfish thought, isn't it? I've never said I am not a self-involved bitch but Girls taught me it's almost okay to be that way.