And that last thing is cool because the sitcom format has trained me to view moments as climactic that, in real life, might be less so. For example, in most shows, if a member of the core cast has a big falling out with a less integral character, it’s sensible enough to conclude that we’ll never see that lesser character again. But, in real life, relationships can really take a pounding and it usually takes a lot more to completely decimate them. Girls has demonstrated that it understands that; it’s why Elijah is now hanging out with Hannah again regularly (and even outright addresses their rocky relationship here: “I’ve given you like thirty-three chances to be in my life, okay? So cut me some slack.”) However, by the end of the episode, some good stuff has happened, some bad shit has gone down, but, more importantly, it just gets really, really funny. It’s an episode that does Girls at its most tragic, but also at its most unabashedly comedic and it’s a wonderful balance. Plus, again, who can say how negative everything that happens actually is? Hannah quits/gets fired her job, which is almost definitely a horrible idea, but she seems (understandably) liberated about it, so it’s unclear if we should feel badly for her. (As an aside, does anyone else find it funny that Patti LuPone has been used twice as a catalyst for Hannah behaving brashly?) When she drops the information that she got fired in front of Adam and his theatre friends, it seems so awkward and pathetic that surely this solidifies what a bad decision she’s made. But at the same time, the scene is so hilarious it kind of downplays how unfortunate it is. Finally, there’s the ending, where we learn that apparently Desi genuinely is very much in love with his girlfriend Clementine and has no thoughts of romance with Marnie. As a result, hopped up on adrenaline and sexual frustration after the open mic performance, Marnie heads back to Ray’s for sex, which again shows us how Girls knows what a lot of other TV doesn’t know: just because one person claims it’s over, doesn’t mean it’s over. We can probably all agree that the near-future outlook doesn’t look so good for Hannah and Adam though. He actually does seem to like his theatre friends (even though they’re presented as awfully intolerable) and he’s beginning to remember how much he loved his old apartment (now Ray’s), which, more to the point, means he’s missing his freedom. This episode ends in a wondrous, hilarious clusterfuck and then, to take us out, Salt-n-Pepa’s “None of Your Business” plays over the credits. I feel like the finale is gonna be awesome. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!