What It's About: Milennial problems, yo! Creator and star Lena Dunham plays our messy heroine Hannah (Lena Dunham), an aspiring writer navigating her early-twenties with college bestie, Marnie (Allison Williams), a Type-A-turned-wannabe-singer, Jessa (Jemima Kirke), the free-spirit who is actually a disaster, and Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet), Jessa's quirky cousin who is obsessed with Sex and the City and hair-buns. Hannah's weirdly lovable on-and-off boyfriend Adam (Adam Driver), former college BF-turned-gay BFF Elijah (Andrew Rannells), and Ray (Alex Karpovsky), Shosh and Marnie's love interest, make up the main guys of Girls.
Words to Know: "Cafe Grumpy" = the real-life coffee shop that Ray runs and Hannah used to work at, or "Patrick Wilson," the actor at the center of Girls' most polarizing episode ever, "One Man's Trash."
Things to Say: "I mean, I don't want to say Lena Dunham is the voice of her generation, but she's definitely a voice of her generation?" Or "[Hannah/Marnie] is SO the wound!" or "Hey, at least Marnie's music videos aren't as bad as Peter Pan Live!, right?!" or "Can you believe Elijah knew Hannah's dad would come out way back in season one?!"
Episode to Watch: "Beach House," featuring the most epic fight between the four girls that was seasons in the making. Plus, choreographed dance break!