ok the degree to which this writing workshop episode is incredibly awkward is sorta the narrow sweet spot where the show shines
― celfie tucker 48 (s.clover), Monday, 19 January 2015 21:54 (nine years ago) link
Elijah again w the only laughs
― Οὖτις, Monday, 19 January 2015 23:35 (nine years ago) link
I couldn't watch the writing workshop all the way through.
― franny glasshole (franny glass), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 00:50 (nine years ago) link
as many problems as i have with this show, there's a compilation of those and related scenes that should be shown to every young person interested in creative writing on every campus in america
― celfie tucker 48 (s.clover), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 00:53 (nine years ago) link
ha, yes
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 01:00 (nine years ago) link
yes x1000 - I had a concentration in creative writing as an undergrad and fear of shit like that is one of the reasons I decided not to continue that path into grad school. That scene was so horribly awkward. Also Elijah is the best and I think I hate everyone who is not him too. Why am I still watching this?!
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 13:18 (nine years ago) link
god I haaaated Elijah when he was introduced but he has really grown on me.
― Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 14:06 (nine years ago) link
Like HPV.
he's a stereotype/caricature - at the same time I totally had friends p much exactly like him at that age
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 16:25 (nine years ago) link
I def feel like there are scenarios w/ certain friends and at certain events where I am an Elijah and it kind of horrifies me.
― Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 16:35 (nine years ago) link
rly hope someone who's met me will rush in and vehemently deny this
― Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 16:38 (nine years ago) link
i have a disproportionate number of friends who went to the Iowa Writer's Workshop, so i look forward to seeing this & hearing how they got it wrong.
― virtuoso thigh slapper (Jordan), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 16:44 (nine years ago) link
from a friend on facebook: "The one thing they got right: Lena Dunham is definitely the type of person who would corner you in a booth at the Foxhead after workshop and demand to know why you hated her story so much."
― virtuoso thigh slapper (Jordan), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 16:57 (nine years ago) link
I can't speak to it's realism, but this was def the most enjoyable episode in a long, long time
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 19:56 (nine years ago) link
I liked the bat.
― akm, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 20:24 (nine years ago) link
another almost entirely laugh-free episode (until her exit from the convo at the end, that was lol)
― Οὖτις, Monday, 26 January 2015 19:09 (nine years ago) link
sounds like I have two hours of unenjoyable television to get pressured into catching up on while I'm snowed in
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Monday, 26 January 2015 19:52 (nine years ago) link
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1540343/thumbs/o-EDWARD-SNOWDEN-facebook.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 January 2015 22:21 (nine years ago) link
a week behind but Elijah showing up in Iowa A++ and they should go to an undergrad party at least once a week
maybe we can check in with Ray in NY occasionally. Marnie and Jessa can turn up for the finale and say hi
― bob seger's silver bullet gland (sic), Monday, 26 January 2015 23:30 (nine years ago) link
anyone know what that song was on the closing credits
― Οὖτις, Monday, 26 January 2015 23:54 (nine years ago) link
elijah said something else hilarious this episode, i forget what it was
― #Research (stevie), Monday, 26 January 2015 23:57 (nine years ago) link
whereever you are there you go
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 00:05 (nine years ago) link
where can you sign up for medicinal ecstasy?
― Treeship™ (Treeship), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 00:07 (nine years ago) link
psych studies
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 00:10 (nine years ago) link
had no idea that was a thing until this episode. what an eye opening show
― Treeship™ (Treeship), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 00:17 (nine years ago) link
I'm just speculating, I doubt it's "a thing"
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 00:29 (nine years ago) link
ohhhhh my god that was excruciating
― Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 03:20 (nine years ago) link
😉💩
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 03:22 (nine years ago) link
wherever you arethere you go
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 03:45 (nine years ago) link
lol
― Treeship™ (Treeship), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 03:48 (nine years ago) link
i agree with the consensus here that elijah is crushing it this season
― Treeship™ (Treeship), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 03:49 (nine years ago) link
loled so hard at "turning the camera...around"
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 04:07 (nine years ago) link
this thread needs more old man ray
― nose, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 05:00 (nine years ago) link
he's the best
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 05:01 (nine years ago) link
i feel bad for hating him so much at the beginning
https://pleasurephoto.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/man-ray-1968-photo-david-bailey.jpg
― Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 05:01 (nine years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, January 27, 2015 12:05 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^^^^ that's it!
― #Research (stevie), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 08:55 (nine years ago) link
Ray is good but honestly that episode was terrible and Elijah is a ray of sunshine and I need him in my life so I'm glad he's being featured so heavily. Jess is just so fucking unlikable.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 13:11 (nine years ago) link
well the good news is that this coming episode is another solo Bruce Eric Kaplan episode. he's done 2 on his own before; Video Games (the amazing one where they go to Jessa's Dad's place) in Season 2 and Flo (the one with Hannah's Grandmother in the hospital, pretty much the best episode of the show IMO) in Season 3. so .. yay i say.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 16:35 (nine years ago) link
Jess is p objectively horrible as a human being
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 16:37 (nine years ago) link
occasionally the show tries to depict her as less horrible by giving her flashes of being brutally honest w people but it's all pretty gross on the whole
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 16:44 (nine years ago) link
re Jessa - yeah I just can't. I know they try to do this but just everything about her bothers me so much. She's just . . . completely obnoxious.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 19:22 (nine years ago) link
i like how hateable she is. as far as the commitment of the actress etc
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 19:33 (nine years ago) link
was this posted already?
https://nygirlaustinworld.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/nepotism-girls-hbo-lena-dunhamjpg-1.jpg
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 22:31 (nine years ago) link
Isn't that from back when the show first came out?
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 22:44 (nine years ago) link
probably? i don't know. we were making some jokes at the office and this was sent in one of the emails
sorry, i'm slow with girls-related stuff
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 22:54 (nine years ago) link
Retrospect lol at the GoT reference: Dunham herself probably has been nude more often on Girls than anyone on that.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 22:59 (nine years ago) link
haha I am an idiot who did not realise Zosia Mamet was David Mamet's daughter.
― franny glasshole (franny glass), Thursday, 5 February 2015 00:50 (nine years ago) link
has Elijah evolved since s2, when he was the Most Annoying Fairy on Earth?
(awaiting s3 from library next week)
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 February 2015 02:04 (nine years ago) link
No
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 5 February 2015 02:25 (nine years ago) link