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Girls

Living the dream. One mistake at a time.

6.4IMDb451 votesWorth your time
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2012 – 20176 seasons · 62 episodes~28 min per episodeTV-MAEnded
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TV DNA

How Girls actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

Girls reads strongest on Character Depth, Humour and Serialized.

Character DepthVery strong7.3

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

HumourStrong6.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

SerializedStrong5.5

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

Emotional WeightPresent5.2

How much the series is designed to affect you.

BingeabilityPresent4.7

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

Cliffhanger IntensityPresent4.0

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

TensionPresent4.0

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

SpectacleLight3.5

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

World BuildingLight3.5

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

The story

What it's about

The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.

The run

Seasons

6 seasons · 62 episodes.

  • Official poster for Specials

    Season 0 · Complete

    Specials

    201238 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 1

    Season 1 · Complete

    Season 1

    201210 episodes

    5.8IMDb

    Hannah struggles to achieve her dream of becoming a successful writer in the wake of being cut off financially by her parents. Fortunately, she has three close friends for support—Marnie, Jessa, and Shoshanna.

    Best episode · S01E03 All Adventurous Women Do

  • Official poster for Season 2

    Season 2 · Complete

    Season 2

    201310 episodes

    6.3IMDb

    Hannah forges ahead in her writing career and begins seeing someone new, but her enthusiasm is tempered by the responsibility she feels for her now-ex Adam—convalescing after his accident—and the pressures of the publishing business. Meanwhile, Jessa, Marnie and Shoshanna make strides in their own relationships and jobs, though the bumps they encounter remind them that they still have a lot to learn.

    Best episode · S02E02 I Get Ideas

  • Official poster for Season 3

    Season 3 · Complete

    Season 3

    201412 episodes

    6.0IMDb

    Hannah is in a committed relationship with Adam, with both settling into newfound domesticity in Hannah's apartment...but she's still a volatile mess of anxieties, insecurities and uncertainty. As Hannah works to rehabilitate her writing career, Marnie adjusts to life after Charlie; newly single Shoshanna looks to balance partying and studying; and Jessa resurfaces to continue her streak of disrupting the lives of everyone around her.

    Best episode · S03E10 Role-Play

  • Official poster for Season 4

    Season 4 · Complete

    Season 4

    201510 episodes

    6.0IMDb

    Hannah leaves New York to attend the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop, while confronting uncertainty in her relationship with Adam. Meanwhile, Marnie pursues a music career while balancing her professional and romantic relationship with Desi; Shoshanna graduates and begins interviewing for jobs while sorting out her relationship with Ray; and Jessa is trying out sobriety through AA, though her ability to stir up drama remains undiminished.

    Best episode · S04E05 Sit-In

  • Official poster for Season 5

    Season 5 · Complete

    Season 5

    201610 episodes

    6.4IMDb

    Hannah Horvath has put her writing ambitions aside, continuing to work as a teacher alongside new boyfriend Fran—a relationship that her friends urge her not to screw up. Meanwhile, Marnie micro-manages her wedding, only to realize she needs more space—after the honeymoon; Jessa tries to stay on the straight and narrow while working towards becoming a therapist; and Shoshanna thrives in her new job in Japan.

    Best episode · S05E06 The Panic in Central Park

  • Official poster for Season 6

    Season 6 · Complete

    Season 6

    201710 episodes

    5.7IMDb

    Hannah is enjoying new success as she lands a plum writing assignment that could dramatically change the course of her life. Meanwhile, Marnie, now in a relationship with Ray, seeks to maintain her post-divorce independence; Jessa and Adam, now also a couple, embark on a creative project together; and Shoshanna lands on her feet at a marketing agency.

    Best episode · S06E09 Goodbye Tour

Where the series peaks

Best Episodes

The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

Still from The Panic in Central Park

S05E06

The Panic in Central Park

7.7IMDb12 votes

Needing space after a fight with Desi, Marnie goes for a walk and has an unexpected run-in with someone from her past.

27 Mar 201628 min
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S05E10

I Love You Baby

7.5IMDb10 votes

Elijah and Loreen help Hannah with her plan to participate in The Moth Story Slam. Marnie prepares to go on tour with Desi. Shoshanna's plan for an "anti-hipster" Ray's takes off. After helping take care of the baby, Jessa and Adam have an epic fight.

17 Apr 201628 min
Still from I Get Ideas

S02E02

I Get Ideas

7.0IMDb10 votes

Hannah gets unsolicited musical attention from heartbroken Adam and displeasing opinions on her writing from Sandy. Elijah questions his sexuality; Marnie makes a career compromise when her curatorial dreams are crushed; Jessa revels in married life; Shoshanna and Ray make magic; and Elijah and Marnie harbor a secret.

20 Jan 201328 min
Still from Love Stories

S05E09

Love Stories

6.9IMDb10 votes

After Hannah gives Principal Toby some unexpected news, she runs into her old friend-slash-nemesis Tally. Marnie has an unsettling dream and later tries to work things out with Desi. Noticing business is suffering at Ray's, Shoshanna offers to help with marketing, performing some clandestine research on their competition. Elijah makes his pitch to Dill that their relationship should be exclusive.

17 Apr 201628 min
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S02E08

It's Back

6.9IMDb9 votes

Hannah tries to hide mounting anxiety about her book from her visiting parents (Becky Ann Baker and Peter Scolari). Marnie is stunned to learn that Charlie has started a successful app company; at AA, Adam meets a boisterous woman (Carol Kane) who coaxes him into dating her daughter, Natalia (Shiri Appleby); and Ray’s aversion to college parties gives Shoshanna pause.

3 Mar 201328 min
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S03E10

Role-Play

6.8IMDb9 votes

Hannah worries about her relationship with Adam; Marnie starts working at an art gallery; Shoshanna surprises Jessa.

9 Mar 201428 min

Recently aired

Latest Episodes

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S00E38

A Goodbye to Girls

14 Apr 201728 min
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S06E09

Goodbye Tour

6.4IMDb9 votes
9 Apr 201728 min
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S06E08

What Will We Do This Time About Adam?

5.4IMDb7 votes
2 Apr 201728 min
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S06E07

The Bounce

5.8IMDb8 votes
26 Mar 201728 min
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S06E06

Full Disclosure

5.9IMDb9 votes
19 Mar 201728 min

The craft

Key Crew

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Executive production

Direction

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