
Scripted series · HBO
Girls
Living the dream. One mistake at a time.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
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.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
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.

Season 0 · Complete
Specials
201238 episodes

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201210 episodes
5.8IMDbHannah 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

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201310 episodes
6.3IMDbHannah 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

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201412 episodes
6.0IMDbHannah 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

Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
201510 episodes
6.0IMDbHannah 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

Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
201610 episodes
6.4IMDbHannah 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

Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
201710 episodes
5.7IMDbHannah 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.

S05E06
The Panic in Central Park
Needing space after a fight with Desi, Marnie goes for a walk and has an unexpected run-in with someone from her past.
- Directed by Richard Shepard
- Written by Lena Dunham

S05E10
I Love You Baby
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.
- Directed by Jenni Konner

S02E02
I Get Ideas
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.

S05E09
Love Stories
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.

S02E08
It's Back
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.
- Directed by Jesse Peretz
- Written by Deborah Schoeneman, Lena Dunham

S03E10
Role-Play
Hannah worries about her relationship with Adam; Marnie starts working at an art gallery; Shoshanna surprises Jessa.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S06E10
Latching
- Directed by Jenni Konner
- Written by Jenni Konner, Lena Dunham
S00E38
A Goodbye to Girls

S06E09
Goodbye Tour

S06E08
What Will We Do This Time About Adam?

S06E07
The Bounce

S06E06
Full Disclosure
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Lena Dunham
Showrunner
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Jenni Konner
Executive producer
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Bruce Eric Kaplan
Executive producer

Murray Miller
Executive producer

Judd Apatow
Executive producer
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Ilene Landress
Executive producer
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Sarah Heyward
Writer
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Deborah Schoeneman
Writer
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Dan Sterling
Writer
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Steven Rubinshteyn
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Jenni KonnerExecutive Producer
- Bruce Eric KaplanExecutive Producer
- Peter PhillipsProducer
- Regina HeymanProducer
- Murray MillerExecutive Producer
- Lena DunhamExecutive Producer
Writing
- Jenni KonnerWriter
- Bruce Eric KaplanWriter
- Sarah HeywardWriter
- Deborah SchoenemanWriter
- Lena DunhamWriter
- Dan SterlingWriter
Direction
- Jenni KonnerDirector
- Lena DunhamDirector
- Richard ShepardDirector
- Tricia BrockDirector
- Jesse PeretzDirector
- Jamie BabbitDirector
Cinematography
- Tim IvesDirector of Photography
Where to watch
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