You guys voted and we listened - we're so happy to welcome HBO’s Girls to YKYLF!
In our first recapped episode, Hannah travels home to Michigan (parent-sponsored plane ticket? Yes, please!) for her parents’ 30th Anniversary. While there, she revisits high school in both good (date with cute pharmacist former classmate) and bad ways (memorial for a former classmate who died mysteriously). She even considers moving home for about 30 seconds…realizing (practically) that rent in NYC is prohibitively expensive, she is basically unemployable and her boyfriend (if you could call him that) treats her heart like “monkey meat”.
But then again, living at home means you could walk in on your parents having sex at any moment, and that’s not worth all the saved rent in the world.
Sad Hipster Outfit of the Week:
One of Hannah’s nasty habits is wearing rather sad hipster outfits. This week she chose a baby poop brown cardigan with what looks like a bird-print dress (which actually wouldn’t be too bad on its own or with a more vibrant topper).
This brown cardy is almost as sad as using a garbage bag as luggage (almost).
Things perk up below the waist with the addition of a bright blue tight (bright tights are a hipster staple that I can actually get behind). However, her shoes appear to be made of wicker.
Oh, and Hanny-dear, didn’t you see that Friends episode where the end of Chandler’s toe got cut off because a dropped knife went through the top of his shoe? Clearly those are a safety hazard. Ah well, I’m sure you’re much too busy being irreverent to worry about such things.
Right, Hannah-Banana?
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I have to say though, she turns it around with her drugstore-run outfit. I like the striped sweater, dark/cropped jean and super-cute envelope purse. This actually fits her (*gasp*), is not a blah coloured dress (*double-gasp*) and is appropriate for the situation. And can I get an amen for a gal with HIPS on TV? Word.
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No wonder Cute Pharmacist Eric noticed her!
"Holla at Hannah": Advice from a Trainwreck
Another habit of Hannah’s (Hanits? Habahs?) is spouting off clever (or trying to be clever) comments to her friends. Often these comments are advisory in nature and sometimes profound and helpful, but often are just rude.
This week, we learn that she comes by this advice-giving the honest way: she used to write the advice column in her school paper. Personally, I wouldn't take advice from someone who wears sweaters the colour of dirt, but that's just me.
Occasionally though, she comes out with a real, true gem like this one where she tells her parents why she should date someone other than Adam (aka The Winner): “I feel like a delusional, invisible person half the time, so I need to learn what it’s like to be treated well before it’s too late for me.” Glad you realize it too - we thought it was just us.
Poor Life Decision of the Week:
These are twenty-somethings after all – poor life decision-making is like the whole point of their existence. This award goes to someone who is not actually a regular character - Heather, Hannah's old friend that she catches up with on her trip.
Heather announces that she is moving to LA to become a professional dancer. We get a sense of just how much thought she's given this when Hannah asks if she knows people out there or has connections and Heather answers ”I know enough to know that you don’t really have to know anybody. Ya know?”. Um, yeah.
Oh, and then she does this:
Ugh, those shorts are one poor decision too many right there. I shouldn't be so cynical though - keep your eyes on the background of the next Gaga video for Heather Travis and the Twistarounds (because you never know).
Most Awkward Sex Scene:
So, there is at least one sex scene in every episode of Girls, and most of them are awkward – hence this category. Shockingly, this one actually goes to her parents – while I give them props for keeping the fire burning after 30 years together that does not mean that I needed to see them stoking it.
I also did not need to see her fathers tenderness (which made an appearance as he was laying on the floor, the result of too much hip-thrusting and a subsequent fall out of the shower). This photo of what Hannah walks in on says it all (don't worry, it won't burn your retinas):
Queen of Entitlement:
“I’m not hungry, I said I wasn’t hungry, you don’t know about me!” - Hannah to her parents after they bug her about her mood, assuming she’s hungry. Wah, wah, wah, followed by storming out of the room.
OK, seriously, WHY are parents so concerned about us eating? Every time I go home my mom sends me back with a week’s worth of groceries, like I live in a cave and not a 2-bedroom apt with a live-in chef...I mean, boyfriend.
NSFW (aka Not Safe for Work):
The Girls often wear inappropriate outfits to work (for example, see-through dresses with neon underwear. Yeah, that happened). Either that or they are playing "dress-up" and stepping out on the town in party-wear. They're clearly stumbling through life, figuring out how to balance what they want to wear with what they should wear - and often getting it wrong.
Alas, we did not actually see Hannah or any of the other gals at work this week, so we have no inappropriate office-wear to snark on. However, we did see Hannah on a date, looking like a cross between a grandmother and a child in this odd dress:
It’s not entirely bad – it sort of has a cute vintage vibe to it with the split colours, red buttons and bow on the back of the waist – but it does not say “date-wear” to me (and the Quasimodo-stance doesn't help). This reminds me of something my mother would dress me in at Christmas when I was 8 years old to go to the Sears portrain studio, not something you'd wear to impress the cute pharmacist who was crazy enough to ask you out for some reason.
That being said, I’m sure if she threw on a labcoat, he'd be all over it.
Oh wait, he was all over that. Carry on, sad hipster.
What do you guys think? Who had the saddest hipster outfit? Would you wear that red and white dress on a date? Is there another award that we missed, but that you think the Girls girls deserve?
Sunday, May 27, 2012 at 12:02AM | 
