Girls Season 5 available to watch online before Sky Atlantic premiere

Season 5 of Girls is available to watch online in the UK before its TV premiere.

Lena Dunham’s comedy series returns to Sky Atlantic on Tuesday 23rd February, following the ongoing attempts of 20-somethings Hannah, Marnie, Shoshanna and Jessa to … Read More

UK VOD TV review: Girls Season 4, Episode 10

And so it’s over for another year. The awkward sex scenes, the cringe-worthy public behaviour, the almost oppressive nudity (reaching new heights in this week’s finale) and the alien yet profoundly touching tender moments that cut through the surreal pretentiousness. … Read More

UK VOD TV review: Girls Season 4, Episode 9

No matter what age we are, we still take reassurance from the idea that, no matter where we are, our parents are a reliable and stable constant from our babyhood to our adulthood. As confused twenty-somethings struggling to make sense … Read More

UK VOD TV review: Girls Season 4, Episode 8

Mistakes are the portals of discovery, according to James Joyce. His words are emblazoned across the wall of the classroom in which Hannah imparts her own brand of wisdom this week; those being more of the school of mistakes than … Read More

UK VOD TV review: Girls Season 4, Episode 7

So, we’re a week into Hannah’s latest new direction (or, for the pessimists, a week closer to the ticking time bomb that is Hannah’s latest crisis of identity) and things are going swimmingly. She’s decided to take up the mantra … Read More

UK VOD TV review: Girls Season 4, Episode 6

So, how do you follow that? How does anyone bounce back after discovering their supposed beloved partner has a new beloved partner already?

Historically, Hannah would have hid in her room and stuck a cotton bud in her ear/cut her … Read More

UK VOD TV review: Girls Season 4, Episode 4

“I don’t understand why nobody tells you how bad it’s going to be in the real world!” exclaims Shoshanna in yet another nondescript Brooklyn bar early in this week’s episode. After her ‘test run’ golden job interview last week, it’s … Read More

UK VOD TV review: Girls Season 4, Episode 3

“You’re uncomfortable in your own skin and you think it’s everybody else’s problem!” an exasperated Elijah tells a characteristically mopey Hannah in this week’s episode of Girls, as he tries to give her back some of her comfortable New York … Read More

UK TV review: Girls Season 4, Episode 2

When discussing the first episode of Girls with a friend, they expressed disappointment at the show’s return. Why, we asked? They explained that they anticipated Hannah to have already been to the writer’s workshop in Iowa, and that now would … Read More

VOD TV review: Girls Season 4, Episode 1

In four years, we’ve seen Marnie, Hannah, Jessa and Shoshanna grow from relatively clueless Girls into similarly clueless young women; for all that’s changed over the years, the four are making the same types of mistakes. We’ve cringed at their … Read More