9 was the final, 10 was the epilogue

It was beautiful. Lena singing over the credits was one of the most PERFECT moments of this show. It was contained, lovely, and honest in a way most things aren't. I don't LOVE this show, but this was as perfect as a finale can be. And it was nothing like i really wanted. CRAZY.

Loved that you guys covered it the whole time, this show was always worth picking apart and finding stuff in

"You have to watch this show differently than you watch other shows". Absolutely. That's probably why this is one of only three shows I've bothered to watch in the last decade. Really going to miss it.

It's a frustratingly fitting end to a great series.

YES. Ben gets it! Great season finale.

Well I was pretty much hate watching this show, at least it felt that the some of the girls had some growth. Hannah had growth through motherhood, marnie had growth through music and Desi, Shosh had growth through Japan. I'm not really sure Jessa had growth she stopped being an addict so sure

God people who didn't like this ending are so wrong. It was PERFECT.

It may not be a good finale, but it's a Girls finale.

Would a show called "Boys" be a spinoff with Elijah? Would people want it?

Loving the blue theme here.

I literally waited for 6 minutes after the end of the show, expecting there to be more

Yay! Was looking forward for your review. I agree, it was a what the fuck moment while watching but after reading and thinking about it you do get the feeling that it was perfect. Marnie is still on the search of finding the meaning of her life without other people in it and Hannah's mom was everything we needed to see. I'll miss your reviews dearlyyyy lots of love :)

When I watched the pilot six years ago, it literally never occurred to me to even abstractly consider that the weird guy with big ears would go on to be the main villain in the new Star Wars trilogy, particularly that (heresy incoming) I would then actually prefer that villain to Vader. SAD!

going to miss watching these reviews after a girls episode

Going to miss this show. Thanks for the review, y'all!

I thought it was pretty good, I watched this and the previous one back to back and the previous one felt more like a regular ending and this felt like kind of an epilogue (not that that's necessarily a bad thing, that seems to be pretty common now)

How mad will Hannah be with her mother if Marnie takes her advice and leaves? There goes your free nanny! Thanks, mom. The only bright side is that if Hannah brings guys back to her house and Marnie is gone, she won't have to worry about them wishing and fantasizing that they could have the model housemate instead. Nice to see that Hannah finally matured a bit at the end though. Finally, THAT NAME!!! Seriously, what a cruel thing to do to a child! Paul-Louis better play a HUGE role in this kid's life since he choose the most hideous name for a little boy. I'd hope that the namesake is the president at least, but everyone knows that Paulie's inspiration was a Sesame Street muppet. I know that hippie-dippie parents think that giving kids "unique" names is cute, but it just saddles the kid with embarrassment and ridicule for at least 18 years. Stop it, Gwyneth.

I liked this discussion - it helped me reconcile the conflicting feelings I have toward the ending. I appreciate Ben Mank's commentary immensely

yo, can you guys do HBO's Insecure reviews for season 2 ???????? plz and thank you

One of my fav shows of all time .. Marnie and Hannah were Leah's my favs don't ask me why. I liked ending at first I didn't but after thinking about it 👌🏾. Can't wait to see what Lena does next.

So, does this mean I never have to see, hear or think about Lena Dunham ever again? :D

I'm surprised to see so many people, professional and otherwise, saying that Girls did something different by not tying everything up. To me, it all seemed pretty tied & cleaned up. We know, or at lest have an idea of where everyone is and where they're headed, right? Hannah has the job she wants, will be able to write when she chooses to, and is on her way to becoming an slightly less terrible mother. Jessa is what Jessa always has been; In the wind. Shosh has the friends & relationship she has always wanted. Marnie, out of all of them, is the least put together at the moment, but I still wouldn't say her future is completely up in the air.

Where's the Homeland review though!?

Where have you guys been?!

I think yall should have more diverse people on the panels. You could bring in D4Darious for example. I think he would be a great fit. Love the channel by the way.

Now that the show is over I can now save Brooklyn

ben mankiewicz FTW

Brett loved the word meta

I Love Ben.

Did Alonso get to say *ANYTHING* ? I feel like this was just Ben fanboying over the show and Brett getting angry at Hannah (which I'm surprised is possible if someone actually made it to this point in the show)

So this was supposed to be a show about the millennial gen so why the fuck did they read her article in a physical. Paper????? Yeah kind of like still using a floppy disc in 2005 or knowing what a floppy disc is. But yeah none of them read it on their phone or laptop? An article that trivial and one note wouldn't even make it to being printed, that blurb would be online even if she wrote it for the NYT

Wait... Grace is a comedian?

Dear lord, Ben... "This season of 'Girls'...; you can't make better television." LOL! Wut? Comparing a child's first experience to an adult's firstborn pregnancy is great writing ? Sounded kinda pedestrian... Or is that the genius of it? That it's so like something said in casual conversation therefore it's a real character and a real conversation and not just obvious dialogue that real people wouldn't say?... I don't see it. Mainly 'cause Marnie moving in, and doing it like that, seems like typical TVland logic. I like the show but it's hardly anything beyond a 7/10, man. It's objectively good, but it isn't great by any metric unless if it's just fan-service to the genre and type of story you're a hardcore fan of... That's my opinion, tho, so it's inevitably subjective sophistry as much as anyone else's opinion is.

season six was NOT good

I've only seen the first and last episodes, Is it worth watching the rest? From my perspective it is about a group of self obsessed pricks and not in the good It's always sunny in Philadelphia way!

I liked girls but thank god it's over.

Hannah is terrible. The most annoying character ever.