In Subdued Epilogue, 'Girls' Finale Leaves New York, Most Of The Cast Behind
After six seasons of subversive self-absorption, and a week past performing a post-mortem on the core friend group, Lena Dunham's HBO show ends with Hannah's flailing lurch into woman- and motherhood.
Warning: Spoilers ahead.
HBO's Girls ended as it began — as a fitful, contradictory, occasionally irritating, often brilliant little story about a stupendously self-involved Millennial girl who just might be on her way to figuring out what it means to be a woman.
That's not the kind of Big Idea we normally expect from TV shows that have gotten as much attention and acclaim as , but in a way it fits the show's subversive spirit — roping TV fans into caring about the evolution of an or .
