Girls

It's About Time

Hannah is seeing a new guy, but her attentions are diverted by Adam, Marnie and her new roommate.

I Get Ideas

Hannah finds she's the subject of Adam's hate-album and tries to keep an open mind about her new boyfriend's politics.

Bad Friend

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by</b> Lena Dunham &amp; Sarah Heyward<br><b>Directed by</b> Jesse Peretz</p><p>Hannah interviews with the eccentric editor of jazzhate.com. It's just a freelance assignment for a blog, but Hannah's about to have her first paid writing job—as soon as she can figure out what to write about. The editor encourages her to work outside of her comfort zone, as that is where the magic happens. She suggests that Hannah have a threesome with some strangers from Craigslist, or snort a bunch of coke and write about it. Inspired by the latter, Hannah takes a lead from Marnie and pays a visit to Laird, the misunderstood junkie who lives on the ground floor of her building.<br><br>Marnie runs into the artist Booth Jonathan at her new hostess gig. When he suggests Marnie took the easy route by taking a job at the club instead of finding a curatorial job, she snaps back, defending herself and insulting his work. Turned on by her attitude, Booth asks Marnie how long it's been since she had sex. As Marnie feigns resistance, he drags her out of the club and home with him to rectify the situation.</p><p>With the coke procurement out of the way, though not before Hannah manages to insult her odd but sweet—and now clean—neighbor Laird, she and Elijah plan their evening. They agree that nothing but human decency is stopping them from starting in the afternoon, so they get high and make a lot of plans for their lives. Elijah admits he wants to raise Affenpinscher show dogs; Hannah would like to finally learn to write a check without having to look at the previous carbon.</p><p>Later, they head to the Greenhouse to see DJ duo Andrew Andrew. While snorting lines off a filthy toilet seat, Elijah reveals that he had sex with Marnie, and Hannah flips out. Their fight spills out of the stall and towards the sinks, where Hannah, out of her mind, douses her head and screams at Elijah that she hates him. In a nearby drugstore, Hannah protests that she was supposed to have been Elijah's &quot;last.&quot; When she spots Laird in the next aisle, he claims to be buying socks, but he's really been following her all night out of concern for her safety. Hannah, who has been trying to reach Marnie since Elijah revealed their secret, gets a response announcing that she's at Booth's, and the trio heads to his place.<br><br>Marnie is mortified that Hannah has arrived at Booth's coked up and with Laird the junkie in tow. Hannah is on a mission and launches into a tirade about what a bad friend Marnie is, forcing her to acknowledge a multitude of perceived transgressions and that she is indeed a bad friend. Hannah tells Elijah he'll be moving out immediately since he's ruined everything, from her friendship with Marnie to her relationship with cocaine, which could have been her favorite drug. She storms out with Laird.<br><br>Back at their building, Hannah refuses Laird's handshake and starts kissing him sloppily instead. When he asks if it's all right for him to kiss back, she allows it, but just for tonight—for work.</p></div>

It's A Shame About Ray

Hannah throws a dinner party. Shoshanna's relationship status changes. Jessa meets her in-laws.

One Man's Trash

Hannah goes to apologize to an angry neighbor and is surprised by how drawn she is to both him -- a good-looking 42-year-old doctor -- and the trappings of his conventionally successful adult life.

Boys

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by</b> Murray Miller<br><b>Directed by</b> Claudia Weill<br><br>Hannah has brunch with an editor who loves her essays and wants her to write an e-book... in a month.<br><br>In bed together, Marnie and Booth are interrupted by Soo Jin, his sassy assistant. He flips out over the tiny bite she took of his rosewater ice cream, and she promptly quits. With Soo Jin gone, Booth asks Marnie to play hostess at the party he's throwing that night, and she is thrilled to oblige.</p><p>Ray is forced to go to Adam's in search of his copy of Little Women, which Hannah left there but refuses to retrieve for awkwardness reasons. Unfortunately, the book is in Adam's bathroom—along with a vicious dog he stole after deciding that its owner was mistreating it. After Ray convinces Adam to return the dog to its home, Adam insists he come along as back-up—the owner looked tough.<br><br>The boys head to Ray's least favorite borough to return the dog: Staten Island. During the journey, Ray is surprised to discover that he and Adam aren't so different after all. He suggests it's because they're both honest men; Adam thinks it's because they're both kind of weird looking. The harmony between them quickly goes south, though, once Ray speaks ill of Hannah and Adam becomes angry and defensive. Adam runs off, leaving Ray with the dog.<br><br>Hannah shows up to Marnie and Booth's party but instantly feels out of place in the artsy crowd as Marnie, in a strange plastic dress, is totally preoccupied by her new friends. She takes off to go home and work on her e-book. When Booth thanks Marnie for her help with the party and asks if he can throw her $500, Marnie is stunned to realize that Booth doesn't think of her as his girlfriend.<br><br>When Ray finally locates the dog's home, the owner's brash daughter refuses to take him back, threatening Ray with a gun and firing a barrage of insults and slurs at him. Ray is surprised by how much her words hurt and finds himself stuck on Staten Island with the dog as night falls.<br><br>Hannah calls Marnie to talk, but neither manages to be honest with the other. Hannah claims she left the party because she was inspired to write, and Marnie, heading home from Booth's, claims she is in his garden watching fireflies.</p></div>

Video Games

Hannah accompanies Jessa on a visit upstate to see Jessa's estranged father, his new-age wife and Frank, their virginal teenage son.

It's Back

Hannah's anxieties mount. Marnie is rattled by Charlie's success. Adam gets set up on a date. Ray's misanthropy gives Shoshanna doubts.

On All Fours

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by</b> Lena Dunham &amp; Jenni Konner<br><b>Directed by</b> Lena Dunham</p><p>Hannah meets with her e-book publisher who hates the pages she's sent him and wants her to novelize her sexual escapades instead.</p><p>Marnie shows up at the Forbid office, annoyed with Charlie for missing their lunch date. To make it up to her, he invites her to a company party in celebration of Forbid hitting 20,000 monthly average users.</p><p>An anxious Hannah holes up in her empty apartment to work on her e-book as the pressure mounts. After getting, then removing, a splinter in her butt, she goes too far with a Q-tip while cleaning out her ears and has to visit the emergency room alone. The doctor tells her she has an abraded eardrum, worsening her anxiety.</p><p>Adam and Natalia, now officially a couple, go to her friend's engagement party in a Brooklyn bar. The experience proves awkward and uncomfortable for Adam, sober and out of place.</p><p>Marnie attends the Forbid party with Shoshanna and Ray, who's hostile to Charlie in the face of his success. Shoshanna spends the night avoiding Ray and flirting with other guys, including—accidentally—Charlie.</p><p>On her way home from the ER, Hannah runs into Adam outside of the engagement party. He's concerned about her well-being, and she is upset to discover he has a new girlfriend. When Adam goes back inside, he orders a drink, telling Natalia he just wants to have a good time with her.</p><p>Marnie commandeers the mic at the Forbid party, singing a dramatic and ill-advised arrangement of Kanye West's &quot;Stronger&quot; in honor of Charlie's premature success. Post-performance, Charlie confronts Marnie, telling her to get her s*** together, and the two have fast and furious sex on his desk.</p><p>Ray confronts Shoshanna about her strange behavior over the last week. She half confesses to her infidelity by telling him that she held hands with a doorman and is worried that Ray thinks she's a whore. Amused, Ray asks if she still wants to be with him, and feeling cornered, Shoshanna says yes.</p><p>An inebriated Adam takes Natalia back to his cluttered, dark apartment, which creeps her out. He orders her to get on all fours and crawl to his bed, where he pressures her into aggressive, degrading sex. When Natalia tells him she didn't enjoy it, Adam, realizing he's crossed a serious line, asks if she's done with him.</p><p>Home from the ER, Hannah's mental health continues to deteriorate as she fixates on cleaning out her good ear.</p></div>

Together

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by</b> Lena Dunham &amp; Judd Apatow<br><b>Directed by</b> Lena Dunham<br><br>Hannah's hit rock bottom—she's unwashed, having difficulty hearing with her abraded eardrum, and making some really hypochondriacal Google searches. When her publisher demands the new pages she promised, she blames the lack of progress on her ear injury—and he threatens to sue her for the $5,000 advance she was paid.<br><br>Adam finds himself less enchanted with Natalia after she refuses to play along with his dirty talk, insisting on calling the shots herself. Things aren't as positive between Ray and Shoshanna, who finally admits to Ray that his lack of ambition is wearing on her.<br><br>Hannah asks her father to borrow five thousand dollars in order to return the e-book advance and take the pressure off, but he accuses her of being manipulative and refuses.<br><br>At brunch with Charlie, Marnie is happy that they've had their experiences and are ready to settle down, but Charlie scoffs at the notion. Marnie realizes she's misinterpreted the meaning of their reunion and causes a scene in the restaurant. When she breaks down and admits that she loves him and wants to be with him forever, Charlie tells her that that's all he ever wanted to hear and that he loves her too.<br><br>At Grumpy's, Ray informs his boss, Hermie, that he is going to quit and finish his Ph.D. in Latin Studies. Hermie talks him out of it, because Shoshanna doesn't want an academic - she wants a guy who can provide for her. Hermie tells Ray he's planning to expand and wants Ray to run the new location. Ray is pleased by the promotion and excited to share the news with Shoshanna.<br><br>Hannah, alone and at an all-time low, is inspired to chop her hair into a pixie cut, calling on Laird for assistance with the back. Laird declares that he had feelings for Hannah until he realized how rotten her insides were.<br><br>When Ray tells Shoshanna about his new job, she's forced to confront him with her true feelings. She doesn't want to be with someone so pessimistic, who hates everything, from colors to pillows to all his living relatives—she can't be the only thing he likes. When she suggests that he go into therapy and that maybe they'll get back together someday, Ray balks and storms out, his cardboard cutout of Andy Kaufman tucked under his arm.<br><br>A despondent Hannah calls Adam, who quickly realizes that her OCD has returned and sprints across half of Brooklyn to her aid. He kicks the apartment door in when she refuses to open it and finds her hiding under her comforter. He declares that he's always been there for her and takes her in his arms to kiss her.</p></div>

Females Only

Hannah and Adam host newly despairing Marnie and newly wild Shoshanna for dinner. Jessa pushes buttons.

Truth or Dare

Hannah, Shoshanna, and Adam take a road trip to reunite with Jessa, leaving Marnie feeling left out as she moves into her own place. On the trip, Hannah looks futilely for writing inspiration to meet her editor's deadline.

She Said Ok

Adam's sister shows up needing a place to stay. Marnie micro-manages Hannah's 25th birthday party.

Dead Inside

Hannah tries to process an untimely death but seems more concerned about its impact on her eBook deal. Jessa tracks down an old friend she thought was dead. Marnie is horrified to discover a video Charlie posted online.

Only Child

Hannah learns some unsettling professional news at her editor's funeral and tries to mediate Adam and Caroline's anger issues.

Free Snacks

Hannah worries that her new corporate job will squelch her creative energy while Marnie and Shoshanna both begin to see Ray in a new light.

Beach House

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by</b> Jenni Konner &amp; Lena Dunham &amp; Judd Apatow<b><br>Directed by </b>Jesse Peretz</p><p>Marnie readies a gorgeous beach house for the arrival of Hannah, Shoshanna, and Jessa. She meets the girls at the bus station, where Shoshanna expresses joy at getting to spend the weekend in the Hamptons. Marnie reminds her that they are not in the Hamptons, but rather the North Fork - a place that, to Shoshanna's dismay, does not house a J. Crew.</p><p>Upon entering the house, the girls fight over the right to sleep in the master bedroom. Having anticipated such a squabble, Marnie explains that she has assigned everyone a room. Hannah is less than thrilled to learn that her room connects to Marnie's. The girls briefly put aside their differences as they retreat to the pool for a fun group swim.</p><p>Marnie moves the party over to the cold, rocky beach, where the girls complain about the inhospitable conditions. Tired of her friends' gripes, Marnie laments how &quot;disconnected&quot; they've all become. She had hoped the trip would serve as an opportunity for the foursome to &quot;prove via Instagram&quot; that they can still have fun together.</p><p>To prepare for Marnie's healing dinner, the girls ride bikes into town for supplies. Hannah, barefoot and still clad in her tiny green bikini, is refused entry in the grocery store. Waiting outside, Hannah overhears a group of men poking fun at her revealing outfit. When she turns around, she discovers Elijah - along with his new boyfriend Pal and two other friends - Paul and Gerald. Elijah apologizes to Hannah for sleeping with Marnie and wrecking their friendship. They settle their differences and Hannah invites him and his friends back to the beach house to save her from the hell that is Marnie's carefully calculated weekend of reconciliation.</p><p>Fun is had by all back at the house, save of course for Marnie, who pulls Hannah aside. Marnie expresses her frustration at Hannah for inviting outsiders into their exclusive bonding weekend. Hannah argues that their presence will lighten the mood, and that it makes perfect sense for Elijah to be involved as he was the source of their rift. Later, while Marnie prepares dinner, Elijah approaches her to apologize. They bond over boyfriend stories; Elijah admits that he's in love with Pal, and Marnie once again shares the sad story of her breakup with Charlie. Elijah is happy to reveal that he's always hated Charlie, ever since he realized that they weren't both closet cases.</p><p>At Marnie's insistence, Gerald, a Broadway choreographer, attempts to lead the group in an elaborate dance routine. Later, drunk on red wine and Pal's signature drink (the North Fork Fizz), Marnie and Hannah have a heart-to-heart over their long-simmering feud. Marnie reveals, &quot;I am okay. I may not seem okay and I might not be okay, but I am, like, okay.&quot;</p><p>That night, everyone, once again save for Marnie, goes skinny dipping in the pool. Hannah tells Elijah that she is worried that Pal is condescending and disrespectful of him and encourages Elijah to stick up for himself. Marnie, finished cooking dinner, calls Hannah out of the pool and urges her to send the guys home, so the girls can get their healing back on track. Hannah ignores Marnie's orders and calls everyone in for dinner.</p><p>After a tense meal intended for four but redistributed for eight, the group performs Gerald's dance. Marnie makes a point to criticize Hannah's effort and then explodes at her for inviting the guys to eat with them. &quot;Dinner was supposed to be our time for honesty. But then you invited the cast of ‘Magic Mike'!&quot; Shoshanna, sick of hearing about dinner, tears into each of the girls for treating her &quot;like a f*cking cab driver&quot; and calls them &quot;a bunch of f*cking whiny nothings.&quot; A bitterly honest, rawly emotional fight ensues before the girls storm off to their respective bedrooms.</p><p>Elijah tries to talk to Pal about his misgivings with his attitude towards him, but Pal blows him off after learning that Hannah - &quot;the most ridiculous girl he's ever met&quot; - is behind the confrontation. Scrambling, Elijah declares that he's in love with Pal, but Pal does not return the sentiment. Elijah plays it off as a joke and then kindly offers to fellate Pal.</p><p>The next morning, Hannah, Marnie, Jessa, and Shoshanna wake up and silently clean the house together. Later, as the girls sit in silence waiting for the bus home, Hannah begins halfheartedly going through the motions of their choreographed dance as each of her friends slowly joins in.</p></div>

Incidentals

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by</b> Lena Dunham &amp; Sarah Heyward<br><b>Directed by</b> Richard Shepard</p><p>Hannah waits at a restaurant for Patti LuPone, who she is scheduled to interview for an advertorial sponsored by Strenova, a bone density drug. She gets a call from Adam, who is waiting to be called in for his callback audition for the Broadway revival of ‘Major Barbara.' He hangs up when another actor warns him that the casting director has an aversion to cell phones in the waiting room. The man introduces himself as Desi and he and Adam share a quiet moment of male bonding. Back at the restaurant, Hannah is dismayed to learn that Patti LuPone has stood her up.</p><p>As Adam finishes up his audition and heads out, the casting director calls him back in and congratulates him on landing the part of Bronterre. Ecstatic, he exits and runs into Desi downstairs, who reveals that he has been cast as Bill Walker before offering to take Adam back to Greenpoint on his motorcycle.</p><p>Hannah is able to track down Patti LuPone at a theater where she is rehearsing a one-woman show. Patti reluctantly agrees to give Hannah five minutes for her interview. Her healthy bones leave her with little to say in regard to the benefits of Strenova, but Hannah helps coach her along. Hannah interrupts the interview when she takes another call from Adam, who fills her in on his good news, which Hannah excitedly shares with Patti. &quot;Wow, his first Broadway role,&quot; Patti says. &quot;He's going to need you to support him and forgive him, because he's going to be an asshole.&quot; Patti goes into detail explaining how the Broadway stage will change Adam. &quot;Your boyfriend, if he's sexual in any way, is going to start f*cking <i>everybody</i> in the building.&quot;</p><p>While treating herself to some frozen yogurt, Marnie bumps into her artist ex-boyfriend Booth Jonathan's former assistant, Soo Jin. They exchange pleasantries and Soo Jin reveals that she's in the process of opening her own gallery - in NoHo and not, as a seething Marnie suspected, Bushwick. As Soo Jin walks off, Marnie traps her in a historically awful hug and tells her that she's proud of her.</p><p>Though she is shaken by Patti's warnings, Hannah enjoys a successful afternoon at <i>GQ</i>. Her boss Janice asks her to spend the night at the Gramercy Park Hotel for a piece she'll be writing. She also receives her first paycheck and is thrilled to be making the kind of money that will allow her to &quot;walk into a store in the Meatpacking District and just be like, ‘Make it rain.'&quot;</p><p>Jessa spends another tedious afternoon working at Sweet Emma, playing with mannequins, eating snacks, and attempting to engage in chit-chat with a courier. Her ennui is interrupted by the sudden arrival of Jasper, her old rehab pal, who has tracked her down with help from Shoshanna. &quot;I threw little stones at your window until some teeny-tiny little moppet opened up, looked out, and said, ‘Are you here to rape me?'&quot; Jessa resists Jasper's pleas to run away with him, insisting that she was wearing &quot;rehab goggles&quot; when they met and that she was never attracted to him.</p><p>On assignment at the Gramercy Park Hotel, Hannah and Elijah prepare a surprise celebration for Adam. Hannah takes exception to Elijah's pronouncement that Adam is the first of them to fulfill his dream. Shoshanna arrives and fails to assuage Hannah's concerns when she asks if Hannah is worried that Adam might leave her for Sutton Foster.</p><p>World-weary Marnie drops by Ray's apartment with pizza. &quot;I'm in a shitty mood,&quot; she warns. As she makes herself comfortable, Ray breaks the news that he doesn't want to continue their relationship -- he wants a real girlfriend. Incredulous, Marnie tells him, &quot;You can't break up with me, Ray. I don't care about this. I wouldn't be eating pizza in front of you if I actually liked you!&quot;</p><p>Adam finally arrives at the Gramercy, with Desi in tow. The gang offers their congratulations to both. Elijah and Shoshanna recognize Desi from his stint on ‘One Tree Hill' and are immediately enchanted by him. Marnie arrives with her pizza and heads straight for the bathroom. Hannah follows her and tries to get to the bottom of what's troubling her, but Marnie can't say. Her spirits are soon lifted after she emerges to find Desi performing &quot;Roll On, John&quot; on his guitar. She joins in, prompting Desi to ask if he can hear more of Marnie's music. His attention provides her a moment of happiness, though her joy is snuffed out when Desi mentions his girlfriend Clementine is making paella for dinner.</p><p>Jessa and Jasper, high on cocaine and life itself, arrive at the hotel, but quickly leave to go buy more drugs. They head to Sweet Emma where Jessa breaks into the shoebox where cash is stored. They head to a hotel room of their own to prolong their night of revelry, though Jessa continues to resist Jasper's sexual advances.</p><p>Back at the Gramercy, Adam and Hannah take a bath together. Hannah tells him how proud she is of him but admits she's scared. &quot;I don't want you to get so happy doing the play,&quot; she says, &quot;that you don't like our life together anymore.&quot; Adam assures her that everything will be okay, and prompted by Hannah, delivers some of his lines in his period-appropriate accent.</p></div>

Flo

While visiting her ailing grandmother in the hospital, Hannah is surprised by a strange request from her mother. Later, Hannah shares an uncomfortable drink with her overachieving med student cousin Rebecca.

Role-Play

Hannah worries about her relationship. Marnie starts a new job. Shoshanna has a surprise for Jessa.

I Saw You

Hannah gets a glimpse of some harsh realities when she invites Elijah to join her in her quest to complete an unfinished assignment. Jessa searches for a job. Hannah, Shoshanna and Elijah attend Marnie's open-mic performance.

Two Plane Rides

The girls each face potentially life-altering news and decisions.

Iowa

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by</b> Lena Dunham &amp; Judd Apatow<br><b>Directed by</b> Lena Dunham<br><br>Adam and Hannah join her parents for dinner at the Warwick Hotel to celebrate her imminent departure for graduate school. Tad toasts to her success, and Hannah returns the toast to her parents, for their "massive love and support…even in the moments where superficially it didn't seem like you were supporting me and it seemed like you were criticizing my choices and doubting my talent."<br><br>At their apartment, Hannah and Adam watch his commercial for Torpica, an anti-depressant. Hannah insists that it was good work and reminds him it was a job, but Adam balks over how "f**king heinous" it is. Hannah tries to talk to him about a plan for their relationship while she's in Iowa, but Adam is unwilling to discuss it, wanting to take things day-by-day instead.<br><br>Shoshanna endures a lackluster graduation at the NYU offices, caught in the middle of her acrimoniously divorced parents, Mel and Mel, as they bicker.<br><br>Upon returning to Beedie Sharpsworth's apartment, Jessa is confronted by Beedie's daughter Rickie. The livid offspring reveals that she knows about Jessa's involvement in her mother's attempted suicide and will be taking Beedie to her home in Connecticut. As they say goodbye, Jessa asks Beedie to say she loves her more than Rickie and Beedie obliges.<br>Hannah, Adam, Shoshanna, Jessa, Ray and Elijah attend Marnie and Desi's first "jazz brunch." Marnie, expecting to be berated again by Clementine, is thrown when Desi's girlfriend apologizes for her behavior at ‘Major Barbara.' Clementine is apparently unaware that Desi and Marnie are having an affair.<br><br>Jessa confronts Hannah in the bathroom, accusing her of being hypocritical for leaving New York City after she told Jessa to come back and stay for good. She defends her nasty attitude, claiming that Hannah is "pussying out" on their promise to make it work regardless of location.<br>Shoshanna, claiming only to be at the brunch to see Ray, apologizes to her ex for "trying to manipulate" him into being in a relationship again. Ray graciously accepts her apology.<br><br>Onstage, Marnie quickly becomes overwhelmed by the pre-occupied crowd and runs out of the restaurant in tears. Elijah follows and gives her a tough-love pep talk, reminding her that "this business is not for sissy bitches."<br><br>While Hannah finishes packing that evening, she asks Adam if he wants to go over "the plan" again, but he hedges again, insisting "the plan is there is no plan," reminding her that he's "shit on the phone." They have sex, and Hannah seems sad, recognizing that this may be the end of something.<br><br>Early the next morning, Marnie arrives to help Hannah finish packing. Hannah quietly slips out of the apartment without saying goodbye to Adam, who pretends to be asleep. He watches her from the apartment window as she drives away with her parents and some Fig Newtons.</p></div>

Triggering

Hannah arrives in Iowa and, at her first writers' workshop, finds her piece triggers unexpected reactions.

Female Author

Hannah critiques her colleagues. Ray gives Marnie a wake-up call. Adam gets drawn into Jessa's web.

Cubbies

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by</b> Bruce Eric Kaplan<br><b>Directed by </b>Jesse Peretz<br><br>At another unsuccessful job interview, Shoshanna begins to realize that securing employment may not be as easy as she'd hoped. After being declared unworthy by her interviewer, Shoshanna begs to know what's "wrong" with her. Her recruiter is happy to oblige.<br><br>Over drinks, Shoshanna complains to Jessa and Marnie that nobody tells you how bad the "real world" is. Marnie is quick to remind her that they do: "It's pretty much all they ever tell you." Marnie plays one of her and Desi's songs on her phone, looking for feedback from Shoshanna and Jessa. Shoshanna assures her it's a perfect song, calling it "one of those billion dollar songs where the first time you hear it, you hate it, but they play it on the radio like 800 times and you love it."<br><br>Following the installation of a new traffic light on his block, Ray struggles with traffic congestion and noise pollution outside his apartment. Unable to take the incessant honking any longer, Ray storms outside and confronts the drivers in their cars, but no one takes kindly to his "neighbor to neighbor" appeals. He's spotted mid-tirade by Shoshanna, who's walking through the neighborhood. Feeling unemployed and worthless, Shoshanna asks Ray if she can join him while he runs errands.<br><br>At the start of workshop, the instructor brings attention to an "apology" letter that Hannah wrote her classmates following her behavior at the poet party. The others are upset that the letter isn't very apologetic and further aggrieved that she left it in their cubbies. "Those cubbies are sacred spaces," Chandra tells her. "They're meant for sharing art, and not spewing hate."<br><br>After class, the instructor talks with Hannah about whether the program is the right fit for her, sensing that academia is not completely natural for Hannah. Believing that she's in trouble for her non-apology letter, Hannah asks if she's getting kicked out. The instructor tells her she's not, and Hannah admits that she was "so happy" when she thought she was.<br><br>Hannah has dinner with her father who's in town before heading to a conference in Minneapolis. He commiserates with her over her unhappiness in the writing program and encourages her to do what's best for her -- regardless of what anyone else thinks.<br><br>Shoshanna convinces Ray to deviate from his routine of buying t-shirts and boxers in Forest Hills, though he balks at the high prices at the Williamsburg boutique she takes him to. While Ray tries on clothes, Shoshanna tells him she's been following him around so she could apologize for how their relationship ended. "I wasn't ready and I was unkind and very rude and generally behaved in a way I don't want to be remembered after I die," she admits. Ray accepts her apology, acknowledging that he isn't the easiest person to get along with.<br><br>That night, Marnie wakes to Desi banging on her door -- he's finally told Clementine about their affair. Marnie's delight is promptly squashed when she realizes Desi may have "preemptively" broken up with Clementine after she revealed having "sexual thoughts" about another man. Through his sobs, Desi tells Marnie he loves her -- and only her -- so much. Despite whatever misgivings she may have had, Marnie allows herself to be happy.<br><br>Hannah quits the Writers' Workshop and heads back to New York. As Hannah puts her key into the door of her apartment, a woman answers. She's Adam's new girlfriend, Mimi-Rose.</p><p> </p></div>

Sit-In

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by</b> Paul Simms &amp; Max Brockman<br><b>Directed by</b> Richard Shepard<br><br>Stunned that Adam has found a new girlfriend, Hannah stands in her unrecognizable apartment nearly speechless. Mimi-Rose leaves to buy a cold-pressed juice so that Hannah and Adam can talk in private. Adam insists he didn't break any rules by dating someone else, except, as Hannah points out, the rule of "common human decency." When she asks about her belongings, Adam explains that he's been paying for a storage unit in Fort Greene. "Well thank you, Mr. Rockefeller," Hannah spits. "Another grand romantic gesture from the last of the red-hot lovers." She excuses herself to "rest," locking herself inside her old bedroom.<br><br>Adam scrambles to round up Hannah's friends in an attempt to calm the situation. Shoshanna arrives and notices a large tapestry hanging on the wall of Hannah's bedroom. Hannah angrily pulls it down, only to discover the wall to the second bedroom has been knocked out, converting the rooms into the "master suite" she and Adam had once discussed making with their "bare hands." Shoshanna insists they find out everything they can about Mimi-Rose. They discover a video of Mimi-Rose giving the keynote address for a visiting artists' lecture. Reconsidering her advice, Shoshanna orders Hannah to stop watching the video and go with her back to her apartment, but a heartbroken Hannah decides to hide under the covers instead.<br><br>Jessa arrives and asks why Hannah isn't "in Idaho." She reveals she knew about Mimi-Rose. Jessa swears she told Hannah about her, and it becomes apparent that she is the one who set up Mimi-Rose and Adam. "What were we supposed to do?" Jessa asks, confused by Hannah's anger. "Sit around flicking our clits until you got back?" Hannah punches Jessa in the arm; Jessa responds by hitting Hannah upside the head. "You're a f**king bitch," Hannah tells her, before diving back under her blanket. <br><br>That night, Hannah leaves Marnie another message threatening that this will be the last call of their friendship because Marnie hasn't been there for her "in what could constitute the worst moment" in her entire life. With trepidation, Hannah peeks out into the living room to find Caroline and Laird on the couch; Adam and Mimi-Rose traded apartments with them for the night. Caroline admits that while Adam is very happy with his new girlfriend, it may not last. "He's really at his best when he's nurturing the poor, the lost, the profoundly damaged," Caroline explains. "Which is why you were so perfect for him."<br><br>Hannah wakes the next morning to find Ray in the apartment preparing breakfast. He tries to comfort her but is clearly distracted by his ongoing neighborhood noise pollution problem. Hannah tries to flip the bacon for him, but winds up with a bad burn on her hand. While Ray dresses her wound in Adam's "workshop," Hannah asks if Ray's anger is really about Marnie's relationship with Desi, but he brushes her off. "I was her whore, her f-buddy," Ray says. "I'm not the type of person she's going to end up with. I get that."<br><br>Alone again, Hannah watches Mimi-Rose's keynote address. Marnie arrives -- with food -- and sincerely apologizes for not answering her phone. Still mad, Hannah runs into the bathroom and fakes a shower in order to avoid Marnie and continue her Mimi-Rose research.<br><br>Unconvinced by Hannah's charade, Marnie reminds Hannah that she left Adam and needs to let him go. "If you don't give him the space to at least see where this goes, he's going to hate you forever, and you'll hate yourself."<br><br>That night, Adam returns as Hannah prepares to leave. He takes note of Ray's bandage handiwork and insists on re-doing it, grumbling, "Guy fancies himself some kind of Renaissance man but he doesn't know jack shit about f**k." They have a heartfelt conversation about what's happened between them, and Adam admits he was relieved when she left. "Did you think it was working between us?" he asks. He acknowledges that there was a time when he couldn't imagine himself with anyone else, but that time has passed. Adam says it makes more sense for her to stay in her apartment, but he'll need a few days to move out. They say their goodbyes and Hannah treks to her storage unit and finds her old furniture. She lays down on her couch to rest.</p></div>

Close-Up

Hannah has an epiphany. Ray addresses his community board. Marnie and Desi disagree about their sound. Adam is shocked by a revelation.

Ask Me My Name

Hannah connects with a new coworker. Shoshanna helps Ray with his community board campaign.

Tad & Loreen & Avi & Shanaz

Hannah takes a new friend on an excursion. Marnie and Desi fight about money. Tad and Loreen share a tense dinner with their friends.

Daddy Issues

Hannah faces a family dilemma. Jessa and Ace surprise Mimi-Rose and Adam. Ray hosts a campaign party.

Home Birth

Hannah, Adam and Jessa intervene in Caroline and Laird's birth plan. Shoshanna ponders a job offer.

Wedding Day

At Marnie's wedding, Hannah brings Fran along as her date. Shoshanna is tasked with carrying out Marnie's wishes.

Good Man

Hannah helps out her dad. Adam and Jessa spend a day together. Ray fumes about a competing coffee shop. Elijah makes a connection.

Japan

Shoshanna thrives and flirts in Japan. Hannah finds something unexpected on Fran's phone. Jessa assesses Adam's character.

Old Loves

Hannah and Fran disagree about teaching methods, while Marnie fumes over Desi's latest project.

Queen for Two Days

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by</b> Tami Sagher<br><b>Directed by</b> Jesse Peretz<br><br>Hannah and her mom, Loreen, head to "Spring Queening," a female empowerment retreat. Loreen hopes to use the retreat as a time to figure out her next steps with Tad, now that he's come out.<br><br>Now working at a cat café, Shoshanna gets a surprise visit from her old boss, Abigail. Abigail apologizes for having to fire Shoshanna, but Shoshanna is adamant that she's perfectly fine. She offers to show Abigail around Tokyo. As they go around the city, Abigail tells Shoshanna that she seems really well-acclimated to her new home.<br><br>When Hannah tells her mom that she and Fran are in a fight, Loreen says that Hannah is incapable of loving someone who is kind to her because she and Tad failed Hannah as parents. Hannah assures her mother that she is in no way scarred by her parents' marital problems.<br><br>Jessa and Adam have sex -- they've clearly gotten past any initial physical awkwardness. Jessa tells Adam that she has to go meet her sister, Minerva, for dinner. Adam offers to go with her. At dinner, Jessa ask her sister for a loan to help her pay for school -- she wants to become a therapist. Minerva doesn't trust Jessa to stick to her plan and is unwilling to sink any money into a whim. Adam tells off Minerva for having no faith in her sister and offers to pay for Jessa's schooling with the money he made doing Big Pharma ads.<br><br>Hannah uses a solo hike as an opportunity to call her dad. He's concerned that Loreen is going to file for a divorce. One of the retreat attendants doggedly goes after Hannah for constantly using her phone, but a female yoga instructor comes to Hannah's defense. When Hannah later makes an escape from her dinner table and the incessant commentary around food, she runs into the yoga instructor again. The instructor offers to help Hannah loosen up. An intimate stretching session in the sauna leads to Hannah going down on the yogi.<br><br>At dinner with Abigail, Shoshanna breaks down, admitting: "I'm so homesick, and I swear to god that if one more person that I bump into bows and says ‘I'm sorry' I'm going to, like, fucking cut somebody." <br><br>Loreen commiserates with a group of women at the retreat about problems with the men in their lives. Hearing the other women talk, Loreen realizes that having a gay husband is comparatively less problematic than a lot of the other women's experiences. Back in her room at the retreat, Loreen tells Hannah that she's decided to stay with Hannah's dad.</p></div>

The Panic In Central Park

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by</b> Lena Dunham<br><b>Directed by</b> Richard Shepard</p><p>After a fight with Desi, Marnie leaves their apartment to get some space. She walks past a group of guys who cat call her, and Marnie realizes that one of them is Charlie. When Marnie rushes away, Charlie follows after her. He reveals that he was going through a pretty messed up time when he left her -- his dad killed himself. When Charlie asks Marnie to go to a party with him, she agrees. Charlie takes her first to a vintage clothing store to purchase a glitzy red gown for her to wear.<br><br>The "party" ends up being a high society event at The Plaza Hotel, where Charlie meets up with a wealthy guy to sell him some coke. When Charlie goes to the bathroom, the guy asks if Marnie would "join" him and his date upstairs after the party. Marnie tells the guy that she's $300 cash upfront, plus a $200 fee since she's going above the 10th floor and is afraid of heights, plus another $100 for a "gown rental fee." The guy gives Marnie the cash before she and Charlie hustle out of the hotel.</p><p>Charlie tells Marnie that he knew it was a bad idea to bring her along, saying that this really isn't her scene. Marnie responds that he has no idea what her scene is anymore. The two end up at an Italian restaurant, where they gorge themselves on food and wine.<br><br>Walking through Central Park after dinner, Marnie and Charlie steal a rowboat. When they lean in to kiss each other, the boat tips and they end up falling into the water.</p><p>On the way back to Charlie's apartment, the two are held up at gunpoint by a young kid who makes off with Marnie's bag and her engagement ring. When they get to Charlie's new place (a far cry from his quirky Red Hook apartment), they fall into bed and talk about running away together and opening up a general store.<br><br>After having sex with Charlie, Marnie takes a shower in the floor's communal bathroom. Marnie runs into a female neighbor who's had a bad night -- she was kicked off the back of her girlfriend's motorcycle on the BQE and had to walk home. The girl tells Marnie, "I can't have one more fantasy busted open. I swear to god, I can't fucking take it."<br><br>Back in Charlie's room, Marnie starts to fold his clothing that he tossed on the floor, and a heroin needle falls out of his jeans' pocket.</p><p>Still in her red gown, Marnie walks barefoot back to her apartment, where she finds Desi waiting for her in the stairwell. She admits that she doesn't want to be married to him. Desi tells Marnie that she should be on her own if she wants, but warns it's not going to turn out so great -- she'll probably end up murdered. He then bursts into tears.<br><br>Marnie goes to Hannah's place, where she climbs into bed and falls asleep beside Hannah and Fran.</p></div>

Hello Kitty

Hannah feels judged by Fran. Jessa worries about seeing Hannah at Adam's play. Elijah questions Dill.

Homeward Bound

Hannah's road trip with Fran is cut short. Adam helps out with his niece, and parameters are set for Marnie and Desi's relationship.

Love Stories

Hannah has a run-in with an old frenemy. Marnie has an unsettling dream. Shosh helps at Ray's.

I Love You Baby

Hannah prepares herself for The Moth, while Adam and Jessa have an epic fight.

All I Ever Wanted

A writing gig takes Hannah to the Hamptons. Marnie makes steps to break old patterns.

Hostage Situation

Hannah provides cover for Marnie on a secret weekend trip. Shoshanna reevaluates her friendships.

American B***h

Hannah has a tense meeting with an acclaimed author she once admired.

Full Disclosure

Marnie convinces Desi to go through with a gig. Hannah gets advice from her dad and Keith. Elijah's thespian talents are rekindled.

The Bounce

Elijah prepares for an open-call. Marnie gets a wakeup call. Hannah reconnects with Paul-Louis.

What Will We Do This Time About Adam?

Adam has news for Hannah. Jessa spends a day alone. Shoshanna helps Ray with a project.

Latching

Hannah embarks on a new chapter.