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Girls Recap: "One Man's Trash"

1. Ray’s angry outburst. This out of the blue attack on Joshua (the hottest character that’s been introduced on Girls) gave the episode a strange start. Ray’s outraged rant is completely uncalled for and totally unprofessional, which Hannah tells him before she walks out.

2. Hannah kissing Joshua. I don’t care that Joshua is a stranger. Or that he’s 42 and Hannah is 24. It would be totally in keeping with "Girls" for Hannah to make an inappropriate sexual advance on a middle–aged stranger. But he’s hot. Like a doesn’t–belong–on–"Girls" type of hot. Joshua and his "True Blood"–worthy abs seemed out of place on a show where we’ve watched a pale, skinny dude jerk off.

3. Topless ping–pong. In the last few episodes Hannah’s penchant for removing her shirt has been revealed. Coked out at the rave it made sense, but playing such an innocent, not to mention bouncy, game? It felt wrong watching her play in the buff the game that my grandfather taught me to play.

4. Hannah fainting in the shower. Hannah’s playing around with the fancy spigots in Joshua’s shower and then the next time we see her she’s unconscious and Joshua is rescuing her from a thick cloud of steam. What the...

5. Where were the other gals? It’s not an episode of "Girls" without Shosh freaking out, Marni getting pissed off or some free–spirited hijinks from Jessa. "Girls," we missed you! Come back next week, pretty please.


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