Girls

Struggling writer Hannah gets cut off financially. Free-spirited friend Jessa returns to New York City and moves in with her unsuspecting cousin Shoshanna. Type-A roommate Marnie hosts a welcome-back dinner.

Hannah reveals her phobias when she realises that Adam may not be monogamous. Marnie lives in denial of her growing boredom with Charlie. Shoshanna confesses an embarrassing secret.

Marnie’s art-gallery boss introduces her to a cocky artist who piques her interest. Jessa gets a babysitting gig. Hannah meets up with her college flame.

Adam sends Hannah a ‘sext’ message that puts her in a tailspin. Hannah’s boss gets touchy at her office job. Shoshanna reunites with a boy from sleepaway camp. Jessa gets distracted while watching her charges.

At Jessa’s advice, Hannah decides to better her story by propositioning her boss. She subsequently retreats to Adam, who has a different idea about the state of their union. Marnie and Charlie assess their relationship.

Hannah’s parents fly her back to Michigan to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Though they hope she’ll go on their date, she gets one of her own instead, and catches up with some high-school friends who are mourning a tragedy.

At the ‘best party ever’ in Bushwick, Brooklyn, Hannah learns Adam’s defining trait. Marnie is beside herself (and annoying others) after seeing Charlie. Jessa teases a mystery texter. Ray becomes Shoshanna’s spirit guide.

Hannah ventures further into Adam’s world, for better and for worse. Newly unemployed Jessa, and Marnie, at an all-time low, bond unexpectedly and meet a very eligible bachelor who is not what he seems.

Behind on rent and resentful of the literary success of a former classmate, Hannah starts work at Grumpy Café and does a reading hosted by a former professor. Marnie finds it difficult to support Hannah financially and emotionally.

In the season finale Hannah starts to question her relationship with Adam. Jessa throws a mystery party where Marnie embraces her free-spirited side. Shoshanna’s uniqueness works in her favour.