![]() Unfortunately, Mama Rita Wilson is a bit of a liar and the pawnshop worker reveals the locket is a cheap piece of 20-year-old crap, PLUS the "diamond" earrings Marnie's dad got her when she got into college are made of glass. ![]() Meanwhile, broke Marnie decides to pawn an allegedly gold locket that was allegedly given to her great-great grandmother by Wild Bill Hickok in the 1870s. Paul-Louis tells her he doesn't believe in mistakes, so we'll see if this comes back. Hannah is not relieved-even though this is what she thinks wanted, she's sad and feels dismissed, she will have to raise a child alone, she might have made a mistake. Unfortunately, though, Paul-Louis is not super enthusiastic about his tiny growing spawn, and seems quite relieved when Hannah makes it clear she doesn't need him to do anything for her. Blessedly, this means we get a Riz Ahmed return AT LAST. It seems like it'll pay off, and he (and Shosh and Ray, who were nowhere to be found this week) deserve it.Įlsewhere in the GIRLSverse, Dill Harcourt convinces Hannah to tell Paul-Louis about the coming child. Some of the dialogue here was weak (his big moment confronting Dill fell flat, for instance) and I didn't think the gags were consistently funny, but the takeaway is that Elijah's done being self-loathing so he's grabbing life by the balls. So much of his role on this show seems like a prop-he's the hot funny gay sidekick, and though they threw him a bone with the Dill storyline last season, he's been woefully underused this time around. I am so happy to see GIRLS give Elijah his due. And then Elijah gets a callback, and his face lights right up. ![]() Still, Elijah is hopeful, telling Athena Dante that he's going to make it no matter what, because he's "really f****ing talented." And when he goes home, he tells Dill Harcourt, in no uncertain terms, not to mess with him. Elijah makes it through his song and the monologue and even squeaks by the preliminary dancing portion, but dancing with basketballs is not his thing (though it's hilarious for the rest of us), and it looks like his star turn is not to be. So he ditches his original song and returns to belt out something from Smash in front of MARISSA JARET WINOKUR of OG Hairspray fame. Harcourt has been embroiled in a "white baby buying scandal," having attempted to adopt a white baby on the black market, and he shows up at Elijah's place right before the open call, throwing him off his game.Įlijah freaks out at the theater and tries to bail before trying out, but when he bumps into fellow auditionee Athena Dante, who implores him to sing from the heart. His focus, however, is briefly upended by the return of Dill Harcourt, the sultry news anchor who broke Elijah's heart last season. With his focus set back on acting, he decides to audition for the upcoming stage adaptation of White Men Can't Jump, a musical that does not yet exist but REALLY SHOULD. In "The Bounce," Elijah gets one final big moment. Luckily, this week's episode is mostly about Elijah, the best character on this show, and that part at least was lovely. GIRLS has a habit of throwing a bunch of wild plots into the universe and wrapping them up way too quickly (remember Mimi-Rose? Adam's sister? Jessa's wedding?) It's hard to see Hannah's pregnancy as much more than a Hail Mary to end this series on a Big Note. This season has had at least one standout episode and some **fire** wardrobe moves, but overall there's just too much happening in these final weeks, and the whole thing is feeling a bit hasty.
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