Ironically, Hannah/Dunham's the only one of the characters I actually find physically attractive. The other three are objectively pretty, but in exceedingly boring ways.
I managed to blow through the rest of the episodes thus far, and Im actually fairly compelled by this whole thing. For one thing, the show is indeed getting funnier. The phrase "crack spirit guide", and Shoshanna taking off the second she's left alone are the hardest gut laughs so far. Second, we're starting to get a clearer picture behind the motivations of these people. Hannah's attachment to Adam (guy's a complete shitsmear, but he is, indeed, completely unlike anybody else, "normal" just doesn't do it for her, and she's starting to figure that out.), Marnie's need for Charlie (she's got this emotional invisible fence she wants to keep everybody at. Charlie gets too close, Hannah's too far, and she's too self-obsessed to let anyone else get in range), Shoshanna's virginity (Im taking a shot in the dark that she's autistic, but, she could just be written as that one character in a comedy completely out of sync with reality. In general, though, she's trying out all the things that "normal" women like to try and fit in, while not realizing it makes her look more out of place), Jessa's wild nature (she's just generally kind of a bitch, and yet people keep listening to what she has to say, so she never gets embarrassed enough to stop) are all starting to make sense, and I can't imagine that Dunham doesn't have a plan to shake these people up in big ways as time goes on. What's really keeping the show fascinating is seeing all these elements at play, and immediately connecting them with relationships I've had, and witnessed happen to others. There's a weirdly satisfying catharsis to that.
So, i might be in this for the long haul.
