Girls Season One

It's funny how there's so many award-winning television shows in HBO's history that are all available to watch on demand when you get the channel, yet the one that pushed Katie and I to finally make that purchase was Girls- the awkward and controversial comedy that's just begun its second season a week ago. We watched through the first five episodes at Stan's house on Friday and got instantly addicted, catching up to the second season the following night. Girls' is pretty funny and derives most of its humor from how terrible most of the main characters are- take every stereotype you have about people who move to New York immedately after college, and you'll find it here. The girls and their friends are also awkward as all hell, which has now been done to death on network tv but is fresh on HBO where they're able to get away with swearing a nudity and thus push it to new heights. When we watched as a group the other night there were plenty of moments where it seemed like everyone watching couldn't believe that just happened on tv. Many times camera will linger just long enough on awkward situation that it's just brutal to watch, but in a good way. The show might not be for everyone- there's no one really to root for on the show, but the characters aren't complete zany caricatures of regular people like the cast of Always Sunny and The Office- still though, if you like the pilot, season one of Girls will bring the laughs pretty consistently.