Girls (TV Series) One Man's Trash (2013) User Reviews

Woody Allen like

[arias-chanel · 8/10 · 26 February 2013]

I really enjoyed living vicariously through Hannah in this episode. Lena Dunham used this episode as an opportunity to cast the hottest man that is Patrick Wilson.

This episode was odd.. so out of place with the series, unrealistic but thought provoking. (little SPOILER:) When Hannah walks away from his home at the end, all I could think was how similar this episode was to Woody Allen's style of writing.

A realistic fairytale that you relate to in a way that you can't quite put your finger on. Favorite episode thus far... might be because of Patrick Wilson.

Girls One Man's Trash

[dalydj-918-255175 · 11 February 2013]

We've always known Hannah is quite immature and this episode shows off her youth when she is matched up against an older man. The episode is a bottle episode because it is not connected to anything else in the series. Only one quick scene at the start introduces us to Joshua (Patrick Wilson) fighting with Ray about trash as Hannah watches. Hannah leaves the shop and goes after Joshua which starts the whole sequence of these two characters spending days together. Seeing Hannah sleep with this older man straight away seemed strange at first but it just adds even more to her problematic life. The relationship between Hannah and Joshua is quick but I quite enjoyed it because of Dunham's writing and chemistry with Wilson. Near the end of this affair we learn more about Hannah emotionally as she breaks down in front of Joshua because he has such a good life at his age while she seems to be stuck at her young age. Even though the episode takes place in this apartment it worked well because it felt more intimate. Dunham really got the chance to act in this episode especially when she got to cry in front of Wilson. Wilson was also good playing this older gentleman. Writing was strong and focusing on only this relationship was great to watch a big move showing this show truly is special.

EPISODE GRADE: A- (MVP: Lena Dunham)

Genius

[stephencardell · 10/10 · 10 May 2021]

Great writing. Brilliantly acted. She is so insecure and unsure about her life and yet so confident in the way that she approaches the world. This episode is a full on relationship in one episode.

A masterclass in how you should produce and write.

Naked Ping Pong Made Me Write A Review

[ctmc-04847 · 1/10 · 28 January 2023]

I almost never write reviews but this episode compelled me to leave commentary. This is one of the most bizarre episodes I've ever seen... we've seen this story told before- the falling for someone so quickly and never wanting the 'honeymoon' to end. (If you give a mouse a cookie.. if you give Hannah lemonade she will pass out in your shower?) I just felt like it was way too farfetched to even be believable? Hannah spends days with a man she met because she was throwing garbage away in his can? It just felt too implausible from the beginning and then it just got weirder as it went on, he's a doctor (of course) and naked ping pong? It just felt SO unreal in comparison to the rest of the show so far.

Just trash.

[m-47826 · 1/10 · 28 February 2023]

This is probably my least favorite Girls episode. It is so unrealistic and self indulgent, I just consider it to be one of Hannah's stories, she made up in her mind, and wrote about it later on her laptop. Had it been true, you could expect the guy being a psycho, who planned on making skin suit with her cellulite, after she bored him, and the audience to tears, with her boring anecdotes. But it wasn't. One silver lining though, the episode ended as though nothing happened, and maybe it actually didn't. And featured two of the best songs from the volume 2 soundtrack. To me, season 2 is where the show became really annoying, mostly thanks to Hannah herself and Elijah. So maybe it wasn't the best idea to focus on them like that...

Feels unrealistic and off

[badurinamarta · 1/10 · 10 January 2024]

I haven't logged in IMDb in years and I disliked this episode so much that I just had to see what others thought. It just feels completely off that a beautiful, wealthy, older man with a gorgeous house would fall so easily for a girl like Hannah. This is nothing about her appearance, this is about the fact that she comes to him as a total mess - saying that she is the one throwing trash in his bin. The guy is a 42 year old doctor that looks so clean and put together and the way she says the whole thing is just ugh, its not cute, I just don't see it. If this was Marnie, it would make a lot more sense.

And then the whole rom com episode, of them being on the terrace while he's reading the newspaper and she's eating tangerines? Huh? Super off.