Girls recap: A night out with the boys

The latest episode of Girls focuses on the strange, fascinating relationship between Ray and Adam

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After last week's brilliant, groundbreaking episode of Girls, which focused almost exclusively on Hannah, Girls has once again shifted its focus — this time emphasizing the brief and unexpected friendship of Ray and Adam. Indeed, the episode is so strong that I'm hoping it turns out to be a backdoor pilot for a parallel series about the boys of Girls.

Just as titling the show Girls — not Women — is a telling choice, it's significant that tonight's episode was called "Boys" and not "Men." As Girls continues to expand its narrative boundaries and the stories it's willing to tell, tonight's episode centered on the strange, fascinating interactions between two characters who had never even met: Ray and Adam.

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Scott Meslow

Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.