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"  There comes a time in every woman&amp;#039;s life when she finally realizes she is free \u2014 the moment when she finally gets a paycheck for an amount greater than her rent. In &amp;quot;Incidentals,&amp;quot; Hannah is so delighted by her first large paycheck that she decides to &amp;quot;walk into a store in the Meatpacking District and just be like, &amp;#039;make it rain.&amp;#039;&amp;quot; Can&amp;#039;t wait for the episode when Hannah gets her first big-girl credit card bill (&amp;quot;I just really felt like these $900 shoes raised interesting questions about the juxtaposition of feminism and capitalism&amp;quot;).\u00A0 With great money comes a greater chance of meeting a famous person, in this case Patti LuPone, who Hannah interviews for an advertorial about osteoporosis medication. Patti, true to ur-diva form, convinces Hannah that Adam (who has just gotten his first role on Broadway) will dump her as soon as fame, glory, and promiscuous understudies come calling. This fear continues to plague Hannah throughout the surprise party she throws to celebrate Adam&amp;#039;s success, especially after Elijah begins advising Adam on which bars host the best after-show parties in the Theater District. But honestly, after the Gross Ear Thing of 2013 and the Great Sister Invasion of 2014, it seems clear that these two lovebirds can weather pretty much anything.\u00A0 Elsewhere, Marnie gets dumped by Ray, who admits to wanting a real relationship that involves having conversations on park benches into the wee hours of the night (awww). Jessa whiles away the hours at her retail job by crafting friendship bracelets and making scarf nooses for the tiny mannequins, only to fall off the wagon when Jasper from rehab shows up and convinces her to rob the store for cocaine money. Great idea! I&amp;#039;m sure that will not come back to haunt Jessa in any way. Shoshanna, woefully underused as ever, did nothing this week except bob her head to the acoustic guitar music of Adam&amp;#039;s new friend Desi, who is without question going to sleep with Marnie before this season is over. \u00A0 \u00A0 This show is your life: -The first thing Hannah does after receiving her first big paycheck is head to Soho, where she promptly buys herself a nice new dress at Intermix. Good luck paying rent in a few weeks. -&amp;quot;I have a job and I eat lunch everyday&amp;quot; is Jessa&amp;#039;s evidence that she&amp;#039;s been doing well since rehab. For real though, if you can hit that low bar in your early twenties, you&amp;#039;re doing alright! -Shoshanna immediately recognizes Desi from an episode of One Tree Hill where he guest starred as a disabled hockey player. -Marnie starts every day happy, &amp;quot;then without fail something happens at the yogurt shop that just really fucks my shit up.&amp;quot; Never has a more succinct explanation of life in NYC been uttered. This show is not your life: -Hannah&amp;#039;s aforementioned dress is McQ by Alexander McQueen, original retail price $1,165. Even if you assume she got it on sale for 50 percent off, the only person working in the magazine industry with a one-week paycheck that could pay for something that expensive is Anna Wintour. -Girls like Marnie definitely do not know the words to any Bob Dylan song except maybe &amp;quot;Make You Feel My Love,&amp;quot; and if they know that one it&amp;#039;s only because Adele covered it on 19. Supposedly Marnie knows &amp;quot;Roll On John&amp;quot; because Michelle Branch covered it, but AS IF Michelle Branch knows anything from a Dylan album as recent as Tempest (or has released any music since 2005). #endrant Follow Eliza on Twitter. Photo credit: HBO RELATED ARTICLES:\u00A0 Girls\u00A0Recap: I Can&amp;#039;t Believe We&amp;#039;re in the Hamptons Girls\u00A0Recap: I Thought That Wasn&amp;#039;t As Retweeted As It Should Have Been \u00A0 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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