Tonight the final episode of Girls was broadcast by HBO, and while some fans were happy to see Hannah go off into the sunset with her little son and giant house, others weren’t having it. In other words, it’s one last typical Sunday for Girls. The world of social media took to their devices to plop in the #GirlsHBO hashtag for some healthy discussion mixed with some annoying absolutes.
Reactions to the finale ranged from the bitter to the straight up angry. There were even some loyal fans dismissing the series after six years and 62 episodes. Of course, some were accepting of the arc Hannah took through her life on the show, and many seemed to be trolling because that’s just what happens when the internet and Lena Dunham’s art mixes. It’s practically unavoidable.
Emotions were varied, but that’s probably the point. Girls was always an uncomfortably honest show, so having it end like it did, as a bookend but also without a happy happy joy joy moment, is appropriate coming from the people behind the series.
Now, the Internet’s wide-ranging reactions to the Girls finale, starting harsh and ending progressing into warmer, happier notes of acceptance.
So thanks #GirlsHBO for making us all have to think the second to last episode was the finale. Why even bother? #Hopeswerehigh #ItIsWhatItIs
— Take the bait! (@cDismalSquared) April 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/jaspreeeetkaur/status/853819575254863872
Sooooo…. yeah, about that…. #GirlsHBO
— σρнєℓια ɖ. ¢σχ 💫🌊 (@BigBlacknBougie) April 17, 2017
I can't believe a show this good just ended that bad WTF😒 #GirlsHBO pic.twitter.com/5LPQ0JPFKk
— sweavA (@susanweaver216) April 17, 2017
That episode was a fucking mess, so yes, I will be pretending that the penultimate episode was actually the finale #GirlsHBO
— KingDwarf ✈️ back in LA 3/6! (@kingdwarfnyc) April 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/LAW2225/status/853818980984868864
#GirlsHBO Well the journey had a lousy ending.
— Tapestry (@TheJellicoe) April 17, 2017
#GirlsHBO Finale was horrible.
— Steve Angelovich (@AngelSteve89) April 17, 2017
#GirlsHBO series finale pic.twitter.com/b5yy0atJIz
— Ianna McCracken (@ahncrack) April 17, 2017
#GirlsHBO that it ends in such a conservative, sanctimonious, reactionary note makes me revaluate the entire series.
— Hadas Weiss (@weiss_hadas) April 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/heathencandor/status/853817395739324417
WTF was that ending. #GirlsHBO
— Meghan (@gsp_grl) April 17, 2017
One of my favorite shows with the worst finale ever #GirlsHBO
— JennLee Leach (@Jeneralleee) April 17, 2017
Everyone wants a finale to be a happy ending. A closing. What #GirlsHBO did, was show real life. Which is what that show was from the start.
— Julia Proctor (@juliabproctor) April 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/timothycook70/status/853807337848659968
https://twitter.com/BrittanySmth1/status/853818222851887104
#GirlsHBO last episode was a bit depressing. Will definitely miss the show.
— Mari (@MariHamill) April 17, 2017
#GirlsHBO is a modern television show that accurately depicted millennial 20s life. Absolutely perfect @lenadunham ❤
— Zach (@Floofykins1) April 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/ddddpbriscoe/status/853818866153254914
Has Hannah finally Grown up? We can't reach a conclusive answer. And that's the ultimate beauty of this radical and smart show #GirlsHBO
— Reinaldo Glioche (@rglioche) April 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/lexiloumikelle/status/853819255900581888
https://twitter.com/carrienovalany/status/853819396229402624
#GirlsHBO finale will be polarized by love/hate, but it was about maturity; the realization that life's road isn't traveled together by all
— Rich Grasso (@richgrasso) April 17, 2017
But the most important question was even asked by our Alan Sepinwall — what kind of incoming professor job gets full benefits and a salary that pays for a house like that?
https://twitter.com/by_kamala/status/853818058225336321
