Heartbreak or Distaste: Reaction to #GirlsHBO Series’ Finale (Spoilers Ahead)

Posted on by Nisha Stickles

Last week, the HBO series Girls concluded its sixth and finale season to many mixed reviews. The series has won critics’ and audiences’ applause for its raw nature and humor in its realistic portrayal of New York women and their relationships. #GirlsHBO maintained trending status on Twitter throughout the weekend, showing audiences’ anxiety for the future of the four central characters—especially if their friendship would last after six seasons of toxicity.

 

Some lauded Girls for showing the reality of women’s experience that mainstream media often disregards. The finale made no attempt to please viewers; its no simple, nicely tied-up ending showed the complications of life and the consequences of growing up.

Of course, longtime fans quickly showed their heartbreak over the characters’ maturity, regardless of their “happy” ending or not.

Of course, longtime fans quickly showed their heartbreak over the characters’ maturity, regardless of their “happy” ending or not.

Others, though, disagreed for how young women were depicted as reckless and unstable.

Viewers also expressed disappointment for how the show ended with one of the characters, Hannah, whose life is finally resolved with the arrival of a baby. The classic, antiquated fixer-upper for women seemed out of place for the usually social commentary-charged show.

The differences in opinion seemed to be more of an individual commentary for how audiences feel like women should live out their lives.

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