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Though Hannah had a resolution regarding her pregnancy, this was an Elijah episode all the way. We finally get to see the full range of Andrew Rannell’s dramatic and comedic acting chops, as he goes on an audition for the Broadway musical version of White Men Can’t Jump. Elijah, perhaps the least sportsy person on the show (even Hannah briefly took up running with Adam), dons a basketball jersey and heads to the audition, ready to do his monologue.

Tricia: He almost bails when he learns they want the singing part first, and meets a new friend, Athena Dante (Latisha Di Venuto), a young African American girl who tells him to get his ass back in the room. Against all odds, he makes it through the different rounds and callbacks, even after botching an absolutely hilarious and disastrous sequence involving basketballs and dancing. Rannell’s slapstick physical comedy abilities shine here. I’m getting shades of Jack Tripper/ John Ritter.

Jessica: And this isn’t even the highlight of Elijah’s day. The episode opens with the re-appearance of former boyfriend, Dill Harcourt, the man who broke Elijah’s heart last season and has now become embroiled in scandal after trying to buy a white baby on the black market. He claims that he’s hiding from the paparazzi, and that Elijah and Hannah’s apartment is the only solace he can find. Dill’s return hangs over Elijah’s entire audition.

Tricia: This one of the funniest episodes of Girls IMO. Back at the apartment, Hannah—or HAHHHHNAAAH, as Elijah calls her—is stuck with Dill eating sugary cereal (Dill asks: “Do you have anything to eat that doesn't have an activity center on the back?") and talk about their dual baby predicaments. (Hannah says she won’t sell her baby to him). She waits nervously by the phone, as Dill explains that children need fathers and even if it’s uncomfortable, the dude needs to know or be involved. When the call with surf instructor Paul Louis (dreamy Riz Ahmed) finally comes, he’s at first totally freaked out and quiet. But when Hannah tells him she doesn’t want to interrupt his “exciting, illustrious water skiing career” and doesn’t need anything from him, he reacts exactly as a dude-bro would. “That is so cool,” ‘cause he’s not ready to have a baby, and far be it from him to suggest that she get an abortion (which I think he is sort of kind of suggesting in his passive-bro-douchebag way). Hannah hangs up, and is upset, but we disagree over why.

Jessica: Hannah is crying because she built this moment of confession up to be crucial and pivotal. Instead, it was disappointingly quick and easy. She realizes that that was barely the tip of the iceberg of all the responsibilities and obstacles that she has now, which she will have to meet alone.

Tricia: To me he’s a slimy Every Bro. And, I think she harbored a small hope that Paul would join her; when he didn’t, it was a realization that there would be no knight in shining armor for her or her baby. Don’t forget that look on her face at the end of the episode when she first met Paul and he told her that he was in an open relationship and they were all sitting by the fire. She went along with it but she was sad. She wants to someone’s person. Elsewhere: Marnie’s dead broke and being evicted. Comeuppance.

Jessica: Marnie tries to sell her jewelry to a pawn shop. Turns out: Her necklace isn’t platinum, her earrings aren’t diamond. She has a breakdown, bemoaning all the deception in her life. The store owner rolls his eyes and gives it to her straight: “You’re doing a lot of blaming. The liar is you.”

Tricia: Marnie makes amends with Desi and leaves a message on the phone and says she doesn’t need anything because she’s moving back in with her mother. Marnie’s reversal from a Truly Awful Person to Awful Person is just beginning. Meanwhile, WHERE THE FUCK ARE SHOSH AND RAY?

Jessica: I think the writers recognized that churning out some storylines for them would be a perfunctory act. So they tapered off. I’m becoming ok with that.

Tricia: No, I disagree; Ray has a lot to work through after Hermie’s death (the great Colin Quinn), and Shosh’s career imploded, you’d think there’d be some exploration with that. We’ve only got one significant plotline with her this season. Very disappointing since she is easily my favorite character and I can’t wait for her and Ray to get married. But, I digress, since Elijah finally gets a happy ending (both literally and figuratively). Dill sticks around overnight and Elijah wakes up to a phone call from the two casting directors that he’s gotten a call back for the show’s producers who tell him “no balls” will be involved. And he’s just so damn happy!

Jessica: The episode closes with a shot of Hannah, alone, in the doctor’s office waiting room. Around her are other women, with their bellies and their partners. It reminded me of Elijah’s dance audition sequence. Both characters are centered in this room of people who seem much more well-equipped than themselves (better dancing, better pregnancy preparation). It’s a hopeful note to end on.

Tricia: I think we completely see this whole thing differently. I saw her in that waiting room, and thought, she sees how much harder her life is going to be than everyone else in the room: she folds her arms on herself. Me, I thought: Maybe she gets an abortion after all. After weeks of being certain she’s definitely going to have the baby, I now am not really sure if she will. Maybe the next few weeks will tell us. Only three more episodes left.