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We agreed to... to live here and suffer and be miserable
in this godforsaken rat hole, together.
You can't give up on that.
LENA DUNHAM: This episode is called "Goodbye Tour."
And this is the episode in which Hannah's figuring out
whether she's gonna stay in New York City.
Hannah and Marnie seem to be in touch.
Hannah and Jessa have not been in touch for quite some time
and Hannah can't get in touch with Shoshanna,
to the point where it's getting weird and mysterious.
Will you actually excuse me? it's just kind of impolite
to leave your guests hanging at your own engagement party.
You're engaged.
This is an engagement party for you.
And it's not just a party she wasn't invited to,
but Shoshanna's engagement party?
Like, that's how far away they've grown.
Drifted. And she's had time to get engaged with someone
-and it's not even totally to-- -JENNI KONNER: And plan a party.
And plan a party, and it's not even that insane
-that they're engaged. - KONNER: Right.
And I truly cannot wait to be Mrs. Byron Long.
-Mmm! I love you! -I love you!
-You wanted that for Shoshanna -KONNER: Yes.
I love that you see those girls and you're like,
"Oh, she's got a beautiful friend group,
this great fiancé,
she's moving forward in her life,
and she's able to advocate for herself."
I mean, what am I gonna do? Like, start a fight
and ruin this for Byron and for me? I don't think so.
Hey.
Not you and not now. Not in the mood.
Group meeting in the bathroom. Let's do that.
DUNHAM: We were initially staging it in the living room
and Jenni was like, "Shouldn't we put it in the bathroom,
-where all great Girls-- -KONNER: Girls...
-conversations have taken place? -We've built
more bathrooms, I would guess,
-than any show on television. -DUNHAM: And our guest director,
Nisha Ganatra, she was amazing. She was like,
"I feel like any other director would be like,
'You want me to shoot a seven-page scene
-in a two-foot bathroom?'" -We've never even shot in that
bathroom before without having the door open.
We knew we were really asking for it,
but it did just seem, like, poetic to put them in a bathroom
where they always wind up.
Can you tell me what this is? What we're doing here?
-I don't understand. -We're having a group meeting.
I don't want to have a group meeting.
I remember we were really laughing at the idea,
uh, that Shoshanna would say, "The last six years have been
-a complete waste of time." -Right. Yeah! (LAUGHS)
-DUNHAM: It's basically her denouncing the show. -Yeah.
We can't hang out together anymore, because we cannot be
in the same room without one of us making it completely
and entirely about ourselves.
KONNER: She's letting go of these girls, and even if there's still
some pain for her...
The performance, I thought, that Zosia did beautifully
is like a person who's like...
"You guys can keep doing this as long as you want,
but I have, like, a whole life, and it's literally
on the other side of this door."
In the beginning, also, you probably watched the show
and thought, "Oh, she's like this puppy dog.
-She doesn't seem that smart." -Right.
And then there was a choice made early on...
-What if she's, like, insanely smart? -Right.
Shosh's right...
She's right about everything.
They all basically say, like, let's peace out
on this friendship.
And then after finally saying to each other
what they were all thinking, they managed to actually
have fun and dance together and engage
-in a way they haven't in years. -KONNER: Yeah.
And Shoshanna kind of begrudgingly is like,
"I guess they're at my engagement party."
And Jessa and Hannah have that really sweet, emotional moment
that is sort of like... opens up the door for them to be able
to talk again.
GIRL: Okay, so we need one for wealth, one for romance,
and also one to promote, like, an ease of creativity.
Mmm, yeah. Like a candle is gonna help us find an apartment
that doesn't smell like hot wings.
GIRL: I literally don't care if it smells like hot wings
as long as you're there.
DUNHAM: I really like the moment when you see Hannah watching
the two girls who are excited to have moved to New York together.
KONNER: Oh, yeah! In the magic store?
In the witchcraft store, and they're buying candles
and, like, even the girls themselves, the actors,
they were so excited to be on a set. They were new
to acting. They were, like, thrilled. They couldn't believe
how good the lunch was, and it was a reminder to me that this
has been such a beautiful job to have,
and it's such a lucky thing, and never take it for granted.
And so just like it was, like, reminding Hannah
of her younger life, it was reminding me
of, like, the first day on the pilot where I was like,
-"There's chips everywhere!" -(KONNER, APATOW LAUGH)
It was really nice.