Our new podcast format with member's only bonus episodes every second week debuts. Alex interviews Orla about what it's like watching Girls separated from the weekly episode discourse. Alex and Orla discuss the difficult of reading shows with empathy for terrible people, great acting, and the difference between Hana and Lena Dunham. Show notes:

• You can listen to our first 15 bonus episodes by becoming a Seventh Row member
• Read Alex's 2017 review of Paterson
• Read Alex's 2016 review of City of Tiny Lights

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• Ep. 97: The Films and TV of Desiree Akhavan
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