The honeymoon is certainly over!
Episode 6 of Girls, The Panic in Central Park, is completely devoted to the most disgruntled newlywed we know, Marnie Michaels. Wedding bliss isn't all it's cracked up to be for Marnie and her hubby. At the beginning of the show, the two were fighting again--surprise, surprise. Marnie accused Desi of playing "aggressive guitar" at her, and the overdramatic Desi called his Mrs. cruel. Marnie left the apartment to get some space, which we know she has none of in her studio apartment.
While walking on the street, Marnie ran into a blast from season 1 and season 2. It was the person that she wanted to have little brown babies with and watch die, Charlie Dattolo. Yes, she suddenly found herself face to face with the man who left her when they were supposed to grill pizzas.
Charlie informed Marnie, that running an app company was not the life for him, and due to legal issues, he basically walked away with no money. He invited Marnie to accompany him to a party, and she said no for obvious reasons--(if they're not obvious, it's because he said she was spoiled and that he never loved her. Way harsh!) But when Charlie explained that he was going through a tough time because his dad actually killed himself, Marnie agreed to go to the event. Charlie said that she needed a dress, so they went to a boutique. While Charlie was in the bathroom, Marnie did some thinking out loud about her sitch with the store's saleswoman.
No, the sales associate did not care. When Charlie came back from the bathroom, he hurriedly got Marnie's stuff out of the changing room and threw money on the counter without even hearing the price.
While at the party, Charlie sold some drugs to an older gentleman who later propositioned Marnie to join him and his fiancée. Marnie conned the man into paying $600 upfront for services that would never be rendered.
With the cash monies, she and Charlie dined on pizza, pasta, and ice cream, and then danced. They took an after dinner walk in the park, where Marnie told her ex that half of her album was about him.
The former flames snuck onto a dock, and Charlie convinced Marnie to take a boat ride. With Charlie at the oars, we had The Notebook and The Little Mermaid vibes, and Charlie certainly kissed the girl. Which cause the two fall overboard.
On the way back to Charlie's apartment, the once upon a time couple got mugged at gunpoint, and Marnie had to hand over her purse along with her wedding and engagement rings.
Once they had made it safely to Charlie's apartment, Marnie looked longingly at Charlie and asked, "What am I gonna do about you?"
He suggested that they leave town. "What if the last few years were just a bad dream, and we ran away?"
They hooked up, and then Marnie took a shower in the bathroom down the hall. When she returned, Charlie was asleep, and she began tidying his apartment. While picking up his jeans, she found a needle in his pocket.
He told Marnie that he was a diabetic, and she didn't say anything but left his apartment for her own. When Marnie returned home, Desi was waiting for her on the stairs, because of course he was.
Mrs. Harperin broke the news that she wanted to end their marriage.
"I knew I shouldn't have married you. I just didn't want to give up on yet another dream," she said. And then continued, "I just don't know who I am right now. I'm like a ghost of myself. I don't know what I'm doing here or anywhere else, but I don't want to be married to you."
And Desi seemed okay with it at first, but then he said something that we never expected. "Probably you're gonna get murdered," he said. "I mean that is how little of a sense of the world that you have. You're just, you're gonna get murdered."
Um, no thanks, Desi. We were not here for that, and neither was Marnie. She grabbed some things from their apartment and then headed to Hannah's and got in bed with her and Fran. It was friendship at its finest.
We are so glad that Marnie is finally free of that emotionally unstable hubby of hers. So what if she ends up alone and like Cher (whatever that means)? At least she gets to be herself, and to find herself again. Even if she might be an unpopular character, we can honestly say that we've missed the authentic Marnie very much.
Follow along with her journey Sunday at 10 p.m. ET on HBO.
