This contemporary coming-of-age comedy focuses on a group of 20-something women in New York and their adventures in post-collegiate floundering.
Two years out of liberal arts school, Hannah (Lena Dunham) believes she has the talent to be a successful writer, and though she has yet to complete her memoir (she has to live it first), her parents cut her off financially without warning.
Further complicating things for Hannah is her unrequited passion for eccentric actor Adam (Adam Driver), with whom she occasionally has sex (when he can be bothered to respond to her text messages).
As the harsh reality of rent and bills looms, Hannah leans on her very-put-together best friend and roommate Marnie (Allison Williams), who has a real job at an art gallery and an even realer boyfriend (Chris Abbott) (neither of which she can admit she might not love.)
Meanwhile, their gorgeous British friend Jessa (Jemima Kirke), who has travelled to as many different countries as she's had boyfriends, appears in the city and moves in with Shoshanna (Mad Men's Zosia Mamet), her naive younger cousin with Sex and the City lifestyle aspirations.