HBO Max's The Sex Lives of College Girls

I just watched the first episode. Overall I liked it, but the lesbian scene at the end was like some straight male fantasy and not particularly realistic.

Mindy Kaling is insufferable and derivative. Was the pitch for this Sex in the Sorority and ps there’s Diversity.

[quote] The Sex Lives of College Girls

Well, there's a title of a show guaranteed to generate about zero interest on DL.

The sex lives of ugly college girls.

Ratboy's sister is in this. Isn't that just great.

Barf.

There were a lot of cute guys in the trailer for this.

Was very uneven. Sounded like 40 year olds writing for 18 year olds.

Was it sexy?

Honestly, though, was it well written? I know DLers aren't exactly the market for a female "look at me and my sex life as a woman" show, but just objectively speaking. If you were in the market for this type of show, would you say that it was good?

I'd love a gay male version - that was a well written show with sex - balanced with good characters and arcs.

Is Timmy’s sister any good in this?

R10 It's hard to say. The writing is so terrible that it brings down everyone's performance. So many stereotypes. None of the characters seem like real people. I couldn't get through 15 minutes. It reminded me of an 80s sitcom. The writing was that subpar. Mindy can do so much better.

Any penis sightings yet? The chubby kid on that Rosie show has been my favorite gratuitous HBO penis so far.

Gavin's ass in episode seven.

They are not "GIRLS"! They are womxn! And they don't have "sex lives"! They are VICTIMS of continuous wounding sexist misogynistic microaggressions and outright violent sexual assault on a daily basis!

Get with program, Mindy!

Am I the only person who loves this show?

Chalamet's sister is probably one of the worst lead of any show in my memory. I have no words.

I liked the first two eps, but I think it's been downhill since then. Everyone is a stereotype, I don't believe any of the relationships, and everything just feels like it's trying too hard. I still can't believe HBO canceled Generation, which was so much more realistic and so much better written and acted than this.

I don't think HBO has room at the table for both Generation and Euphoria, and if they had to make a choice, I am glad they chose the show that they did.

Also, the lead character on Generation was a gender-bending, gay Blatino who makes straight-As and captains the water polo team. Not exactly realistic, in my view.

Generation is great and IMO different enough from Euphoria. I am bummed it was canceled.

Ummm r13

Any word on HBO’s We Are Who We Are? That show was so different that it felt like an old HBO show in the tradition of Oz with how weird it was.

Opps, stinky link for my We Are Who We Are gif.

Generation also suffered from have rather unattractive leads either personality wise or physicality. I know people say they want to see realistic people on TV, but rarely does one want to pay for the privilege of watching unfortunate looking teenagers.

I mean, talk about rough looking.

Yeah, those "I wanna real representation of me, me, me!" are strangely quiet when it comes to supporting such entertainment that usually gets canceled after one season. Ratings, legit streaming and downloads (no torrenting and other illegal file sharing) matter. Even more so for non-mainstream entertainment.

The Sex Lives of College Girls is every bit as good as Emily In Paris.

It's a fun and funny show.

I can't imagine the old white guys on Datalounge liking it.

I watched the whole first season while in bed sick this weekend. It's a pretty easy watch. I found it neither awful nor great. It was good, "fine" -- some good and fun moments, other moments that were annoying.

I can see some DLers complaining about the diversity-wokeness aspect, but since the setting is a modern-day liberal arts college, it fit. I just do not understand why, in a show that is so diverse, it had the token-iest, not fully formed, out gay guy. The arcs are so telegraphed and bow-tied, yet I still liked it.

I actually liked Timothee's sister's character and the rich lesbian. And I liked the black soccer player, though I really wasn't too invested in her sleeping with the coach storyline. I went back and forth with the Indian comedy chick. She could be grating, but college women (and men too) are often grating.

So, again, overall it was okay - I watched the whole thing. I don't think I'd ever rewatch what I've seen. But, I'd check out a season 2.

I found it strange in that I liked the performances, the jokes, and the individual episode plots - but the overall arcs for each of the four leads were the hackiest, lamest shit possible. Sex with a teacher (coach)! Coming out! Cheating! And of course, the Indian girl starting a comedy career - too specific for a show from Mindy Kaling. Hope they will get away from the cliches next season.

The rich chick's coming out arc (and she's only come out to one person) was cliche, but still, I didn't mind it - especially when she's ranting about how she doesn't want it to define her and change her, which I thought did a good job of showing how scared and delusional she really was. Her out girlfriend saying she can't go backwards - also cliche - but real nevertheless.

KImberly and Nico's relationship/cheating arc - not much weight or depth. But I liked it just for showing how sexually exciting that time of your life can be. That dickmatized quick cuts scene made me laugh.

Why would getting date-raped in a bathroom, contracting herpes and having to get an abortion be "the best years of their lives"?

Clearly DL is no the target demographic for the show based on the comments so far, but I loved the show and am thrilled that the second season is already in the works.

I would love the same show with gay men. And of course there would be plenty of sex and relationship stuff, but the broader arcs as well.

Is this supposed to be Middlebury? Where was it filmed?

Wait, we’re going to follow the same four girls the whole time? I was thinking we were going to follow a different suitemate of girls each episode. How is following four characters going to cover all the sex lives of college girls?

It was filmed at Vassar, R34. Well, at least a lot of the establishing shots were Vassar and some of the outdoor scenes.

For some reason (boredom), I continued watching this after the mediocre first episode, and I'm enjoying it now. It's like Golden Girls set in college. Not realistic but entertaining and sometimes funny. The cast is likable, including many of the supporting players. (Timothée's sister is much more charismatic than he is. She has an unassuming, down to earth quality he lacks.) So I take back my earlier criticism. It's a solid 3 out of 5.

Timmy got all the looks in the family. His sister's plain. And she can't act.

The title should be “The sex lives of ugly girls.”

R38: How do you think she got the job in the first place?

Isn’t she like thirty? I’m mean she’s not playing a high schooler, but still it’s only supposed to be a summer after high school. And does every freshman girl need to have sexual trauma and relationships abuse before the end of the first semester, is this really a Lens Dunham production in disguise?

r34 and r36- all the interior scenes or close up exterior scenes were filmed in L.A.

Chalamet is doing a Lens Dunham impression and the rich lesbian is starring in the Busy Phillips Story: The Early Years. For the hot guys and occasional male nudity, it's not sexy.

The soft core porn shows should be on Cinemax

Actually pretty cute, but if you binge the Indian girl becomes annoying as fuck. Something about the whole show seems so unfinished though. And when the hell did Jack Plotnik get so old??

I was home sick today and binged the whole thing. Nothing groundbreaking, but I enjoyed it. Didn’t realized that was a Chalamet until I looked up the cast list. She’s fine. The rich lesbian looks like another actress, but I can’t think of who it is.

[quote]Gavin Leatherwood, the hottie

You're fucking HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH.

Just finished all available episodes and found it terrific. During each episode, I kept rewatching one or more jokes. I haven’t had to do that with other series. I’m hooked.

I enjoyed the first season enough, but haven't been motivated to start the second.

[quote] Any word on HBO’s We Are Who We Are

This show was awful and I really wanted to like it. I kept sticking with it and finally, probably before the big payoff, whatever that was, I couldn't take it anymore. The pacing was just so slow and I hated the lead kid. I love Chloe but hated her in this.