a small detail i noticed while watching the panic in central park.
i don’t want this to come across as weird at all but hear me out!
i know i’m a bit late on the discussions about this episode but i’m doing my rewatch now and around 2 weeks ago i watched the panic in central park and this detail i noticed that i havent seen anyone speak about.
as we know allison williams has a no full nudity clause in her contract for girls, usually in her sex scenes she is nude from the bottom half.
in film everything we see on screen is deliberate especially during a sex scene which most of the time are choreographed and a lot of fine details go into them. during the sex scene in this episode with charlie, she’s wearing her red dress and instead of just lifting the bottom half, she removed her top and appears topless for (i think) the first time in the show.
i think this was a really subtle way to show how vulnerable she’s being with charlie in this moment, she’s married to man she hates, she would never in her life be at an apartment like this, she would have never acted this way with charlie before. obviously in the course of their relationship this isn’t the first time charlie has seen her boobs, but this is the first time we as the viewer see her in this state. a state of safety with the boy she used to love.
as she’s laying on his chest, and they’re imagining themselves running away from new york it seems to be the last moment of peace. before the shower, before finding the needle and before walking shoeless across new york.
this might be stupid but girls is my absolute favourite show of all time and this is the best episode of television ever. i love thinking about all the small little details and decisions they made during the show and this is probably my favourite.