Guest Stars

Alex Karpovsky As Ray Ploshansky Recurring	Kathryn Hahn As Katherine Lavoyt Recurring
Clinton D. Zimmerman As Himself	Deborah Schoeneman As Girl at Book Party
Jenny Slate As Tally Schifrin	Michael Imperioli As Powell Goldman
Sarah Heyward As Sarah	Sondra James As Old Woman

Uncredited

Misha Whalen As Publicist's Assistant	Vonn Harris As Brooklyn Hipster

Main Cast

Lena Dunham As Hannah Horvath	Jemima Kirke As Jessa Johansson
Allison Williams As Marnie Michaels	Zosia Mamet As Shoshanna Shapiro
Adam Driver As Adam Sackler

Recap

The episode begins with Shoshanna, Hannah and Jessa attending a book launch of one of Hannah’s friends. Hannah then meets her friend who wrote the book, and she tells Hannah how the book naturally poured out of her. The friend also indirectly taunts Hannah for her writing career not going anywhere. At the party Hannah also sees her old writing teacher Paolo who she was obsessed with. Paolo too sees Hannah and comes over to talk to her. She tells Paolo how she read his new novel and loved it. Paolo admits to Hannah that her friend at whose party they are is a shitty writer. He also tells Hannah that she is a good writer. He then asks Hannah to come to a reading he has organized, and read something. Hannah though isn’t too keen on the idea. ..

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