American Bitch
3rd episode of the 6th season of Girls / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"American Bitch" is the third episode of the sixth season of the American television drama series Girls and the 55th episode of the series overall. It is written by Lena Dunham, and directed by Richard Shepard. It aired on the HBO channel in the United States on February 26, 2017.
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Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 3 | ||
Directed by | Richard Shepard | ||
Written by | Lena Dunham | ||
Original air date | February 26, 2017 (2017-02-26) | ||
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The episode focuses on Hannah (Dunham) who meets with a fictional writer, Chuck Palmer (Matthew Rhys), whom she recently wrote about concerning sexual misconduct allegations made against him. Palmer invites her to his New York City apartment where they talk about her story, his life and literature while also debating the allegations swirling around him. The episode tackles fame, wealth, privilege, consent, cancel culture, and power imbalances between men and women. It's the first bottle episode since Season 2's "One Man's Trash" (2013) with Patrick Wilson.
The episode received critical acclaim with praise for the writing and the performance by Matthew Rhys who received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. Due to the Academy Awards telecast, HBO made this episode available to watch on HBO Go and HBO Now ahead of Girls usual airtime of Sundays at 10 pm.