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The Sex Lives of College Girls

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Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble go back to school for this acclaimed teen comedy-drama on HBO Max. Kimberly, Bela, Leighton, and Whitney are freshman at the fictional Essex College in Vermont, and together they need to survive four years of school, with all the ups, downs, and drama that entails. And, ideally, they’ll get laid, too.

Pauline Chalamet, Amrit Kauyr, Reneé Rapp, and Alyah Chanelle Scott star as the main foursome of college girls.

  1. Episode 10 The Truth
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Season-Finale Recap: Not With a Bang We get some answers to last episode’s big questions and a nice setup for the next season.
  2. Episode 9 Cheating
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: You Don’t Know How Comedy Works We’re almost at the series finish line, and because of that, this is a fairly heavy episode.
  3. Episode 8 The Surprise Party
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: In a Bad Way Nico’s birthday party is a horrible time for pretty much everyone.
  4. Episode 7 I Think I’m a Sex Addict
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: Nico’s Revenge Nico, Nico, Nico. That sneaky little fox.
  5. Episode 6 Parents Weekend
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: The Parents Are Not Alright Kimberly and Nico are … kind of sexy?
  6. Episode 5 That Comment Tho
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap So much goes wrong for the girls.
  7. Episode 4 Kappa
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: A Massive Win for Straight Sex Is there anything more stomach-churning than Dalton and Whitney’s affair? No.
  8. Episode 3 Le Tuteur
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: Is Your Refrigerator Running? Do better, men of Essex College.
  9. Episode 2 Naked Party
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: Happy F.D.O.C. A formulaic episode doesn’t help us get to know the characters any more deeply than when first we met them.
  10. Episode 1 Welcome to Essex
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Series-Premiere Recap: I Love College The premiere is a decent introduction to the series’s girl-boss comedy, but its approach to sex feels painfully inauthentic.
  1. Episode 10 The Rooming Lottery
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Season-Finale Recap: Roommate Switch Are all of the girls going to live together sophomore year? Or will they even all still go to Essex?
  2. Episode 9 Sex & Basketball
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: Carol (From the Movie Carol) Breaking up is kind of easy to do, actually.
  3. Episode 8 Pre-Frosh Weekend
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: Juvenile Hunchback It’s time for our quartet of freshman — who are basically college pros at this point — to see what pre-frosh weekend has to offer.
  4. Episode 7 The Essex College Food Workers Strike
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: That’s a Slay Kimberly is going to keep failing up, isn’t she?
  5. Episode 6 Doppelbanger
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: Late Night If we’ve learned anything about our Essex College girls, it’s that they like partners who are a little bit mean to them.
  6. Episode 5 Taking Shots
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: Toddler Tops The fifth episode of The Sex Lives of College Girls may not have solved societal racism, but at least the Essex ladies had some wins.
  7. Episode 4 Will You Be My Girlfriend
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: Secret Seat A holiday episode with a “Kissmas” party and a shirtless Santa? Never change, Essex.
  8. Episode 3 The Short King
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: Lovesick More sex, more studying, and more … becoming an egg donor to pay for tuition. All super cool and normal college stuff.
  9. Episode 2 Frat Problems
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: XXL What are college girls supposed to do if they can’t go to frat parties?
  10. Episode 1 Winter Is Coming
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Season-Premiere Recap: Baby, It’s Cold Outside Essex College is back in session, of both class and make-out varieties.
  1. Episode 10 Episode 10
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Season-Finale Recap: Never Enough The late coming-out arc for Bela is so good it might have saved the season.
  2. Episode 9 Episode 9
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: Storytelling Hour The girls rally around each other, and the show gets back on track.
  3. Episode 8 Episode 8
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: The Boyfriend Test What did we do to deserve an episode with such bad vibes?
  4. Episode 7 Episode 7
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: Get Listed The characters feel more disconnected with each passing episode, and I’m worried the show has lost its way.
  5. Episode 6 Episode 6
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: Haunts and Taunts As bored as I am with Taylor’s entire deal, I would like to see more of Ruby Cruz.
  6. Episode 5 Episode 5
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: Parental Takeover If Missi Pyle was your mom, she’d be your best friend, too.
  7. Episode 4 Episode 4
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: How Does the Fox Bang Kimberly learns the perils of raving the hard way.
  8. Episode 3 Episode 3
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: Horny for Nice I’m hoping this new foursome finds some chemistry, but Kacey’s vibe isn’t inspiring much confidence.
  9. Episode 2 Episode 2
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Recap: We’ll Always Have the Fight Song The new characters are, so far, annoying and basic, which makes Leighton’s departure hurt so much more.
  10. Episode 1 Episode 1
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Season-Premiere Recap: Sophomore Slump The girls are back and operating at warp speed to prepare for Renee Rapp’s departure.

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