Will smarter “Girls” be just as fun?

HBO Girls Season 4 preview

“This season of Girls is the girls making smarter choices and realizing that life is still hard,” says Lena Dunham of her hit HBO comedy, which returns for Season 4 on Sunday, Jan. 11, at 9pm ET/PT.

Smarter choices? This is still Girls, right?

Season 4 finds Hannah (Lena Dunham) trying to prove herself as a writer and struggling with critical peers at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Her love for Adam (Adam Driver), who has become a selfish diva since landing a Broadway role, complicates things. Marnie (Allison Williams) has a burgeoning music career and romance with Desi (Ebon Moss-Bachrach). Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) can’t find a job after graduation. And Jessa (Jemima Kirke) gets arrested, which should knock some sense into her, but since this is Jessa, it won’t.

Season 4 includes appearances by Gillian Jacobs (Community), Jason Ritter (Parenthood), Zachary Quinto (Star Trek), Marin Ireland (The Divide) and Aidy Bryant (Saturday Night Live).

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HBO Girls Season 4 preview

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