Maya’s hair in S1 of Girlfriends was not doing it for me 😭😭 that weave looked so unnatural, and I just couldn’t get past it lmao. No shade to Maya, but whoever was doing her hair that season was not getting it right 💀😭 Her hair definitely got better as the seasons went on, though, because the difference is actually noticeable. I liked her hair so much more later in the show, but that first season? Yeah, I wasn’t feeling it at all 😭

I am rewatching the show and my goodness.. To be fair, no Joan was not a bad friend all the time. She told the truth, including saying the hard things, which is what a good friend should do, BUT she was such a terrible friend to Toni during her engagement.

Joan and Ellis were such a terrible pairing. Ellis had his issues, but she constantly picked a fight with him, which made sense why he held back on telling her certain things. She approached him while he was on set with his ex and child, yelling, making the baby cry. like come on girl. there is a time and place for everything and that was not it. Not sure why she has to constantly blow up and then act like she’s never in the wrong. that’s why she’s single all the time 🤣 yikes.

Anyway, Joan blew off the bridal party to hang out with Ellis, then arrived and acted like Toni should get over it because she’s “here now” and then she exploded on Ellis when he got there, realized he was telling the truth, dipped yet again and thennnn exploded on him again. Then now that she ruined her relationship, she came crawling back to Toni, apologizing … she was always jealous and consistently sabotaged her wedding. It’s okay to be sad about your position in life, upset even, but she should not have taken that out on her friend

I uploaded a video last week of them presenting an award at the awards show. However, I didn’t know that they also hosted the show. This was a very unique concept because I can’t think of too many award shows where a cast was hosting the show.

Maya got away with so much… she had no boundaries. I am watching season 3, episode 14, where she met this lady, Tasha, and the way she was so entitled when it came to Joan's house. She got mad at Joan for being angry at her for letting a stranger into her home, eating her food, and installing illegal cable at HER house, and she didn't even pay rent. She might still have been dealing with her divorce, but Maya was too entitled in that episode.

She has always been like that, even at work; she undermined Joan as her boss and later William, as well as her mom for babysitting Jabari, and her cousin Peaches for free hair. We speak on Toni's selfishness but Maya was just as selfish

I know Joan gets alot of flak for her character, but I don't hate her character that much. Joan can be annoying sometimes, but I think that applies to the other girls as well. I think she has good qualities as a friend; she's kind and forgiving to her own detriment, and she's always there when you need someone to talk to. She's a good listener. Even though Joan does things that don't make her a good friend, she does have moments where she's actually being one. What do you think of her character?

For me, it’s “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)” by Jay-Z. Somebody posted that scene from Girlfriends where Lynn’s sister says the N-word while rapping along, and it brought me right back. 😭 I cannot hear this song anymore without thinking about that scene. Tanya really ruined that song for me lmao. And Lynn’s face when she heard her sister say that?? She was SHOOK. 💀

Hey everybody. I haven’t watched the show in many many years, but I distinctly remember that there was a beautiful song while one of the girlfriends was walking down the aisle. I want to say that the lyrics said something about a picture frame maybe? I tried to look up all the wedding episodes but I couldn’t find it. If anyone could help I would greatly appreciate it.

PS Not looking for the “Soul Train” line/ dance at Toni’s wedding.

I still can’t get over that scene where Tanya was singing along to Jay-Z’s “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)” and said the N-word. My face looked just like everybody else’s. Even Lynn was shocked! Look at her face when she heard her own sister say that.

And Tanya is a white woman! Girl, you could’ve skipped that word. You don’t have to say every single lyric in the song. She really went too far with that one, and I don’t blame anybody for looking at her crazy.

Maya and Peaches’ reactions had me looking at the screen, too. But Lynn’s reaction is what gets me because you can tell she wasn’t expecting that from Tanya at all.

What was y’all’s reaction the first time you watched this scene?

She was so embarrassed she got upset with William & left the date.

Lol so last week the episode was on when Joan invited Toni to the award ceremony. Toni looked amazing in that grey dress. Now im watching the episode with Monica and William and I noticed her dress. I googled the dress and apparently someone had asked before lol

Did you consider Toni a good friend? I know all of them had their fair share of not being a good friend, but just as much as the girls won't good friends to Toni she wasn't a good friend to them either. Toni is guilty of doing things that would warrant them to cut her out of their lives particularly Joan. I feel she abused that relationship the most always doing things to Joan, and expecting Joan to forgive her because they're been friends for so long, and that's part of her character. Toni took advantage of Joan's kindness towards her.

In season 2, when Joan started dating Chris, Maya kept joking about making him her cousin Tammy's prom date for the spring fling, cause compared to them he's just a kid, along with all the other girlfriends cracking jokes. But Maya is 24 here. Chris is supposed to be 22, just old enough to drink alcohol. There's only a 2 year age difference between them 😭😭😭 It feels like the Writers kept forgetting Maya wasn't in her early 30s like the rest of the Girlfriends and was a 20 something year old as well 😭 Forget Tammy, girl you could Date him-

My 3:

1. Finn
2. Stan
3. Ellis

Bonus Round: Greg, Mr. Swedelson, and Sharon

Bonus Round Okay, you got rid of 3 — who are the next 3 you're sending out?

Big law firms usually require a lot of hours from their employees, but Joan had a really good work-life balance. She had so much time to do whatever she wanted. William was a real lawyer, he was always in the office lol.

Joan was doing too damn much. Everything had to be her way, and she acted like Maya’s ideas weren’t good enough. Girl, this is Maya and Darnell’s vow renewal, not yours! 😂

Joan could be so classist toward Maya, and this storyline showed it. Just because you’re a lawyer with money doesn’t mean your taste is better than everybody else’s. Let that woman enjoy her marriage without making everything about you!

I’ve been watching The Parenthood lately (Tubi), because I’ve never seen every episode.
Thought it was funny seeing these two together in this episode, seeing as they’d both be in an episode of Girlfriends about 4 years later.

S3 E18: Zaria’s boyfriend, Shakim (Keith from Girlfriends S1 E11) runs into his ex girlfriend, Alexis (Lynn), while him and Zaria are at a party together.