--- description: Including a first look at Shosh's parents title: HBO's Girls Return in Season 4 Promo image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0425d73a8dffbca/698763eca988ca98386aa2b0/girls-television-show.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's Your First Glimpse at _Girls_ Season 4 by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 3, 2014 7:05 PM CUT  Actors Zosia Mamet, Lena Dunham, Jemima Kirke, and Allison Williams attend the "Girls" season three premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on January 6, 2014 in New York City. Actors Zosia Mamet, Lena Dunham, Jemima Kirke, and Allison Williams attend the "Girls" season three premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on January 6, 2014 in New York City.Andrew H. Walker—;Getty Images by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 3, 2014 7:05 PM CUT The hit HBO show _GIRLS_ has released a promo of the upcoming season 4 that shows Hannah going off to Iowa and Marnie _really_ pursuing that singing career. “This season of GIRLS is the girls making smarter choices and realizing that life is still hard,” says creator and star Lena Dunham in the teaser video. Hannah (Dunham) is studying at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is worried about her relationship with her boyfriend Adam (Adam Driver). Marnie (Allison Williams) is still making music—and possibly illicit romance—with actor Desi (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), while Jessa (Jemima Kirke) is getting into yet more desperate situations. We also get to meet the parents of Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet). “I always sort of imagined that she came out of a seashell or a peapod or something,” says Mamet. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3554848/girls-season-4-promo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3554848/girls-season-4-promo/"},"headline":"Here's Your First Glimpse at Girls Season 4","datePublished":"2014-11-03T19:05:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:11:19.724Z","description":"Including a first look at Shosh's parents","url":"https://time.com/3554848/girls-season-4-promo/","keywords":["Television","girls","HBO","lena dunham"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0425d73a8dffbca/698763eca988ca98386aa2b0/girls-television-show.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0425d73a8dffbca/698763eca988ca98386aa2b0/girls-television-show.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Girls\" Season Three Premiere - Arrivals","caption":"\"Girls\" Season Three Premiere - Arrivals","creditText":"Andrew H. Walker—;Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3554848/girls-season-4-promo/","name":"Here's Your First Glimpse at Girls Season 4"}}]}] ```