‘Girls’: Allison Williams Looks Back at Iconic ‘Panic in Central Park’ Episode, 10 Years Later

If you were a devoted Girls fan during the show’s initial run (hi, millennials!), then you remember when time actually stood still on March 27, 2016. The sixth episode of Season 5, “The Panic in Central Park,” instantly became one of the best episodes of Girls — if not the best.

In the episode, a chance encounter on the street brings Charlie (Christopher Abbott), Marnie’s ex-boyfriend, back into her life for a day, an homage to The Panic in Needle Park. Gone is the strait-laced, gentle Charlie we knew in earlier seasons. The new Charlie is practically unrecognizable, from his new tattoos to his bushy beard, and his newfound heroin addiction.