VIDEO: Sneak Peek - 'It's a Shame About Ray' Episode of HBO's GIRLS

On the next episode of the HBO series Girls entitled "It's a Shame About Ray", Hannah (Lena Dunham) hosts a grown-up dinner party to celebrate her writing gig, but her friends' behavior doesn't live up to the setting. Marnie (Allison Williams) and Audrey (Audrey Gelman) square off; Shoshanna (ZOSIA MAMET) realizes she has inadvertently entered a new phase with Ray (Alex Karpovsky); Jessa (Jemima Kirke) meets Thomas-John's (Chris O'Dowd) parents (Griffin Dunne, Deborah Rush).

The episode was written by Lena Dunham and directed by Jesse Peretz and airs Sunday, February 3 at 9 pm/ET. Get a sneak peek below!

Created by and starring Lena Dunham ("Tiny Furniture"), the Emmy(R)-winning HBO series Girls takes a comic look at the assorted humiliations and rare triumphs of a group of women in their early 20s. Dunham, Judd Apatow, Jenni Konner, Ilene S. Landress and Bruce Eric Kaplan executive produce the show, which kicks off its ten-episode second season SUNDAY, JAN. 13 (9:00-9:30 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, followed by the season premiere of the Golden Globe-winning comedy series "Enlightened."

In addition to Dunham, who stars as Hannah, the cast of Girls includes Allison Williams ("American Dreams") as Marnie; Jemima Kirke ("Tiny Furniture") as Jessa; ZOSIA MAMET ("Mad Men") as Shoshanna; Alex Karpovsky ("Tiny Furniture") as Ray; and Adam Driver ("Lincoln") as Adam.

Guest stars on the second season of Girls will also include Chris Abbott ("Martha Marcy May Marlene") as Marnie's ex, Charlie; Donald Glover ("Community") as Sandy; Chris O'Dowd ("Bridesmaids") as Jessa's husband, Thomas-John; Rita Wilson ("It's Complicated") as Marnie's mother; and Jorma Taccone ("Saturday Night Live") as artist Booth Jonathan, plus Rosanna Arquette ("Desperately Seeking Susan"), Carol Kane ("Annie Hall"), John Cameron Mitchell ("Hedwig and the Angry Inch") and Patrick Wilson ("Little Children") later in the season.

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