Alright, so, to get gushy-- I think this is the best sitcom on TV. And, in my mind at least, will be the defining traditional sitcom of the 2010s. It's just perfectly calibrated hilarity, with impeccable cast chemistry and a deft hand at taking plots exactly where they need to go. Sure some stuff is kind of incongruous or too cartoonish--neat-freak Schmidt not knowing how to do laundry? Winston being a straight-up clown the last two seasons? But it has never extinguished the human core and it's kept the laughs per minute at a high, high rate. New Girl is no radical evolution in the form of TV comedy and it isn't aiming very high with its subject matter, but it's technical perfection and subtle progressions (the occasional progressive/politically-minded story, for example) are enough on top of the just killer jokes that the program delivers week in and week out to make New Girl just stellar. I love this show a lot, and I don't know what it was about this week's episode or this season in general that made me feel the need to assert this, but it did.
The funniest line for me this week wasn't really even a joke at all. such a weird believable interaction:
"am I gonna get your email? what's gonna happen?" "yeah man let's do it" "it's 'therealned8' at guh-mail dot com." "you mean gee-mail?" "oh is that how you say it?"
edit: Ryan is not a great actor, true. but that dude is handsome.
