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New Girl Season 5 |OT| (feat. April O'Neal) Tuesdays 8/7c on Megan FOX
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I like Jess, truly I do, but my first feeling was disappointment when they cut to her on the bed. The straight-woman dynamic Reagan has with the rest of the cast is fantastic, turns out that's precisely what the show needed. Everyone has more room to be funny playing off her instead of the Jess cartoon. Plus Reagan episodes felt inclusive in a way this one didn't. Oh well. At least I can finally say I'm a fan of Megan Fox's work!
PhoncipleBone
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Worth it for Nadia.
Big pet peeve of mine on TV shows.
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Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
I told you guys the show would suck once Jess returned, and look at what happened!
I think I may put New Girl next to Big Bang Theory in the "no longer worth watching" trash bin.
I think I may put New Girl next to Big Bang Theory in the "no longer worth watching" trash bin.
show's been fantastic with Jess back. This week was especially awesome, thought the A-story with Schmidt's dad struck just the right tone while the rest of the guys got to go off and be hilarious. Loved Nick volunteering that he'd given Schmidt his rectal vitamin then pulling back. "Have I done it again since? No."
The last episode was quite good though.
Loved this most recent episode. Especially the stuff with Schmidt and his dad. Peter Gallagher was a good choice for the role I think. The back and forth with Nick and Winston was fun too. And everyone being uncomfortable about Jess and Schmidt's dad making out was hysterical.
lmao
RaySpencer
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Seriously, shes bringing down the show.
Stop writing her to be so terrible!
Stop writing her to be so terrible!
Awesome ep. the Montessori school stuff probably won't have legs but it was funny for a half hour ("who are we to tell the children what to learn?" "Their teachers?"). Jess was also spot-on in describing Nick as "throat-punchable". And bringing Sam back did deal with the insular insanity of the group really well.
the puppet show was hilarious (that flying E especially), Schmidt trying to hold in a sneeze killed me. Thought Winston's story ended perfectly too, the arc was for him to give someone else a chance and showing more of whether that girl "worked out" would be contrived, the point is that he's out there trying to date and the small date scene was cute.
the puppet show was hilarious (that flying E especially), Schmidt trying to hold in a sneeze killed me. Thought Winston's story ended perfectly too, the arc was for him to give someone else a chance and showing more of whether that girl "worked out" would be contrived, the point is that he's out there trying to date and the small date scene was cute.
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PhoncipleBone
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That sign post gag with Jess was perfect.
unpopularblargh
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Did they change writers or something the past couple seasons? They're pretty much running Jess in to the ground as a character.
DJ_Lae
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Damn what a shit ending to the episode with Jess being even more insufferably idiotic than normal. Did the writers suffer through a gas leak in their room?
My wife has a little less interest in the show than me but this has actually pissed her off. It makes the whole Nick/Jess arc a masterpiece in comparison, and they went and fucked it up twice in this episode with what seemed like a redeeming moment just faceplanting all over again.
My wife has a little less interest in the show than me but this has actually pissed her off. It makes the whole Nick/Jess arc a masterpiece in comparison, and they went and fucked it up twice in this episode with what seemed like a redeeming moment just faceplanting all over again.
Jess is supposed to be a representation of the showrunner/creator Liz Meriwether, who's still in charge of the show. It's certainly weird. Especially jarring when all the other characters are on point (Cece finally integrated fully), and they had no trouble introducing a decent new one with Megan Fox.
AV Club speculates it's leading somewhere with Jess, the way the show is looking back over the characters and keeping her apart from Nick but it's really not working.
I'd forgotten about this until last week, but Schmidt played a younger version of Peter Gallagher on The OC, in a weird co-incidence...
I missed the news as it was a few weeks back, but Reagan will be back, both this season and seemingly the next from other articles. Yay!
http://tvline.com/gallery/may-sweeps-spoilers-2016-finale-episodes-photos/#!20/new-girl/
http://tvline.com/gallery/may-sweeps-spoilers-2016-finale-episodes-photos/#!20/new-girl/
They've got too many episodes left, they'd be airing into June if they kept doing one a week. It's a full season that started this year due to Zooey's pregnancy.
"That's a lot of dough!...I'm trying to wink. Am I winking?" plus the baby disguises plan made me want high Jess to be a regular guest star
Two good eps, wouldn't've called this but the bachelorette ep was better than the bachelor one. Glad they took the Winston/Aly story to a new step finally.
Two good eps, wouldn't've called this but the bachelorette ep was better than the bachelor one. Glad they took the Winston/Aly story to a new step finally.
Am I wrong? That double whammy was spectacular. Best episodes in a long time. AV Club agrees. Great gimmick focusing the episodes up by splitting the cast. They made high Jess out to be super chaotic, but it's the most tolerable she's been since her return.
Winston and Aly storyline delivered too. Pedrad's pilot got pushed back to midseason - if it even gets picked up - and it's on Fox, so hopefully she can stick around for guest appearances and they don't have to give him yet another "it didn't work out" storyline.
Winston and Aly storyline delivered too. Pedrad's pilot got pushed back to midseason - if it even gets picked up - and it's on Fox, so hopefully she can stick around for guest appearances and they don't have to give him yet another "it didn't work out" storyline.
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