S2 E18 - Tinfinity

This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 8, Teachers, which originally aired on Nov 8, 2014 and was written by Kim Rosenstock and directed by Trent O’Donnell. 

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

Jess and Coach go to a teachers’ conference where she has to spend the weekend with Ryan, forcing her to face her feelings for him. Meanwhile Winston, Nick, and Schmidt have a “guys night”.

This episode got a 8/10 rating from Kritika whose favorite character was Winston and Kelly rated this episode a 7.5/10 and her favorite character was Jess!

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

• Chicago Bulls Logo - When the guys were looking at a health textbook, they said the female reproductive system kind of looked like the Chicago Bulls symbol.
• [Pi Beta Phi] - In the flashback of Schmidt doing laundry, he saw a group of women he referred to as “Pi-Phis”, likely referring to the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women. 
• Elizabeth - When Cece was reading Jess the letter Jess wrote to herself, she posed the question, "Did you learn nothing from the movie Elizabeth, you stupid little bitch?" because “No one respects a queen who sleeps with her subjects.” 
• Denzel Washington / The Preacher’s Wife - When Jess was describing Ryan to Cece, Jess shared “he might be an angel sent down to Earth like Denzel Washington in The Preacher's Wife.” She later also shares the same reference directly with Ryan. 
• Magic Johnson / Kobe Bryant - When Coach was determining how he would teach Health, he said he would maybe bring up Magic Johnson or Kobe Bryant, but the other teacher’s weren’t sure that would be effective. Agic 
• Chin-Chin - When Jess and Ryan were drinking from mini alcohol bottles they cheers with Jess saying “Chin-Chin”.

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 9!

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This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 7, Goldmine, which originally aired on Nov 11, 2014 and was written by Berkley Johnson and directed by Russ T. Alsobrook. 

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

Jess is trying to get to the next level with dating, but learns she needs to follow the guy's advice and lie about living with her ex. Nick pretends to be gay to help her. Cece shares she’s getting a breast reduction consultation and Schmidt processes the five stages of grief. Meanwhile, Coach and Winston pay a visit to the new neighbors but have different methods of how to hook up with them.  

This episode got a 7/10 rating from Kritika whose favorite character was Nick and Kelly rated this episode a 7.5/10 and her favorite character was Tina!

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

• Kool-Aid Man - The guys thought that if Jess shared she lived with her ex, that he would want to run out so quickly that he’d run through the wall like the Kool-Aid Man. 
• Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel - Coach shared nothing was less hot than a male secretary, but Winston felt that even though Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s eyes “are so pouchy” he was a male secretary who was “still killing it.” 
• Peter Pan - When Jess and Cece were looking at Jess’s bras, she mentioned one was called the Peter Pan. 
• Freaky Friday - Cece was considering getting a breast reduction and was looking at Jess’s bras, prompting Jess to ask “Are we doing, like, a boob Freaky Friday?” 
• Anderson Cooper - When Nick was pretending to be gay, he referenced Anderson Cooper and his stance on being out. 
• A Christmas Carol - Jess was proving how she could keep up a charade by reciting her one-woman production of A Christmas Carol. 
• Sophie’s Choice / Harold & Kumar [Go to White Castle] - When Cece was only going to let Schmidt say goodbye to one of her breasts, Schmidt felt like it was “the ultimate Sophie's Cho-Cho”, referring to the film Sophie’s Choice. He also shared that he had named her breasts “Harold” and “Kumar”, the main characters from the film Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.
• [Schindler’s List] - Schmidt ran in to stop Cece from getting a breast reduction surgery (even though it was only a consultation) and felt like he had saved her. He then referenced the film Schindler’s List, saying “I'm your Schindler. One day, your children are gonna put rocks on my grave.” 

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 8!

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This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 6, Background Check, which originally aired on November 4, 2014 and was written by Rebecca Addelman and directed by Lorene Scafaria. 

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

Winston has to pass his background check for the police academy and wants his friends’ support…but…Jess gets worried because she has a secret!

This episode got a 9/10 rating from both Kritika and Kelly and we both had the same favorite character: Nick!

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

• Boys & Girls Club - Coach made up that Winston has a “little brother” as part of the Boys & Girls Club volunteer program. 
• Ray - Jess shared the only “drug” movie she’s seen was the movie Ray, which Cece points out does not count. 
• Mark-Paul Gosselaar / Slater and Screech - Schmidt is telling Cece she shouldn’t be with a normal guy, when Cece shared she was dating Mark-Paul Gosselaar. This caused Schmidt to freak out and ask if he could come to the wedding and then he wondered if “Slater and Screech are gonna be there”. 

In the podcast, we mentioned this link of a list of funny moments from this episode that we wanted to share with you!

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 7!

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This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 5, Landline, which originally aired on October 14, 2014 and was written by Rob Rosell and directed by Trent O’Donnell. 

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

Because of some construction, the loft doesn’t have good cell reception. Jess’s answer to this is to get the loft a landline which prompts Nick to act as a secretary and Jess to find out about Coach’s relationships with their coworkers. 

This episode got a 8/10 rating from Kritika whose favorite character was Nick and Kelly rated this episode a 8.5/10 and her favorite character was Coach!

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

• Blanche / Golden Girls - Coach called out Jess for commenting on his sleeping with other teachers and Coach said she was like the character Blanche from Golden Girls.
• War Games / Short Circuit -  Nick told an elaborate story about why you shouldn’t trust technology and as the loft mates called out he likely stole that from the movie War Games or more likely Short Circuit. 
• Splash - In response to listing out other movies, the loft shared that Splash was a good movie.
• Carson Daly - When Winston pretended to be Schmidt during the interview, he said the last book Schmidt read was Carson Daly’s biography.

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 6!

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This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 4 Micro, which originally aired on October 4, 2014 and was written by Josh Malmuth and directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. 

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

After the guys start to rate women by their physical attributes, Jess dates a man with a micropenis to prove to the rest of the loft that she’s not shallow. Meanwhile, Cece and Winston decide to mess with Coach and Schmidt and get them “into” modeling.

This episode got a 7/10 rating from Kritika whose favorite character was Winston and Kelly rated this episode an 8/10 and her favorite character was Nick!

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

• Vietnam War / Korean War - When the guys were comparing "cans" one of the guys noted the "Post-Korean war, pre-Vietnam war" time was the size he liked the best.
• Paula Cole - In the bar, Winston put "five dollars in the jukebox" to play a "Paula Cole rock block."
• Hercules - In the modeling sequence, Schmidt was told he looked like "the only Jewish Greek God, Hercules."

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 5!

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This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 3, Julie Berkman’s Older Sister, which originally aired on September 30, 2014 and was written by Nina Pedrad and directed by Fred Goss. 

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

Jess’s Dad, Bob, comes to visit and is bringing his new girlfriend...who happens to be someone that Jess went to high school with. Meanwhile, Schmidt asks the guys for help to land a new sponge ad campaign.

This episode got a 6.5/10 rating from Kritika whose favorite character was Schmidt and Kelly rated this episode an 8/10 and her favorite character was Winston!

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

• Ed - Ashley shared she did “so much E” while watching the show Ed.
• Annie - Schmidt felt like he was living in reverse Annie going from “riches to rags”.
• Seal - Jess’s Dad, Bob, and Ashley thought they saw Seal at the airport, but it wasn’t him.
• Crabtree and Evelyn - Jess was threatening Ashley and referred to her fists as “Crabtree and Evelyn.”
• Thor / Mjölnir - Winston was reading Schmidt’s focus group cue cards, saying “I am Thor” but didn’t know how to pronounce Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir.
• NPR - Jess said they needed to “turn Ashley off” by playing NPR.
• [Weeble] - Ashley said Bob was her, “big, round, bald, fuzzy Weeble-Wobble.”

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 4!

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This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 2, Dice, which originally aired on September 23, 2014 and was written by Matt Fusfeld and Alex Cuthbertson and directed by Lynn Shelton. 

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

Jess takes a risk and learns how to use dating apps from Schmidt while Nick and Cece get Coach stoned for the first time…right before they get invited to a party with Winston’s cop coworkers.

This episode got a 8/10 rating from both Kritika and Kelly and we both had the same favorite character: Schmidt!

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

• Babar - Nick thought Schmidt’s hookup, Barb, was the name of the cartoon elephant Babar.
• DTF - Jess thought “Darn tootin' fun” could be represented by the acronym “DTF”.
• Hemsworth - When training Jess on Dice, Schmidt showed a photo of a man who looked like a Hemsworth.
• Taboo Buzzer - Schmidt used the loft’s Taboo buzzer to train Jess on Dice.
• Kings of Leon - Schmidt commented that Kings of Leon was a good band, but stuck in one place musically.
• Titanic - When Nick was high, he claimed, “No man or piece of scientific technology has ever been to the bottom of the ocean.” However, Cece, who was also high, confirmed the man who made the Titanic did.
• Al Pacino - When Nick was high, he poorly did imitations and Coach guessed he was imitating Al Pacino.
• Broadway - Jess felt she wasn’t ready to Dice date yet, saying, “I'm not ready. That's like taking a musical from rehearsals straight to Broadway. You got to workshop it first.”
• Beatnik - Jess was asking one of her Dice dates if he was a chef or Beatnik because of his turtleneck shirt.
• Charlotte’s Web - Winston was telling a story about a spider and shared how he hoped it was “Charlotte's Web and [it’s] nice" before spoiling the plot for the partygoers who didn’t know the story of Charlotte’s Web.
• Michael Strahan - One of Jess’s Dice dates said, “I'm not gay, but I would go crazy on Michael Strahan.”
• Meryl Streep - One of Jess’s Dice dates said he thought Meryl Streep was dumb.
• [Hockey Positions] -  Jess used an excuse to get out of a date mentioning the “Center Wing” in hockey and he confirmed that’s not a position.
• “Pomp and Circumstance” - Coach, Cece, and Nick were singing this song in the closet after they said they could “see” Cece going back to school.

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 3!

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This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 1, The Last Wedding, which originally aired on September 16, 2014 and was written by J.J. Philben and directed by Trent O’Donnell. 

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

It’s been a few months since Cruise and the loft mates have been to 11 weddings this summer… This episode has the gang attending a 12th wedding with a goal to not go home alone. 

This episode got an 8/10 rating from both Kritika and Kelly; Kritika’s favorite character was Winston and Kelly’s favorite was Jess.

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

• Academy Awards / Anna Paquin - Schmidt gets “angry and scared” that Jess knits and likens it to when he hears the phrase, "Academy Award winner Anna Paquin."
• [Olaf] from Frozen - Coach thought the bridesmaid Nick made out with looked like “the snowman from Frozen”.
• [Game of Thrones] - When Schmidt was making the case that “nobody meets anybody in fall…” he also said, “Winter... is coming” – a famous quote from the show Game of Thrones.
• Malcolm Gladwell - Kat shared she lost her virginity to author, Malcolm Gladwell.
• [Last Helicopter Out of Saigon] - Throughout the episode there was a bit between Schmidt and Nick regarding whether or not they should have a four way and they related Schmidt’s desperation to the “Last Helicopter Out of Saigon”.
• The Best Man Holiday - A past hookup that Coach ran into again told him she “rented Best Man Holiday. You're not in it.”
• Batman / Teenage Simba - Jess’s first crush was on a Batman cake, but her first sexual feelings were for Teenage Simba.
• Larry King - When competing with Kat, Jess showed a picture of her with a guy who she thought was Larry King.

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 2! 

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This podcast covers a recap of the third season of New Girl. We’re your hosts, Kelly and Kritika, and we originally met through work but now we consider ourselves long distance best friends. We’ve bonded over our love of TV and brought you this podcast to recap one of our favorite shows -- New Girl.

In Season 3, Nick and Jess are together… until they aren’t; they begin the season dating and by the end they agree to split up. Schmidt tries to date another woman while dating Cece and ends up losing them both, only to realize that he truly still loves Cece. He also moves out halfway through the season, but only ends up living across the hall. Winston takes Daisy’s cat Ferguson and applies for the LAPD and after Coach comes back to the loft after a break-up, Jess befriends him and helps get him a job at her school. 

In this recap of Season 3, we break down the themes of each loft mate.

• Jess - We explore Jess’s trouble fitting back in with her profession and her lack of communication with Nick, and her continued need for control, especially in her relationships.
• Nick - We discuss how supportive Nick is with Jess and the other loftmates and how he began to really speak up for himself this season.
• Winston - We examine how Winston is still getting a side-character edit, although he is getting more storylines than the last two seasons. Mostly, we feel Winston is the glue of the friend group, bringing everyone together.
• Schmidt - We take a look at Schmidt’s whirlwind romances with Elizabeth/Cece and then Abby and how he continues to pine after Cece in this season.
• Cece -  We review Cece’s career changes, her romantic relationships, and how we saw her friendship with Jess grow.
• Coach - We begin to explore Coach’s storyline with his return. We discuss how he is paired up with each character through this season and is actually coaching and showing his vulnerable side.

Additionally, we discuss our favorite scenes and quotes, “Schmidtisms”, “In the 2020s” segments, pop culture references, and guest stars we had previously featured on the podcast.  We also do another quick review of Prince, the most notable guest star from this season.

In the episode, we also mentioned the following articles:

• New Girl Guys Recall Horrible Questions They Were Asked - In our “Not in the 2020s” least favorites section, we referenced this YouTube video where the cast shared how they were asked if Winston would leave the show now that Coach was back. 
• “Who’s That Girl? A ‘New Girl’ Podcast” Show Notes - As we shared in our “Pop Culture” section, all pop culture references for each episode can be found in each episode’s show notes. For example, the S3E14 Prince show notes share pop culture references and other articles about the Prince episode. 

This season as a whole got a 7/10 rating from Kritika and a 7.5/10 from Kelly, who both had the same favorite character: Nick.

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Season 4!

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This podcast covers New Girl Season 3, Episode 23, Cruise, which originally aired on May 6, 2014 and was directed by Elizabeth Meriwether and written by Luvh Rakhe and Rob Rosell. 

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

The loft goes on a cruise together while Nick and Jess continue to deal with the awkwardness of their break up. 

We discuss Pop Culture References such as:

• “Shame, shame I know your name” / The Goonies - Winston said the phrase “Shame, shame I know your name” to Schmidt and Cece at different times in the episode, calling them out for liking the other. We also shared that Josh Gad reunited the cast of The Goonies in his Reunited Apart series on YouTube.

Additional Pop Culture References such as:

• “Amazing Grace” - When Coach is scared during the cruise safety training, the trainer, Doug, starts singing “Amazing Grace”, which is a Christian hymn published in 1779. Words for the song were originally written by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton. In the United States, the song is very popular and is used for both religious and secular purposes.

On this episode’s Most Likely To we see who is more likely to make the most of the money they’ve already spent, make their own rosé, plan an intervention for their friends, and go on a cruise. We also cover the moment where Schmidt cued up the violinist for his big moment with Cece as our “Schmidtism”. For “Not in the 2020s”  we highlight the return of the fat shaming and how Coach felt that if he showed his fear of boats it would make him less of a man. For “Yes in the 2020s” we discuss Schmidt prioritizing Cece over himself and the loft coming together for Nick and Jess. We give a brief look into Kerri Kenney (Captain Jan Nortis) and Oscar Nuñez (Doug), the guest stars we feature in this episode.

Also in this episode were the following guest stars who we do not discuss in the podcast: Jessica Gardner (Yoga Instructor), Gabriela Fresquez (Ship Employee), Nick Armstrong (Stranger), Amber Friendly (Masseuse), Dalton Grant (Photographer), Ray Reinebach (Violinist), and Kelly Bacon (Cruise Guest).

Additionally, we discuss the different parts of a boat and many different articles of trivia, linked below. We did not find the bear in this episode.

• What New Girl's Season Finale Got Right and Wrong About Cruising
• AV Club’s Episode Recap
• Vulture Episode Recap

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

• Skee-Ball - Nick asks Winston to cash in his Skee-Ball tickets as he didn’t want to go to the other side of the boat. Skee-Ball is an arcade game where a person throws a ball up an incline, with the hopes of getting it into a group of rings of different sizes, which account for different points.
• PG-13 - When Nick and Jess were given the Grand Romance Package, they asked to have a PG-13 package instead. PG-13 denotes “Parental Guidance: Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13 to 15.” and is used in the United States, Singapore, Jamaica, the UAE, and Thailand as a movie and TV rating system.

This episode got an 8/10 rating from Kritika and 7.5/10 from Kelly and we both had the same favorite character: Winston!

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for our Season 3 Recap!

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