SkimIt
Jess introduces Russell to the roommates with bloody results, while Winston gets a new job at the meanest radio station of all time.
Drinking for America
New Girl continues delving into the new relationship between Jess (Zooey Deschanel) and rich beau Russell (Dermot Mulroney) with comedic results. This time, instead of seeing the adorkable Jess try to conform to Russell's rich, grown-up world, it's Russell that is thrust into Jess' universe -- a universe involving overly complicated drinking games about America and stabbings.
Quoting Aladdin
Now that New Girl has settled into its established characters, ongoing jokes are beginning to slowly come to the surface. Nick's (Jake M. Johnson) man-crush on Russell continues to be hilarious, even when he's not asking to steal one of Russell's sweaters. Nick constantly wanting to take Russell on a magic carpet ride through his ideas journal managed to be hilarious while building on the love affair Nick developed with Russell's embodiment of adulthood back when he sat behind his impressive desk and talked to a wooden duck.
Basketballs
After complaining about it all season, Winston (Lamorne Morris) finally had a main storyline in an episode that didn't feel like it was tacked on at the last moment. After he gets a new dream job at a radio station, he finds out it's much worse than he could have ever imagined. He settles the difference with his new boss by dipping his privates in his shake, but earns his respect when he comes clean -- because that is totally what would happen in reality. His storyline also featured a fun cameo by basketball legend Kareem Abdul Jabbar.
Real Apps = Relapse
The show sidelined Schmidt (Max Greenfield) this episode, having him only make minor appearances. We learned a little more than we needed to know about his relationship with Cece (Hannah Simone) in the bedroom. But the highlight of the minimal Schmidt this week was his Social Network-like connection with Nick over Real Apps, their stabbing brainchild. So proud of his naming ability, neither realized it sounded just like relapse.
Will Jess and Russell stay together or is this fight the beginning of the end? Sound off in the comments!
Best Lines:
"Elvin, get away from the hippie."
-- Winston's former boss to her son.
"I put my beans in your shakes."
-- Winston to his new boss.
"Oh stitches, I'm too fancy for a Band-Aid!"
-- Jess to Russell.
"That wasn't even the first stabbing this month."
-- Jess to Russell.
"If you want to get with me, you're gonna have to get with my friends. And yes, that is a Spice Girls song."
-- Jess to Russell.
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