Who's That Girl? A 'New Girl' Podcast

This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 10, Girl Fight, which originally aired on December 2, 2014 and was written by Danielle Sanchez-Witzel and directed by Bill Purple. 

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

Cece and Jess get into a “girl fight” while Nick goes on his first date with Kai, Tran’s granddaughter.

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

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

• Charlie Rose - Schmidt was upset at Coach for deleting all his episodes of Charlie Rose and replacing them with “American Football matches”. 
• Madeleine Albright - Jess was surprised at how they guys handled their fight and because of that, didn’t think either read Madeleine Albright’s biography she had given them for Christmas.
• Lena Dunham - When Jess said she keeps her feminist writings in her purses, Coach name dropped “Lena Dunham”.
• John Popper - Schmidt said Cece played him like “John Popper plays that little harmonica and fiddle thing.” 
• The West Wing - When Nick and Kai were playing a word association game, Kai answered The West Wing to the question Republican or Democrat? 
• [Chicago] Bears / James Taylor - Nick told Kai he has all the ticket stubs to all the Bears football games he’s been to as well as the guitar pic for a guy who played with James Taylor one night.
• Karate Kid II / Mr. Miyagi - Nick shared that he has an autographed Karate Kid II poster from the movie’s character Mr. Miyagi.
• LeBron James - Winston exclaimed “Sweet Baby LeBron James” when he realized he screwed up and wasted his studying time. 

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 11!

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This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 9, Thanksgiving IV, which originally aired on November 25, 2014 and was written by David Feeney and directed by Fred Goss. 

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

Schmidt is still committed to helping the loft mates have a hook up, so he proposes Bangsgiving, where everyone draws a name and brings someone to the party for that person to hookup with. But, as expected, things don’t go according to plan… 

This episode got a 8/10 rating from both Kritika and Kelly; Kritika’s favorite character was Cece and Kelly’s favorite was Nick.

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

• Pharrell [Williams] - Schmidt was being compared to looking like the “Jewish Pharrell” at the party.
• Guardians of the Galaxy - Coach was surprised by his date’s strength and told Winston that he “should've warned [him] you were setting [him] up with one of the Guardians of the Galaxy.”
• Monopoly - Tran brought a game like “Thailand Monopoly” to the “Bangs-giving” party.
• Sean Connery - Jess was trying to back-track what Coach told Ryan about “Bangs-giving” being a singles party, asking, “Did Coach say that with a Sean Connery accent? Did he say "shingles"? 'Cause he was… He actually meant shingles. Like the... like… Everybody here is a-a roofer.”
• Oasis - Jess shared that she sings songs by the band Oasis to herself and pretends they’re about Ryan caring for her.
• Oliver Twist - Coach was egging Jess on that Ryan would be polite because he’s British, comparing him to the Charles Dickens novel protagonist, Oliver Twist.

Additionally we mentioned in our podcast episode a video of Hannah Simone doing accents. You can watch it here. 

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 10!

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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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