From the thread: [b]zooey deschanel - damn, damn, damn does this woman look good [b]
I wish there was a separate New Girl thread, this thread title is a little awkward.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Saturday, April 7, 2012 6:37 AM
― Aimless, Sunday, 8 April 2012 02:52 (eleven years ago) link
dylan thomas/bob dylan bit was gold.
― s.clover, Sunday, 8 April 2012 03:19 (eleven years ago) link
you already borked the search on this by putting New Girl in quotes. board flawwwww
― Nhex, Sunday, 8 April 2012 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
excuse moi
― Aimless, Sunday, 8 April 2012 21:17 (eleven years ago) link
this just isn't the same when it doesn't tail-end the zooey deschanel thread and thereby underscore how she is the worst part of her own show
― j., Monday, 9 April 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
She's not bad she's just settled into an effective straight-woman role.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 9 April 2012 23:51 (eleven years ago) link
true, she's not nearly as annoying as when the show started. but i guess it's still embarrassing to admit i enjoy this show?
― Nhex, Monday, 9 April 2012 23:57 (eleven years ago) link
Is "True American" a real game people play?
― LaMonte, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 02:17 (eleven years ago) link
Dermot Mulroney looks like a piece of leather whose hair changes color every scene.
― svend, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 02:55 (eleven years ago) link
― LaMonte, Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:17 PM (46 minutes ago) Bookmark
of course not, that's why it was so funny! when it started i was a little ehhh because How I Met Your Mother already had a good made-up game bit but once it got going it was pretty incredible
New Girl just got renewed for a 2nd season btw
― some dude, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 03:08 (eleven years ago) link
i watched this show tonight because it's constantly been on top of ILX, like week in week out for months. it was horrible. generic buddy sitcom non-laffs with no charisma or distinct personality. and zooey is the worst, just staggering around the set looking poleaxed and winsome. i have a feeling that it would be equally successful with no soundtrack as the "pictures of zooey deschanel" show.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 07:31 (eleven years ago) link
the 2 episodes before tonight were significantly betterthe guys are worth getting to know. there's more to them
― fart bucket (toandos), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 07:45 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, maybe it was just an off night. tbf, the raising hope show that came on afterwards was so much worse that it make new girl seem pretty ok in retrospect.
Q: is it always so it's always sunny meets friends?
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 07:51 (eleven years ago) link
can we blame zooey for this show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7MZlFYzD9E
― scott seward, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
I think we can only blame the vengeful gods.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
zooey reminds me of a baby. i'd watch her stare at things for a half hour.
― Xerox of Fate, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
Scott, there is actually a thread for that show!James Van Der Beek as Himself - Apartment 23 on ABC
And the show itself is not bad!
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
This is pretty close to something Lizzie Caplan actually said on the show. ("It's a great 'thing': big beautiful eyes like a frightened baby. Probably gets you out of all kinds of stuff" iirc.)
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 02:15 (eleven years ago) link
that episode was so great
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 06:34 (eleven years ago) link
The kid saying "You pregnant! You pregnant" with the pillow on her stomach was hilarious.
― LaMonte, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 01:44 (eleven years ago) link
Ol' Poop-Eyes
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Thursday, 19 April 2012 13:50 (eleven years ago) link
wow last night had everything. so fast
― mr. jane goodall (toandos), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
Mick Maus! Mick Maus!
― s.clover, Saturday, 5 May 2012 05:37 (eleven years ago) link
I thought she was talking about Motley Crue's guitarist at first.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 5 May 2012 07:36 (eleven years ago) link
bump
― koogs, Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
There it is. Thought the finale was disappointingly terrible.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
i think they pushed nick's schtick a little too hard over the course of the season.
funny how jess never, ever walks around singing now.
― j., Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
I was really relieved when they stopped doing that.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 11 May 2012 03:46 (eleven years ago) link
Anyway, like I said on the other thread, I was actually sad about Schmidt and Cece but it could just be me.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 11 May 2012 03:51 (eleven years ago) link
i like this show but it's awfully hard for me to hear or understand what the hell anyone is saying half the time. maybe my hearing is going.
― akm, Friday, 11 May 2012 06:19 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think the sound or speaking is any more or less intelligible than any other show. Maybe your TV? Or that particular channel?
― LaMonte, Friday, 11 May 2012 20:30 (eleven years ago) link
they do a fair bit of talking over each other when things get agitated?
― j., Friday, 11 May 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
i'm hoping they'll reconcile.
i really came around to this show over the season. i think this last episode was one of the weaker ones, though, but i was glad to see thomas lennon.
― It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
Schmidt has overtaken Ron Swanson as the best sitcom character on American television right now.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
Woah, let's not lose our heads here.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
Well, to be fair, its only because the writing for Ron Swanson has been really lazy for the second half of the most recent P&R season.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
schmidt is great though. i thought he was awful in the pilot, but he really grew over the season.
― It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 09:35 (eleven years ago) link
jon otm
they have an ad for the show now that's basically a highlight reel of schmidt-isms, i'm glad fox realizes who the breakout character of the show is
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 10:49 (eleven years ago) link
Premiere was funny.
― LaMonte, Thursday, 27 September 2012 23:42 (eleven years ago) link
new season killing it. has a real Friends-in-its-prime vibe. the ep with the younger hipsters across the hall killed. and they're handling the inevitable Nick'n'Jess romance subplot well - though I reckon the minute they really Ross'n'Rachel it, this show's dead in the water. But right now, it's my favourite thing on TV.
― Ryan's taint is definitely unavoidable. (stevie), Monday, 12 November 2012 13:50 (eleven years ago) link
... corn...
― j., Thursday, 22 November 2012 03:46 (eleven years ago) link
Rob Riggle always plays the same guy, doesn't he?
― This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Friday, 23 November 2012 01:39 (eleven years ago) link
pretty much, but it's not like there's a ton of other comedic actors out there filling that niche
― some dude, Friday, 23 November 2012 02:34 (eleven years ago) link
maybe there aren't a lot who are actually marine reservists
― j., Friday, 23 November 2012 02:44 (eleven years ago) link
disappointed by this ep. situations seemed forced, parents didn't seem 'real', cast not given space to do what they usually do well.
― "Hahahaha, nice one, Punchy," I said. (stevie), Friday, 23 November 2012 07:37 (eleven years ago) link
Nothing in this show seems "real", but I still thought this ep was fun. I think that's why I like this show -- it works when it's emo, and it works when it's just a shallow punchline dispenser
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 23 November 2012 11:57 (eleven years ago) link
^ this. I was pretty lukewarm towards it at first, but it's been consistently good this season. Also, they really need to involve Winston more. Every scene he's in is reliably hilarious.
― and I scream Fieri Eiffel Tower High (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 23 November 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
the episode where he had a sympathy period was funny
― some dude, Friday, 23 November 2012 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
oh yeah, i was thinking about that episode today and laughing
― "Hahahaha, nice one, Punchy," I said. (stevie), Friday, 23 November 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
schmidt-goes-to-the-gynecologist bit this week is next-next-level
― j., Thursday, 29 November 2012 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
died at "meet the troll under the bridge and answer his three riddles"
― Gukbe, Thursday, 29 November 2012 02:24 (eleven years ago) link
ahem, riddles three
― j., Thursday, 29 November 2012 03:00 (eleven years ago) link
god damn, somebody change the title of this thread so it's searchable.
nu-promo-art sez 'this show is not about the title character so much now'
http://ib2.huluim.com/show/7529?size=220x124
― j., Friday, 11 January 2013 01:36 (eleven years ago) link
Winston getting Schmidt to go out searching for crack was so good.
― Solange and thanks for all the fish (Nicole), Friday, 11 January 2013 01:42 (eleven years ago) link
OTM!
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 11 January 2013 02:12 (eleven years ago) link
Everything about that plot line was amazing
The cabin story fizzled for me aside from the absinthe reactions, which were pretty lol
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Friday, 11 January 2013 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, that was a little boring to me. I don't really care about the relationship drama on this show.
― Solange and thanks for all the fish (Nicole), Friday, 11 January 2013 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
found the idea that schmidt would really be that clueless abt Winston kinda far fetched
― max, Friday, 11 January 2013 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
my favorite part of that whole sequence (aside from Nick and Cece being "oh hell no" when Schmidt first broached race with them) is when Winston accused Schmidt of thinking Winston smoked crack because he was black and Schmidt saying he thought Winston smoked crack because that's what Winston had just told him
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Friday, 11 January 2013 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
i loved that the drug dealer was just some dude named rob who thought they were trying to rob him
― Mordy, Friday, 11 January 2013 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
"I just thought you needed directions!"
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Friday, 11 January 2013 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it was a great handling of the storyline i wouldve just appreciated like one line explaining why schmidt apparently doesnt know his best friend in the world very well at all
― max, Friday, 11 January 2013 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
not saying it wasn't a stretch, but it was funny enough that I didn't really care
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Friday, 11 January 2013 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
(also I thought Nick was Schmidt's best friend in the world? I assume Winston and Nick are closer to each other because they grew up together)
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Friday, 11 January 2013 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
schmidt's description of jewish soul food was also hilarious
― Mordy, Friday, 11 January 2013 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
Schmidt as a character is not in touch with reality to the point that it didn't bother. probably one of the best (funniest/not offensive) sitcom plots about race that i've ever seen.
― trey songza (some dude), Friday, 11 January 2013 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
Has a sitcom ever had a good cabin story?
― trishyb, Friday, 11 January 2013 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
Do the scary stories in the last Community Halloween episode count?
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Friday, 11 January 2013 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
http://meblogwritegood.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/screen-shot-2012-02-01-at-11-36-29-am.png
― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Friday, 11 January 2013 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
Cheers and Seinfeld both had classic cabin episodes, wtf kinda theory is this that they're inherently bad
― trey songza (some dude), Friday, 11 January 2013 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
Remember when Carlton crashed the rented BMW?
― Gukbe, Friday, 11 January 2013 16:25 (eleven years ago) link
i got sick this week and caught up with the past season. still kinda embarrassed about it, but i do really enjoy this show
― Nhex, Sunday, 3 February 2013 19:48 (eleven years ago) link
get your crap together, india
― j., Friday, 8 February 2013 09:58 (eleven years ago) link
i really like this show again. the odd episode disappoints - like the one with rob reiner in it - but any episode with that game they play, true american, is a keeper. also, i'm gonna cast winston as roast beef in my eventual live-action achewood movie project.
― SOYLENT GREEN IS SHEEPLE (stevie), Monday, 11 February 2013 23:15 (eleven years ago) link
they showed this on a plane a few weeks ago and while I only laughed at one part I was impressed by how tolerable Zooey's character was
― frogbs, Monday, 11 February 2013 23:18 (eleven years ago) link
I love this show.
― they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 07:40 (eleven years ago) link
man, schmidt's whole speech about how india had to get its shit together really pissed me off. that whole episode really annoyed me. i'm pretty sure all the guys at that dating thing didn't need douche schmidt to tell them cece was very hot for them to actually realise it and go talk with her.
― Jibe, Friday, 15 February 2013 13:04 (eleven years ago) link
i thought that was a little much
― Nhex, Friday, 15 February 2013 13:20 (eleven years ago) link
boy some episodes of this seem like they're about ready to collapse
― j., Thursday, 21 March 2013 07:49 (eleven years ago) link
if they're taking Jess and Nick through a horrifically destructive relationship this may be a good direction. i doubt it though
― Nhex, Friday, 22 March 2013 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
If Jess disappeared the show would instantly be exponentially better.
― Simon H., Friday, 22 March 2013 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
they could replace her with another wacky female roommate played by Kristen Schaal
― Darth Icky (DJP), Friday, 22 March 2013 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
Gonna be honest, would give up on the show is she wasn't on it. I'm weak.
― Nhex, Friday, 22 March 2013 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
then after two years, Kristen Schaal could be replaced by Anna Feris
perpetual "New Girl"
― Darth Icky (DJP), Friday, 22 March 2013 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
yes
― "Rob is startled, this is straight up gangster" (R Baez), Friday, 22 March 2013 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
maybe around season 8 Big Bang Theory will have finished so Kaley Cuoco or Melissa Rauch could come on board
also I'm pretty sure Megan Good will need a job at some point
― Darth Icky (DJP), Friday, 22 March 2013 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
i think they've ditched almost all of the 'eccentricities' by this point.
though there was a little bit of jess's nervous sex voice on the recent ep.
― j., Friday, 22 March 2013 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
haha they have in no way ditched the eccentricities, we're just used to them now
also they made each of the guys equally crazy so she doesn't stick out nearly as much as the pilot would make you think
― Darth Icky (DJP), Friday, 22 March 2013 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
since when did she make up a song about something?? (that was always the real sticker for me)
― j., Friday, 22 March 2013 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
This show is really great. I've been worried about the Nick/Jess storyline capsizing the whole thing ever since the Ross/Rachel-Sam/Diane dynamic first raised its head in season 1, but now I reckon they'll handle whatever comes inventively.
― The @glennbeck have raisin b-lls and rice crispy d-ck (stevie), Friday, 22 March 2013 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
I haven't seen an episode since "Table 34" but she definitely did it in "A Father's Love" and I think it also happened in "Pepperwood" and "Cooler"
― Darth Icky (DJP), Friday, 22 March 2013 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
her singing is still in the show. sorry!
― Nhex, Friday, 22 March 2013 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
Since pretty early on, like the first ep with lizzy caplan, they've done a kind of brilliant job of alternately critiquing/defending/ridiculing/embracing the 'adorkable zooey persona' that got the show on the air in the first place
― Stephen Thomas Duttywine (some dude), Friday, 22 March 2013 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
exactly. I was bummed at first, figured they'd put it off till later. Then I was like ok, they're going there, but it didn't work so now they've moved on and they'll eventually come back to it. Instead they're accepting it's there and just having fun playing with it.
― dan selzer, Friday, 22 March 2013 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i'm fine w/ zooey now, which i couldn't have predicted even back when i started liking the show. i would love it if there were a perpetual new girl though. lol @ dan if he think big bang is gonna wrap after 8 seasons, which is kinda a shame cuz i would like to see cuoco working w/ better scripts but at the same time good for her for getting paid serious money which is what happens in the later seasons.
― balls, Friday, 22 March 2013 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
they're doing a better job w/ winston also. should i go back and watch the first season of this at some point? pretty big lizzy caplan fan fwiw.
― balls, Friday, 22 March 2013 23:11 (eleven years ago) link
i guess but doesn't it seem like the balance was real out of whack early on, when they seemed to want to define her as (among other things) 'this girl who sings everything!'? and it's gone from whatever that would be, as a trait of a character, to something more like… one affectation/quirk among many of one character among eccentric other characters
― j., Saturday, 23 March 2013 00:19 (eleven years ago) link
I also thought they'd toned down her character's 'quirkiness' quite a bit (including the singing) but they seemed to be bringing it back in "Quick-Hardening Caulk" (probably why it was slightly disappointing to me).
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 23 March 2013 00:22 (eleven years ago) link
well she was under duress
real light touch with that torrent of dick jokes by the writers/cast, tho
― j., Saturday, 23 March 2013 00:24 (eleven years ago) link
torrent of dick jokes
i would have thought andy dick was passe by now.
― Aimless, Saturday, 23 March 2013 03:19 (eleven years ago) link
it's called a 'callback', gramps
― j., Saturday, 23 March 2013 03:38 (eleven years ago) link
"not a cookie bar"
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 01:25 (ten years ago) link
i used to be anti-zooey deschanel but with the backlash that came with her iphone commercial i became pro-zooey... it seemed like the only respectable position. i can't stand she and him but she is pretty good on this show.
― rock 'em sock 'em (Treeship), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 01:35 (ten years ago) link
the "ruh roh" closing this episode actually worked pretty well.
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 02:12 (ten years ago) link
Another great episode of the best sitcom on tv.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 03:05 (ten years ago) link
Season finale was corny madcap classic.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 16 May 2013 03:03 (ten years ago) link
v. solid ending
― j., Thursday, 16 May 2013 03:12 (ten years ago) link
yeah if you'd told me 'schmidt breaks up the wedding' i would've groaned but they pulled it off well and even if 'the groom is even more relieved than cece the wedding is canceled' is a bit of a cheat at least the writers knew that breaking up a wedding is kinda a shitty thing to do and felt they had to deal w/ that problem. really effective stunt casting, laffed pretty hard when she was the other woman. pretty great season, i've long had this theory that second seasons of sitcoms are usually the best for a number of reasons (i've never really tested this theory and maybe it's just a sorta recent phenom also), this was a pretty great one. selzer otm above: this is the best sitcom on tv right now. starting to get the appeal of zooey but luckily hannah simone is there to remind that o right THAT, that's what a dream goddess looks like. so i should check out the first season?
― balls, Thursday, 16 May 2013 03:13 (ten years ago) link
at least the writers knew that breaking up a wedding is kinda a shitty thing to do and felt they had to deal w/ that problem.
OTM. It seemed clear enough to me beforehand that neither party really had his or her heart in the wedding so I didn't feel that cheated (although I was hoping that Chivrang [?] was really in love with a dude). Actually curious which way Schmidt is going to go. I thought it was pretty bold + commendable for them to have him get back with Elizabeth so I probably will feel cheated if he just decides "Cece". (I mean, it would have been pretty bold for the writers to fully commit to the arranged marriage as well.)
S2 has definitely been the superior season but s1 was pretty good after the first couple of episodes.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 16 May 2013 04:36 (ten years ago) link
read an interview this morning w/ the creator/writer that had a funny quote about how in the original casting call the character of Nick said something like "is secretly the smartest person in the room" and the actor said "yeah, after casting me, you threw that idea out pretty quick"
― dan selzer, Thursday, 16 May 2013 05:03 (ten years ago) link
good finale, though i do feel a bit uncomfortable with how cavalier they threw out the arranged marriage, funny cameo though. i did think to myself "wait... is that..."
winston was the MVP though, that guy is so good. happy how his obsession with pranks and being so awful at them became a thing
also i def. like the Rob Reiner casting as Jess' dad
― Nhex, Saturday, 25 May 2013 23:24 (ten years ago) link
really not looking forward to how they're gonna write off Merritt Weaver. don't see that going well
also i'm still laughing thinking about Cotton Eye Joe. "you're pumping your fist in the air right now!"
― Nhex, Sunday, 26 May 2013 21:21 (ten years ago) link
she's amazing in Nurse Jackie, was really glad to see her turn up in this.
― media conglomerates are pedaling the same product (stevie), Monday, 27 May 2013 09:05 (ten years ago) link
also saw her recently in Tiny Furniture (as the college friend)
― koogs, Monday, 27 May 2013 15:06 (ten years ago) link
this thread is really hard to find
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 21 July 2013 00:09 (ten years ago) link
it's the old quotation bug w/ILX search
― Nhex, Sunday, 21 July 2013 01:52 (ten years ago) link
http://movies.nytimes.com/2013/08/23/movies/in-joe-swanbergs-drinking-buddies-couples-face-tests.html?src=dayp
nick is in this
― j., Saturday, 24 August 2013 02:42 (ten years ago) link
the episode of The Writer's Room about New Girl is fun
― some dude, Saturday, 24 August 2013 02:49 (ten years ago) link
the ep where she pretends 2 be 'katie' is v funny
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 24 August 2013 15:42 (ten years ago) link
I have to say, I recently re-watched all of season 1 on netflix and half of season 2 on hulu, and it's held up really well, all these years later. I mean, it's even funnier than I remember. I think it's hilarious, smart, edgy etc, I think it's the best sitcom in a long time and I think it's stature is going to grow as more people realize how goddamn good it is, and more people are going to start calling frittatas "egg pies".
― dan selzer, Saturday, 24 August 2013 17:39 (ten years ago) link
agree, but didn't this show premiere less than two years ago?
― President Keyes, Sunday, 25 August 2013 01:52 (ten years ago) link
joeks bro
― j., Sunday, 25 August 2013 02:05 (ten years ago) link
some flashback 2 fat schmidt stuff makes me kinda :/
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 25 August 2013 02:08 (ten years ago) link
make that some most
yeah fatsuit jokes are rmde but they do manage to show the sweetness under the surface of schmidt there as well as the crazy insecurity that led to the douchebag he is today
― balls, Sunday, 25 August 2013 02:56 (ten years ago) link
finally getting round to catching up w/ this
cece's fiancee actually makes me want to throw up, can't wait til this dude gets jilted at the altar
― r|t|c, Sunday, 25 August 2013 18:20 (ten years ago) link
oh boy just you wait.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 25 August 2013 20:00 (ten years ago) link
you know, i actually felt bad for that character. i'm glad the show didn't make him a total monster, jerk, nerd, etc.
― Nhex, Sunday, 25 August 2013 23:26 (ten years ago) link
btw searching for "new girl" in quotes in the search screen does not find this thread, i guess because new girl is in quotes in the thread title? weird.
anyway, apparently hannah simone went to the same international school in new delhi that i went to, though she started a year after i left
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 5 September 2013 23:56 (ten years ago) link
so yeah ... i'm pretty great
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 5 September 2013 23:58 (ten years ago) link
Almost done rewatching the first two seasons and I have to say...it's just funnier and funnier. This will go down as one of the great sitcoms of all time.
― dan selzer, Friday, 6 September 2013 00:33 (ten years ago) link
premieres tonight. This show gives my life meaning.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 20:53 (ten years ago) link
it's the details. Like when Cece tells the story of losing her virginity to Mick Jagger and Schmidt screams "Beatlemania, Beatlemania".
The way they've mastered having 4 people talking at once each telling a different joke.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 20:54 (ten years ago) link
i'm pretty excited for the premiere tonight, probably my current favorite sitcom. i'm glad at least one i really like seems to be a decent enough ratings hit. i'm still not over happy endings going away.
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 20:57 (ten years ago) link
Well, then you should be happy that "Coach" is coming back to New Girl for at least a visit. If you don't know the story: http://newgirl.wikia.com/wiki/Coach
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 20:59 (ten years ago) link
Nice for New Girl to at least have an arc where there isn't just one token black character, but two pretty hilarious ones. At least Winston is to some degree. Coach obv never got a chance to spread his wings.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 21:00 (ten years ago) link
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 21:54 (5 minutes ago) Bookmark
yeah this is p much it. it's extremely well edited
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 21:02 (ten years ago) link
They moved this to Mondays? Ah well, I'll catch it on demand
― Nhex, Wednesday, 18 September 2013 01:10 (ten years ago) link
Today is Tuesday.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 18 September 2013 01:59 (ten years ago) link
I am losing my mind, sorry
― Nhex, Wednesday, 18 September 2013 02:10 (ten years ago) link
Some great stuff tonight. Held up.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 18 September 2013 02:44 (ten years ago) link
i thought it was decent, though clearly more effort was set up resolving the cliffhanger and setting up this season, which is fine. so much better than that terrible samberg show.
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 03:30 (ten years ago) link
I thought samberg show coulda been much worse. It's not great, but it had some ok lines.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 18 September 2013 03:40 (ten years ago) link
the rest of the cast wasn't bad, but samberg pretty much ruined it for me. his whole, "lookit me! i just made a HILARIOUS joke" smirk bothered me so much more than it ever did on snl.
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 04:07 (ten years ago) link
Better than the new Mindy Project though I'm not sure that's high praise
― I have gathered no gaudy flowers of speech in other men's gardens (dowd), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 16:13 (ten years ago) link
this show's fine. they just added s2 to netflix so we watched like 4 eps last night. do they ever give winston a real plotline? also why does everyone make a big deal about schmidt when nick is clearly the funniest character?
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link
Winston definitely gets fleshed out, and he gets something of a plotline or two but it's usually the b-plot. Definitely feels like he forced in there at times, no matter how fleshed out he gets. But he's a good enough character and has enough good lines/parts that it doesn't bother me.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 18 September 2013 17:33 (ten years ago) link
feel bad for that dude. he's a funny actor but his character really gets shafted. we watched the one last night where he's bad at pranks, he was great.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 17:34 (ten years ago) link
that episode is a Winston tour-de-force
― WHAT DOES SAMANTHA FOX SAY (DJP), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 17:35 (ten years ago) link
"let's put some juice by her shoe"
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 17:36 (ten years ago) link
(though technically that line was delivered by kid-actor winston)
his general prank thing of taking things too far. "Let's stab him...with a knife" or whatever, is hilarious. He was great in the latest episode with the puzzles and the color-blindness.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 18 September 2013 17:37 (ten years ago) link
i didnt really know how i was supposed to feel when they all got away with forgetting winston's bday
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 18 September 2013 17:44 (ten years ago) link
This show is kind of like "Moonlighting" in that it got boring quick as soon as the "will they, won't they" suspense was over.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 18 September 2013 19:11 (ten years ago) link
I'll give it more than one episode to decide if that's the case.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 18 September 2013 19:14 (ten years ago) link
Well, it's been kind of obvious for a while that they were getting together, hasn't it? It seems like the suspense has been gone since midway through last season.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 18 September 2013 19:19 (ten years ago) link
I really enjoyed there flirting and on again off again weirdness last season, and again this past week. Not sure where it will go. Read that the writers are thinking more along the lines of Jim and Pam and Leslie and Ben instead of Sam and Diane or Ross and Rachel.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 18 September 2013 19:24 (ten years ago) link
Winston really needs his own show. Schmidt can come. but only if he ditches the love interests.
― Simon H., Thursday, 19 September 2013 05:38 (ten years ago) link
never ditch cece
― Jean-Claude Brand Ambassador (some dude), Thursday, 19 September 2013 06:01 (ten years ago) link
Well, no, obviously. But wifey seems so nice. Actually she can do better, losing Schmidt won't be so terrible for her, because she doesn't need to be with someone. But if you ask me who I would rather spend (platonic) time with the answer wouldn't be Cece.
― I have gathered no gaudy flowers of speech in other men's gardens (dowd), Thursday, 19 September 2013 09:31 (ten years ago) link
That scene with Winston, Schmidt and Cece was VERY well choreographed. Lamorne Morris was killing it whenever he was in the background of those shots.
― Marlo Poco (Phil D.), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:13 (ten years ago) link
Also Winston wearing a hoodie as pants.
― Marlo Poco (Phil D.), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:15 (ten years ago) link
Winston is so fucking funny, it's criminal
― You are kind, I am jerkface (DJP), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:17 (ten years ago) link
(I finally saw the S2 finale this week and every thing he did slayed me)
I love that he is this secret weapon the show can break out whenever they need guaranteed laughs.
― Marlo Poco (Phil D.), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:24 (ten years ago) link
i prefer the kilborn daily show i think its the best one
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 03:02 (ten years ago) link
really do not like what they're doing w/ Schmidt this season. dude was a douche last year but this is next level douchery.
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 03:33 (ten years ago) link
yeah it's kinda ugh
― marky markers & the blinky bunch (some dude), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 03:40 (ten years ago) link
like the whole blaming Jess and Nick thing is so not something he would have done last season, even if it was partially for LOLs. and I still don't understand why he didn't just pick CeCe outright. the dude is vain, he was clearly obsessed with her and only went back to Elizabeth when it was clear CeCe was getting married. yeah, he had that old school connection w/ her, but he never woulda given her a chance if not for CeCe being off the market for real.
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 03:52 (ten years ago) link
watching season 2 on netflix and still laughing over the "we got chokes, hula hoops, and a sitar" thing in the hipster episode.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 05:29 (ten years ago) link
that was probably my favourite line of the whole series.
― koogs, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 08:16 (ten years ago) link
great ep, everything with nick in a motorcycle helmet = A+
― Nhex, Saturday, 5 October 2013 15:55 (ten years ago) link
Winston walking up to the restaurant reservation desk and eating the glass bead thinking it was a mint = greatest thing ever.
― My question is primarily riparian (Phil D.), Saturday, 5 October 2013 17:23 (ten years ago) link
Winston was really the MVP of the episode. His antics to shoo other people away from the community table were the best.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 5 October 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link
I really hope the show doesn't go to darker places though, as that's not its niche. Hoping the whole Schmidt thread of trying to break Jess/Nick up doesn't become the prevailing story arc, but I doubt they're likely to just leave it untouched, so I have a bad feeling about it.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 5 October 2013 17:27 (ten years ago) link
It's the basis of the next episode so def an arc. Hopefully a short one.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 5 October 2013 17:51 (ten years ago) link
it needs some darkness to balance out the preciously goofy antics
― Nhex, Saturday, 5 October 2013 17:58 (ten years ago) link
i doubt it'll be long. i hope they stop trying to get CeCe and Schmidt together now, but of course we'll be dragged into that again i'm sure
― Nhex, Saturday, 5 October 2013 17:59 (ten years ago) link
Winston's monologue about the double date was brilliant. At firs they cut away to him and all 4 have these amazing responses, then they go back and it's just him rambling on. He really is amazing. Such a great cast.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 5 October 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link
The Get Lucky montage
― Roz, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 11:53 (ten years ago) link
That was one of their funniest episodes
― some dude, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 12:34 (ten years ago) link
definitely. it is going to "darker places" though, i think, as neanderthal feared. i can't imagine how angry i would be at schmidt if i were nick or jess.
― Treeship, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 13:01 (ten years ago) link
well that was great
Team Winston, kind of amazed they're just making him flat-out bananas and it isn't bothering me
― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 14:03 (ten years ago) link
cat brothel
― Mordy , Wednesday, 9 October 2013 14:05 (ten years ago) link
i understood at least 30% of the financial crisis and guess what i got from that u suuuuuuuuuuuck u suuuuuuck so hard
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 03:20 (ten years ago) link
Haha, loved that. Nick's "box" "logic" was hilarious, too.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 03:22 (ten years ago) link
poor Jillian Armanante
― Nhex, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 18:44 (ten years ago) link
need a montage of schmidt saying words with 'tt' in them
― j., Saturday, 26 October 2013 15:12 (ten years ago) link
Lamorne Morris + Damon Wayans Jr. + Taye Diggs last night = African-American actors are getting better, funnier work on this show than anywhere else on network TV. Who would've thought so for The Zooey Deschanel Show?
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Thursday, 7 November 2013 17:21 (ten years ago) link
wayans did his best with a shitty script i thought but dang all i could think was how GLAD i was that he got replaced by lamorne morris
― max, Thursday, 7 November 2013 17:24 (ten years ago) link
taye extending his leg was amazing
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 7 November 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link
yeah that was pretty much a complete waste of wayans, he was much much much better on happy endings.
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 7 November 2013 17:28 (ten years ago) link
He's recurring for the rest of the season.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Thursday, 7 November 2013 17:30 (ten years ago) link
That convo with Coach, Nick and Jess was a thing of beauty, though. "I'm just telling her what kind of cake to make me, son!"
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Thursday, 7 November 2013 18:15 (ten years ago) link
I feel like the original Coach character was closer to Winston. I remember him being weird and awkward in the pilot. I feel like any attributes he may have had were adopted by Winston when replaced, and now that he's back they came up with a new version of Coach who's different than in the pilot. I thought Taye Diggs stole the episode though. Not my fave episode of recent, but still good stuff.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 7 November 2013 18:43 (ten years ago) link
I looove the little "YEAH, we got Bin Laden" flashback, followed by "I thought I was alone for that?"
― Andrew Kornfan, Thursday, 7 November 2013 20:34 (ten years ago) link
i did get the impression that they deliberately let the tone of the episode jar a bit to match the (re)introduction of the character. like, ok, here's a thing, then obviously they will compensate and pretty soon coach will probably be entangled in the apartment's neuroses like everyone else.
― j., Thursday, 7 November 2013 22:21 (ten years ago) link
is coach back permanently?
― Mordy , Thursday, 7 November 2013 22:44 (ten years ago) link
ish
― j., Thursday, 7 November 2013 22:45 (ten years ago) link
to the end of the season. note that wayans has another pilot up for next fall
― Nhex, Friday, 8 November 2013 03:40 (ten years ago) link
now they just need to cast eliza coupe and we're good
― balls, Friday, 8 November 2013 03:56 (ten years ago) link
Schmidt pronouncing "Chinese food" with a short "i."
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Thursday, 14 November 2013 15:26 (ten years ago) link
i thought this whole schmidt moves out storyline was going to be dumb, but if it leads to more scenes like him dancing to the workout track through the walls, it'll be ok.
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 14 November 2013 15:29 (ten years ago) link
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Thursday, November 14, 2013 10:26 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
God that was awesome
― Lesbian has fucking riffs for days (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 November 2013 15:38 (ten years ago) link
balls OTM
― smoking, drinking, cracking and showing the MIDDLE FINGER (DJP), Thursday, 14 November 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link
i liked the restaurant owner
― j., Friday, 15 November 2013 00:47 (ten years ago) link
His telling the truth "Chinese food is MSG and we use menus to sell food" or whatever, was great.
― dan selzer, Friday, 15 November 2013 00:51 (ten years ago) link
http://www.vulture.com/2013/11/print-out-vultures-new-girl-paper-dolls.html
― dan selzer, Friday, 15 November 2013 00:52 (ten years ago) link
A+ episode last night, everybody got good stuff
― Nhex, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 19:31 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I was really digging Winston's arc. And Wayans seemed a lot more comfortable in his role this time out.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 19:47 (ten years ago) link
http://www.salon.com/2013/12/13/prince_to_guest_star_on_new_girl/
― jaymc, Friday, 13 December 2013 16:23 (ten years ago) link
"The musician is reportedly a fan of the show and requested to appear in the episode."
Best is how he apparently pitched the writers the concept, etc. for the episode.
― Murgatroid, Friday, 13 December 2013 16:37 (ten years ago) link
this is everything I love about life
― SHAUN (DJP), Friday, 13 December 2013 16:46 (ten years ago) link
wrong thread, Dan
― Murgatroid, Friday, 13 December 2013 16:47 (ten years ago) link
lol no, Prince swanning onto a hit television show and warping it around himself is actually an example of everything I love about life
haven't listened to the Beyonce album yet
― SHAUN (DJP), Friday, 13 December 2013 16:48 (ten years ago) link
you just know he's written an entire album for Hannah Simone (and hasn't heard her sing yet)
― Reince The GOPer (some dude), Friday, 13 December 2013 16:49 (ten years ago) link
haha OTM
― SHAUN (DJP), Friday, 13 December 2013 16:50 (ten years ago) link
hahaha
― balls, Friday, 13 December 2013 17:13 (ten years ago) link
who can blame the man?
― the "Weird Al" Yankovic of country music (stevie), Friday, 13 December 2013 18:33 (ten years ago) link
'anyone else here named after their career???'
― j., Tuesday, 14 January 2014 04:37 (ten years ago) link
http://static.phx2.tvgcdn.net/MediaBin/Content/140113/News/2_tues/thumbs/140114mag-new-girl1_300x206.jpg
― Aglet, Thursday, 16 January 2014 05:05 (ten years ago) link
this moment is so chill and absent of drama i want to call it tim duncan
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 16 January 2014 23:02 (ten years ago) link
haha classic line
― Nhex, Friday, 17 January 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link
Weird how this show is going through a stealth retool in the last month or so
― Nhex, Sunday, 19 January 2014 22:49 (ten years ago) link
was cece related to the bits about her job last year? e.g. it being idiotic, no one at the date-a-thon wanting to marry her, etc.
gonna miss her roommates if they're leaving modeling behind :(
― j., Monday, 20 January 2014 04:21 (ten years ago) link
mick mouse!
― lollercoaster of rove (s.clover), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 01:39 (ten years ago) link
<3 u 4eva lady L
― Nhex, Friday, 14 February 2014 04:15 (ten years ago) link
i guess she's getting an arc?
Was so happy to see her. She totally killed.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 14 February 2014 04:16 (ten years ago) link
she's family, they can't write her out now unless they kill her!
which DON'T <3
― j., Friday, 14 February 2014 04:16 (ten years ago) link
yeah so weir looked great, amazingly so cuz the mad men ppl managed to make her look older than jon hamm last summer. prince episode was superfun also. whatever hiccups this show had in the fall it's back in peak shape right now.
― balls, Friday, 14 February 2014 04:21 (ten years ago) link
boooo
― Nhex, Thursday, 27 March 2014 03:11 (ten years ago) link
what
― some dude, Thursday, 27 March 2014 03:28 (ten years ago) link
they broke up
― balls, Thursday, 27 March 2014 03:31 (ten years ago) link
i got some sort of stockholm syndrome thing happening w/ zooey
― balls, Thursday, 27 March 2014 03:32 (ten years ago) link
They never really seemed to know what to do with Nick and Jess as a couple.
― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 27 March 2014 13:13 (ten years ago) link
yeah it never struck to me as a narrative that was tenable in the long run. the more serious the relationships get on the show, the more UNFUNNY INTENSE YELLING there is.
― some dude, Thursday, 27 March 2014 14:36 (ten years ago) link
And the ways in which Nick is an idiot are becoming less funny and more irritating.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 27 March 2014 14:40 (ten years ago) link
i mean i think the relationship arc only felt untenable because the writers forced it. too many arcs ABOUT the relationship instead of just treating it in the background
― max, Thursday, 27 March 2014 22:08 (ten years ago) link
why could it not have been on purpose?
― j., Thursday, 27 March 2014 22:15 (ten years ago) link
I blame fandom, also relationships never seem to work out funny on comedies
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Thursday, 27 March 2014 22:35 (ten years ago) link
well now Jess can date a bunch of famous guest dudes
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Thursday, 27 March 2014 22:36 (ten years ago) link
yeah, not really looking forward to that (or on Nick's side either)
― Nhex, Thursday, 27 March 2014 23:30 (ten years ago) link
the ways in which Nick is an idiot are becoming less funny and more irritating.
otm. used to be kind of a hapless stuck-in-his-ways schlub, now he's like two seconds from just soiling himself while screaming "MacGyver!" for no reason.
in general this season's felt relatively sloppy compared to s2 - a lot of scenes that are like improv-in-place-of-jokes instead of improv-based-on-jokes. like when jess got a hotel room and they just kind of had her yell in it.
― da croupier, Friday, 28 March 2014 06:15 (ten years ago) link
Which ws that? Ppl I know loved it
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Friday, 28 March 2014 06:39 (ten years ago) link
the one where jess moves into nick's room - which led to wacky revelations that jess reads in bed and that nick has a funny nightshirt (i guess previous nights she'd retire to her room after fucking?). that's cool people you know loved it.
― da croupier, Friday, 28 March 2014 07:17 (ten years ago) link
also does cece live in their building? she appeared to be walking in and out of the building a lot for no clear reason while sweating her texts to the young guy
― da croupier, Friday, 28 March 2014 07:22 (ten years ago) link
tbh at some point they did try to show another side of him - he actally did take the bar exam and passed iirc -, but they then quickly came back to the "MacGyver" screaming as you say.
― Jibe, Friday, 28 March 2014 14:16 (ten years ago) link
yeah i hated when they were finally going to let him show off his lawyer skills when schmidt got sued and he was just an incoherent mess - his save at the end was so weak I thought they might actually just have the actual lawyers be like "well, no. why would we accept that?"
― da croupier, Friday, 28 March 2014 14:34 (ten years ago) link
enough decent stuff this season (schmidt/winston still killing it, dug cardellini) that I'm still watching, though. the drop in quality isn't Suburgatory bad yet.
― da croupier, Friday, 28 March 2014 14:38 (ten years ago) link
ugh, poor suburgatory. so downhill this season
― Mordy , Friday, 28 March 2014 14:38 (ten years ago) link
between the weak shit they're giving him to do on the show and all the movies he's doing, wondering if jake johnston might be David Caruso-ing out the door before long
― da croupier, Friday, 28 March 2014 14:40 (ten years ago) link
man i can be super patient w/ shows (himym) but i bailed on suburgatory after like two episodes this season
― balls, Friday, 28 March 2014 14:48 (ten years ago) link
I made it to the one where Alan tudyk came back and I regret not leaving earlier
― da croupier, Friday, 28 March 2014 14:50 (ten years ago) link
i'm all caught up :(
― Mordy , Friday, 28 March 2014 14:50 (ten years ago) link
I felt like Bart when "krusty" finally shows up at kamp krusty
― da croupier, Friday, 28 March 2014 14:52 (ten years ago) link
Xpost
like i'm more curious about community season 4
― balls, Friday, 28 March 2014 14:53 (ten years ago) link
― da croupier, Friday, March 28, 2014 10:34 AM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I was hoping Nick would whip out some crazy lawyer skills, get "Where the fuck did that come from?!" reactions from Schmidt and Winston, leave the opposing lawyers in the dust, and remain an utterly hopeless schlub in every other aspect of his life. Instead of "I'm not the guy who puts a toy together!" he could've been "I'm not the guy who's a lawyer!" Or something.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 28 March 2014 15:10 (ten years ago) link
But srsly did I miss some expo on why cece would just be walking in and out of their apt, elevator and building all day?
― da croupier, Friday, 28 March 2014 15:51 (ten years ago) link
they're friends? her life is a mess right now?
― j., Friday, 28 March 2014 15:52 (ten years ago) link
She didn't interact with Jess once though! Just with the ex who doubletimed her and his roommate who she hooked up with. Just curious if there was a line about crashing there after drinking and waiting for a drug shipment to arrive that would require multiple trips in and out or something.
― da croupier, Friday, 28 March 2014 15:56 (ten years ago) link
well they have been working on storylines about her growing closer to the roommates, right?
― j., Friday, 28 March 2014 16:11 (ten years ago) link
Hey I'm more than capable of doing their work for them too, I'm just curious if they did it and I missed it. And this is coming from a place of amused curiosity, no need for "it's just a comedy, who cares" responses
― da croupier, Friday, 28 March 2014 16:18 (ten years ago) link
i've just been assuming that deleted scenes will show her and daddario lezzing it up and that's why she's there. just closing my eyes and assuming.
― balls, Friday, 28 March 2014 16:19 (ten years ago) link
lol
― Nhex, Friday, 28 March 2014 17:53 (ten years ago) link
Croup as OTM as ever wrt this season.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 28 March 2014 20:11 (ten years ago) link
I'm mainly watching this show for Winston right now. They've messed with Schmidt too much (although he can be brought back).
― Spencer Chow, Friday, 28 March 2014 20:25 (ten years ago) link
I assumed Cece spent the night there after playing True American and was too hungover to leave? When I am hungover I don't have a ton of agency.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 28 March 2014 20:35 (ten years ago) link
OTM, it's not an issue.
― The Whittrick and Puddock (dowd), Friday, 28 March 2014 20:58 (ten years ago) link
what is schmidt even doing besides not really living in his apartment
― j., Friday, 28 March 2014 21:13 (ten years ago) link
Never forget:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkf5SSdfQYA#aid=P9zU0R8IiX4
― Spencer Chow, Friday, 28 March 2014 21:39 (ten years ago) link
whoops:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkf5SSdfQYA
― Spencer Chow, Friday, 28 March 2014 21:41 (ten years ago) link
hrm.
hah, deleted scene?
― Nhex, Friday, 28 March 2014 22:10 (ten years ago) link
― Spencer Chow, Friday, March 28, 2014 8:25 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^^^ winston = mvp
― ronnie waitrose (stevie), Friday, 28 March 2014 23:13 (ten years ago) link
is this just yelling now
― j., Thursday, 24 April 2014 02:40 (nine years ago) link
so totally down for this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2TpGj6q_qY
― some dude, Saturday, 7 June 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
aw man that could be so terrible but i want to watch it
― Nhex, Saturday, 7 June 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
that trailer is wall to wall laughs imo
― some dude, Saturday, 7 June 2014 20:59 (nine years ago) link
yeahhh but that could easily be all the good moments tooi was wrong about 21 Jump Street so who knows
― Nhex, Saturday, 7 June 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
That looks amazing
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Saturday, 7 June 2014 21:09 (nine years ago) link
was this just made for winston's benefit
― r|t|c, Saturday, 7 June 2014 21:16 (nine years ago) link
very confusing
they broke this show when they broke them up. the inverse of the typical sitcom rule, but the last few episodes of last season were joyless.
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Saturday, 7 June 2014 22:40 (nine years ago) link
"just doin' e and watchin that show ed"
me irl
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 23:39 (nine years ago) link
not only am i mad that they've intentionally crushed all sexual tension between the characters from a shipping standpoint, i think it's also reduced everyone's character to "i'm a well-meaning idiot" lest they accidentally click on any level beyond "amiable roommate"
― da croupier, Thursday, 2 October 2014 16:01 (nine years ago) link
there are still decent jokes and takes but omggggg why would they delete season 2 from the show's psychological record AS WELL AS season 3?
― da croupier, Thursday, 2 October 2014 16:02 (nine years ago) link
i wonder if hollywood up-and-comer jake johnston wears sunglasses between takes and lets everyone know he's their shelley long cuz i don't know why else you'd take the show's romantic lead and turn him into a sexless oaf
― da croupier, Thursday, 2 October 2014 16:04 (nine years ago) link
p much agree, still has lols but its not promising to have as zzzz an ep plot structure as the tinder/weed 1 so early in the season
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 2 October 2014 16:09 (nine years ago) link
i was so invested in nick miller's emotional growth, i feel schmidt-level frustrated about this
― da croupier, Thursday, 2 October 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link
Croup OTM as ever
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 2 October 2014 16:28 (nine years ago) link
not watched the new series yet, but feel they screwed the pooch v badly at the end of s3
― A college wearing a sweater that says “John Belushi” (stevie), Thursday, 2 October 2014 18:39 (nine years ago) link
yeah.
second episode was better than first, but it's all pretty broad slapstick and sex and wackiness. not a lot of plot or heart.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 2 October 2014 18:43 (nine years ago) link
yeah, it seems they're just trying tobring to yuks now--which is cool--but I'm contnet to catch up on this show next summer on Netflix.
― Yo Gotti Nutter Ting Hummin' (President Keyes), Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
to bring
― Yo Gotti Nutter Ting Hummin' (President Keyes), Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
ugh nm
I lolled hardcore at this week's 'cumin' gag but yeah, this show is treading water and has been for a while. I assumed when it started that the show would be a bunch of nutty kooks yelling at each other and was pleasantly surprised when it turned out to have some depth, but now it seems to be devolving into exactly that.
Mostly it just makes me wish 'Happy Endings' was still around :(
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 3 October 2014 08:53 (nine years ago) link
Before I start trying to download any of the new episodes, are they giving anything cool for Winston to do this season? Because he was woefully underused last season.
― A college wearing a sweater that says “John Belushi” (stevie), Friday, 3 October 2014 09:30 (nine years ago) link
nope :(
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 3 October 2014 09:32 (nine years ago) link
They've moved on the Winston-at-police0academy storyline a bit but 'woefully underused' is otm. Which is tragic, because he is one of TV's most wonderfully odd characters.
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 3 October 2014 09:34 (nine years ago) link
he's so well played. so much potential. he got totally shafted last season. coach sucks.
― A college wearing a sweater that says “John Belushi” (stevie), Friday, 3 October 2014 10:47 (nine years ago) link
i love the cast right now - especially Hannah Simone getting more screen time - but they're still struggling to get time for all six. coach and winston pretty screwed this past week. that said, still a funny episode. also, nice to see Michaela Watkins, though I wonder what happened to Schmidt's old boss/occasional hook-up
― Nhex, Friday, 3 October 2014 19:12 (nine years ago) link
oh lord Micropenis is real?!
― Nhex, Saturday, 11 October 2014 04:22 (nine years ago) link
what the hell has happened to this show
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 7 November 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
finally bailed after the episode about rob reiner's new wife, regret nothing
the writers have been raving about the fact that they got fisting jokes in an episode. reminded me of that Growing Pains spin-off Just The Ten Of Us about a dude with 5 daughters. that was also staffed by bored people with nothing better to do than see what the censors would let them get away with.
― da croupier, Friday, 7 November 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
i mean now that they've recanted on evolving anyone beyond "goofball who is adorable because we say so" what else is there to do
― da croupier, Friday, 7 November 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
The micropenis episode was the last one I watched.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 7 November 2014 22:30 (nine years ago) link
This weeks was the best episode of the season, maybe best of last two seasons. Not a lot of humanity, but fast and funny as it's every been.
― dan selzer, Friday, 7 November 2014 23:15 (nine years ago) link
So this is trending on FB: http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/11/what-its-like-to-have-a-micropenis.html
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 10 November 2014 23:46 (nine years ago) link
― dan selzer, Friday, 7 November 2014 23:15 Bookmark
is this the meth in the apartment one? truly dismal episode
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 00:04 (nine years ago) link
Yes. I disagree. I thought it was a lot of fun.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 03:02 (nine years ago) link
Man, I actually think this season is a huge step up from the back half of last season. It has its ups and downs, but I'd rather see the ridiculous slapstick stuff like the meth episode than the hamfisted relationship bullshit.
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 20:38 (nine years ago) link
i've begun to unwittingly adopt schmidt's vocal tics and i'm worried it won't stop
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Sunday, 7 December 2014 07:34 (nine years ago) link
not even sure who i am anymore
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Sunday, 7 December 2014 07:36 (nine years ago) link
I stopped watching this last season. It seemed to really have begun to suck, from out of nowhere. Is it still awful?
― #Research (stevie), Friday, 16 January 2015 15:55 (nine years ago) link
It's still OK if you think of it as "The Coach and Winston show plus ZoDesh does some slapstick."
PS must credit me for "ZoDesh."
― Οὖτις Δαυ & τηε Κνιγητσ (Phil D.), Friday, 16 January 2015 16:22 (nine years ago) link
season 3 really sucked for a while (imo "birthday" through the end of the linda cardellini stretch, and i say that as linda cardellini) but got funny again in its last few eps, S4's been on and off laffs-wise. wayans jr is great. i wish they'd quit it with the endless "every character meets the perfect person who is perfect for them in every way and then they suddenly have to break up" cycle. just marry nick/jess schmidt/cece coach/winston and move on.
― qualx, Friday, 16 January 2015 16:24 (nine years ago) link
oh shit, hi Linda! loved you on ER
― Let me help you out Charlie XCX fan (DJP), Friday, 16 January 2015 16:50 (nine years ago) link
i dont mind the schmidt/cece thing but i thought them killing off nick and jess so quickly was weird. nick and schmidt are "self" "parodies" at this point but get some laughs, i find wayans irritating, not even winston has been doing it for me lately, but honestly i still laugh 3-4 times an episode which is enough for 22 minutes
― max, Friday, 16 January 2015 17:04 (nine years ago) link
thanks for confirming this show hasn't recovered past a "frustrating, but better than staring at a wall" level of tolerability, guys
― da croupier, Friday, 16 January 2015 17:12 (nine years ago) link
when it's funny it's funny.
nick/jess in S3 was horrible, both together and not. it sucks when they lean on their great will-they-won't-they run-up for a season and then have no idea what to do when the actual relationship starts. so they just run through all the sitcom tropes. nick came out of it with all his edges sanded off and he's been mostly tough to watch since.
i'm apparently the only one who hates what they've done to winston?? he started off as an actual human being, they didn't really know what to do with him, so they turned him into a cartoon vegetable who needs to be reminded how to walk and which hole food is supposed to go into. the "winston loves puzzles and winston has literally no idea how a puzzle works" story made me want to punch a wall. S4's been better but that was all he was in S3.
― qualx, Friday, 16 January 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I quit after that awful bottle episode with Winston's police examiner. Seems like it hasn't really improved?
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 16 January 2015 22:11 (nine years ago) link
i wish they'd quit it with the endless "every character meets the perfect person who is perfect for them in every way and then they suddenly have to break up" cycle. just marry nick/jess schmidt/cece coach/winston and move on.
see this is pretty much how i felt about s3, tbh. but if you promise there's lots of Winston in it now I just might check it out.
― #Research (stevie), Sunday, 18 January 2015 14:57 (nine years ago) link
good news: more winston than beforebad news: it's all really unsatisfying police hijinks
― Nhex, Sunday, 18 January 2015 22:18 (nine years ago) link
jess' disappearing/reappearing nail polish is really cluing me in on many scenes take multiple days to shoot apparently
― qualx, Friday, 6 February 2015 07:26 (nine years ago) link
i lold a lot @ this spider ep, lotsa good winston
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 26 February 2015 23:50 (nine years ago) link
The Nick/Jess vaudeville routine ("They all smell terrible!" "I'm a good friend, but I'm not that good a friend!") had me breathless & in tears.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 27 February 2015 00:45 (nine years ago) link
that was some Three's Company stuff and i admit i loved it
― Nhex, Thursday, 5 March 2015 04:04 (nine years ago) link
Wow no posts in this thread for a year. It's show malaise of the cursed ILX quotation mark topic search syndrome.Show has definitely had a bit of decline for the last season or so, but I'm still enjoying it. Some thoughts about the recent half season:
1) a little ashamed to admit this but Megan Fox is still crazy mean/hot and i found her run watchable on that basis alone2) glad they seem to actually be giving Winston and CeCe more time and jokes, especially CeCe who gets a lot more room to go wacky3) Nasim Pedrad is adorable and great but I hope she actually gets a full role on this show eventually rather than what seems inevitable - that she gets weakly written off when her and Winston don't pan out4) Nick has kinda become the defacto leader of the show this season, weird since Jess was out for so long and Schmidt got so much focus last year
― Nhex, Thursday, 24 March 2016 04:24 (eight years ago) link
it's turned a lot into HIMYM for me - it's still enjoyable often enough and i'm invested enough in the characters that i still watch every week. but it's never remarkable. i agree w/ everything else you just wrote.
― Mordy, Thursday, 24 March 2016 14:28 (eight years ago) link
it's the perfect show to not expect anything from. sometimes it lands, sometimes it doesn't. i fear that they are occasionally joey'ifying nick (i.e. making him more stupid than any human could be for cheap jokes) but so far they've kept that weakness in check. im perfectly content for it to persist or really to wrap at any pt
Peter Gallagher was a nice twist this week, i am not sure when i last saw him in anything
― art, Thursday, 24 March 2016 14:34 (eight years ago) link
hes in togetherness also
yea I still love this show
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 24 March 2016 14:45 (eight years ago) link
Man, the writing in this still crackles in a way HIMYM's never did. Even in the dud episodes, there are a least a dozen brilliant, undersold little lines tucked into the dialogue
― Evan R, Thursday, 24 March 2016 15:01 (eight years ago) link
otm i watched the entirety of himym and the more i look back on it the more that feels like wasted time on a subpar show
― art, Thursday, 24 March 2016 15:09 (eight years ago) link
Agree w/ Evan, though it hasn't been as great as I'd like. Also agree about making Nick too unbelievably stupid.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 24 March 2016 16:09 (eight years ago) link
man if you guys think nick is being unbelievably stupid you should go back and watch season 3 for the "suddenly 100% incapable of understanding basic human functions and customs" version of winston
i'm fine with this nick (and this winston, i guess)
― qualx, Friday, 25 March 2016 04:44 (eight years ago) link
it's not as funny as it once was but they've banked a lot of goodwill for "badbye, reagan. badbye."
― qualx, Friday, 25 March 2016 04:45 (eight years ago) link
Winston is carrying this show, and the Schmidt/CeCe wedding arc is weighing it down like a giant anchor
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 25 March 2016 05:14 (eight years ago) link
"you know for a guy that eats his raisins hot, your opinion means a lot to me"
― johnny crunch, Friday, 29 April 2016 21:42 (seven years ago) link
you can tell they had megan fox for like one day to shoot all her scenes or else something went screwy w editing
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 4 January 2017 03:30 (seven years ago) link
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/truck-plows-analtech-odor-leads-hazmat-situation-article-1.3189762
― sciatica, Thursday, 25 May 2017 17:38 (six years ago) link
❤️ pic.twitter.com/1hOEsD0jQd— zooey deschanel (@ZooeyDeschanel) February 9, 2018
they're putting it down
― j., Friday, 9 February 2018 02:40 (six years ago) link
Had a good run. Jake needs to make more post-mumblecore movies.
― dan selzer, Friday, 9 February 2018 02:45 (six years ago) link
6-8 more episodes will be fine, it's time for it to end.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 9 February 2018 04:01 (six years ago) link
finale tonite
― j., Tuesday, 15 May 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
Already!? Granted, it's pretty bad this season.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 20:34 (five years ago) link
They've been burning two episodes a week for the past few weeks, including tonight.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link
oh I think I am missing a few episodes then. thx.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 20:40 (five years ago) link
I just checked IMDB, it was just two episodes last week and two tonight for the final four.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 20:43 (five years ago) link
I've loved this season. I stand by this show.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 20:50 (five years ago) link
http://www.vulture.com/2018/05/new-girl-legacy.html
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 20:51 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I am in the camp that thinks it should've ended last season. It's fine now but feels like a different show.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 20:55 (five years ago) link
I am trying to remember if there have been outright laughs so far.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 20:56 (five years ago) link
I'm enjoying this season, but mostly because the writers have clearly just decided to let it be completely silly and cut the last remaining tethers to believability, which is fine by me.
Nick and Schmidt's interaction over the mustache was great, also liked the Winston masturbation flashback.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 20:58 (five years ago) link
I had to google what this masturbation flashback was because I may have fallen asleep during that episode.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 21:02 (five years ago) link
The rest of the episode wasn't great, so that's fair, it might just be that college Nick always makes me laugh.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 21:06 (five years ago) link
I have absolutely no recollection of this. This was the elementary school episode?
― Yerac, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 21:07 (five years ago) link
I think so? The B-plot was Nick hiring someone offa craigslist to punch him in the face if he didn't write x number of words and Winston prepping to testify at a trial.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 21:09 (five years ago) link
the show is really stupid and really funny. Winston going on the stand and introducing himself as Winston Pants or whatever, that was great.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
I have to go back and find this. I had thought they weren't giving Winston enough weird comedy to do this season. I could only recall the thing about his "not dad."
― Yerac, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 21:47 (five years ago) link
man, those last few episodes were delightfuli hated the cat funeral ep but evetything after was 👌🏻i want to play True American so bad, it’s my life’s dream u guys
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 17 May 2018 05:01 (five years ago) link
Bim Adewunmi on Buzzfeed wrote a nice piece abt Winston that I enjoyed
I wrote about Winston Bishop, a man I love very, very much: https://t.co/qraKuz7vR7— Bim Adewunmi (@bimadew) May 17, 2018
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 17 May 2018 05:03 (five years ago) link
Rob Reiner's "Oh, NOW you can read the room?" was an A+ laugh line for me. Gonna miss this show. Winston 4-eva.
― THERE IS NO PHIL D. THERE IS ONLY LIZ (Phil D.), Thursday, 17 May 2018 10:25 (five years ago) link
Winston was the absolute best character. I would watch a spin off with him.
― Yerac, Thursday, 17 May 2018 12:56 (five years ago) link
I am reading the summaries of the episodes from this season. I missed a couple (I really didn't like the first 2 epis) but the wedding episode was great and I am excited about the True American last epi. When I think of New Girl I think of True American and Winston.
― Yerac, Thursday, 17 May 2018 13:05 (five years ago) link