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 (eight 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 (six years ago) link
Already!? Granted, it's pretty bad this season.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 20:34 (six 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 (six years ago) link
oh I think I am missing a few episodes then. thx.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 20:40 (six 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 (six years ago) link
I've loved this season. I stand by this show.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 20:50 (six years ago) link
http://www.vulture.com/2018/05/new-girl-legacy.html
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 20:51 (six 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 (six years ago) link
I am trying to remember if there have been outright laughs so far.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 20:56 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six years ago) link
I have absolutely no recollection of this. This was the elementary school episode?
― Yerac, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 21:07 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six years ago) link
Winston was the absolute best character. I would watch a spin off with him.
― Yerac, Thursday, 17 May 2018 12:56 (six 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 (six years ago) link