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 likeā¦ 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) link
Another great episode of the best sitcom on tv.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 03:05 (eleven 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