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
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
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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