New Girl

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New Girl is the Zooey Deschanel lead sitcom about to enter its third season on Fox. Which makes me curious as to why there's no thread for it (nothing turned up when I searched "New Girl" at least.) The show definitely started slow– it took half a season to get rolling, but once it did, boy oh boy did it get funny. The second season of the show saw it transform into my favorite comedy on television. Yes, more than Parks and Rec, and a whole lot more than Season 4 Community.

The ensemble is top notch, with any character capable of being the MVP of the episode. Though, the show really does belong to Jake Johnson, who plays Nick Miller, and, surprisingly, Zooey Deschanel, who has proven herself a fantastic comedic actress, especially when it comes to physical comedy.

Yeah, the show starts out as a "look at this quirky girl, type show, but it doesn't take it long to drop that premise at all. It has the the highest number of laugh out loud moments per episode on television. And it also has two of the best kiss scenes I have ever seen.

The third season premiere is tonight; I'm not sure if that's going to be a good jumping in point or not, but the first and second seasons are up on Netflix.

Recommended episodes to show you some of what the show is capable of: "The Story of the 50" (season 1) for the Lizzy Caplan of it all; "Injured" (season 1) for the heart the show is capable of, "Pepperwood" (season 2) for the laugh out loud hilarity and insane comedy.

Note 1: I chose episodes that weren't heavily related to the overall plot. There are better episodes for each category, including the Lizzy Caplan category, but these ones are completely standalone.

Note 2: "The Story of the 50" is when the show really starts to find its groove. It's still rocky, but it starts the show on its first triumphant arc. There are still some good episodes prior to this however, which is why I do recommend starting from the get go. If you can make it through season 1 of Parks and Rec, you can make it through the first batch of episodes of New Girl.

Anyway, yeah, check it out!

Kaiolino

I think around the christmas episode it got better, because that's when the writers decided to stop making Jess a dumb bimbo and gave the rest of the cast stuff to do as well.

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And they got rid of Justin Long. That'll always help your show out. But yeah, that does seem to be the turning point.

Though it still seems like they're struggling to find something for Winston to do. But I'm cool with more Theodore K. Mullins and pranks.

wolfwood

So does anybody know what happend to coach?

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Season 2 is now on Netflix!

@wolfwoof:

So does anybody know what happend to coach?

He was already on Happy Endings, so when it got picked up for season 2 he had to stick with it. Now that it was cancelled, he's going to be returning, for at least a short arc, supposedly beginning with tonight's episode.

joekido the Second

Nope I could'nt figure out

Takaho

Pepperwood is my favourite episode.

I was sold on the series whilst my family watched it and it was a scene about the guys saying they had thought of Jess whilst masturbating, but Winston had imagined her with little raccoon hands. I burst out laughing and actually started crying.

I started from Season 1 properly the next day.

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@Takaho:

Pepperwood is my favourite episode.

I was sold on the series whilst my family watched it and it was a scene about the guys saying they had thought of Jess whilst masturbating, but Winston had imagined her with little raccoon hands. I burst out laughing and actually started crying.

I started from Season 1 properly the next day.

Pepperwood would easily be my favorite if the B plot was a little better. The whole Pogo thing was only alright. It does contain my favorite line in the series though: "I'm from Chicago. Thin crust pizza? No thanks. I'm from Chicago."

Jake Johnson is a genius.

And I know the episode you're talking about! It's one of my favorites. Especially because of Winston's rant:

I wish I could find it in better quality.

project1980

Injured is still my favorite episode really showed how close Nick, Schmidt and Winston are.

Unrequited

Remember seeing an episode or two with the family and some parts weren't too bad. Somebody give me a verdict! Yay or neigh on picking this up.

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@Unrequited:

Remember seeing an episode or two with the family and some parts weren't too bad. Somebody give me a verdict! Yay or neigh on picking this up.

Big time Yay!

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The premiere was great. I'm all in!

MarcelloF

Haven't watched the premier yet, but I hope Winston gets more stories this season. He's not my favorite (That's Nick), but he's definitely one of the funniest on the show.

Hopefully season 3 holds up to the great season 2. That was probably the best show of the last season.

Satsuki

This episode was cute on a stick.

ShimpanzeeThat

"I know I don't look like it, but I need the tv" I love this show already