New Girl, S02E07
Schmidt turned off the gas in order to motivate Jess to get a job, but she bombed an interview due to what she thought was just PMS. Nick started to find inner peace when he met a stranger in the park who took him to a relaxation pool. Schmidt was offered to have kinky sex with a coworker and also consulted with Cece about whether she was a nice girl. Winston felt like he was having sympathy PMS from Jess.
I didn't agree with Schmidt's methods of motivating Jess, but I guess it's not out of his character to be a jerk (in fact, we expect it out of him). However, I was more inclined to agree with Schmidt that she needed to get a job when she was playing the period card as excuse why she couldn't get hired. I don't believe women should so easily use things like PMS to excuse why they're acting amiss. It's a difficult card to play and should only be used when extremely appropriate and Jess was basically trying to hide her depression and lowered self-value (and lashing out at her roommates unjustly). I'm glad that Nick opened her eyes to this fact and after her pretty funny failure of an interview (where she was sobbing over a cat in a cup that had died), he encouraged her to try again. The "new" Nick was really the one to credit in her being employed again.
The best thing about this episode was no question Nick meeting an old man in the park and having this sort of deep conversation with him while the man said nothing. Simply writing down what Nick said doesn't even begin to do justice to how hilarious this scene was, so I included a clip:
It was almost like he had an imaginary friend he was talking with because the old man didn't say a word to him until much, much later (and then nothing after that again). Nick really brought his A game to this story when the rest weren't really doing anything for me comedy-wise. I also loved when Nick and his new best friend went to the pool and he gave him this really awkward massage in the water or something. That was really good. I'm not sure why Nick thought that after only one experience in the pool he was capable of performing that technique on Jess (which was even more awkward), but I loved it because it was a disaster. Nick got another chance to perform the massage on Winston and it was no more successful or less clumsy. I'm glad they ended the episode with them all at the pool again because it was the heart of the episode for me.
It was a little weird that Winston thought he was having PMS too, but I wish it hadn't been because he missed Shelby. I guess technically he should be distraught, but from my perspective I couldn't imagine thinking about her crazy ass again. Like, the relationship needed to be gone. But I guess being single just doesn't sit well with Winston, regardless of how appropriate his breakup was.
The only thing I can say about Schmidt's story was how proud I was that Cece didn't just slip back into the twisted world of Schmidt again. They will always have this connection, but I just think she could do better than him. Also, I just don't want to hear them being nasty again because it's just a little too much to stomach. However, it does let me know that Cece probably isn't going to be with Robby much longer if she can kiss Schmidt again for even a second. She's gonna be tempted because whether she thinks so or not, she's not a nice girl.
I'm not sure if I'm too excited about Jess' new job. I hope that she does have some kind of interesting tales from it or meets someone from having it. Otherwise, it just prevents her from moping around the house from now on. Nick, as usual, is continuing on his crazy journey to bettering himself that I am loving intensely. Just when I think he can't be any weirder, he finds a new outlet and I'm rolling. Can't imagine what else Nick has in store for this show.
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