New Girl, S02E13
Nick's dad came into town and got Jess involved in a scam to buy a horse and sell its sperm. Nick got involved with the shady deal, worried that Jess would be bled dry if he left his father alone to do as he pleased. Schmidt also teamed up with Robby to scheme to get Cece back and the two unexpectedly bonded with each other.
I really liked Nick's dad. Mostly because he drove Nick crazy. His appearance also explained a lot of why Nick isn't the most put together adult you would find. But as Jess commented at the end of the episode, it's really impressive that with a dad who would just roll into town to con some people out of money and not really try to connect with his son on any level, that Nick isn't running the streets operating crooked games or something. More important than that, Nick, who is usually a little high-strung about less serious things ,was extra strung out with his father around. I love to see that, so I welcomed Walt's presence.
One of my favorite things that frustrated Nick was that Winston was in love with Walt. I guess not having a father around himself he sort of adopted Nick's dad as his own. He even gave him an adorable nickname, "Pop-pop," which Nick absolutely hated. I really loved each time he would call Walt that and any time that Nick would plead Winston to stop doing that.
It was also funny how Jess was the absolute worst person to be hanging around Walt. He was playing her like a fiddle and Jess had no clue until she had given him hundreds of dollars on a horse of questionable value. I sometimes forget how trusting and guillible Jess is until someone comes along to take advantage of her good nature. My favorite example of her excessive faith in anyone was best illustrated when Nick showed his dad:
In the Schmidt story, I expected that I was just going to see him make an ass of himself and make Cece hate him even more, but instead he started a weird friendship with Robby. I can see how they would bond over their mutual love for Cece (neither of them is probably a great fit for her--they were both dating up). However, it was ridiculous how they were stalking her and showed up at her house uninvited when Cece was having a family get-together with Pavun and her relatives. Weirder than that, Schmidt thought an orgy was going on--what?? I think he just had dirty things on his mind from the beginning because he saw Cece in the sari and got excited, which was evident from him trying to describe one of his gross sexual fantasies--eww. They were lucky that no one ended up kicking their asses for their rude and unwanted appearance. I think their man-hug made them guess they were more stupid than they were dangerous.
The best thing about Robby and Schmidt getting together was that although Schmidt was dedicated in helping Robby, he made it very clear that he was going to help him to help himself. He kept talking about smiting him when the time was right. That was really funny, especially because Robby made it clear he wasn't going to go along with that part, but he didn't mind trusting Schmidt until that day came. Robby is an amazingly easy-going guy. If it was me, I'd not join forces with a guy who kept talking about destroying me in the future (but Robby might believe that Schmidt won't win even if he tries, so maybe he's just confident himself).
This was a pretty cute episode. I liked getting an idea of how Nick's childhood might have been, and why he's been committed to acting like an old man his whole life. It was really funny to have Walt around to see Winston showing him misplaced affection and Jess eating up any lie that he threw her way. I'm looking forward to him coming back for another con some day. Schmidt and Robby are lucky they have each other because neither of them has Cece, that's for sure. They might want to just concentrate on their friendship rather than getting her back--don't think any plan they would come up with has a shot in hell to work.
[Nick] Dad, she will believe anything.[Jess] That’s not true, Nick.It's sweet and makes you laugh that someone could be bordering on stupidity with how much they want to trust people at their word.
[Nick] My real name is Jamil.[Jess] It is?
[Nick] No, my name is not Jamil![Jess] Nick, that was not fair.[Nick] It is Nick, you know that![Jess] You told me in confidence.[Nick] How could you think my name was Jamil?
In the Schmidt story, I expected that I was just going to see him make an ass of himself and make Cece hate him even more, but instead he started a weird friendship with Robby. I can see how they would bond over their mutual love for Cece (neither of them is probably a great fit for her--they were both dating up). However, it was ridiculous how they were stalking her and showed up at her house uninvited when Cece was having a family get-together with Pavun and her relatives. Weirder than that, Schmidt thought an orgy was going on--what?? I think he just had dirty things on his mind from the beginning because he saw Cece in the sari and got excited, which was evident from him trying to describe one of his gross sexual fantasies--eww. They were lucky that no one ended up kicking their asses for their rude and unwanted appearance. I think their man-hug made them guess they were more stupid than they were dangerous.
The best thing about Robby and Schmidt getting together was that although Schmidt was dedicated in helping Robby, he made it very clear that he was going to help him to help himself. He kept talking about smiting him when the time was right. That was really funny, especially because Robby made it clear he wasn't going to go along with that part, but he didn't mind trusting Schmidt until that day came. Robby is an amazingly easy-going guy. If it was me, I'd not join forces with a guy who kept talking about destroying me in the future (but Robby might believe that Schmidt won't win even if he tries, so maybe he's just confident himself).
This was a pretty cute episode. I liked getting an idea of how Nick's childhood might have been, and why he's been committed to acting like an old man his whole life. It was really funny to have Walt around to see Winston showing him misplaced affection and Jess eating up any lie that he threw her way. I'm looking forward to him coming back for another con some day. Schmidt and Robby are lucky they have each other because neither of them has Cece, that's for sure. They might want to just concentrate on their friendship rather than getting her back--don't think any plan they would come up with has a shot in hell to work.
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