I've pretty much done nothing but praise this show since I started writing about it. I jumped in at the right time with two hilarious episodes. This one, while still having funnier moments then say How I Met Your Mother, wasn't quite as good so I figure I'd focus on the negative this week (You're welcome, Ken). I don't mean to beat a dead horse but the biggest handicap of this show continues to be Winston, a character that the writers have no idea what to do with and continue to shoe horn into episodes. This week we were supposed to be interested in him breaking up with a girl who I had forgotten he was even dating. It's been three weeks since we've seen or heard anything from her, yet we are supposed to somehow be invested in the relationship. The breakup does bring potential good news, maybe this is freeing up Winston to play a bigger part in the show, but I felt the same thing when he got his own radio show and that was two weeks ago and we haven't heard anything since. I get that from a writing stand point the show is about Nick and Jess, most great sitcoms are propelled by a will they or won't they story line and Nick and Jess play that role in this one, but this show excels as a ensemble comedy, not a Jess show or a Schmidt show, and keeping Winston on the fringe is wasting a ton of comedy.
On the bright side... I can't get enough of Jess's bad impressions, keep'm coming New Girl writers! And the Nick quote of the week is "Little kids are scared. I just don't like them (haunted houses)."
Even though it was funnier then any How I Met Your Mother this year, it felt sub-par for what New Girl has been putting out this season so it's going down as a loss... 2-1
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