New Girl: Cooler

     There isn't a new New Girl this week and I'm more then a couple of weeks behind reviewing it, so I'm going to take the chance to go back a couple of weeks and attempt to catch up.  Here's the first of two New Girl posts today, you probably don't even remember the episodes at this point, but oh well...

     After a couple weeks of mediocre episodes the New Girl crew came back full force with “Cooler.”  If I’ve had one consistent problem with the show it has been their handling of Winston.  This episode seemed to address those concerns by finally giving him a storyline.  It’s been a slow build this season from non-existent after thought to funny background player to what now looks like a fully developed character.  It says great things about the show writers that they can address the show’s weaknesses and course correct while still pumping out quality episodes.  I love how Winston wilted when approaching women, even if it didn’t totally jive with what we have seen in the past.  And even though it was obvious the girl was single (why else would she go back to the flat and play American), it was a nice payoff having the two hook up.  I now have high hopes that she will stay around a while and Winston will get some time in the spotlight.

            My favorite moment of the episode was easily the American call back.  I loved that they brought everyone’s favorite drinking game back.  It’s a great joke that works wonderfully as a way to push plot points along.  It feels like something that would have been used on How I Met Your Mother when those guys still knew how to write a funny episode.  I also love the use of “Party At Ground Zero,” anytime a ska song shows up in a TV show or movie, I’m all in.

            And yes… I’m totally ignoring that they may have jumped the shark at the end of the show.  I deal with that at some other time.

            Nick quote of the week: “He’s got a 401k and a sick pack.”