Who's That Girl? A 'New Girl' Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

This podcast covers a recap of the fourth season of New Girl. We’re your hosts, Kelly and Kritika, and we originally met through work but now we consider ourselves long distance best friends. We’ve bonded over our love of TV and brought you this podcast to recap one of our favorite shows -- New Girl.

In Season 4, Jess finds her footing in the dating world and goes through a few different relationships. She helps her dad propose and marry an old high school classmate of hers. Nick in this season finds his footing and supports all of his friends through big decisions. Schmidt spends this season focused on becoming a millionaire and wanting power…until he realizes what he really wants is love and ends up engaged to Cece(!), who while engaged at the end, went on a journey of self discovery this season from attending community college to finding a place for herself, separately from her love for Schmidt. Winston continues excelling at his role as a cadet and eventually a police officer and Coach leans in to his “coach” and educator role until he eventually meets his person, May, and moves to New York with her at the end of the season.

In this recap of Season 4, we break down the themes of each loft mate.

• Jess - We explore Jess’s relationships, her career and how Ryan influenced her job, as well as saw more of her family.
• Nick - We discuss how Nick was more of a supporting character this season but how his ambition grew with Schnick Industries.
• Winston - We examine how Winston’s cop journey progressed as well as how his character is developing further through pranking and goofy moments.
• Schmidt - We take a look at Schmidt’s struggle to be loved and building a relationship with Cece while being friends. We also discuss his career ambitions this season including wanting to be a millionaire.
• Cece - We review Cece’s need for growth this season, how she loved Schmidt even when she didn’t know he loved her, and her growing friendship with other members of the loft.
• Coach - We continue to explore Coach’s storyline with teaching and the relationships he had throughout this season.

Additionally, we discuss our favorite scenes and quotes, “Schmidtisms”, “In the 2020s” segments, pop culture references, and guest stars we had previously featured on the podcast.  We also answered questions from you - our listeners!

This season as a whole got a 7.5/10 rating from Kritika whose favorite character was Schmidt and a 8/10 from Kelly whose favorite character was Winston.

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Season 5!

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This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 22, Clean Break which originally aired on May 5, 2015 and was written by Rebecca Addelman and directed by Trent O’Donnell. 

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

Coach is packing up to move to New York and while the loft is helping him pack, they are also getting rid of things they don’t need.

This episode got a 10/10 rating from both Kritika and Kelly; Kritika’s favorite character was Schmidt and Kelly’s favorite was Winston.

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

• Broadway / Donald Trump / Don Pardo / “New York, New York” by Frank Sinatra - In the beginning of the episode, the loft mates traded quips about Coach and his upcoming move to New York. References included: 
  • Calling Coach “Mr. Broadway” 
  • Asking Nick where his Donald Trump wig was. 
  • Imitating announcer Don Pardo, saying “Live from New York, it's Coach's good-bye!”
  • Singing the song “New York, New York” by Frank Sinatra
• Phylicia Rashad - The loft mates found Schmidt’s “Cece box” and they called out that no one was surprised because everyone had already seen his Phylicia Rashad “box”. 

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for the Season 4 Recap Episode!

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This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 13, Coming Out, which originally aired on Jan 13, 2015 and was written by Sophia Lear and directed by Bill Purple. 

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

In this episode, Coach lost his status as the guy people want to sleep with, so he encourages Jess and Ryan to come out about their relationship at school. Schmidt is dealing with an ulcer which Nick & Kai try to help him with. 

This episode got a 8/10 rating from both Kritika and Kelly; Kritika’s favorite character was Winston and Kelly’s favorite was Coach.

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

• Da Vinci - Schmidt agreed that Nick has always been physically lazy, but went on to say that mentally he was like “Da Vinci in tie-dye.”
• Dennis Rodman - Nick felt that Schmidt lived by his own rules in college and said he was like “a fat, Jewish Dennis Rodman.”
• Mars Rover - Ryan’s field trip idea was to let the students talk to real astronauts and operate the Mars Rover.

Additionally we mentioned in our podcast episode the “Old Girl” spoof with Helen Slayton-Hughes. You can watch it here. 

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 14!

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This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 12, Shark, which originally aired on Jan 6, 2015 and was written by Jacob Brown & Rob Rosell and directed by Alex Hardcastle. 

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

Winston is graduating from the police academy and Nick and Coach are worried about him. Meanwhile, Schmidt and Jess are trying to stop the night construction going on outside of the loft.

This episode got a 8/10 rating from Kritika whose favorite character was Winston and Kelly rated this episode a 6.5/10 and her favorite character was Fawn!

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

• Bollywood / The Office (UK) - Schmidt thought he was going to make Cece and Ryan laugh, but when they didn’t he said he wasn’t a fan of Bollywood movies or the UK Office.
• Karl Lagerfeld - Before Dawn Moscato met Schmidt at the restaurant, Schmidt requested that a waiter let him know he had a call from Karl Lagerfeld at some point in the evening.
• Dudley Moore - When Ryan was drinking red wine, Jess said “You got a real Dudley Moore thing going on right now, and I like it.”
• John F. Kennedy - When Schmidt was recapping his date with Fawn, he shared that she said he was like a “Jewish Kennedy”.
• O. J. Simpson - Schmidt shared that Fawn told him they could “have sex in the room where O.J. tried on the glove.”
• Jolly Green Giant - Jess exclaimed that Fawn “can't just walk all over the people of the city like the Jolly Green Giant.” Then Schmidt and Jess disagreed about the Jolly Green Giant’s character.
• Bill and Hilary Clinton - Schmidt was excited to be potentially groomed by Fawn, saying, “This could be a real Bill and Hillary situation.” Jess thought Schmidt wouldn’t be Bill or Hillary in that scenario.
• Abraham Lincoln - During Schmidt’s city hall speech about not moving the loud construction, he referenced Abraham Lincoln and the crowd was upset because “he was our quietest president”.

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 13!

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This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 11, LAXmas, which originally aired on December 9, 2014 and was written by Matt Fusfeld & Alex Cuthbertson and directed by Trent O’Donnell. 

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

In this episode, Jess, Nick, Winston, Schmidt, Cece, and Coach are traveling for Christmas despite doubts and setbacks.

This episode got an 8/10 rating from both Kritika and Kelly; Kritika’s favorite character was Schmidt and Kelly’s favorite was Nick.

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

• Santa - The opening play blamed Santa for eating “Gingy’s” arm. Additionally, Jess thought the man at the bar with the white beard was Santa. We talked about Santa for our Pop Culture reference on our podcast in S2 E11 - Santa.
• Annie - When Jess is pleading with Barry for plane tickets, Barry says he sarcastically says, “Oh, I didn't know that [it was Christmas]. I thought they just did a black version of Annie for no reason.”
• HBO GO - Schmidt proposed to Cece that they should wait in the first-class lounge, “like the other HBO GO subscribers.”
• Oprah Winfrey - Barry quoted Oprah Winfrey in this episode, saying: "Greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."
• McDuck - Nick thought Ryan’s family had “McDuck money” based on the picture of his house in England.
• Downton Abbey / Anna and Mr. Bates - When looking at the picture of Ryan’s house the gang asked where the characters from Downton Abbey were and if they had seen the show.
• Scrubs - When Jess and Barry were talking at the bar, Barry said meeting his ex-boyfriend’s family over the holidays was worse than the last season of Scrubs.
• Billy Joel / "Piano Man" / "Goodnight Saigon" - When Schmidt was recounting to the guy in the lounge that he was from Long Island, and not Manhattan, he exclaimed aspects of Long Island culture, including Billy Joel and some of his songs.
• Paul Dano - Barry shared that he thought Paul Dano was on Nick and Winston’s flight where they got first class seats.
• Daniel Craig - When Schmidt shared to Cece that the guy in the lounge disrespected something more important to him than “any stupid lounge”, Cece questioned if it was  Daniel Craig's tailoring.

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 12!

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This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 10, Girl Fight, which originally aired on December 2, 2014 and was written by Danielle Sanchez-Witzel and directed by Bill Purple. 

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

Cece and Jess get into a “girl fight” while Nick goes on his first date with Kai, Tran’s granddaughter.

This episode got a 7.5/10 rating from Kritika and an 8/10 from Kelly and we both had the same favorite character: Coach!

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

• Charlie Rose - Schmidt was upset at Coach for deleting all his episodes of Charlie Rose and replacing them with “American Football matches”. 
• Madeleine Albright - Jess was surprised at how they guys handled their fight and because of that, didn’t think either read Madeleine Albright’s biography she had given them for Christmas.
• Lena Dunham - When Jess said she keeps her feminist writings in her purses, Coach name dropped “Lena Dunham”.
• John Popper - Schmidt said Cece played him like “John Popper plays that little harmonica and fiddle thing.” 
• The West Wing - When Nick and Kai were playing a word association game, Kai answered The West Wing to the question Republican or Democrat? 
• [Chicago] Bears / James Taylor - Nick told Kai he has all the ticket stubs to all the Bears football games he’s been to as well as the guitar pic for a guy who played with James Taylor one night.
• Karate Kid II / Mr. Miyagi - Nick shared that he has an autographed Karate Kid II poster from the movie’s character Mr. Miyagi.
• LeBron James - Winston exclaimed “Sweet Baby LeBron James” when he realized he screwed up and wasted his studying time. 

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 11!

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This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 9, Thanksgiving IV, which originally aired on November 25, 2014 and was written by David Feeney and directed by Fred Goss. 

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

Schmidt is still committed to helping the loft mates have a hook up, so he proposes Bangsgiving, where everyone draws a name and brings someone to the party for that person to hookup with. But, as expected, things don’t go according to plan… 

This episode got a 8/10 rating from both Kritika and Kelly; Kritika’s favorite character was Cece and Kelly’s favorite was Nick.

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

• Pharrell [Williams] - Schmidt was being compared to looking like the “Jewish Pharrell” at the party.
• Guardians of the Galaxy - Coach was surprised by his date’s strength and told Winston that he “should've warned [him] you were setting [him] up with one of the Guardians of the Galaxy.”
• Monopoly - Tran brought a game like “Thailand Monopoly” to the “Bangs-giving” party.
• Sean Connery - Jess was trying to back-track what Coach told Ryan about “Bangs-giving” being a singles party, asking, “Did Coach say that with a Sean Connery accent? Did he say "shingles"? 'Cause he was… He actually meant shingles. Like the... like… Everybody here is a-a roofer.”
• Oasis - Jess shared that she sings songs by the band Oasis to herself and pretends they’re about Ryan caring for her.
• Oliver Twist - Coach was egging Jess on that Ryan would be polite because he’s British, comparing him to the Charles Dickens novel protagonist, Oliver Twist.

Additionally we mentioned in our podcast episode a video of Hannah Simone doing accents. You can watch it here. 

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 10!

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This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 8, Teachers, which originally aired on Nov 8, 2014 and was written by Kim Rosenstock and directed by Trent O’Donnell. 

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

Jess and Coach go to a teachers’ conference where she has to spend the weekend with Ryan, forcing her to face her feelings for him. Meanwhile Winston, Nick, and Schmidt have a 'guys night'.

This episode got a 8/10 rating from Kritika whose favorite character was Winston and Kelly rated this episode a 7.5/10 and her favorite character was Jess!

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

• Chicago Bulls Logo - When the guys were looking at a health textbook, they said the female reproductive system kind of looked like the Chicago Bulls symbol.
• [Pi Beta Phi] - In the flashback of Schmidt doing laundry, he saw a group of women he referred to as “Pi-Phis”, likely referring to the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women.
• Elizabeth - When Cece was reading Jess the letter Jess wrote to herself, she posed the question, "Did you learn nothing from the movie Elizabeth, you stupid little bitch?" because “No one respects a queen who sleeps with her subjects.”
• Denzel Washington / The Preacher’s Wife - When Jess was describing Ryan to Cece, Jess shared “he might be an angel sent down to Earth like Denzel Washington in The Preacher's Wife.” She later also shares the same reference directly with Ryan.
• Magic Johnson / Kobe Bryant - When Coach was determining how he would teach Health, he said he would maybe bring up Magic Johnson or Kobe Bryant, but the other teacher’s weren’t sure that would be effective. Agic
• Chin-Chin - When Jess and Ryan were drinking from mini alcohol bottles they cheers with Jess saying “Chin-Chin”.

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 9!

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This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 7, Goldmine, which originally aired on Nov 11, 2014 and was written by Berkley Johnson and directed by Russ T. Alsobrook. 

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

Jess is trying to get to the next level with dating, but learns she needs to follow the guy's advice and lie about living with her ex. Nick pretends to be gay to help her. Cece shares she’s getting a breast reduction consultation and Schmidt processes the five stages of grief. Meanwhile, Coach and Winston pay a visit to the new neighbors but have different methods of how to hook up with them.  

This episode got a 7/10 rating from Kritika whose favorite character was Nick and Kelly rated this episode a 7.5/10 and her favorite character was Tina!

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

• Kool-Aid Man - The guys thought that if Jess shared she lived with her ex, that he would want to run out so quickly that he’d run through the wall like the Kool-Aid Man. 
• Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel - Coach shared nothing was less hot than a male secretary, but Winston felt that even though Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s eyes “are so pouchy” he was a male secretary who was “still killing it.” 
• Peter Pan - When Jess and Cece were looking at Jess’s bras, she mentioned one was called the Peter Pan. 
• Freaky Friday - Cece was considering getting a breast reduction and was looking at Jess’s bras, prompting Jess to ask “Are we doing, like, a boob Freaky Friday?” 
• Anderson Cooper - When Nick was pretending to be gay, he referenced Anderson Cooper and his stance on being out. 
• A Christmas Carol - Jess was proving how she could keep up a charade by reciting her one-woman production of A Christmas Carol. 
• Sophie’s Choice / Harold & Kumar [Go to White Castle] - When Cece was only going to let Schmidt say goodbye to one of her breasts, Schmidt felt like it was “the ultimate Sophie's Cho-Cho”, referring to the film Sophie’s Choice. He also shared that he had named her breasts “Harold” and “Kumar”, the main characters from the film Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.
• [Schindler’s List] - Schmidt ran in to stop Cece from getting a breast reduction surgery (even though it was only a consultation) and felt like he had saved her. He then referenced the film Schindler’s List, saying “I'm your Schindler. One day, your children are gonna put rocks on my grave.” 

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 8!

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