I love the second season of any show, good or bad: after taking the first batch of episodes to figure out characters, sophomore efforts tend to show a new found confidence in tone and narrative, able to insert characters into plots and explore dynamics between people in more interesting ways (and succeed in doing it). Continue reading »
New Girl‘s been juggling a number of story lines through the second season: Jess and Nick, Cece getting married, Jess getting fired, Nick and his father, Winston and Nick’s father, Schmidt getting over CeCe and rekindling his college romance with Elizabeth… Continue reading »
In essence, there are two distinct purposes to any ‘flashback’ episode. Continue reading »
The majority of ‘Bachelorette Party’ – like many late first season episodes – is focused on Schmidt and CeCe, as each tries to reconcile a truth in their current relationship (or lack thereof). Continue reading »
Although ‘Chicago’ is an undeniably flawed episode, it redeems itself by having its heart in the right place with the most important characters (Nick and Jess). Continue reading »
Back from a healthy spring break, New Girl delivered one of its finest episodes of the season with ‘Quick Hardening Caulk’, a hilarious half hour about the people Jess and Schmidt want – and how they both fail at being able to coherently express those feelings. Continue reading »
If season one of New Girl was the Year of Schmidt, season two’s been the Year of Nick, a trend that seems to continue for the first half of ‘Tinfinity’, named after the celebration of Nick and Schmidt’s 10th anniversary as room mates. Continue reading »
The biggest problem with will they/won’t they in sitcoms is actually dealing with it. Continue reading »
I wasn’t completely sold last week on the Nick/Jess kiss – but ‘Table 34′ went a long way from alleviating those fears, a hilarious, uncomfortable half hour of panic moon walking at an Indian arranged marriage convention. Continue reading »
‘Cooler’ ends with the moment we’ve all been expecting for Nick and Jess since the pilot – a passionate, “unexpected” embrace where they finally express those frustrating feelings between them. Continue reading »
