New Girl – The bedroom can be a strange place indeed

Oh … the characters in New Girl:

• Jess is an innocent fruitcake who can save the day just as easily as she can perplex the hell out of someone without even trying.
• Nick, the sometimes-voice-of-reason, has got some of the best lines in the show in my opinion. He’s easily my favorite of the five main actors.
• Winston I’ve grown to enjoy very quickly. His responsive looks tell just as much as anything he says.
• Cece has pretty much got sarcatigativeness down to a science.

And then there’s Schmidt.

Schmidt is a freak. He’s the dippiest kind of freak, too. He’s like a nerd who’s just trying too hard to be accepted … to fit in. Desperately. It’s obsessive with him. Why else would he go to a baby shower of all things?

Look: I’ve been to a baby shower or two. One particular event I went to was against my will. (I think I lost a bet, if memory serves.) I’m certain there are fun, frolickous, festive baby showers out there in the world a man can attend, but I’m unwilling to explore this particular idea just to verify it. What Schmidt did at his boss Gina’s shower, however, is probably along the lines of what I would have done in younger days. Something to get the “juices flowing” at a dour, lifeless party. You know, something to jazz things up. Good job. It was Schmidt personified. The perfect “him.” It doesn’t relieve the guy from his standing in the show as a freak in my book with his over-the-top ideas and strange vernacular … but I give him props just the same.

Remember I said Jess can perplex someone just as easily as endear herself? Was there any better representation of this than the monkey business she pulled with Paul during all their foreplay? The poor guy didn’t know which way was up with all her antics and insecurities about sex. (Paul’s Jimmy Stewart role play? Strange and outstanding in its way …)

Last week’s episode of New Girl left me dry. I honestly didn’t like it at all. But this week’s hit a home run and put things back on track.

Notes:

• Yay! I get to add another entry in my journal about Vanilla Ice references! *Woot!*
• Yay! I have incentive to practice my Jimmy Stewart impression! *Woot!*
• Yay! The lowly starfish gets its due! *Woot!*
• Elevators! *Woot!*
• Seriously: If Jess keeps wearing those flats the remainder of the season, she’s not going to need fins when she scuba dives.

Quotes:

“So head’s up: Paul’s coming tonight. I’m going to tap him like a maple tree. I’m going to be searching for some syrup.” — Jess revealing her intentions with Paul to the guys

“Hey old man … where’d you steal those pants? Danny Glover’s grandfather?” — Nick to the men in the barbershop
“I am Danny Glover’s grandfather …” (long, awkward, uncomfortable silence) “I’m not really Danny Glover’s grandfather! Bwah-Hah-Hah!” — One faux offended patron pulling a fast one

Clacked by Michael Noble
on Dec 07, 2011 @ 13:23 EST5EDT