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Season 01
Episode 24
See Ya

New Girl Recap: White Fang Problems

Everyone goes to the desert in the season-one finale.

Season 01

S.01
Ep.22
'Tomatoes'

New Girl Recap: Secrets of the Model Dorm

Schmidt dates a Russian model and gets a broken penis. We've all been there.

S.01
Ep.21
'Kids'

New Girl Recap: What to Expect When You’re Expecting Schmidt’s Baby

New Girl does Very Special Episodes so well.

S.01
Ep.20
'Normal'

New Girl Recap: Fun and Games

Drinking games and Beyoncé-colored shakes.

S.01
Ep.19
'Secrets'

New Girl Recap: The Big Reveal

Even by New Girl’s shouty standards, last night contained a lot of yelling.

S.01
Ep.18
'Fancyman (Part 2)'

New Girl Recap: Who Fancies the Fancyman?

"Look at them! They don’t know what Saved by the Bell is and they’ve never felt pain."

S.01
Ep.17
'Fancyman (Part 1)'

New Girl Recap: Let Them Eat Cars

Against type, Jess now digs a rich dude.

S.01
Ep.16
'Control'

New Girl Recap: Meet Hippie Schmidt

“I got fat because I used to eat Concord grape jelly from the jar using a candy bar as a fork.”

S.01
Ep.15
'Injured'

New Girl Recap: The One Where Nick Thinks He Has Cancer

"Nick Miller, Nick Miller, never does anything.”

S.01
Ep.14
'Bully'

New Girl Recap: Schmidt Gets Cheesy

"Your happiness seems like a mask.”

S.01
Ep.13
'Valentine's Day'

New Girl Recap: Feeling Twirly

Jess attempts to find some "strange."

S.01
Ep.12
'The Landlord'

New Girl Recap: Y Tu Landlord También

Sometimes humanity is just a guy who lives in the basement and wants to experiment with group sex.

S.01
Ep.11
'Jess and Julia'

New Girl Recap: In Defense of Adorkability

New Girl gets meta.

S.01
Ep.10
'The Story of the 50'

New Girl Recap: Party Down

Looks like there’s room for more than one hipster pinup on this show.

S.01
Ep.09
'The 23rd'

New Girl Recap: So Long, Justin Long

Poor Paul.

S.01
Ep.08
'Bad in Bed'

New Girl Recap: Starfish Sex

“I hope Paul’s packing some coral polyps."

S.01
Ep.06
'Bells'

New Girl Recap: Gleeking Out

“'Nick’s such a tinkle.' 'I think he’s more of a tunkle.'”

S.01
Ep.06
'Thanksgiving'

New Girl Recap: A Love Song for Justin Long

He stops by.

S.01
Ep.05
'Cece Crashes'

New Girl Recap: Model Behavior

“My face is my job! My face is my job!”

S.01
Ep.04
'Naked'

New Girl Recap: Show Me Your Heart-Penis

“Country’s broke. Betty White’s back.”

S.01
Ep.03
'Wedding'

New Girl Recap: The Slut Butler Did It

"Suppress the Jess."

S.01
Ep.02
'Episode 02'

New Girl Recap: Wham, Bam, Thank You, Jam

The sitcom has some growing pains in episode two.

Schedule

Tuesdays, 9 p.m.
Fox

Cast

Zooey Deschanel:
‘Jessica Day’
Max Greenfield:
‘Schmidt’
Hannah Simone:
‘Cece Meyers’
Damon Wayans Jr.:
‘Coach’
Jake Johnson:
‘Nick’
Lamorne Morris:
‘Winston’

Creator

Elizabeth Meriwether

Producer

Elizabeth Meriwether, Brett Baer, Peter Chernin, Dave Finkel, Jake Kasdan, and Katherine Pope

Debut

September 20, 2011

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Join the club, Jeanne.

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He sent it to us himself.

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"Every time I would turn around, there’d be this group of little girls with their iPhones out."

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Max Greenfield on Playing Schmidt, Liking Rihanna, and Loving Ray Romano

" Everybody Loves Raymond, including me."

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