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New Girl

5/15/18

10:00 PM

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TV Reviews New Girl5/15/18

TV Reviews New Girl5/15/18

New Girl is back-to-back one last time to fix your heart hole

Emily L. Stephens

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5/8/18

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TV Reviews New Girl5/8/18

TV Reviews New Girl5/8/18

Back-to-back New Girl episodes aren't perfect, but they're enough

Emily L. Stephens

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5/1/18

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TV Reviews New Girl5/1/18

TV Reviews New Girl5/1/18

Who's dead on New Girl? And who's to blame? The answer is a little fuzzy

Emily L. Stephens

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4/24/18

10:00 PM

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TV Reviews New Girl4/24/18

TV Reviews New Girl4/24/18

New Girl thrives in new situations by drawing on its past

Emily L. Stephens

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4/17/18

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TV Reviews New Girl4/17/18

TV Reviews New Girl4/17/18

New Girl's three men and a little lady deliver a lot of story

Emily L. Stephens

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4/10/18

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TV Reviews New Girl4/10/18

TV Reviews New Girl4/10/18

New Girl leaps into its final season with a time jump and a pregnant pause

Emily L. Stephens

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4/4/17

8:31 PM

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TV Reviews New Girl4/4/17

TV Reviews New Girl4/4/17

New Girl’s season (and maybe series) finale is packed with joyous farce

Emily L. Stephens

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3/29/17

12:20 AM

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TV Reviews New Girl3/28/17

TV Reviews New Girl3/28/17

A name-dropping New Girl makes excellence look easy

Emily L. Stephens

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3/21/17

8:31 PM

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TV Reviews New Girl3/21/17

TV Reviews New Girl3/21/17

A fragmented, frustrating New Girl puts some pieces together

Emily L. Stephens

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3/14/17

8:31 PM

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TV Reviews New Girl3/14/17

Every time New Girl closes a door, it drunkenly opens a window

Emily L. Stephens

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2/28/17

8:31 PM

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TV Reviews New Girl2/28/17

TV Reviews New Girl2/28/17

Principal Day is done kidding around, and New Girl is growing up

Emily L. Stephens

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2/21/17

8:30 PM

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TV Reviews New Girl2/21/17

A wacky New Girl goes big on pranks but too small on rites of passage

Emily L. Stephens

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2/14/17

8:31 PM

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TV Reviews New Girl2/14/17

New Girl doesn’t get too sentimental like those other sticky Valentines

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2/7/17

8:31 PM

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TV Reviews New Girl2/7/17

TV Reviews New Girl2/7/17

When Nick has a crisis, the glue holding New Girl together gets sticky

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1/24/17

8:31 PM

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TV Reviews New Girl1/24/17

New Girl covers some rocky ground, but brings the story home safe

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1/18/17

1:05 AM

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TV Reviews New Girl1/18/17

A superficially sweet New Girl leaves a sour aftertaste

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1/10/17

8:31 PM

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TV Reviews New Girl1/10/17

New Girl sets one smart trap but stumbles into another

Emily L. Stephens

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1/3/17

8:31 PM

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TV Reviews New Girl1/3/17

TV Reviews New Girl1/3/17

New Girl brings Reagan back into the mix by remixing classic sitcom beats

Emily L. Stephens

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12/13/16

9:01 PM

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TV Reviews New Girl12/13/16

TV Reviews New Girl12/13/16

New Girl’s Christmas is as sweet and clumsy as a gift from Nick Miller

Emily L. Stephens

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12/6/16

9:01 PM

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TV Reviews New Girl12/6/16

TV Reviews New Girl12/6/16

New Girl plays to its weaknesses and “Es Good”

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