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New Girl is back-to-back one last time to fix your heart hole
“Nobody leaves until we celebrate this place!”
New Girl
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Back-to-back New Girl episodes aren't perfect, but they're enough
One day is almost never enough time to resolve a longstanding problem. But sometimes, a sitcom half-hour—or that paltry…
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Who's dead on New Girl? And who's to blame? The answer is a little fuzzy
Real friends will help you bury the body
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New Girl thrives in new situations by drawing on its past
“Ruth’s gonna do what Ruth’s gonna do.”
Last week, I described Cece and Schmidt’s daughter as more of an adorable plot…
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New Girl's three men and a little lady deliver a lot of story
“You get one story. Take it away, Nick.”
There’s a lot going on under the surface in “Tuesday Meeting.” Last week, New…
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New Girl leaps into its final season with a time jump and a pregnant pause
“Don’t make it about the mustache!”
As New Girl hurtled toward the end of its sixth-season—and, at the time, the…
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New Girl’s season (and maybe series) finale is packed with joyous farce
Last week, “San Diego” feinted in the direction of convenience and cowardice, then turned the tables, letting each…
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A name-dropping New Girl makes excellence look easy
New Girl is extraordinarily deft at mirroring its plot points and emotional beats in its structure, and “San Diego” is…
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A fragmented, frustrating New Girl puts some pieces together
Let’s get a couple of things straight. One, “Misery” is a utilitarian episode of New Girl, and a utilitarian episode of …
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Every time New Girl closes a door, it drunkenly opens a window
A gift of fine wine from Jess’ former principal opens a whole can of worms, and “Socalyacon VI” gets just as jam-packed…
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Principal Day is done kidding around, and New Girl is growing up
With three big stories that take all the core characters outside the loft and a gang of guest stars, “Young Adult” has…
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A wacky New Girl goes big on pranks but too small on rites of passage
“Rumspringa” opens in classic New Girl style, with a made-up celebration and a momentous announcement. Together, Jess…
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New Girl doesn’t get too sentimental like those other sticky Valentines
When Jessica Day discovers her roommates are stifling their Valentine’s celebrations to spare her feelings, she scoffs.…
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When Nick has a crisis, the glue holding New Girl together gets sticky
Friendship, and especially a shared language of habits and small gestures, is the glue that holds New Girl together.…
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New Girl covers some rocky ground, but brings the story home safe
“The Hike” covers a lot of ground, then brings all its detours together with admirable simplicity and balance. It gives…
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A superficially sweet New Girl leaves a sour aftertaste
In an episode revolving around one friend’s fear that he’ll be cut out of the core group, it’s mighty cheeky to…
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New Girl sets one smart trap but stumbles into another
So much of this episode feels at first like a series of cleverly set traps. But those traps never quite spring. How…
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New Girl brings Reagan back into the mix by remixing classic sitcom beats
“Raisin’s Back” opens with a demonstration of one of New Girl’s quiet strengths, emphasizing that its characters…
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New Girl’s Christmas is as sweet and clumsy as a gift from Nick Miller
However often “Christmas Eve Eve” reminds us of the old gift-giving truism, it’s not just the thought that counts. It’s…
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New Girl plays to its weaknesses and “Es Good”
“Es Good” makes several of New Girl’s recent weaknesses into strengths. In the opening scene, Winston poses a question…