New Girl Season 2 : |
The romantic tension between Jess and Nick escalates in the hilarious quirky second season of New Girl - but will they ever hook up? Meanwhile Schmidt fails to be hip Winston isn't prepared for a hot date and Nick faces a death in his dysfunctional family. |
Episode 1 - [Re-Launch] |
Details : Jess is laid off from her teaching job and volunteers to be a shot girl at Schmidt's rebranding party. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Kay Cannon | |
Air Date : Sep. 25, 2012 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
Episode 2 - [Katie] |
Details : Jess pretends she's someone else when a handsome stranger mistakes her for his blind date. Meanwhile a patron at Nick's bar claims to be Nick from the future and Winston's disapproving mother pays him a visit. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Larry Charles | |
Air Date : Sep. 25, 2012 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
Episode 3 - [Fluffer] |
Details : Jess and Nick examine their friendship. Elsewhere Schmidt hopes to impress an attractive Republican by pretending to be one of Mitt Romney's sons. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Kali Hawk as Shelby | Taryn Southern as Megan | Rebecca Delgado Smith as Courtney | Anisha Adusumilli as April | Steve Turner as Doorman | Tarina Pouncy as Waitress | David Walton as Sam Sweeney | Director : Fred Goss | Writer : J. J. Philbin | |
Air Date : Oct. 02, 2012 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 4 - [Neighbors] |
Details : Jess gets a quartet of very young new neighbors -- and she's determined to win them over in spite of the fact that to them she's not a New Girl -- she's an Old Girl |
Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Fred Goss | Writer : J. J. Philbin | |
Air Date : Oct. 09, 2012 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
Episode 5 - [Models] |
Details : After spending a wild night out with Cece and her model friends Jess jumps in the driver's seat when she must fill in for Cece at a car show. Meanwhile the guys question what defines male friendship after Schmidt buys Nick a cookie. |
Air Date : Oct. 23, 2012 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 6 - [Halloween] |
Details : Jess gets a job as a zombie at a haunted house but is more frightened of her changing feelings towards Sam. Schmidt and Cece are perfectly matched in the costumes they're wearing while Winston and Shelby are worlds apart in theirs. Nick gets a visit from a former college crush who shows her affection in a scary way. |
Air Date : Oct. 30, 2012 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 7 - [Menzies] |
Details : As Jess' job search kicks into high gear the guys fear her time of the month is also affecting their physical and psychological well-being. Meanwhile Schmidt begins a 50 Shades of Grey-type of relationship with his corporate boss and Nick gains wisdom from an unlikely hands-on (and mute) source. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Kim Rosenstock | |
Air Date : Nov. 13, 2012 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 8 - [Parents] |
Details : Jess invites her divorced Mom and Dad over for Thanksgiving dinner and enlists Nick and Cece to help her with a Parent Trap to reunite them. Meanwhile Schmidt's cousin Big Schmidt visits and Winston manipulates them into an escalating battle to prove their manhood. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Jamie Lee Curtis as Joan Day | Rob Riggle as Big Schmidt | Rob Reiner as Bob Day | |
Air Date : Nov. 20, 2012 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 9 - [Eggs] |
Details : When Jess learns that a friend is pregnant both she and Cece panic that time is running out for them to have children. Meanwhile Schmidt seeks advice on how to please Emma and Nick and Winston visit the zoo to find inspiration for Nick's zombie-themed novel. |
Air Date : Nov. 27, 2012 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 10 - [Bathtub] |
Details : Tired of taking showers Jess and Winston scheme to get a bathtub in the loft. Then at the bar Nick meets a tough and beautiful customer with boyfriend troubles. Meanwhile Schmidt is torn between his boss and trying to win back Cece. |
Air Date : Dec. 04, 2012 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 11 - [Santa] |
Details : When the gang attempts to juggle multiple holiday parties in one night Jess tries to avoid a remorseful Sam Nick tries to keep up with a sexually adventurous Angie and Winston panics when he gets a cranberry stuck in his ear. |
Guest Cast and Crew : David Walton as Sam Sweeney | Olivia Munn as Angie | |
Air Date : Dec. 11, 2012 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 12 - [Cabin] |
Details : Jess and Sam go on a weekend getaway with Nick and Angie. But this might not be the trip they expected when Jess starts to party and trouble begins. Could jealousy get in the way of a good time? |
Guest Cast and Crew : David Walton as Sam Sweeney | Olivia Munn as Angie | |
Air Date : Jan. 08, 2013 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 13 - [A Father's Love] |
Details : When Nick's con-man father suddenly reappears Jess tries her best to fix the two men's relationship despite Nick's fears that he's being used in another one of his dad's gambling schemes. Meanwhile Schmidt teams up with Robby to try to win back Cece. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Mona Sishodia as Pavun's Aunt | |
Air Date : Jan. 15, 2013 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 14 - [Pepperwood] |
Details : Nick becomes convinced that a promising student in Jess's adult writing class is a murderer. |
Air Date : Jan. 22, 2013 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 15 - [Cooler] |
Details : Nick and Schmidt go out on a bro's night but quickly become infatuated with and highly competitive over a beautiful woman attracted to sadness. Meanwhile Winston falls for a girl with absolutely no interest in him which only makes him more attracted to her. Then Jess' decision to have a night alone in the loft doesn't go as planned and involves another round of the drinking game True American and a surprising development in her relationship with one of the loft mates. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Jocelyn Osorio as Andrea | |
Air Date : Jan. 29, 2013 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 16 - [Table 34] |
Details : The gang attends a dating convention where Cece hopes to find a prospective husband - even as Schmidt hopes to win her back. Meanwhile Winston's mojo returns and Jess and Nick get put in a compromising position in front of Dr. Sam. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Upasana Beharee as Nice Indian Woman | |
Air Date : Feb. 05, 2013 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 17 - [Parking Spot] |
Details : When Schmidt discovers a previously unknown yet highly-coveted parking spot Jess and the roommates battle it out to see who will get to use it. Meanwhile Winston has a hard time finding a condom when he gets an impromptu invitation from Daisy. |
Air Date : Feb. 19, 2013 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 18 - [Tinfinity] |
Details : Jess catches the eye of a professional football player with whom Winston landed an exclusive interview for his radio station. Meanwhile Nick and Schmidt argue over the planning of their TinFinity party celebrating their tenth anniversary of living together and Cece gets a surprise offer |
Guest Cast and Crew : Michael Vlamis as Hipster Jerkwad | Writer : Kim Rosenstock | |
Air Date : Feb. 26, 2013 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 19 - [Quick Hardening Caulk] |
Details : Jess comes to a conclusion about her romantic feelings for Nick and she struggles to tell him - until she's hopped up on pain medication. But after admitting her feelings she finds out he may have been keeping something from her. Meanwhile Schmidt becomes obsessed with buying a fish which Winston sees as a metaphor for Schmidt's unresolved feelings toward Cece and Nick plans a bar promotion to impress the bar owner (guest star Odette Annable). |
Air Date : Mar. 19, 2013 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 20 - [Chicago] |
Details : When a death occurs in Nick's family Jess Schmidt and Winston travel with Nick to the Windy City to help him with the funeral preparations and meet his boisterous family members including his mom Bonnie; his younger brother Jamie; and his Boston cousin Bobby. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Kai Caster as Cousin | Director : Jake Kasdan | Writer : Luvh Rakhe | |
Air Date : Mar. 26, 2013 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 21 - [First Date] |
Details : Jess and Nick who are caught between friendship and something more try to break out of relationship-limbo by going on a First Date. Once Schmidt and Winston realize a full-on Jess Nick romance might be happening they swoop in to try to sabotage the date. |
Air Date : Apr. 04, 2013 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 22 - [Bachelorette Party] |
Details : Jess decides to throw Cece a surprise bachelorette party while Nick and Winston awkwardly take her fiancé Shivrang out for the night. Then as Schmidt desperately tries to find a real girlfriend in time for the wedding in order to get a “plus one” he is forced to seek out his old girlfriend from his “fat Schmidt” college days. |
Air Date : Apr. 09, 2013 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 23 - [Virgins] |
Details : In a series of flashbacks Jess Nick Schmidt Winston and Cece tell one another how they each lost their virginity. Not surprisingly when they realize the stories directly affect their present day sex lives one relationship will change forever. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Dylan O'Brien as The Guy | |
Air Date : Apr. 30, 2013 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 24 - [Winston's Birthday] |
Details : Jess' dad chooses the worst day to pay the loft an unexpected visit forcing a nervous Nick to spend the day alone with him. Jess finds herself with huge opportunity for a new job on the day before Cece's wedding. Schmidt must take a look in the mirror and confront his real feelings about Elizabeth. Meanwhile Winston psyches himself up for his huge surprise birthday celebration which no one seemed to remember to throw for him. |
Air Date : May. 07, 2013 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 25 - [Elaine's Big Day] |
Details : Cece's wedding day finds Jess and Nick making a decision about their relationship. Meanwhile Schmidt schemes with a typically overenthusiastic Winston to sabotage the nuptials although a shocking announcement may be bigger than anything he plans. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Taylor Swift as Elaine | |
Air Date : May. 14, 2013 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |