Sunday, November 22, 2020

New Girl: Thanksgiving Episodes Ranked

My favorite, wildly underrated TV show is New Girl. That's right I said favorite. I like it more than The Office, I like it more than Friends. I like New Girl the most out of all the things. If you have not seen it, go turn on Netflix right now and watch all seven seasons and then come back to me and let's talk about how funny it is and which roommate is your favorite. 

So in the spirit of Thanksgiving, I rewatched all their Thanksgiving episodes and I am here to rank them, from my least favorite to my most favorite. And if you have seen them all too, please - let's discuss. 

5.) Season 3 episode 10 Thanksgiving III
In this episode Nick convinces the gang to go camping. Coach has called out Nick for getting lost in his relationship with Jess so now Nick feels like he needs to prove how manly he still is. Nick doesn't pack any food (except for beer) for the group in an effort to make them all hunt and forage for their meals. Shenanigans ensue, Jess eats a dead fish and goes crazy and contracts Giardia. 

This is my least favorite Thanksgiving episode because it kind of like, "jumps the shark" a little for me once Jess eats the dead fish. She goes "crazy" and doesn't know who she is and starts running around in the dark thinking she's an animal and falls into a bear trap, and I just feel like if you eat a dead fish that's not the reaction you're going to have. Mostly, I would think you'd just be really really sick; not like, lose your mind and start saying crazy things? It just doesn't seem very realistic to me. 

4.) Season 6 episode 7 Last Thanksgiving 
There is nothing wrong with this episode except I just laughed the least amount of times watching it. This is the last Thanksgiving in the Loft. Schmidt's dad comes to Thanksgiving dinner and gets drunk because his girlfriend broke up with him. Jess tries to break up with Robbie but instead they end up an official couple, and Nick's new girlfriend Reagan bails on him and doesn't show up for the holiday. Not the worst Thanksgiving episode but also not the best.

3.) Season 1 episode 6 Thanksgiving
This is a really good episode, so it's kind of crazy this ended up in the middle of the pack for me. In this episode Jess convinces her roommates to have a Thanksgiving dinner and invites her crush Paul Genslinger. Shenanigans ensue, and the crew ends up eating their Thanksgiving dinner next door in Mrs. Beverly's apartment - who is supposed to be out of town but is actually dead and the group stumbles upon her dead body in the apartment. There are some really funny moments in this episode that had me laughing and I just really enjoyed watching Paul try and get to know Jess's roommates (it does not go well), and Schmidt freak out about a dirty kitchen. Other LOL-worthy moments include: 
-Jess has named the turkey Hank and the day has thus been dubbed Hanksgiving.
-When Nick mentions their plans to go buy a TV on Black Friday Winston pipes in, "Or as I like to call it, Friday." 
-Schmidt and Jess are attempting to fit the turkey in the oven and Jess yells out, "I can't get it in!" and Schmidt turns to his roommates to reply, "We've all been there am I right?" Schmidt owes money to the Douchebag Jar for this response.

2.) Season 4 episode 9 Thanksgiving IV
Here, Schmidt proposes the idea of "Bangsiving." The roommates draw names out of a hat and invite a surprise date for the person whose name they pick. Jess brings Pearl for Winston, who is a lunch lady and this creates a complex for Winston (is a lunch lady sexy?) Winston brings Pepper, a coworker from the police department who is JACKED which also gives Coach a complex (is a woman who is stronger than him sexy?) CeCe brings Lucy for Schmidt which is also a problem because apparently Nick also dated Lucy. Nick and Schmidt argue over the statute of limitations (1,000 showers) and it is eventually decided that the statute of limitations has expired. Schmidt brings a dude named Jeff for CeCe who ends up showing up way late and is promptly dismissed by CeCe. Coach invites Ryan - Jess's crush from school and she very aggressively comes onto him. I love the roommate meeting on the roof of the loft midway through the day because Bangsgiving is in peril as everyone seems to have a problem with the date that was selected for them. Coach does an impression of a British person having sex (Jess's date Ryan is British), that he assumes is "wildly polite" and I died laughing. I love this episode.

1.) Season 2 episode 8 Parents
In my favorite Thanksgiving episode, Jess's divorced parents come to town and she tries, as she has since she was a kid, to "Parent Trap" them - i.e. get them alone so they'll fall back in love and reconcile and they'll all be a family again. Schmidt's cousin, who also goes by Schmidt comes for Thanksgiving dinner and a contest ensues between the two of them (at the behest of Winston because he is bored) as there can only be one true Schmidt. I laughed so hard at the interactions between Nick, and Jess's mom and dad in this episode: Nick hits on Jess's mom as part of her Parent Trap plan, and argues with her dad over the plot of his Zombie novel - that it is literally the same plot as Twilight and Nick is unawares. But the contest of the One True Schmidt in this episode is enough to put it over the edge as my favorite New Girl Thanksgiving Episode. 

So there you have it. Have you watched yet? How about now? Are you done yet? Let's discuss! 


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