Who's That Girl? A 'New Girl' Podcast

This podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 16, Control, which originally aired on March 13, 2012 and was written by Brett Baer and directed by Jesse Peretz.  Here’s a quick recap of the episode: In this episode, Schmidt is dealing with his need for control. When Jess tries to bring in new furniture to the loft, Schmidt can’t handle it. Jess tries to get him to loosen up but it backfires and he...

This podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 15, Injured, which originally aired on March 6, 2012 and was written by J.J. Philbin and directed by Lynn Shelton.  Here’s a quick recap of the episode: During a game of touch football, Jess accidentally tackles Nick, leaving him injured. She takes him to see her gynecologist friend, Sadie, who gives him meds for his back but notices an abnormal growt...

This podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 14, Bully, which originally aired on February 21, 2012 and was written by David Walpert and directed by Daniel Attias.  Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Jess intervenes with a classroom bully, but then becomes the subject of the bullying herself. Schmidt and Cece continue to sleep together, but are NOT in a relationship. Nick meanwhile gets a cact...

This podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 13, Valentine’s Day, which originally aired on February 14, 2012 and was written by Lesley Wake and directed by Tucker Gates.  Here’s a quick recap of the episode: It’s Valentine’s Day and Nick is planning a classic Valentine’s date with Julia, Winston’s starting what he thinks is a budding romance with Shelby, Jess is looking for a one-night stand wi...

This podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 12, The Landlord, which originally aired on February 7th, 2012 and was directed by Peyton Reed and written by a whole team: Berkley Johnson & Josh Malmuth (teleplay) and Joe Port & Joe Wiseman (story).  Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Jess and Nick debate if people are generally good or bad to the point where they almost have a threesome with the...

This podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 11, Jess & Julia, which originally aired on January 31, 2012 and was written by Luvh Rakhe and directed by Jake Kasdan.  Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Jess is excited to have another girl in the apartment and wants to bond with her, starting with asking her for help in a legal case. Unfortunately, Julia’s not interested in being friends with Je...

This podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 10, The Story of the 50, which originally aired on January 17, 2012 and was written by Luvh Rakhe and directed by Troy Miller. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: It’s Schmidt’s 29th Birthday and his birthday party isn’t going exactly to plan. Jess doesn’t want Schmidt to feel down so she plans a surprise Birthday Party on a party bus for Schmidt and...

This podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 9, The 23rd, which originally aired on December 13, 2011 and was written by Donick Cary and directed by Jason Winer.  Here’s a quick recap of the episode: It’s almost Christmas and the whole gang is ready to go home to spend it with their families but their last hurrah before they go is always Schmidt’s office holiday party. Paul tells Jess he loves h...

This podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 8, Bad in Bed, which originally aired on December 6, 2011 and was written by Josh Malmuth and directed by Jesse Peretz. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Jess is exploring the next level of her relationship with Paul and they’re planning to have sex. She is a little intimidated because she hasn’t had sex with anyone but Spencer for six years and go...

This podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 7, Bells, which originally aired on November 29, 2011 and was written by Luvh Rakhe and directed by Peyton Reed.  Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Jess takes over the apartment with a group of kids she’s conducting in a handbell performance. Winston joins in because he finds out that he’s good at it and isn’t being mentally stimulated in other are...

This podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 6, Thanksgiving, which originally aired on November 15, 2011 and was written by Berkley Johnson and directed by Miguel Arteta.  On this episode you may notice that Kritika’s audio sounds a little different than usual because it was storming in Houston when we recorded the episode! Here’s a quick recap of the episode: It’s Thanksgiving! Jess invites he...

This podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 5, Cece Crashes, which originally aired on November 8, 2011 and was written by Rachel Axler and directed by John Hamburg.  Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Cece breaks up with the DJ she’s been seeing and crashes with Jess for a few days to avoid going home and seeing her ex. She points out that she thinks Nick likes Jess because his feet point at...

This podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 4, Naked, which originally aired on November 1, 2011 and was written by J.J. Philbin* and directed by Jake Kasdan.  Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Nick is going on his first date since breaking up with Caroline and in preparation he is psyching himself up by reacquainting himself with his body by awkwardly strip dancing and Jess barges in and se...

This podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 3, Wedding, which originally aired on October 4, 2011 and was written by Donick Cary and directed by Jason Winer.  Here’s a quick recap of the episode: The episode starts off with Nick and Schmidt getting Jess dressed to pretend to be Nick’s girlfriend at the wedding of one of their friends. Winston’s the usher and gets into a fight with an 8 year old...

This podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 2, Kryptonite, which originally aired on September 27, 2011 and was written by Elizabeth Meriwether and directed by Jake Kasdan.  Here’s a quick recap of the episode: In this episode, Jess meets Winston who returns from playing pro basketball in Latvia. The guys are trying to motivate Jess to get her things from her ex-boyfriend’s, Spencer’s, house, e...

This podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 1, Pilot which originally aired on September 20, 2011 and was written by Elizabeth Meriwether and directed by Jake Kasdan.  Here’s a quick recap of the episode: The episode starts off with Jess telling someone about why she needs a new apartment and we learn through a flashback that she caught her (now ex) boyfriend cheating on her when she surprised...

Hi everyone! We are Kelly and Kritika, best friends who cohost Who’s That Girl a 'New Girl' Podcast where we dive in to each episode and give you our take on the show. We’re really excited to share this podcast with you because it’s been something we’ve been talking about for a while now and we’re both obsessed with talking about TV so this was right up our alley. Through each podcast you’ll hear...

Welcome to Who’s That Girl! We are Kelly and Kritika, 2 long distance best friends here to guide you through the New Girl Universe episode by episode.  On each podcast, we’ll do a recap and discussion followed by segments like Pop Culture or New Girl centered segments like “Schmidtisms”. If you’ve seen the show before you might remember the character Schmidt who’s really known for his one liners a...

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