This podcast covers New Girl Season 5, Episode 2, What About Fred, which originally aired on January 12, 2016 and was written by Matt Fusfeld & Alex Cuthbertson and directed by Eric Appel.

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

Jess is smitten with the fact that Cece and Schmidt have settled into a happy engagement and relationship so she goes looking to find that herself, only to find that she’s in love with her date’s parents. Meanwhile, Schmidt helps Nick find his management potential.

This episode got a 7/10 rating from Kritika whose favorite character was Winston and Kelly rated this episode a 7.5/10 and her favorite character was Nick!

Episode Sections:

(00:00) Welcome

(01:37) Episode Recap: Schmidt & Nick at the Bar

(20:22) Episode Recap: Jess Dating

(42:28) Schmidtism

(44:04) Pop Culture

(48:07) Guest Stars

(53:34) Trivia & Fun Facts + Bear Hunt

(59:32) Rating & Favorite Character

(01:02:32) Spoilers

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

• In the home theater at Fred’s house, there were movie posters for the following movies:

• • Jane Eyre

  • Gorilla at Large

  • Frogmen

  • The Girl Can't Help It

• Birdman - At the bar, Schmidt mentioned how he thought Birdman was a bad movie and later Schmidt scolded the bartenders to “save [their] groans for Birdman”.

• Jeffrey Tambor - When Nick suddenly fired Javier, Javier mentioned that Nick’s actions were like “some Jeffrey Tambor stuff”.

• Terry Gross - When Flip and Nancy were trying to woo Jess into getting together with Fred they mentioned that Terry Gross lives next to their second house in Vermont.

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 2 Bonus Episode!

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