New Girl: Season 1, Episode 14 “Bully” (B+)
Having Cece and Schmidt sleep together this early in the show could have been bad, but it turns out that it’s truly entertaining on all fronts. Cece’s inability to resist Schmidt and his silly speech about cheese was amusing, and her desperation for a Starbucks bathroom in which to have fun with him in private was enthralling as well. I particularly enjoyed when Schmidt distracted his curious roommates by telling them there was a crescent moon. For all the operating he does, Schmidt is a relatively nice guy, and therefore it’s understandable that he would be offended when Cece wouldn’t let him come into the party because she was ashamed of him. Forcing her to have breakfast in public with him led to a hilarious reiteration of Schmidt being Schmidt, unable to pass up the opportunity to brag about sleeping with Cece to the entire restaurant. Nick’s over-analysis of the cactus sent to him by Julia proved to be his undoing, and it makes me very sad since I really liked having Lizzy Caplan play the kind of role she was born to play. There’s little that sounds crazier than Nick at his most frantic and frenzied. Jess’ teacher-student conflict was funny, highlighted by her accidental breaking of the robot arm and Winston’s note that evil people like her should not be building robots. Ultimately, things worked out alright, as Jess was dubbed a real teacher by Tanya because she’s a kid-hater, and she got her revenge on Briana by making her sing a duet and then posting positive comments on the YouTube video.
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