New Girl: Season 2, Episode 17 “Parking Spot” (B)
This episode was entertaining but a little silly, and it’s great to see that the relationship between Nick and Jess is playing out as something awkward rather than overly and inappropriately sentimental. My favorite part of the half-hour was actually the interaction between Winston and Cece, particularly since the latter pointed out that they are nowhere near close enough for him to come over and bang on her door to ask for condoms, mainly because they barely ever speak to each other. The discovery of the parking spot was a somewhat artificial device to provoke conflict between the roommates, something which Winston wasn’t much of a part of due to his being off on his own plotline, which is in a sense refreshing since he’s been sidelined so much over the course of this show and relegated to not doing much. Schmidt’s anger at the way in which Nick and Jess hooking up will change the dynamic of the apartment was funny, and I especially enjoyed how Jess took the news that the guys had made an agreement about what would have to happen in such a situation. Mostly, though, it’s seeing and hearing how Nick and Jess deal with their situation that makes this show watchable. If they were to get together and start dating, that wouldn’t be satisfying, and seeing them forced to face their feelings and deal with, say, Jess dressing up to seduce Nick into giving her the spot, is where the real fun comes in.
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