New Girl S4 E10 – Girl Fight

Last updated on May 30, 2024

This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 10, Girl Fight, which originally aired on December 2, 2014 and was written by Danielle Sanchez-Witzel and directed by Bill Purple.

Episode Recap

Cece and Jess get into a “girl fight” while Nick goes on his first date with Kai, Tran’s granddaughter.

References

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

• Charlie Rose – Schmidt was upset at Coach for deleting all his episodes of Charlie Rose and replacing them with “American Football matches”. 
• Madeleine Albright – Jess was surprised at how they guys handled their fight and because of that, didn’t think either read Madeleine Albright’s biography she had given them for Christmas.
• Lena Dunham – When Jess said she keeps her feminist writings in her purses, Coach name dropped “Lena Dunham”.
• John Popper – Schmidt said Cece played him like “John Popper plays that little harmonica and fiddle thing.” 
• The West Wing – When Nick and Kai were playing a word association game, Kai answered The West Wing to the question Republican or Democrat? 
• [Chicago] Bears / James Taylor – Nick told Kai he has all the ticket stubs to all the Bears football games he’s been to as well as the guitar pic for a guy who played with James Taylor one night.
• Karate Kid II / Mr. Miyagi – Nick shared that he has an autographed Karate Kid II poster from the movie’s character Mr. Miyagi.
• LeBron James – Winston exclaimed “Sweet Baby LeBron James” when he realized he screwed up and wasted his studying time.

This episode got a 7.5/10 rating from Kritika and an 8/10 from Kelly and we both had the same favorite character: Coach!

Podcast Notes

• Most Likely To:
  • Get into a fight about a purse
  • Not engage in the fight at the baby shower / engage in the fight at the baby shower
  • Think sitting around doing nothing is a good time
  • Emoji / text fight
• Schmidtism:
  • Schmidt Calling Coach from the baby shower
• In the 2020s:
  • Not: Differentiating types of fights by gender and Coach telling Jess & Cece to “man up” and punch each others
  • Yes: Being honest about what you like to do
• Pop Culture:
  • “Whoomp! (There It Is)” / Tag Team
• Guest Stars:
  • Greta Lee (Kai)

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 11!

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