New Girl S4 E12 – Shark

Last updated on June 30, 2024

This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 12, which originally aired on Jan 6, 2015 and was written by Jacob Brown & Rob Rosell and directed by Alex Hardcastle.

Episode Recap

Winston is graduating from the police academy and Nick and Coach are worried about him. Meanwhile, Schmidt and Jess are trying to stop the night construction going on outside of the loft.

References

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

• Bollywood / The Office (UK) – Schmidt thought he was going to make Cece and Ryan laugh, but when they didn’t he said he wasn’t a fan of Bollywood movies or the UK Office.
• Karl Lagerfeld – Before Dawn Moscato met Schmidt at the restaurant, Schmidt requested that a waiter let him know he had a call from Karl Lagerfeld at some point in the evening. 
• Dudley Moore – When Ryan was drinking red wine, Jess said “You got a real Dudley Moore thing going on right now, and I like it.” 
• John F. Kennedy – When Schmidt was recapping his date with Fawn, he shared that she said he was like a “Jewish Kennedy”. 
• O. J. Simpson – Schmidt shared that Fawn told him they could “have sex in the room where O.J. tried on the glove.”
• Jolly Green Giant – Jess exclaimed that Fawn “can’t just walk all over the people of the city like the Jolly Green Giant.” Then Schmidt and Jess disagreed about the Jolly Green Giant’s character. 
• Bill and Hilary Clinton – Schmidt was excited to be potentially groomed by Fawn, saying, “This could be a real Bill and Hillary situation.” Jess thought Schmidt wouldn’t be Bill or Hillary in that scenario.
• Abraham Lincoln – During Schmidt’s city hall speech about not moving the loud construction, he referenced Abraham Lincoln and the crowd was upset because “he was our quietest president”. 

This episode got a 8/10 rating from Kritika whose favorite character was Winston and Kelly rated this episode a 6.5/10 and her favorite character was Fawn!

Podcast Notes

• Most Likely To:
  • Be flustered by a bad tailoring job
  • Get goofy from red wine…
  • Be so worried about your friend you go to their place of work
  • Rally the community to change local government / have concern addressed
• Schmidtism:
  • Schmidt letting Jess know that she was played
• In the 2020s:
  • Not: Nick / Coach not believing Aly as a small woman would be able to protect and Fawn telling Schmidt to tone down the Jewish
  • Yes: Owning and recognizing the stereotypes as stereotypes, support groups being shown on TV and people being vulnerable, working as a community to make change happen, and celebrating friends achievements
• Pop Culture:
  • Nick Kristof
  • Police Academy
  • True Detective
• Guest Stars:
  • Nasim Pedrad (Aly Nelson)
  • Zoe Lister-Jones (Fawn Moscato)

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 13!

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