New Girl S4 E13 – Coming Out

Last updated on July 14, 2024

This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 13 which originally aired on Jan 13, 2015 and was written by Sophia Lear and directed by Bill Purple.

Episode Recap

In this episode, Coach lost his status as the guy people want to sleep with, so he encourages Jess and Ryan to come out about their relationship at school. Schmidt is dealing with an ulcer which Nick & Kai try to help him with.

References

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

• Da Vinci – Schmidt agreed that Nick has always been physically lazy, but went on to say that mentally he was like “Da Vinci in tie-dye.” 
• Dennis Rodman – Nick felt that Schmidt lived by his own rules in college and said he was like “a fat, Jewish Dennis Rodman.”
• Mars Rover – Ryan’s field trip idea was to let the students talk to real astronauts and operate the Mars Rover.

This episode got a 8/10 rating from both Kritika and Kelly; Kritika’s favorite character was Winston and Kelly’s favorite was Coach.

Podcast Notes

• Most Likely To:
  • Believe in crystals
  • Still have your glasses from 7th grade
  • Care more about what people think than what’s the right choice “people pleasing”
  • Not be able to do accents
• Schmidtism:
  • We couldn’t pick just one this episode, so here are some of our favorite Schmidt moments were:
    • Ulcer scene with Nurse
    • Bathroom scene where Nick finds him using the word processor 
    • Ending scene where they are “jamming on ideas”
    • How Schmidt described potatoes “Sexiest starch since jasmine rice.”
• In the 2020s:
  • Not: the marketing around Nick’s ideas, Lorenzo talking about Jess not being a “classic Latin build”, and the women swooning over Coach being hurt.
  • Yes: crystals making a resurgence, facing your fears, and being yourself.
• Pop Culture:
  • Kathy Bates / Misery
  • “Any Man of Mine” / Shania Twain
• Guest Stars:
  • Erinn Hayes (Ruth)
  • Helen Slayton-Hughes (Mrs. Raws)
  • Sarah Burns (Deb)

Additionally we mentioned in our podcast episode the “Old Girl” spoof with Helen Slayton-Hughes. You can watch it here. 

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 14!

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