New Girl S4 E20 – Par 5

Last updated on December 22, 2024

This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 20, Par 5, which originally aired on Apr 7, 2015 and was written by Lamorne Morris and Rob Rosell and directed by Trent O’Donnell.

Episode Recap

Fawn takes Jess to a golf tournament to get new computers for her students while Winston starts dating someone new. Cece also helps Schmidt get ready for a photo op with Fawn while dealing with her own feelings for him.

References

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

• K-Ci & Jojo – When Winston was meeting KC, he was jokingly asking, “Yo, KC, where JoJo at?”, responding to himself, “In rehab, probably.”
• Nick Nolte – Winston said he saw Nick Nolte in the park once.
• Gollum / “One Ring” – Cece was telling Jess that she was going to help Schmidt with an emergency and Jess said she couldn’t go over there alone because it would be like “Gollum hanging out with the One Ring.” 
• Big Bird / “Sesame Street” – Jess, uncomfortable while networking, makes a joke about someone’s shoes looking like they chopped off Big Bird’s feet and Fawn urged her not to make jokes about murdering Sesame Street puppets. 
• O.J. Trial – Winston shared that Nick had lost the ability to talk about race with Winston when he focused in on the white Bronco car during the O.J. trial when they were kids. 
• Eddie Murphy / [“The Nutty Professor”]  / “Seinfeld” – When discussing race, Nick was trying to show he did a good impression of Eddie Murphy doing his Hercules bit from The Nutty Professor. Coach was able to do the impression much better. Winston said Nick was not able to comment, but Winston shared it was not the same thing when he did the Seinfeld impression.
• Ghostbusters – Winston shared that he knows they’re going to recruit from law enforcement if there are ever real Ghostbusters.
• Ginuwine – When Winston showed up at KC’s workplace, they put on a song for Winston to dance to and Winston asked if they had a song by Ginuwine.

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

Podcast Notes

• Most Likely To:
  • Do a bit that no one likes
  • Have a power ritual (like fawn going commando)
  • Play Golf
  • Be good at impressions
• Schmidtism:
  • Schmidt and Cece when he looks like a dead body
• In the 2020s:
  • Not: “Teeth like an immigrant”
  • Yes: Schmidt and Fawn reviewing their sexual preferences and discussing race openly / drawing boundaries
• Pop Culture:
  • An American Tail
  • “There are no Cats in America”
• Guest Stars:
  • Kiersey Clemons (KC)
  • Artemis Pebdani (Martha Yowtz)

Additionally we mentioned in our podcast episode that we’d include the video for “There Are No Cats in America” which you can find on Youtube here.

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 21!

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