New Girl S4 E21 – Panty Gate

Last updated on January 9, 2025

This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 21, Panty Gate, which originally aired on April 28, 2015 and was written by David Feeney and Veronica McCarthy and directed by Reginald Hudlin.

Episode Recap

This episode has Jess trying to help Coach and May’s relationship. Meanwhile, Schmidt takes the fall for Fawn’s panty-gate scandal while Cece tries to find a way forward.

References

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

• [Robert] Durst – While Coach and May were arguing, Winston was mostly concerned with his waffle, commenting that if it wasn’t hot he would “go [Robert] Durst on them.”
• [Metropolitan Opera] – May accepted a job in New York as a section musician for the Metropolitan Opera, often referred to as “The Met”. 
• Royal Stockholm Orchestra – Schmidt was excited for May’s job opportunity noting that the conductor who must have liked her did a magnificent job when conducting with the Royal Stockholm Orchestra. 
• The Pearl – Schmidt humorously critiques a pull quote that compares the book Cece was reading and its length to the novella The Pearl by John Steinbeck. 
• “Black Velvet” by Alannah Myles – In the bar, a favorite song of Coach’s – “Black Velvet” – begins playing and he starts dancing. 
• The Vagina Monologues – Fawn was emphasizing that she was showing her true self by saying, “I’m a politician, not in The Vagina Monologues.”
• Beyoncé / “Crazy in Love” / “Drunk in Love” – Schmidt was telling Fawn that he wanted to be in love and then started quoting Beyonce lyrics like “crazy in love” and “drunk in love.” There was also a reference to Beyonce in S2E2 – Katie and S1E20 – Normal.

This episode got a 7/10 rating from Kritika and 7.5/10 from Kelly and we both had the same favorite character: Jess!

Podcast Notes

• Most Likely To:
  • Get really into birds
  • Hike a mountain to find yourself
  • Be a love doctor
  • Breakdown at work
• Schmidtism:
  • Schmidt saying Fawmidt
• In the 2020s:
  • Not: Continued “fat boy” references, using the term “pow wow”, and Fawn controlling Schmidt
  • Yes: Schmidt supporting Fawn on his way out and May & Coach moving in together even though they haven’t been together for long
• Pop Culture:
  • Dora the Explorer
• Guest Stars:
  • n/a

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 22!

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