New Girl S4 E17 – Spiderhunt

Last updated on October 19, 2024

This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 17, Spiderhunt, which originally aired on Feb 24, 2015 and was written by Berkley Johnson and directed by Steve Welch.

Episode Recap

Schmidt is having Nick cook for Fawn’s first visit to the loft, but chaos ensues when Schmidt freaks out after a spider is spotted. The whole loft splits up to look for the spider before Fawn arrives. Meanwhile, Cece confides in Winston and eventually Jess that she really likes Schmidt.

References

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

• “American Pie” – When Schmidt was describing how he first became afraid of spiders, he mentioned that it was 1999 and the movie, American Pie, was “sweeping the nation”.
• “Beverly Hills, 90210” / Dylan / Brenda / Kelly – When Jess guessed that Cece liked Nick, she said she felt like “Brenda when Kelly dated Dylan” and Winston mentioned that he knew those were characters from the “original 90210”. They also mentioned that Dylan’s nickname was “Peach Pit”. 
• Andy Cohen / Bethenny [Frankel] / Nene [Leakes] – Nick commented that he was surprised that Jess didn’t want to hear about the popcorn machine because “she’ll listen to Schmidt discussing Andy Cohen discussing Bethenny discussing Nene.” 
• Ralph Macchio – Coach told Schmidt he couldn’t be on his shoulders because he had already used it on Halloween when they were a ten-foot-tall Ralph Macchio, who is the actor who played the main character in the movie Karate Kid. 

This episode got a 9/10 rating from both Kritika and Kelly and we both had the same favorite character: Winston!

Podcast Notes

• Most Likely To:
  • Take weeks to send an email
  • Do a 2 person costume where you’re on top of or under someone else
  • Get scared of a spider
  • Talk an ex into dating your friend
• Schmidtism:
  • Kritika: Jess / Coach with Fondue messages
  • Kelly: Rearranged the letters in Yam to make something sweeter
• In the 2020s:
  • Not: referring to an ingredient as “flat jew bread”
  • Yes: addressing a gay stereotype, Jess holding Cece’s hand, and scrolling your crushes on Instagram
• Pop Culture:
  • Coachella
• Guest Stars:
  • n/a

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 18!

Music: “Hotshot” by scottholmesmusic.com