You and I both know there’s nothing “normal” about New Girl.
That being said you have to realize titling an episode with that moniker isn’t going to make it so. But that’s okay.
Why? With last week’s episode such a frantic whirlwind, it’s kind of nice for New Girl to cool its jets a bit and take on some rather calm story lines for a change of pace. That’s one of the things I appreciate about the show over the course of its freshman season: It throws out inanity by the boatload one week, brings us back down to earth the next. Its ebb and the flow gives us a sense of balance so we don’t list too far to one side for very long.
But just because things are balanced doesn’t mean we didn’t learn something this episode:
The fun part of the show was the “True American” game the gang played, bringing Russell into the fold for a bit. The confusion on his face was some of the best scenes Dermot Mulroney has had in his several episode stint thus far. (We’ve all been in a situation similar to “True American” … haven’t we? You get wrangled into something you have no clue about, you act like you know what you’re doing, you fumble along and end up winning the game with beginner’s luck or somesuch. It’s all part of a new experience that takes us out of our comfort zone and creates a memory … sometimes a good one, sometimes not..
The camaraderie between each of the guys in the episode is familiar territory (if you’re a guy, that is) and completely relatable. I mean … take a gander at that photo above: What’s not to love about it?
There are just a couple episodes of New Girl left. I’m a bit anxious to see where The Powers That Be leave us until fall comes rolling around.
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Real Life Side Note:
The jar is awesome promotion by Fox! I would love to see a blooper reel from the filming of the True American game. I really enjoy this show..this and Raising Hope are a great hour of laughs.
Someone knows you well!
HA! Love the jar.
From FOX you say? :)
*POST AUTHOR*
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Bwaah-Haaa-Haaa …
Hokay … technically from FOX … by way of The Boss, Keith, who is being properly thanked right here and now, publicly …
Part drinking game part candyland … awesome