Episode
New Girl: Nerd
Overview
Jess has been hired at a new school and is eager to prove herself as one of the cool teachers.
Details
- Series
- New Girl
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2013-09-24
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Nerd is Episode 2 in Season 3 of New Girl. It aired on 2013-09-24. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 1: All In
Nick and Jess make a romantic run for the border -- but their wild Mexican adventure takes a turn for the worse when Nick is arrested.
Episode 3: Double Date
Thinking Schmidt has chosen to be with Cece, Jess and Nick invite him to go on a double date with them. Nick is caught between loyalty to his friend and loyalty to his girlfriend when he finds out a shocking secret. Meanwhile, Winston promises to get the foursome a table at an ultra-exclusive restaurant that doesn’t take reservations.
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Episode 4: The Captain
Schmidt sets out to sabotage Jess and Nick's relationship.
Episode 5: The Box
Nick becomes irresponsible with the money from his late father's estate, so Jess uses some of the money to pay Nick's unpaid bills, behind his back. With Nick's improved financial situation, Winston feels its finally time to ask Nick for the money he owes him.
Episode 6: Keaton
Schmidt receives a series of recent e-mails from his favorite actor Michael Keaton, who has sent letters to Nick ever since he was a kid. However, it turns out those letters and e-mails were not from the actor but from Schmidt's mother and Nick, posing as Keaton. Cece indulges in nightly parties to get over her break up with Schmidt.
Episode 7: Coach
Coach visits the apartment to spend a "guys night out" with the guys, after breaking up with his girlfriend. Nick going to a strip club with the guys, and telling her that they haven't had a conversation about whether or not they're boyfriend/girlfriend or are exclusive, upsets Jess to the point that she has "girls night out" with Cece at the bar.
Episode 8: Menus
An overabundance of Chinese food take-out menus left at the loft’s front door is the catalyst for an interconnected series of adventures for Jess and the guys.
Episode 9: Longest Night Ever
Jess must occupy Schmidt while Cece goes on a date with Coach; Nick and Winston search for Ferguson.
Episode 10: Thanksgiving III
Nick and Jess take the gang camping for Thanksgiving; Coach and Schmidt compete to prove who is the best woodsman; Cece and Winston bond over a shared dislike for the outdoors.
Episode 11: Clavado En Un Bar
When Jess has to make a quick decision about her career, her friends all recall how they ended up at their jobs.
Episode 12: Basketsball
Jess tries to become good friends with Coach by watching Detroit Pistons games with him and becoming a Pistons "fan". However Jess' "fandom" starts to interfere with her relationship with Nick, who is a lifelong Chicago Bulls fan. Winston agrees to shadow Schmidt at his marketing job, where Schmidt is later asked to guide Ed, a sixty-something intern, to avoid a company lawsuit over age discrimination.
Episode 13: Birthday
Nick struggles to throw Jess the perfect birthday party, while Schmidt works overtime to help out Cece in her new job as bartender and Winston and Coach engage in a bake-off.