S5 E3 - Jury Duty

This podcast covers New Girl Season 5, Episode 3, Jury Duty, which originally aired on January 19, 2016 and was written by Josh Malmuth & Nina Pedrad and directed by Trent O’Donnell. 

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

Now that Cece and Schmidt are engaged, Cece has been spending more time at the loft and it’s starting to bother Nick. The loft is looking to Jess for guidance on how to handle the situation, but she has Jury Duty and is quite excited about fulfilling her civic duty.  

This episode got a 6.5/10 rating from Kritika whose favorite character was Schmidt and Kelly rated this episode an 8/10 and her favorite character was Jess!

Episode Sections:

(00:00) Welcome 

(01:37) Episode Recap: Fighting at Home

(23:50) Episode Recap: Jess at Jury Duty

(31:34) Episode Recap: Jess Comes Home

(35:53) Schmidtism

(37:34) Pop Culture

(42:17) Guest Stars

(44:27) Trivia & Fun Facts + Bear Hunt

(51:59) Rating & Favorite Character

(55:46) Spoilers

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

• Arnold Schwarzanegger - Not everyone liked the Dogs Playing Poker poster that Winston wanted to hang on the wall and Schmidt mentioned he’d, “rather see a painting Of Arnold Schwarzenegger, mid-coitus. Just straight up doing it.” 

• The Pope - Schmidt kissed Nick on the head because he was happy and the guys questioned why Schmidt acts like the Pope when he’s happy. 

• Secretariat - Nick felt like he was living with the horse, Secretariat, because Cece left a pile of uneaten carrots strewn across the couch. 

• President Barack Obama - When in the court building, Jess speaks to a picture of Barack Obama who was the U.S. President at the time.  

• [Vladimir] Putin - Schmidt mentioned they couldn’t go to Cece’s apartment because Nadia’s baby would scream. Jess mentioned she had heard a Russian child scream in her “Putin nightmare”. 

• Rent / “Seasons of Love” - One of the tips left in the bowl from Jess was to "Tell Schmidt not to sing 'Rent' in the shower. We're in a drought." Schmidt then tried to sing the song “Seasons of Love” from the musical with the wrong words. 

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 3 Bonus Episode!

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