New Girl

Jess is laid off from her teaching job. Schmidt throws a party at Nick’s bar, in celebration of his penis cast being removed. A new side of Winston is revealed after he drinks some of Nick’s fruity concoctions. Cece introduces her new boyfriend, Robby (Nelson Franklin) to Schmidt.

Jess meets Sam (David Walton), a handsome stranger who thinks she is his blind date; A regular (Raymond J. Barry) at Nick’s bar claims he is Nick from the future and Winston’s mother Charmaine (Anna Maria Horsford) and sister Alisha (Keenyah Hill) visits. Schmidt is determined to sleep with Alisha.

Jess and Nick evaluate their friendship, after Nick is convinced that Jess is only using him as a platonic boyfriend. Elsewhere, Schmidt hopes to impress an attractive Republican by pretending to be one of Mitt Romney’s sons. Winston has random sexual fantasies, due to Shelby refusing to have intercourse with him for many weeks.

Jess and Schmidt try fitting in with younger people who have moved in across the hall from them. Nick works extra hard to pull a prank on Schmidt.

Jess insults Cece’s modeling profession in front of her other model friends. Schmidt feels insulted after Nick says he is bothered by Schmidt buying him a cookie and thinking about him during the day.

Jess begins to have genuine feelings for Sam as more than a sexual partner, after seeing him work as a pediatrician during the day. Nick reunites with Amelia (Maria Thayer), an ex-girlfriend from college. Schmidt intrudes on Cece and Robby’s Halloween date. Winston feels it is finally time to break up with Shelby.

Still unable to find a new job, Jess blames her problems on premenstrual syndrome. Winston also thinks he is suffering from same symptom as Jess, even though he is a man. After meeting Tran (Ralph Ahn), a strange old man in the park, Nick decides to be less angry. Schmidt agrees to be consensually sexually harassed by his new boss, Emma (Carla Gugino). Cece is bothered after Robby labels her a "nice girl".

Jess’ divorced parents, Joan and Bob (Jamie Lee Curtis and Rob Reiner) come over to the apartment for Thanksgiving; Jess tries to get them back together despite numerous failed attempts in the past. Schmidt’s cousin (Rob Riggle), also named Schmidt, comes over, spurring a manly competition between the two.

Jess is in her thirties and she begins to worry about wanting to have children before it’s too late. Schmidt is bothered by being unable to satisfy Emma during sexual intercourse. Nick finally decides to sit down to begin writing his zombie novel.

Tired of taking showers, Jess and Winston decide that they want to put a bathtub in the loft. However, their attempts makes matters worse causing them to fool Schmidt by faking a robbery. Nick meets Angie (Olivia Munn), a tough and beautiful stripper with a hotheaded boyfriend. Schmidt struggles between having sexual relations with Emma and trying to win Cece back.

The gang attends several Christmas parties on Christmas Eve. Sam tries to win Jess back. Nick is intimidated by Angie being very sexually adventurous in public. Schmidt rejects Cece’s Christmas gift after she denies him after he proclaimed his love for her.

Jess asks Nick and Angie to come along on a cabin trip with her and Sam. Schmidt feels Winston is holding back on his "blackness", so he agrees to spend the day doing things that Winston wants to do.

Nick’s con man father, Walt (Dennis Farina), visits. Schmidt and Robbie team up to try to win Cece back.

Nick thinks that Edgar (Nate Corddry), a student in Jess’ creative writing class, is a psychotic killer. Schmidt and Winston try to find from each other what is being said about them when they are not in the room.

Nick, Schmidt and Winston try to get lucky with women by spending a "guys night out" at the bar, while Jess is in the apartment alone. Nick and Schmidt compete to get the attention of Holly (Brooklyn Decker), a woman who is sexually attracted to sadness, while Winston spends time with Daisy (Brenda Song), a woman helping him to be comfortable speaking to women again.

The gang attends an Indian marriage convention with Cece, where she hopes to find her future husband. While there, Schmidt once again tries to win Cece back. Jess and Nick try to discuss the intimate moment they shared the night before. Anu (Meera Simhan), the head of the marriage convention hits on Winston.

Schmidt finds an extra parking spot, and he, Jess, Nick and Winston fight over it. Winston goes on a trek to find a condom to have sex with Daisy.

Schmidt and Nick throw a party to celebrate being roommates for ten years. Winston becomes good friends with Jax McTavish (Steve Howey), a football player that Jess becomes attracted to. Cece and Shivrang (Satya Bhabha) begin to question their relationship leading up to their arranged marriage.

Jess becomes sexually attracted to Nick when she sees that he is applying himself more at his bartending job. However, Jess does not know that Nick is only acting this way because he is dating his new boss, Shane (Odette Annable). Winston helps Schmidt catch a lionfish, which Schmidt is obviously using as a metaphor after losing Cece.

Nick’s father passes away, with Jess, Schmidt and Winston traveling with Nick to his hometown Chicago to help with the funeral arrangements. While there, they meet Nick’s eccentric family: his mother (Margo Martindale), brother (Nick Kroll), cousin (Bill Burr) and grandmother (Ellen Albertini Dow). Winston helps Schmidt overcome his fear of death.

Nick musters up the courage to go on a first date with Jess, but the actual date causes confusing feelings for the both of them. While at the restaurant for their date, they accidentally run into Jess’ ex-boyfriend Russell (Dermot Mulroney) and his date. Feeling that the roommate dynamic will be ruined if Jess and Nick become a couple, Schmidt and Winston plot to stop it from happening.

Jess plans a surprise bachelorette party for Cece. Meanwhile, Nick and Winston spend some "guy time" with Shivrang. Schmidt is offended that he did not get a "plus one" invitation to Cece’s wedding, so he sets out to find his "plus one", including stopping at the door of his college ex-girlfriend, Elizabeth (Merritt Wever).

The gang reminisce about losing their virginities, and have a contest about who had the worst experience.

Jess’ dad, Bob, visits the apartment the day after Jess and Nick spend the night together. Schmidt is embarrassed to mention that Elizabeth is his girlfriend to other people. Winston spends the day hoping his friends remember that it’s his birthday.

Cece’s wedding day arrives. Schmidt and Winston plan to sabotage the wedding after Schmidt has an "eye conversation" with Cece, where she apparently tells him that she is wanting to back out of the wedding. Jess and Nick become conflicted about their past, increasingly feeling that their relationship is a mistake. Jess and Nick accidentally ruin Cece’s wedding, spurring Cece to confessing her true feelings. While leaving the wedding Jess begs Nick not to give up on their relationship upon which he kisses her and they drive away into the night.