Who's That Girl? A 'New Girl' Podcast

S5 E4 - No Girl

Who's That Girl? A 'New Girl' Podcast

Show Notes

This podcast covers New Girl Season 5, Episode 4, No Girl, which originally aired on January 26, 2016 and was written by Rob Rosell and directed by Elizabeth Meriwether.

Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Since Jess is gone, Nick turns her room and the loft in general into an Airbnb to make enough money to take Schmidt to Tokyo for his bachelor party. Meanwhile, KC breaks up with Winston and Cece helps him cope.

This episode got a 8/10 rating from Kritika whose favorite character was Nick and Kelly rated this episode a 7.5/10 and her favorite character was Winston!

Episode Sections: (00:00) Welcome (01:42) Episode Recap: Jess aka no Girl (02:37) Episode Recap: Airbnb (26:36) Episode Recap: Winston & KC (38:19) Schmidtism (40:08) Pop Culture (44:56) Guest Stars (48:28) Trivia & Fun Facts + Bear Hunt (52:53) Rating & Favorite Character (55:21) Spoilers

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including: Bachelor Parties in Las Vegas - Todd proposed having a bachelor party for Schmidt in Las Vegas.

Super Mario Brothers Theme - Schmidt hummed Super Mario Bros theme music in the bathroom before the guest Brandon entered the bathroom.

Al Pacino / His Movies: Scent of a Woman, The Godfather, Rocky V, and Heat - The daughter of the family, Crystal, who were staying at the loft when they tried running a “boutique hotel” was showing Schmidt her acting monologues and she only did scenes where she was acting Al Pacino’s lines. Crystal did scenes from Scent of a Woman, The Godfather, and Rocky V. Her Mom also wanted her to do the scene from Pacino’s movie, Heat.

Frasier - The guest Kumiko is singing the theme song to the TV sitcom, Frasier, and Schmidt then describes a scene from Frasier to Nick.

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 4 Bonus Episode!

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