Who's That Girl? A New Girl Podcast
93 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★ - 37 ratings2 best friends bonded by a TV obsession, recapping Fox's hit show from 2011-2018, New Girl. Join us as we analyze our favorite television shows, episode-by-episode!
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S2 E12 - Cabin
August 09, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 2, Episode 12, Cabin, which originally aired on January 8, 2013 and was written by J.J. Philbin and directed by Alec Berg. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Jess persuades Nick and Angie to join her and Sam at his boss’s cabin for a weekend away while Schmidt tries to help Winston get back to his “roots” as a Black man. We discuss Pop Culture References such as: Absinthe - Absinthe is the alcoholic beverage Jess, Sam, Nick, and Angie all drink whil...
S2 E11 - Santa
August 02, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 2, Episode 11, Santa, which originally aired on December 11, 2012 and was written by Luvh Rakhe and directed by Craig Zisk. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: When the loft realizes everyone is headed to celebrate the holidays separately, they try to maximize their time by attending multiple Christmas parties! At the parties, Jess gets a surprise visit from Sam, Winston deals with a cranberry stuck in his ear, Nick and Angie get to the next level, and...
S2 E10 - Bathtub
July 26, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 2, Episode 10, Bathtub, which originally aired on December 4, 2012 and was written by Donick Cary and directed by Tristram Shapeero. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Jess is lobbying the rest of the loft to get a bathtub but the only one onboard is Winston (secretly). Meanwhile, Nick meets a new woman and Schmidt tries to get back together with Cece. We discuss Pop Culture References such as: James Brown - When Jess makes a collage of everyone in ...
S2 E9 - Eggs
July 05, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 2, Episode 9, Eggs, which originally aired on November 27, 2012 and was written by Kay Cannon and directed by Neal Brennan. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Sadie and her wife Melissa are visiting for dinner and share that they are pregnant and also that women lose 90% of their eggs by the time they hit 30. This gives Jess much anxiety while Cece is less concerned and they both take fertility tests. Meanwhile, Nick is committed to writing his novel ...
S2 E8 - Parents
June 28, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 2, Episode 8, Parents, which originally aired on November 20, 2012 and was written by Ryan Koh and directed by Jesse Peretz. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: It’s Thanksgiving again and Jess’s divorced parents are coming to the loft along with Schmidt’s cousin who is also named Schmidt. Jess tries to get her parents back together while Schmidt begins competing with his cousin about who’s more manly. We discuss Pop Culture References such as: LEGOL...
S2 E7 - Menzies
June 21, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 2, Episode 7, Menzies, which originally aired on November 13, 2012 and was directed by Jason Woliner and written by Kim Rosenstock and Elizabeth Meriwether. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Jess has her period and all the emotions along with it. She’s still between jobs and in this episode, she interviews to get a job as an Adult Education teacher. Meanwhile, Winston thinks he has sympathy PMS and Nick meets a guy on a bench who helps him process h...
S2 E6 - Halloween
June 14, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 2, Episode 6, Halloween, which originally aired on October 30, 2012 and was written by David Iserson and directed by Jesse Peretz. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Jess is working at a haunted house for a Halloween festival and realizes that she has real feelings for Sam. Meanwhile, Nick reconnects with an old college flame, Schmidt tries to get back together with Cece, and Winston tries to rekindle his relationship with Shelby. We discuss Pop Cult...
S2 E5 - Models
June 07, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 2, Episode 5, Models, which originally aired on October 23, 2012 and was written by Josh Malmuth and directed by Eric Appel. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: It’s Cece’s birthday and Jess comes to celebrate but clashes with her model friends. They get in a fight that leaves their boobs sore and also leads to Cece getting drunk and almost missing her modeling gig. Being the amazing friend she is, Jess fills in… This is also the episode where Schmidt ...
S2 E4 - Neighbors
May 31, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 2, Episode 4, Neighbors, which originally aired on October 9, 2012 and was written by Berkley Johnson and directed by Steve Pink. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: This episode, the loft gets some new younger neighbors and while Jess and Schmidt try to be friends with them, they worship Jess and hate Schmidt. Meanwhile, Nick feels compelled to “break” Schmidt and make him feel like he’s old which he does through pranking him. Winston is realizing wha...
S2 E3 - Fluffer
May 24, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 64 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 2, Episode 3, Fluffer, which originally aired on October 2, 2012 and was directed by Fred Goss and written by J.J. Philbin and Kim Rosenstock. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Jess shares with the loft mates that she’s having non-committal sex with Sam, but realizes she needs more to get in the mood. When Schmidt forces the boys to help, Nick ends up serving as her “Emotional Fluffer”. Meanwhile, Schmidt tries to convince a woman he met at a club tha...
S2 E2 - Katie
May 17, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 2, Episode 2, Katie, which originally aired on September 25, 2012 and was written by Elizabeth Meriwether and directed by Larry Charles. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Jess is still spiraling after losing her job, so Nick suggests that Jess go off the grid. She takes advantage of that when she pretends to be Katie, the date of Sam who enters their bar looking for the girl he’s been talking to online. Schmidt spends the entire episode trying to get...
S2 E1 - Re-Launch
May 10, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 2, Episode 1, Re-Launch, which originally aired on September 25, 2012 and was written by Kay Cannon and directed by Steve Pink. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: This episode not only kicks off Season 2, but celebrates Schmidt having his penis cast removed and in only the way Schmidt can, he throws himself a party to “re-launch” his brand of “Danger” now that he’s no longer “broken penis guy”. Jess meanwhile has been laid off from her job as a teache...
S1 Bonus - Season 1 Recap
April 05, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBThis podcast covers a recap of the first season of New Girl. We’re your hosts, Kelly and Kritika, and we originally met through work but now we consider ourselves long distance best friends. We’ve bonded over our love of TV and brought you this podcast to recap one of our favorite shows -- New Girl. This season starts with Jess, a newly-single teacher, looking for a new apartment after her boyfriend cheats on her. She happens upon an ad for a loft where she’s introduced to three men: Schmid...
S1 E24 - See Ya
March 15, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 24, See Ya, which originally aired on May 8, 2012 and was written by Elizabeth Merriweather and directed by Michael Spillar. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Nick is moving out to live with Caroline, but he gets cold feet and drives to the desert instead and throws his keys into a canyon in a moment of nervousness. Jess and Cece drive out to help them but then Jess throws her keys to keep Nick from going back to Caroline. The gang spends ...
S1 E23 - Backslide
March 08, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 23, Backslide, which originally aired on May 1, 2012 and was written by David Quandt and directed by Nanette Burstein. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Jess is upset about breaking up with Russell and after learning about the term “backsliding”, she sleeps with an ex. Nick is still pursuing his relationship with Caroline even though the loftmates are advising against it. Schmidt’s still dealing with his broken penis and meets Cece’s grandm...
S1 E22 - Tomatoes
March 01, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 22, which originally aired on April 24, 2012 and was directed by Michael Spiller and written by David Walpert & Kim Rosenstock. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Jess sees Russell’s ex-wife, Ouli, at the gym and invites her to dinner with Russell. The dinner is weird and Jess looks for more passion in her relationship with Russell, which ultimately leads to their breakup. Through a date with Cece’s roommate, Nadia, Schmidt and Cece own up t...
S1 E21 - Kids
February 15, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 21, Kids, which originally aired on April 17, 2012 and was directed by Tristram Shapeero and written by Donick Cary and Lesley Wake. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: In this episode, Cece realizes she might be pregnant and both she and Schmidt are freaking out while Jess tries to babysit Russell’s daughter Sarah who falls in “love” with Nick. Meanwhile, Winston is trying to get his boss to his TV interview. We discuss Pop Culture Referenc...
S1 E20 - Normal
February 08, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 20, Normal, which originally aired on April 10, 2012 and was written by Luvh Rakhe and directed by Jesse Peretz. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: After spending a week at Russell’s, Jess invites Russell to stay overnight at the loft and encourages the guys to act “normal”. They play True American but ultimately the overnight leads to Jess and Russell’s first fight. Winston decides to leave nannying and gets a job at a radio station but fi...
S1 E19 - Secrets
February 01, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 19, Secrets, which originally aired on April 3, 2012 and was written by Josh Malmuth and directed by David Wain. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Winston spills the beans about Cece and Schmidt sleeping together and Jess finds out. She and Cece spend the episode fighting while Schmidt helps Nick channel his inner douche to get used to casually sleeping with 20 year olds. We discuss Pop Culture References such as: iPod Shuffle - Jess use...
S1 E18 - Fancyman Part 2
January 25, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 18, Fancyman Part 2, which originally aired on March 27, 2012 and was written by Berkley Johnson and Kim Rosenstock and directed by Matt Shakman. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: In this episode, Jess recaps her awkward first date with Russell and after discussing it with the guys and Cece, asks Russell out for a second date. It also goes awkwardly, but they are able to talk it out by the end of the episode. Meanwhile the “smartest guy [N...
S1 E17 - Fancyman Part 1
January 18, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 17, Fancyman Part 1, which originally aired on March 20, 2012 and was written by J.J. Philbin & Nick Adams and directed by Peyton Reed. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Jess has a disagreement with a parent of one of her students and is forced to apologize. Along the way, she ends up seeing Russell is a nice guy and is interested in her. Nick is dealing with bad credit issues and spends the episode in awe of Russell being what he terms a ...
S1 E16 Control
January 04, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 16, Control, which originally aired on March 13, 2012 and was written by Brett Baer and directed by Jesse Peretz. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: In this episode, Schmidt is dealing with his need for control. When Jess tries to bring in new furniture to the loft, Schmidt can’t handle it. Jess tries to get him to loosen up but it backfires and he starts becoming the opposite of himself. Meanwhile, Winston and Nick are trying to settle deb...
S1 E16 - Control
January 04, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 16, Control, which originally aired on March 13, 2012 and was written by Brett Baer and directed by Jesse Peretz. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: In this episode, Schmidt is dealing with his need for control. When Jess tries to bring in new furniture to the loft, Schmidt can’t handle it. Jess tries to get him to loosen up but it backfires and he starts becoming the opposite of himself. Meanwhile, Winston and Nick are trying to settle deb...
S1 E15 Injured
December 21, 2020 08:00 - 1 hourThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 15, Injured, which originally aired on March 6, 2012 and was written by J.J. Philbin and directed by Lynn Shelton. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: During a game of touch football, Jess accidentally tackles Nick, leaving him injured. She takes him to see her gynecologist friend, Sadie, who gives him meds for his back but notices an abnormal growth on his neck which leads to him taking an ultrasound that he couldn’t afford. The gang all de...
S1 E15 - Injured
December 21, 2020 08:00 - 1 hourThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 15, Injured, which originally aired on March 6, 2012 and was written by J.J. Philbin and directed by Lynn Shelton. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: During a game of touch football, Jess accidentally tackles Nick, leaving him injured. She takes him to see her gynecologist friend, Sadie, who gives him meds for his back but notices an abnormal growth on his neck which leads to him taking an ultrasound that he couldn’t afford. The gang all de...
S1 E14 - Bully
December 07, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 14, Bully, which originally aired on February 21, 2012 and was written by David Walpert and directed by Daniel Attias. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Jess intervenes with a classroom bully, but then becomes the subject of the bullying herself. Schmidt and Cece continue to sleep together, but are NOT in a relationship. Nick meanwhile gets a cactus from Julia and their breakup makes him spiral. We discuss Pop Culture References such as: ...
S1 E14 Bully
December 07, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 14, Bully, which originally aired on February 21, 2012 and was written by David Walpert and directed by Daniel Attias. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Jess intervenes with a classroom bully, but then becomes the subject of the bullying herself. Schmidt and Cece continue to sleep together, but are NOT in a relationship. Nick meanwhile gets a cactus from Julia and their breakup makes him spiral. We discuss Pop Culture References such as: ...
S1 E13 - Valentine’s Day
November 23, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 13, Valentine’s Day, which originally aired on February 14, 2012 and was written by Lesley Wake and directed by Tucker Gates. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: It’s Valentine’s Day and Nick is planning a classic Valentine’s date with Julia, Winston’s starting what he thinks is a budding romance with Shelby, Jess is looking for a one-night stand with the help of Schmidt and Cece. At the end of the night, no one gets what they were looking f...
S1 E12 - The Landlord
November 09, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 12, The Landlord, which originally aired on February 7th, 2012 and was directed by Peyton Reed and written by a whole team: Berkley Johnson & Josh Malmuth (teleplay) and Joe Port & Joe Wiseman (story). Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Jess and Nick debate if people are generally good or bad to the point where they almost have a threesome with the building’s landlord. Meanwhile, Schmidt tries to decipher what he thinks are mixed signals fr...
S1 E11 - Jess & Julia
October 26, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 11, Jess & Julia, which originally aired on January 31, 2012 and was written by Luvh Rakhe and directed by Jake Kasdan. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Jess is excited to have another girl in the apartment and wants to bond with her, starting with asking her for help in a legal case. Unfortunately, Julia’s not interested in being friends with Jess and they get into a fight. Meanwhile, Winston’s trying to reconnect with an old flame and S...
S1 E10 - The Story of the 50
October 19, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 10, The Story of the 50, which originally aired on January 17, 2012 and was written by Luvh Rakhe and directed by Troy Miller. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: It’s Schmidt’s 29th Birthday and his birthday party isn’t going exactly to plan. Jess doesn’t want Schmidt to feel down so she plans a surprise Birthday Party on a party bus for Schmidt and his friends and the party has its share of interesting moments. We also meet Nick’s new girlf...
S1 E9 - The 23rd
October 12, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 9, The 23rd, which originally aired on December 13, 2011 and was written by Donick Cary and directed by Jason Winer. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: It’s almost Christmas and the whole gang is ready to go home to spend it with their families but their last hurrah before they go is always Schmidt’s office holiday party. Paul tells Jess he loves her and she struggles to deal with what that means for their relationship and opens up to Nick ...
S1 E8 - Bad in Bed
October 05, 2020 07:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 8, Bad in Bed, which originally aired on December 6, 2011 and was written by Josh Malmuth and directed by Jesse Peretz. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Jess is exploring the next level of her relationship with Paul and they’re planning to have sex. She is a little intimidated because she hasn’t had sex with anyone but Spencer for six years and goes on an interesting journey, including watching porn, getting the guys help, and shopping for...
S1 E7 - Bells
September 28, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 7, Bells, which originally aired on November 29, 2011 and was written by Luvh Rakhe and directed by Peyton Reed. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Jess takes over the apartment with a group of kids she’s conducting in a handbell performance. Winston joins in because he finds out that he’s good at it and isn’t being mentally stimulated in other areas of his life. Nick and Schmidt fight over money and their differences in hiring someone to d...
S1 E6 - Thanksgiving
September 21, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 6, Thanksgiving, which originally aired on November 15, 2011 and was written by Berkley Johnson and directed by Miguel Arteta. On this episode you may notice that Kritika’s audio sounds a little different than usual because it was storming in Houston when we recorded the episode! Here’s a quick recap of the episode: It’s Thanksgiving! Jess invites her co-worker Paul over for Thanksgiving dinner and it’s the first guy she’s liked since breaki...
S1 E5 - Cece Crashes
September 14, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 58 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 5, Cece Crashes, which originally aired on November 8, 2011 and was written by Rachel Axler and directed by John Hamburg. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Cece breaks up with the DJ she’s been seeing and crashes with Jess for a few days to avoid going home and seeing her ex. She points out that she thinks Nick likes Jess because his feet point at her when she’s talking and when Jess realizes this she freaks out. Winston and Schmidt both a...
S1 E4 - Naked
September 07, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 4, Naked, which originally aired on November 1, 2011 and was written by J.J. Philbin* and directed by Jake Kasdan. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: Nick is going on his first date since breaking up with Caroline and in preparation he is psyching himself up by reacquainting himself with his body by awkwardly strip dancing and Jess barges in and sees everything and laughs/shrieks at him. The rest of the episode follows Nick’s anxiety about ...
S1 E3 - Wedding
August 31, 2020 07:10 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 3, Wedding, which originally aired on October 4, 2011 and was written by Donick Cary and directed by Jason Winer. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: The episode starts off with Nick and Schmidt getting Jess dressed to pretend to be Nick’s girlfriend at the wedding of one of their friends. Winston’s the usher and gets into a fight with an 8 year old while Jess does so great at pretending to be Nick’s girlfriend that he uses Caroline’s jealou...
S1 E2 - Kryptonite
August 31, 2020 07:05 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 2, Kryptonite, which originally aired on September 27, 2011 and was written by Elizabeth Meriwether and directed by Jake Kasdan. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: In this episode, Jess meets Winston who returns from playing pro basketball in Latvia. The guys are trying to motivate Jess to get her things from her ex-boyfriend’s, Spencer’s, house, especially after Jess breaks Nick’s TV. Jess tries talking with Spencer but struggles to stand ...
S1 E1 - Pilot
August 31, 2020 07:00 - 46 minutes - 42.1 MBThis podcast covers New Girl Season 1, Episode 1, Pilot which originally aired on September 20, 2011 and was written by Elizabeth Meriwether and directed by Jake Kasdan. Here’s a quick recap of the episode: The episode starts off with Jess telling someone about why she needs a new apartment and we learn through a flashback that she caught her (now ex) boyfriend cheating on her when she surprised him at their home. The camera pans to three men sitting on a couch: Coach, Schmidt, and Nick. ...
Who's That Girl Trailer 3
August 29, 2020 07:00 - 2 minutes - 2.44 MBHi everyone! We are Kelly and Kritika, best friends who cohost Who’s That Girl a 'New Girl' Podcast where we dive in to each episode and give you our take on the show. We’re really excited to share this podcast with you because it’s been something we’ve been talking about for a while now and we’re both obsessed with talking about TV so this was right up our alley. Through each podcast you’ll hear us do special segments including highlighting any Guest Actors in the episode as well as giving...
Who's That Girl Trailer 2
August 26, 2020 16:00 - 2 minutes - 2.01 MBWelcome to Who’s That Girl! We are Kelly and Kritika, 2 long distance best friends here to guide you through the New Girl Universe episode by episode. On each podcast, we’ll do a recap and discussion followed by segments like Pop Culture or New Girl centered segments like “Schmidtisms”. If you’ve seen the show before you might remember the character Schmidt who’s really known for his one liners and in each podcast, we’ll highlight some of what we think are his best (or worst lines). Sta...
Who's That Girl Trailer 1
August 20, 2020 20:50 - 15 seconds - 230 KBJoin Kelly and Kritika as we chat about New Girl, coming soon to wherever you're listening to this! Music: "Hotshot” by scottholmesmusic.com Follow us on Twitter, Instagram or email us at [email protected]! Website: https://smallscreenchatter.com/