Season 1 - Episode 4
Fox (US)
Zooey Deschanel's New Girl had a stellar first three episodes before being put on hiatus for the Major League Baseball playoffs. Returning this week, the show has lost none of it's charm.
Much like Up All Night, another new comedy this season, New Girl's strongest point is its highly likeable characters. Zooey Deschanel is Jess, a newly single teacher who is utterly adorable. While the promos make it look like she was quirky for the sake of being quirky, there is actually a really well developed character there. Her three flatmates Nick, Schmidt and Winston are also very likeable characters in their own ways.
This week's episode sees Jess accidentally seeing Nick naked, which shatters his confidence when dating his co-worker Amanda (played by the fantastic Lake Bell). The plot is a little silly and thin, but leads to some fantastic set pieces, not least when Jess finds herself naked in Nick's room while he has brought Amanda back having regained his confidence. Schmidt and Winston are relegated to background characters, but their b-plot featuring a plethora of pop culture references was pretty funny.
New Girl has been much, much funnier than I thought it was going to be, being a very charming and highly amusing series. Zooey Deschanel is a fantastic sitcom lead, seemingly having found her forte, and with the rest of the cast also being good, this could be a series that runs for a while.
****
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