Season 1 - Episode 10
Fox (US)
It's the dream team! Lizzy Caplan is guest starring alongside Zooey! I was in heaven watching this episode! All that was required to make it perfect would have been Alison Brie!
Caplan is playing Julia, Nick's new love interest, and she's a great addition to the episode, managing to fit in with the gang right away and interact well, unlike so many guest stars who just seem out of place (see Long, Justin in this very show). But her main arc looks like it will take place next week (or possibly two weeks, depending on what episode guide is correct), so it was all about Schmidt this week, and the surprise party that Jess threw for his 29th birthday.
The episode actually starts with Schmidt being forced to deposit $50 in the "douchebag jar" and we flashback to see exactly what he did to deserve such a punishment. There are some great moments, such as Jess ordering a "last minute stripper" on the phone, said stripper turning out to be a middle aged man, and Jess' boss becoming a drunken mess. It was pretty predictable at the end why Schmidt was having to pay the $50, but that didn't dampen the episode at all.
"The Story of the 50" showed exactly why New Girl has been the best of the freshman comedies this season. Zooey Deschanel is a brilliant sitcom lead, she's quirky, cute and very likeable. Her supporting cast are all interesting, developing characters, and the writing has been consistently solid. Now, I'd watch Zooey read from a phone book, but that doesn't make me biased. This was a pretty damn good episode regardless.
****
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