New Girl Premiere

I began watching New Girl the second episode of season one. I loved the first two seasons. However, I was not impressed with last season at all. While all through the first two seasons, I was hoping for Jess and Nick to get together, the third season, which focused on the two dating, was a huge let down.

To me, the season seemed to be the characters screaming at one another with the occasional laughing moment tossed in. Needless to say, that is not what I want from a comedy show.

I came into the fourth season premiere, which aired Tuesday, September 16^th, with very low expectations after my disappointment from last season. However, I was pleasantly surprised. Zooey Deschanel’s quirky and awkward character Jess Day was back to her usual fun loving self, four months after she and Nick broke up in season three. Most of the episode occurred during a wedding, in which all of the friends were trying to find someone to go home with, and failing in their usual spectacular fashion.

Zooey Deschanel (Jess Day), Jake Johnson (Nick Miller), Max Greenfield (Schmidt)
New Girl Panel picture by Genevieve. Flikr

The episode focused on all five of the main character’s combined friendship, which is something last season lacked on. The dialogue was nearly back to its usual witty, if sometimes awkward and juvenile self, which first made me fall in love with the characters. Plus there was the added bonus of Schmidt making a Game of Thrones reference at the beginning. The episode also guest starred Jessica Biel as the funny and overbearing competitor to Jess while they both tried to court the best man.

I think this episode was very relatable. The beginning and the end focused on the group seeing other people their age getting married, buying houses, and so on while none of them know where their lives are going. However, the episode ended on a high note with all of them together, goofing off in the apartment. Scenes like the ending of this episode is why I watched New Girl in the first place.

This season is off to a much better start than the last, but I’m still a bit skeptical. Within the next few episodes, I’ll be deciding if New Girl is a show I want to stick with or not. But I am feeling more hopeful after this funny sweet premiere.