New Girl [Fox - Spoilers]

pickarooney

They don't seem to be able to juggle all the characters at once. Winston is now finally a good character but Nick and Schmidt have gotten weaker. They either don't know how to use CeCe or she's just not a natural comedian.

FreudianSlippers

pickarooney wrote: »

They don't seem to be able to juggle all the characters at once. Winston is now finally a good character but Nick and Schmidt have gotten weaker. They either don't know how to use CeCe or she's just not a natural comedian.

Interesting - I actually thought CeCe/Winston combo was some of the funnier stuff this season!

pixelburp

I think CeCe works better ATM when paired up with anyone who isn't Schmidt; that particular combo has slipped into the standard set of sitcom wedding-planning tropes so there's little potential there. As said, her team-ups with Winston have been pretty great: then it's some 'classic CeCe-and-Winston mess around'!

Patty O Furniture

Mitch Connor wrote: »

i'm still liking it. Winston being a cop and his interactions with the two partners he has had has been funny. Schmidt still has some brilliant lines and interactions too. I do miss Coach though.

Coach just turned up, impersonating a cop on Brooklyn 9-9, if Winston hears about this (on E4 tonite)

Basq wrote: »

Just caught up with the latest episode now..

.. this series has become unwatchable!

It's a bit hit & miss, not as much a laff riot as it used to be, i suppose after 5 seasons!

crazyderk

Well myself and the OH have officially given up on the show. its jsut gone that awful it really is unwatchable.

irish son

One of my major problems with sitcoms is when they take a character, in this case Schmidt, who was a great character in the first 2 seasons and they take one of the most funny elements of his character, the fact he's a single, kind of sleazy ladies man and then they put him in a relationship Same thing with Howard in the Big Bang Theory and I'm sure there are multiple other examples.

I know some people will disagree with me on this but I don't want character development in my sitcoms, I just want them to be funny first and foremost and these changes are taking away one of the elements that made these shows so funny in the first place.

pixelburp

irish son wrote: »

One of my major problems with sitcoms is when they take a character, in this case Schmidt, who was a great character in the first 2 seasons and they take one of the most funny elements of his character, the fact he's a single, kind of sleazy ladies man and then they put him in a relationship Same thing with Howard in the Big Bang Theory and I'm sure there are multiple other examples.

I know some people will disagree with me on this but I don't want character development in my sitcoms, I just want them to be funny first and foremost and these changes are taking away one of the elements that made these shows so funny in the first place.

You can't not have some form of character developmnent if the humans within the script are even vaguely self aware or vulnerable, emotional beings. There are only so many you can hit a guy with a pie to the face before you have to make him start avoiding the pies. Otherwise it's just a cartoon.

You say you don't want development, but it's everywhere in some forms or another, and the shows that go the most stale and tedious are usually those that steadfast refuse to let its casts grow or change (step forward Modern Family for instance). Heck even the most sitcomy of sitcoms like Big Bang Theory has let it's characters develop. I think what you're objecting is that you just don't like this particular development.

Personally, I hate the sleazy types on sitcoms, and Schmidts appeal was more about his blatant hen pecking and high maintenance, coupled with his mothering of Nick. The CeCe plot has neutered him entirely and that kinda sucks, but I like how the show has otherwise gently nudged its characters forward towards some form of growth and emotional maturity.

pickarooney

Characters can develop without the dull predictability of loving relationships and emotional maturity.

On rhe orher hand, none of Seinfeld's characters ever really developed and the show didn't really go stale at all.

Dtp1979

What channel is the new series on?

Patty O Furniture

pickarooney wrote: »

Characters can develop without the dull predictability of loving relationships and emotional maturity.

On the other hand, none of Seinfeld's characters ever really developed and the show didn't really go stale at all.

I feared the worse when George was getting married to Susan, but that was dealt with in a funny way, still remembered to this day
Jerry always had something wrong with each woman he saw, like 'manhands'

Elaine's 'Spongeability', don't ask

Kramer - he'll always be The Assman :cool:

Dtp1979 wrote: »

What channel is the new series on?

RTE 2 - Thursday@9 - ep4 afaik

Dtp1979

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

I feared the worse when George was getting married to Susan, but that was dealt with in a funny way, still remembered to this day
Jerry always had something wrong with each woman he saw, like 'manhands'

Elaine's 'Spongeability', don't ask

Kramer - he'll always be The Assman :cool:



RTE 2 - Thursday@9 - ep4 afaik

Ah feck. Saw it advertised on rte and assumed it was an old one.

Frank O. Pinion

Do people actually "develop" in real life? People always end up the way they started out. No one ever changes. They think they do but they don't. If you're the depressed type now that's the way you'll always be. If you're the mindless happy type now, that's the way you'll be when you grow up. You might lose some weight, your face may clear up, get a body tan, breast enlargement, a sex change, it makes no difference. Essentially, from in front, from behind. Whether you're 13 or 50, you will always be the same.

I, too, liked Schmidt the way he was.

JP Liz V1

Renewed

http://tvline.com/2016/04/12/new-girl-renewed-season-6-fox-renewal/

Patty O Furniture

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Renewed

http://tvline.com/2016/04/12/new-girl-renewed-season-6-fox-renewal/

I haven't got to the Megan Fox episodes yet, but i heard it was a ratings hit, until Deschanel came back :P

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

I haven't got to the Megan Fox episodes yet, but i heard it was a ratings hit, until Deschanel came back :P

Megan Fox definitely bounced off the rest of the cast a lot better than Deschanel ever has.

krustydoyle

My god ep 15 was the worst of the season..

Winstons new girlfriend was just stupid with the pranks

FreudianSlippers

krustydoyle wrote: »

My god ep 15 was the worst of the season..

Winstons new girlfriend was just stupid with the pranks

... isn't that the point? Anyone who watches the show should be aware that the whole joke is a reference to how awful Winston is at pranks; Sasha Rhonda is just as bad as Winston - which is evidenced by her leaving $300 as a prank at lunch.

pickarooney

This week's episodes were brilliant. Nicely dovetailed and they played off each other really well.

Also, proof that Jess is actually hilarious when given the material and that her boyfriend stories are the real Achilles heel of the show.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

pickarooney wrote: »

This week's episodes were brilliant. Nicely dovetailed and they played off each other really well.

Also, proof that Jess is actually hilarious when given the material and that her boyfriend stories are the real Achilles heel of the show.

Yeah agree with this. I actually thought Jess and CeCe's episode was stronger than the Nick, Winston, Schmidt one - which was surprising.

JP Liz V1

http://tvline.com/2016/07/28/megan-fox-new-girl-season-6-returning-reagan-spoilers/

Reagan will be back

Also Starring LeVar Burton

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

http://tvline.com/2016/07/28/megan-fox-new-girl-season-6-returning-reagan-spoilers/

Reagan will be back

Glad to hear this. Megan Fox fits in really well with the rest of the cast.

JP Liz V1

Brooklyn Nine Nine crossover http://tvline.com/2016/08/08/new-girl-brooklyn-nine-nine-crossover-fall-air-date-fox/

JP Liz V1

It has been renewed for final short season 7

http://ew.com/tv/2017/05/14/new-girl-final-season/

pixelburp

8 episodes should be enough to close out all the stories. Season 7 definitely felt like the end of the road anyway . Hopefully Deschenal doesn't get pregnant AGAIN, cos playing 'spot the bump' behind all those strategically placed cushions got a bit distracting

Basq

The death of the thread over the last few months says a lot...

.. watched most of last year, but it's well past it's prime.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

I thought it was consistently great this season and I would've been happy with the ending we got, but since it's coming back I think 8 episodes just to wrap things up and give everyone a send off is a great idea rather than drag it out just for the sake of filling 22 episodes.

pixelburp

Basq wrote: »

The death of the thread over the last few months says a lot...

.. watched most of last year, but it's well past it's prime.

I dunno, I think 6 seasons into any show it becomes a bit of a staple & a little harder to chat about ad-hoc. And while I wouldn't have said season 6 was New Girl at its peak, it was still frequently very funny. I never thought the Megan Fox plot line worked though, definitely felt like the first major misstep & so at least the show is bowing out now before those kind of missteps become more commonplace.

FreudianSlippers

I'm still enjoying the show tbh - I think the supporting cast has really come into their own this season for example - so I'm sad to see it ending, but glad we're going to get a proper ending.

JP Liz V1

Series finale tonight featuring an eviction

Dtp1979

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Series finale tonight featuring an eviction

What channel

ixoy

What a prank!

pixelburp

The show ended on a decent high; not too schmaltzy, with plenty of funny moments throughout. Taking 8 episodes to wrap things up was a good idea. And letting Winston have the last laugh was pretty genius; the man has the best bad pranks

JP Liz V1

The cast are uniting for 10th anniversary