Who’s that girl?

It’s Jess! 

As sitcoms continue to take off, it was hard to choose just one that I wanted to write about. Eventually, I had to narrow it down to the one I really just wanted to watch over and over. What shoe can I put on aimlessly and at any moment enjoy what I am watching? 

“New Girl.” 

My brother and I just started rewatching this series and every time I am reminded why I find it so funny. 

This sitcom follows the new girl, Jess played by Zooey Deschanel, when she moves into a loft of three unique men. Her best friend also tags along for the journey and as per usual, hijinks ensue. 

Love stories break out between the characters, there are dramatic episodes and just funny moments. The show has a combination of everything you could want in a television show.  

There’s also just a variety of fun facts about the show online. The cast has guessed that about one-fifth of the show was improvised because of how much talent there was between them all. 

When researching for this very article to find tidbits or fun facts about the show that I could include in a more objective reason to like the show, I really found not much. But in every article two very specific things were mentioned. 

There are going to be spoilers very soon, so be aware. 

As we all know part of the sitcom troupe is the “on-again off-again” relationship between the main characters. In this show, Nick and Jess have an undeniable chemistry on set, but apparently so did their characters. 

Reportedly, the actors for Nick and Jess were told to limit their physical contact on screen because their chemistry was “too distracting.” They even had to choreograph the kiss, so that when one of the most explosive first-kisses on television finally happened, it would be one the audience would remember. 

The other fact often mentioned about “New Girl” is a game they play only a few, but significant, times in the show: True American. The drinking game sees the cast jumping on cushions across their apartment, shouting “JFK” and “FDR” in response, and making jokes about American history. 

What makes the game so interesting, however, is that it is never fully explained in the show. Even the writers of the show announced they never fully understood it, but it was intentional. They wanted the game to get more and more complex as the seasons went along.  

What really ties this all together is the fact that in the last episode of the show, the cast is once again playing this game with their kids, in their own houses. That is what gives this show its final edge. 

It can tie in one of the funniest and most complex parts of the show, with the emotional aspect of episode and season throughlines. It will manage to both make you laugh and cry while rooting for every one of the main characters. It won’t try to sell you on a political message or what the best and most moral thing for you to do is, but it will make your stomach hurt from laughter. 

So look it up. Take a chance. Play True American rules you find online. Just remember to always give your friend a cookie if they give you one.**

**This will make sense once you watch the show.