“New Girl” is the kind of show that could’ve gone on forever, either on Fox (unlikely these days) or by searching for a new home via Netflix or Hulu. There’s a beauty in that, both in the story and outside of it. Therein lies the beauty of the prank ending: Closing this chapter of the gang’s lives is no longer something forced upon them they’re not required to leave so much as they choose to move on. Nick and Jess don’t move back into the loft, they move out. Though the group is wildly frustrated by this, they also collectively accept it. He spent six months building a website, and “you didn’t even visit the office!” He bribed Fawn Moscato (Zoe Lister-Jones) to take Jess’ call and confirm the building was being turned into a non-residential space. He asked a few friends (Sadie, Principal Foster, Brian Posehn’s unnamed Biology Teacher) to help him slide eviction notices under their door (so they wouldn’t suspect he was doing it).
“Winston, that’s just nice.” But then Winston gets into it: Engram Pattersky was all a prank. “Did you pay the rental fee?” Schmidt (Max Greenfield) says. “Prank Sinatra, baby!” Winston yells.Īt first, the group is unmoved. What matters is what comes next.Īs Nick slams the moving truck’s door, a giant picture of Winston greets the gang with “Gotcha!” written above his smiling visage. (The Trubisky jersey on Nick’s son is a nice, if slightly optimistic, touch.) But that’s not what matters. So when the reprieve came and an abbreviated final season was ordered, it felt more like a bonus epilogue than a long-awaited answer to any big question.Ĭreator Elizabeth Meriwether (who wrote the final episode) still finds a way to flash further forward into the future, as we see a family-friendly version of True American being played by the gang and their kids. Many thought “New Girl” would be axed without a proper goodbye, as it almost ended with Nick and Jess reuniting in the Season 6 finale.
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The tone doesn’t just fit the characters, but also where the series stands today. It’s sentimental, but not overly so, as members of the original group have slowly but steadily left the loft over the past few seasons. Memories are forced back into the present, Nick finally learns the rewards of moisturizer, and one last game of True American is played. With every new letter, the gang either ignored or missed the message, and each delay in acknowledgment seemed like a clear indicator as to how the series would end - and it was, just not the way anyone expected.Īfter finding the notice at the start of the finale, the episode is dedicated to remembering the loft and what happened there. Since the Season 7 premiere, eviction notices have been slipped under the door at apartment 4D.
Not too big, not too small, “Engram Pattersky” (which spells out “My Greatest Prank” - kudos to any eagle-eyed fans who unjumbled that anagram) is a dynamite closer because it tied into one of the show’s favorite pastimes (pranks) and provided closure to a series that started when Jess moved into the loft and ended when she moved out. (Winston getting his period and Winston trying to get two cats to have sex remain two of the most outlandish sitcom C-plots ever put to screen.)īut Winston and “New Girl” saved their greatest prank for last. Heck, most of the Winston-centric storylines were either bizarrely charming or extremely uncomfortable. Their big swing in the post-Super Bowl spot was the biggest miss of the series. The ongoing will-they-won’t-they romance of Nick (Jake Johnson) and Jess (Zooey Deschanel) got so complicated they had to set it aside until fear of cancellation set in. Winnie the Bish, aka the father who named his son Dan Bill Bishop while his wife was sleeping - I might not have even watched the finale that’s how worried I would’ve been about ending this particular broadcast sitcom with a jarring revelation instead of a heartwarming goodbye.Īfter all, “New Girl” struggled when it pushed itself into overly ambitious territory.
If you would’ve told me the final scene of “New Girl” would be a season-altering twist by Prank Sinatra himself - aka Winston Bishop (Lamorne Morris), aka.
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