This podcast covers New Girl Season 5, Episode 12, D-Day, which originally aired on March 22, 2016 and was written by Josh Malmuth and directed by Michael Schultz.
Here’s a quick recap of the episode:
When Cece gets called back to film for her gas station TV, Jess steps in to help a sleep-deprived Schmidt make wedding decisions. Meanwhile, Nick and Winston compete for who has the “harder job”.
This episode got a 9/10 rating from Kritika whose favorite character was Schmidt and Kelly rated this episode a 8.5/10 and her favorite character was Aly!
Episode Sections:
(00:00) Welcome
(01:54) Episode Recap: Who Has the Harder Job
(16:23) Episode Recap: Wedding Planning
(42:39) Schmidtism
(45:47) Pop Culture
(49:56) Guest Stars
(53:14) Trivia & Fun Facts + Bear Hunt
(58:07) Rating & Favorite Character
(1:01:00) Spoilers
While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - Schmidt compared the look of the calligraphy on one of the options for the wedding invitations to a Bone Thugs album.
Turducken - Winston shared, “I busted a poker room, which was a front for a crack house, which was a front for a brothel” and referred to this as a "crime turducken."
D-Day - Schmidt referred to the day of wedding tasks as “D-Day”, or "Decision Day," but really it’s a reference to the historic WWII invasion, D-Day. This was also the name of the episode.
The Black Keys - A poster for the band The Black Keys was visible on the wall of the bar office.
An Inconvenient Truth - Schmidt mentioned he had not had two hours of uninterrupted sleep since Cece made him watch the documentary An Inconvenient Truth.
Uncle Buck - Schmidt explained that his Dad missed all his major life events growing up, including when he played the “titular role” in a stage adaptation of the film Uncle Buck.
Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 12 Bonus Episode!
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