This podcast covers New Girl Season 5, Episode 7, Wig, which originally aired on February 16, 2016 and was written by David Feeney and directed by Christine Gernon.
Here’s a quick recap of the episode:
With Reagan newly moved into the loft, Nick is mystified by her presence causing trouble for Schmidt and Cece. Winston meanwhile is determined to get to know Regan more and helps her with a break-up.
This episode got a 6.5/10 rating from Kritika whose favorite character was Schmidt and Kelly rated this episode a 7/10 and her favorite character was Winston!
Episode Sections:
(00:00) Welcome
(01:55) Episode Recap: Nick and Reagan
(27:03) Episode Recap: Winston Wants to be Friends with Reagan
(41:24) Schmidtism
(43:44) Pop Culture
(48:54) Guest Stars
(49:56) Trivia & Fun Facts + Bear Hunt
(53:12) Rating & Favorite Character
(56:06) Spoilers
While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:
Joan Allen - Winston shared that he has a sexual to-do list where number one on the list is actress Joan Allen.
Ken Burns Jazz - When Reagan ran into her at the park, Camilla shared that she was about to start binge-watching Ken Burns's Jazz.
“Stairway to Heaven” - Reagan identifies Schmidt's deal as that he would have to Shazam the song "Stairway to Heaven.”
Langley, VA - When deciding what lie to tell Nick, Schmidt noted that they couldn’t tell Nick that Reagan has a glass eye because he would think it’s “a government-issued camera taking pictures for Langley.”
Santa / Iron Chef - When listing the amount of places he had been broken up with, Winston mentioned Santa’s lap as one and the Kitchen Stadium on Iron Chef as another.
Beyoncé / “Drunk in Love” - Schmidt and Cece were trying to get Nick to trust Reagan despite their wig lie, noting Beyonce wears wigs and that Nick would trust Beyonce with his life. Then in the episode he sang some of her lyrics to her song “Drunk in Love”.
Shirley Temple - People in the episode could tell Winston had been dumped many times and one reason was because he ordered a Shirley Temple at the bar.
Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 7 Bonus Episode!
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