New Girl: ‘A Father’s Love’

‘A Father’s Love’ turned out to be a fairly fun episode, but one that fell short of bringing it all together the way we’ve started to get accustomed to from New Girl. The one-liners were flying at a high volume, so the laughs were consistently there.

But I just feel like we’ve all seen the storyline way too often where one of the characters Dad’s is a bit of a degenerate that stops by in their lives whenever it’s convenient for them. Denis Farina was cast perfectly for that role however, and I’m glad we got to see the interactions between him and Nick as it explains a good deal as to why Nick has turned out the way he has.

The ‘B’ story seemed very throw away though as Schmidt and Robby both attempt to spy on Cece as part of each of their respective attempts to win her back. Is anyone else buying how persistent Cece is being about finding an Indian suitor of her parents choosing? Has no one told her to at least try online dating or something to have some more options? Something tells me she’d have some takers. There were some fun Schmidt/Robby dialogue moments that made some of it salvageable but all in all it was too silly to really be memorable.

Other favorite moments:

• Feely Cup. Love the random, crazy games this group comes up with. Not so sure I’d be interested in playing this one though.
• Nick “angry fixing” the sink.
• “He looks like Hilary Swank mixed with a sad, wet dog.” – Jess describing Nick.
• “This is pretty much your basic broken hearted spy thing.” – Robby running into Schmidt.
• “No my name is not Jemile!” – Nick showing how gullible Jess is.
• “The Best Erotic Maribone Hotel.” – Schmidt describing Cece’s “orgy.”
• “I haven’t done laundry in 5 months.” – Nick.

What did everyone else think? Comments are always welcome.