New Girl - Episode 4.09 - Review: "Thanksgiving IV"
All in all, a good holiday-themed episode of New Girl. Nothing as ground breaking for the show like "Background Check", but it's been on a consistently good run for the past few episodes. In my opinion, the show works best when the roommates and Jess work together and try to help each other in their journey to figure out their lives. Obviously, the situation with Ryan was going to be the crux of the episode. Without Jess freaking out in each episode, it wouldn't be New Girl. I get that she is supposed to be lost in her life when it comes to finding someone to love, but it's a little much to see her constantly questioning herself. She could be a strong female character if she just stepped up and acted on her feelings. By the end of the episode she did take Nick's advice, but it seems like it's just the right thing to do at the moment. Things with Ryan won't last because eventually Jess will fear for losing her job or Ryan losing his job.
I thought it was fun to see Nick and Schmidt duel over Cece and Lucy. Schmidt's feelings for Cece are definitely going to be addressed, either during the mid-season finale or at the start of next year's run of episodes. I also feel like Nick may eventually fall for Jess again, or vice-versa. With two former lovers living in such close proximity, it's only a matter of time for it to happen again and I'm sure everyone will take a collective sigh. We hate to see it happen, but we know it's got to happen eventually.
Nick meeting Tran's granddaughter, Coach arm-wrestling, and the ridiculous timing of Jeff arriving culminated in a sweet ending for the loft. The music close-out may be a little cliched, but I think the episode warranted it with everyone having a fun end to the night. I do believe next week is the mid-season finale titled "LAXmas" where the gang plans trips to go home for the holidays, but ends up stranded at the airport. Tune in next week at 9PM to see if any of the relationship issues are brought up on an all-new New Girl.
Memorable Quotes:
"Plus he's British, so you know the sex will be weirdly polite." - Coach
"Why didn't you tell me you were setting me up with one of the guardians of the galaxy!" - Coach
