New Girl - Episode 5.3 - Review: "Jury Duty"
In this episode of New Girl , Jess is summoned for jury duty while Nick contends with an oblivious Cece after she moves most of her belongings into the loft. "I guess I'll just talk to Cece and tel her she's a disgusting beast because I'm the man of the house." I totally understood where Nick was coming from; Cece did not sign the roommate agreement and did not care about throwing her clothes all over the loft. I am always fearful during a new move if you have to use Craigslist to find a roommate because there is only so much vetting you can do before you decide on a roommate and pray to God that they're not crazy or passive aggressive. Meanwhile, Jess meets a lawyer, guest star John Cho, who believes in the American judicial system just like Jess. The problem is the principal shattered his hip and the acting principal job is hers if she can get out of jury duty.
Schmidt decides the only way to settle the feud with Cece and Nick is for her to sign the roommate agreement outlining the agreements and adjusted pay rates for violating the agreement. At the same time, Winston is just trying to cover his tracks after accidentally hammering the hammer into the wall when he failed to hang a painting of dogs playing poker. To make matters worse, the entire siding on the wall completely falls apart. "There, I banged the thing." To Jess' dismay, she is chosen for jury duty and due to the sensitive nature of the case, will be sequestered aka Megan Fox is coming.
In the end, Cece decides to sign the roommate agreement so that Schmidt will leave the denim barn, literally a outlet of only denim. I thought the endgame with Nick and Cece was sweet; there are always growing pains when change occurs, especially when it's your living situation. The best thing the gang has going for them is just that; they are a gang that has each others' backs even when they don't agree on every situation that may come up. With Jess leaving, she wrote down helpful advice for the gang to follow while she's on "jury duty." The advice ending with "I know everything" was a nice way to leave the gang with and I'm excited to see the addition of Megan Fox. How Nick, Schmidt, Winston, and of course Cece deal with having her in the loft will make for an interesting set of episodes. I imagine the usual girl-on-girl animosity, but they could completely surprise us and have Megan Fox be just like Jess or completely against the stereotype she usually plays. Time will tell when Megan Fox arrives in the loft during Episode 6. Comment below with your thoughts on the episode and tune into New Girl Tuesday's at 8/7 central.
