Schmidt decided to start his own tradition this year on New Girl season 4, episode 9, “Thanksgiving IV.” Read our recap here!
Schmidt calls the gang together to make an announcement. He wants to throw Thanksgiving this year, but the theme is “Bangs-giving” where they each have to bring a date for another person. They all pick names out of a hat and Schmidt can’t help but smirk when he picks Cece.
When the day arrives, Jess brings Pearl for Winston. But he’s surprised to find that she’s the lunch lady. Coach also has a problem with the girl that Winston brought for him from the police academy.
Cece brought Lucy for Schmidt like he requested, but her date isn’t there yet. Nick picked his own name so he brought Tran. Schmidt is not pleased with this, but Nick wants to know why Schmidt is after his ex, Lucy. Coach went against Jess’ goal and invited Ryan.
Jess pulls Ryan aside and tells him that they can’t happen. She doesn’t want to lose the job that she’s worked hard to get. Ryan agrees to do his best to follow the rules.
Schmidt calls an emergency meeting to fix Bangs-giving. Coach tells Jess to just go for Ryan and everyone else agrees. Nick also wants a vote on whether or not Schmidt should be allowed to date Lucy. No one cares what Schmidt does with Lucy.
Trying to mess with Schmidt, Nick pretends to flirt with Cece. Of course, Schmidt immediately notices. Jess also decides to take her friends’ advice and makes a move on Ryan. But he genuinely has feelings for her and doesn’t want to just hook up once.
After talking with Cece, Nick admits that he didn’t bring a date to the dinner because he feels terrible hooking up with the girls from his bar. Wisely, Cece tells him that he’d be happier dating someone that makes him happy but is afraid of getting hurt again.
Ryan is surprised when Jess shows up at his house. She admits that she does want more for them. Despite saying they will take it slow, they move on to the bedroom.
Nick decides that Cece was right and he needs to find the right girl to date. Talking with Tran, he says he wishes he could find a girl with his personality. Just in time for Tran’s granddaughter to show up.
It looks like Coach and his date aren’t going to make a connection. Until they arm wrestle and she lets him win. For whatever reason, that turns Coach on.
Geoff finally shows up to the loft, Schmidt’s friend who Cece thought was made up. When he backs up Schmidt’s story for why he was late, Cece pretends not to speak English and shoos him out. Then spends the rest of the night playing board games with Schmidt.
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