Last night on New Girl season 3, episode 12, “Basketsball,” a new friendship formed while Winston made a discovery about himself! Now you can read our recap and discuss the storyline with fellow fans.
Nick and Schmidt start the morning by pretending to be a band and Winston asks Schmidt for help in his career search. Although Schmidt doesn’t think Winston would be any good in marketing he agrees to let Winston shadow him.
Jess had a less successful morning and tells the guys about her trip to the drug store with Coach. She’s annoyed that Coach moved back in two months ago and she’s yet to make a connection with him. Even worse, on their way home from the drug store she was insulted when he introduced her as “his buddy’s girlfriend” when they ran into one of his friends.
Determined to find her way in with Coach, Jess asks Nick for help. He teaches her Coach 101, and that all he cares about during basketball season is watching Piston games. Jess thinks she can use basketball as her in but Nick isn’t so sure.
On top of letting Winston shadow him at work, Schmidt learns he has to train the new guy Ed, who also happens to be old enough to be his grandfather. Later, Schmidt takes them to the bar to work on networking. Winston admits to Cece that he doesn’t think marketing is for him. Schmidt admits a big idea to Ed that he wants to pitch to the board.
Nick gets annoyed when he walks in on Coach and Jess watching a Pistons game. Coach takes the opportunity to make fun of Nick for having a girlfriend that likes his rival team – trying to fit in with Coach, Jess does too. When Jess tries to get into bed with Nick later he refuses to give it up based on his loyalty to the Bulls. He wants Jess to like the Bulls and forbids her to like the Pistons.
The friends run into trouble when Nick continues his sex stand off with Jess. Schmidt gets blindsided by Ed who is going to present Schmidt’s idea to the board as his own. Jess gets a small victory when Nick caves and she has power over him now. While Winston talks Schmidt into getting back at Ed.
Desperate to get deeper into a friendship with Coach, she cuts the cord to their cable. When Coach suggests they get lunch she’s excited. Until he takes her to a sports bar to watch the game there. She cracks and admits she hates basketball. He hurts Jess again when he calls her his buddy’s girlfriend so she leaves.
Instead of helping Ed with his presentation Schmidt sabotages him by not printing hard copies of his proposal. Instead he sets up a powerpoint presentation which confuses Ed so much he decides to fake a heart attack to get out of it. The board is not impressed.
Nick caves and puts on the Pistons jersey in an attempt to get Jess to end the sex standoff. He is surprised to find Coach alone watching the game and then explains what happened before Jess left. So Nick tells Coach how to get in with Jess and become friends.
Everyone gets a happy ending when Nick and Jess make up, Winston realizes that he wants to pursue criminal justice, and Coach admits feelings to Jess effectively making them official friends.
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