Taking full advantage of FOUR’s advance screening of New Girl (which you can also do here), the wait was finally over – it was time to see what the much-hyped New Girl was all about. And straight up – I wasn’t disappointed at all.
The series opens with Jess, describing how she caught her boyfriend having an affair, and the resulting break-up. On her quest to find new roommates, she meets 3 very different guys, all living together – Schmidt, a ladies man, ‘Coach’, a personal trainer who doesn’t know how to talk to girls, and Nick, who’s caught in the middle of the other two (as a side-note, Coach is actually replaced after the pilot, as he wanted to continue pursuing his role as Brad on Happy Endings). Her quest abruptly ends here, and hilarious encounters and antics ensue.
Jess isn’t your ordinary girl – she likes to sing to herself, has an obsession with Dirty Dancing, and is quirky to say the least – all of which is executed very well by Zooey Deschanel. That, plus the three male roommates, create the feeling that this series is going to be a rollercoaster of hilarity right from the get-go.
Although the series has the scent of sterotypical modern American subcultures (like those tagging people ‘douche’ and ‘broseph’), the smell of cliche-free quirkiness overpowers, and the two mesh perfectly together to create an interesting aroma.
The first episode closes with a real friendship forming between the unlikely 4 – who look after Jess when a seemingly perfect date goes awry.
I’ll definitely be tuning in for episode 2, which screens Tuesday 14th Feburary at 8:00pm on 
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New Girl – Tuesdays 8:00pm from Tuesday 7th February; the first episode is available on demand in advance.
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