(1) Why Robbie? Are there other no men in L.A.? (2) For me - at this point - all further New Girl episodes are simply filler until the episode where Jess & Nick reunite.

That's what I heard too.

EXACTLY! And why was the mom flying in from Mumbai? Didn't Cece grow up in Oregon? Her mom also got a mention in season 4's episode LAXmas. (Cece was meeting her mom in NYC because Mama P wanted to meet Matt Lauer.) The cold, unfeeling Mama P of last night just didn't seem to fit with those other descriptions.