I'm guessing it was in reference to the drinking age of 21, but yeah it sounds weird like that.

Coach works the best when he's paired in scenes with either Cece or Jess. I don't know what it is, but when the plot has him with the guys, he just ends up taking on the whatever is the "missing" trait in the scene. He's actually his own character when he's with the girls. He's also GREAT working with kids, so I…

I think he was committed to the pilot before they brought him on for the entire season.

It's Ernie. They said it once before (Clavado, I think), but Jess said it when Foster handed her the stack of newest hires to fire.

Could people actually tell he was gone? I barely noticed. I thought it was actually a really great way to open up their world a little bit, like in Exes with the 3 guys taking their dates over there. Schmidt was still in just as many loft scenes as before. Other than forcing Nick and Jess to stay in one room and…

I have a feeling people are going to be disappointed when/if he gets more A plots, because I think he works BECAUSE his lines are always stuck in the middle of everything else that's going on. When he's the main focus of the episode, the show loses an entire layer of those random moments. I think that's why those…

Because you wanted to be alone, and you really LOVE being alone, but you really ARE alone. The quiet is awesome, but then it's kind of scary because you're not used to it, but oh WAIT, I want to go do that because I NEVER GET TO DO THAT. LOL!!! Overstimulation and hyper-awareness of self all at the same time. :-)

I actually thought the hotel room thing was incredibly realistic. Calling the front desk was hilarious, because she wanted so badly to be alone and LOVED it, but then she craved human contact so much that she was trying to have an in depth conversation with the operator about good porn. The running around and…

It's never about what this show does, it's all in how they do it. Bringing Abby in as this crazy, unexpected force of nature was just brilliant. She was like a tornado spinning around the periphery just exposing all the cracks, and what she left behind was the typical "wreckage" of life hitting you in the face when…

Honestly, I think some of it might be the screen. I've been having trouble when I watch an episode on HULU, but on my tv/DVR recording it looks fine. That being said though, it should NOT be that noticeable between different platforms. I think they have to be careful when they shoot scenes that happen at night…

She's very inconsistent from one episode to the next. Sometimes, like last night, they take her even a step beyond how annoying she could be at the beginning of the first season.

She's her sister, not her twin. I actually thought the casting was perfect.

Especially Schmidt's drawn out, "Niiiiiick".

It's definitely more about Jess knowing exactly how this is all going to go down, and less about actual concern for Abby herself. Even when she was looking for an apartment, she was looking out more for who Abby could target. It's not about saving Abby, it's about saving people FROM Abby.

They all just seem completely enamored by her wild nature and embracing her crazy as something fun and new (like the knife game). She messed with Winston's head, she forced Cece and Coach to talk about their date, she's shaking things up a little with Nick and Jess. She even pushed Cece with the "paper thin"…

I'm left confused after this one. "Did I like it? Did I NOT like it?" I can't figure out where I stand on it. I don't love Abby, but I have a feeling I'm going to love how Abby changes these characters into the newer versions of themselves once she leaves. The "problem" with this show, is that you have trust in…

I didn't like Jess in this episode, but in the context of her knowing what Abby is capable of and how this all usually goes down, it at least makes sense. I do like seeing the contrast of Abby vs. Jess and how it's disrupted the loft, and it's helping to set up some nice story arcs to finish the season. Schmidt is…

She was very good at the drama on ER and Mad Men, but she really shines in comedies with some dark humor and emotional weight to them. New Girl is such a great fit for her after playing Lindsey Weir.

And really, what are you supposed to do, develop every character at once? I mean, isn't that kind of what they tried to do with THIS episode and almost failed? You can't have character growth and huge story arcs for everyone at the same time. I don't know where it came from, but people have somehow come to expect…

I find Schmidt to be the biggest problem this season. If Nick and Jess were going to lose some of the "tension/humor" by being the happy couple, then Schmidt should have been able to MORE than make up for it. Especially with Winston and Coach to bounce off of. Last week was a perfect example of what they can do with…