New Girl is one of the greatest comedies in history, which is finally going to appear on Netflix. The audiences went crazy at this bold middle-school teacher named Jess, who Zooey Deschanel, a fabulous actor with a powerful screen presence, plays. Her chaotic life is a solid means of entertainment and drama for us.
Not only Zoey Deschanel and Nick Johnson, but we also got to experience some of the best-supporting actors like Jamie Lee Curtis, Megan Fox, and Josh Gad. Here is a list of the 30 best episodes of New Girl that you can watch if you are in need of entertainment.
30. Pepperwood
- Director: Lynn Shelton
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Marcia Ann Burrs
- IMDb Rating: 7.9
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
In this episode, Nick decides to help. Jess finally unravels a student’s horrible secret. Edgar’s strange and isolated behavior worries everyone because he is seen as interested in murders. So, Nick tries to track him and even breaks into his home to gather evidence. Nick also spies on a quirky student in Jess’ class named Julius Pepperwood.
29. Clean Break
- Director: Trent O’Donnell
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Meaghan Rath
- IMDb Rating: 9
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
Clean Break marks the ending of season four, where the gang has to say goodbye to Coach. He is seen shifting to New York with his girlfriend, May. He promises to take nothing with him from the loft as he doesn’t want to leave Los Angeles heavy-hearted. But Jess is quite the friend you are going to cherish in your heart forever. She decides to persuade him to take at least one thing that would make him remember his dear housemates.
28. Cooler
- Director: Max Winkler
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Katie Wee
- IMDb Rating: 9
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
In the episode Cooler, Nick, Schmidt, and Winston plan to go to the bar to pick up women in order to unwind and relax. Meanwhile, Jess is not invited to the bar as she might be the reason they are not able to find women. So, she stays in the loft all by herself, cleaning the closets. Well, the boy’s plan didn’t go as anticipated. Nick and Schmidt were seen fighting over a strange woman named Holly.
27. Background Check
- Director: Lorene Scafaria
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Marques Ray, Mary Elizabeth Ellis
- IMDb Rating: 8.7
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
Winston was finally getting some good news regarding his job application at the Los Angeles Police Academy after a tiring application process. This episode embodies a strict security check. The gang members go out of their way to make sure everything is appropriate. Later, Jess discloses that she has drugs in her closet. We all love the thrilling character of Jess, which is full of surprises, isn’t it?
26. Landing Gear
- Director: Erin O’Malley
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Meaghan Rath, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Hannah Simone
- IMDb Rating: 8.8
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
Landing Gear marks the end of season five. Schmidt and Cece are finally getting married after five years of an off-and-on relationship. But, any wedding is not completed without a little bit of melancholy that comes with it. Cece is deeply overpowered by sorrow because her mother refused to attend her wedding as her fiancé belongs to a different religious background. In order to persuade her to the wedding, Schmidt himself catches a flight to talk to Cece’s mom. Such a gentleman Schmidt is!
25. Elaine’s Big Day
- Director: Jake Kasdan
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Taylor Swift, Satya Bhabha
- IMDb Rating: 8.6
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
In this New Girl episode, Schmidt’s lover is getting married to Shivrang. He decides to stop the wedding ceremony as he can’t see them together. While Cece is struggling with her mixed feelings about the wedding, Nick and Jess reveal their relationship.
24. Virgins
- Director: Alec Berg
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Dennis Farina, Brenda Song, Satya Bhabha
- IMDb Rating: 8.4
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
This New Girl episode starts with Jess receiving a message from Teddy and Cece mentioning how awkward Jess’s first sexual encounter was. The rest of the gang members pull out the story of each other’s first time in order to decide who has the most humiliating incident.
23. Prince
- Director: Fred Goss
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Ana Beatriz Barros, Hannah Welton, Prince
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
Through this New Girl episode, we were able to witness one of the major guest star appearances. Prince throws a party to which Cece and Jess are invited. Meanwhile, Jess has a slight panic attack when Nick Miller confesses his feelings to her.
The private moment shared by Nick and Jess is the focal point of this episode. Meanwhile, Prince gives her some words of wisdom. Fans greatly adored the rocking musical number by the global pop star.
22. Engram Pattersky
- Director: Erin O’Malley
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Brian Posehn, Mick Jagger
- IMDb Rating: 8.3
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
It has been a month since Jess and Nick started their lives as a married couple. Everything was going fine until they got a call saying that everyone in the building needed to leave the place as soon as possible. It’s time to say goodbye to their faithful loft. Nick, Schmidt, Cece, Winston, and Jess couldn’t help remembering all the good and bad times they had had in the loft. This episode serves us some of the teary moments and also the bigger laughs, saying goodbye to all its dedicated viewers who stuck to the show for all seven seasons. This is one of the most heart-warming series finales in history. This is one of the best New Girl episodes to make your day a little brighter.
21. Quick Hardening Caulk
- Director: Lorene Scafaria
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Casey Adams, Odette Annable
- IMDb Rating: 8.4
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
Quick Hardening Caulk features the evolution of Jess and Nick’s relationship. Jess finally makes the much-awaited confession regarding her feelings for Nick. But things take an upsetting turn for her when Nick’s new boss seems to be attracted to him.
Meanwhile, Schmidt couldn’t help her feelings for Cece. Winston tries to take him on a trip to an aquarium, where Schmidt weirdly falls madly in love with a lionfish. Afterward, he buys his own fish tank for the loft.
20. Spiderhunt
- Director: Steve Welch
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Zoe Lister-Jones, Damon Wayans
- IMDb Rating: 8.2
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
In this episode, the gang members fear a spider that makes its way into the building. Cece admits that Schmidt’s confession is what makes her stay away from the loft. Meanwhile, Jess persuades her best friend to help them get the giant spider out of the building.
19. San Diego
- Director: Trent O’Donnell
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Rob Reiner, Michael Naughton, Donna Pescow, Steve Agee
- IMDb Rating: 8.1
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
This New Girl episode finally unravels the show’s much-anticipated mystery, and that is Schmidt’s revealing his first name. This episode also features flashbacks of their college years that quench the queries on why Schmidt decided to skip his first name.
Meanwhile, Nick, who Jake Johnson plays, is unable to confront the status of his relationship with Reagan. He avoids her to the point where he takes a train to San Diego just to stay away from her.
18. Birthday
- Director: Richie Keen
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Jamie Lee Curtis, June Diane Raphael
- IMDb Rating: 8.3
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
Jess likes to spend her birthdays at the theatres watching movies. But when Nick asks her to spend the birthday with him, Cece gets concerned that she might end up getting disappointed. But as we all know, Nick has a major surprise party planned for Jess.
17. A Chill Day in
- Director: Erin O’Malley
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Fred Melamed, Nelson Franklin, Michael Patrick McGill
- IMDb Rating: 8.1
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
In this adventurous episode of New Girl, Jess, and Cece accidentally ruin the present given to the couple by Schmidt’s mom. They both spend the entire day trying to fix it before her fiancé gets to know about it.
16. Wedding Eve
- Director: Trent O’Donnell
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Megan Fox, Ralph Ahn, Nasim Pedrad
- IMDb Rating: 8.1
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
Wedding Eve showcases the day before Cece’s wedding. Schmidt asks for Nick’s help in rewriting the wedding vows. Meanwhile, Jess finds a diamond ring in Sam’s jacket, and she thinks he has a proposal planned for her. So, the whole night she does whatever she can to stay away from him.
15. Thanksgiving IV
- Director: Fred Goss
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Julian Morris, Adam Huber
- IMDb Rating: 8.1
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
It’s weirdly saddening how everyone is single at the same time on Thanksgiving day. To cheer them up, Schmidt presents an interesting game for the day in which every gang member needs to bring one guest that goes with one of the gang members. This sexual version of Secret Santa was the most intriguing part of the series. They called it Bangsgiving, and just like the name, things get a lot weirder in this episode.
14. Goldmine
- Director: Russ T. Alsobrook
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Michael Stahl-David, Erik Durbin
- IMDb Rating: 8.1
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
In the Goldmine episode, Jess dates a man called Ian. She is worried about his reaction when he finds out that she still lives with her ex-boyfriend. Nick decides to pretend that he is gay in order to relieve Ian.
Meanwhile, Winston meets two women, and he instantly gets attracted to them. He plans to be nice and gentle towards them so that he can be able to romance them later on. This is one of the funniest episodes of New Girl.
13. Parking Spot
- Director: Fred Goss
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Brenda Song, Satya Bhabha
- IMDb Rating: 8.1
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
Nick and Jess finally get to spend time alone to talk about the status of their relationship in the Parking Spot episode. The episode begins with Schmidt finding a perfect parking spot that comes with the apartment, and we see the gang members quarreling over who deserves the parking spot.
12. Santa
- Director: Craig Zisk
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Olivia Munn, David Walton
- IMDb Rating: 8.2
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
The gang members get to spend their Christmas at different Christmas parties in the Santa episode. This is the perfect opportunity to hang out with themselves before they pay a visit to the families on the holiday. Through this episode, we get to experience Olivia Munn as Nick’s girlfriend, Angie. She is a thrilling and bold woman, and Nick is intimidated by her personality and aura.
The whole night Jess keeps bumping into Sam over and over again. It is later revealed how Sam is following her and wants to get back together.
11. Secrets
- Director: David Wain
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Katrina Bowden, Sasha Neboga
- IMDb Rating: 8.1
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
The Secrets episode reveals how Schmidt and Cece have been sleeping together for weeks. Jess was furious when she found out their secret. Meanwhile, Jess is stunned to hear that everyone in the loft is sexually attracted to her at some point. Therefore, she makes up her mind to be less attractive when she is around the loft.
10. Teachers
- Director: Trent O’Donnell
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Wayne Federman, Lisa Bonet
- IMDb Rating: 8
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
In this episode, Lisa Bonet appears as a bohemian motivational guru named Brenda. Jess attends her conference with Coach and her crush Ryan. It seems as if Jess couldn’t stop crushing on him. The writers keep throwing awkward situations at them, which Jess is anxious to avoid.
Back in the loft, Nick, Schmidt, and Winston plan a boy’s weekend full of fun and madness. But things get weirder when they realize Schmidt doesn’t have any idea how to do laundry. The rest of the episode follows the guys teaching each other some basic life skills.
9. Winston’s Birthday
- Director: Max Winkler
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Curtis Armstrong, Mary Lynn Rajskub
- IMDb Rating: 8
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
Winston is thrilled about the surprise party that the gang members might be planning to throw. But the situation is the exact opposite as no one seems in the mood to conduct any party.
Meanwhile, Jess’ father appears out of nowhere, making things awkward for Jess and Nick. Jess is seen struggling with her new job while keeping up with her duties regarding Cece’s wedding.
8. Table 34
- Director: Tristram Shapeero
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Meera Simhan, David Walton
- IMDb Rating: 8.1
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
Cece is seen attending an Indian marriage convention in an attempt to find a new partner. Schmidt accompanies her to the event in order to stop her from getting a new boyfriend. Nick, Winston, and Jess are going to the event to support their friends. This episode showcases how Jess wants to talk about the romantic moment between her and Nick, but he tries to ignore it.
7. The Landlord
- Director: Peyton Reed
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Jeff Kober, Gillian Vigman, Steve Humphreys
- IMDb Rating: 8
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
In this episode, we are introduced to the unusual landlord. The boys confess to Jess that their rental contract has been falsely made, and Winston was not added to the lease when Coach abandoned the loft. The situation gets a little weirder when a major truth is revealed. New Girl is well-versed in the art of creating panic among its viewers, isn’t it?
6. Curse Of The Pirate Bride
- Director: Josh Greenbaum
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Danielle Rockoff, Brian Huskey
- IMDb Rating: 7.9
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
The much-awaited wedding of Nick and Jess finally happens in season seven. When the couple doesn’t follow the old superstition of not seeing each other before the wedding, they seem to jinx the wedding. Jess hurts her eye and is forced to wear an eye patch on her D-Day, while Nick sees her very first novel going downhill.
5. Landline
- Director: Trent O’Donnell
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Damon Wayans Jr., Anna Konkle
- IMDb Rating: 7.9
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
The episode features the gang members installing a traditional wired landline phone when Nick’s room is the only place in the loft where they can install a cell phone reception. Nick becomes used to taking messages from everyone, and as a result, he gets too involved in their private lives.
4. Five Stars For Breezus
- Director: Erin O’Malley
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Nasim Pedrad
- IMDb Rating: 9.1
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
After six long years of waiting, the audience finally got to experience Nick and Jess finally starting a relationship. This moment is going to be cherished by the fans for decades. Nick hears some good news as a publishing house wants to sign him up for a book deal. New Girl fans couldn’t have been more overjoyed after witnessing their heartfelt chemistry.
3. Fancyman, Part 2
- Director: Matt Shakman
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Kali Hawk, Martin Starr
- IMDb Rating: 7.9
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
Jess and Russell finally got a chance to go on a date. But she didn’t seem to be handling the age gap very well. Russell starts giving mixed signals to her while she is seen trying to find the answers regarding what he is looking for in a relationship.
2. Naked
- Director: Jake Kasdan
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
- Cast: Jake, Max, Zooey, Lamorne Morris, Molly Bryant, Aedin Mincks
- IMDb Rating: 8
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
Nick manages to crack a date with her beautiful coworker Amanda. It has been a long time since he had gone on a date after his breakup with Caroline. But his evening gets ruined when Jess accidentally sees him naked, causing him to have lower self-esteem.
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1. Operation: Bobcat
- Director: Steve Welch
- Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether, Lamar Woods, Sophia Lear
- Cast: Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield, Lamorne Morris, Gordon Ramsay
- IMDb Rating: 7.7
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus Hotstar
This holiday episode is during Valentine’s Day. While Jess is single on this romantic holiday, she spends the day watching some cooking shows trying to convince the gang that there is nothing wrong with her.
Schmidt attempts to impress the boss while expecting a big promotion. His plans get interrupted when Cece shows up at the office for their Bone-iversary. It creates an awkward scene leaving him disappointed.
Conclusion:
New Girl is blessed with seven incredible seasons that make the viewers giggle and cry throughout the series. New Girl was released in 2011 and ran for seven long years. The fans immensely praised the character of Jess, which Zooey Deschanel plays. The characters of the New Girl series are truly works of art.
