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Season 2  "Parents"  2x8

Aired 11 years ago - Nov 20, 2012

Jess invites her divorced Mom and Dad over for Thanksgiving dinner and enlists Nick and Cece to help her with a "Parent Trap" to reunite them. Meanwhile, Schmidt's cousin, Big Schmidt, visits, and Winston manipulates them into an escalating battle to prove their manhood.

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Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 1
- Nice. - Coffee?
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 2
- Out! - Wow. So much love.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 3
Now, out of respect for you, I'm gonna stop using her name...
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 4
Didn't have a bookkeeper, accountant, or anything.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 5
Otherwise, it's identical.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 6
- That could work. - What could work?
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 7
Or 'The Inn Heading for Bankruptcy'? Kind of long, but nice.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 8
Therefore, delivering it was beyond my official obligations...
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 9
Not some cigar-chomping, dirty-dealing city slicker.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 10
- I'm gonna go sit down. - Do that, sweetie.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 11
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 12
even though it's a completely different berry.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 13
Could Sookie and I talk to you for a couple minutes?
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 14
so tell me what's on your mind.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 15
- We'd actually like to buy it. - Buy the Dragonfly?
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 16
You are going to be so successful.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 17
I'm the last Westin left, so I plan to own it forever.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 18
What happens to the place if you... If forever isn't quite forever?
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 19
- Well, if you... - Take a long vacation.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 20
Okay. I mean a longer vacation than a trip to California.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 21
And with that being the case...
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 22
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 23
- with a 1000-yard Asian stare thrown in. - That should do it.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 24
A crime was committed right in front of my store!
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 25
- Meaning that there were two crimes. - What?
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 26
I don't know. I got here, and this is what I found.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 27
Who'd be depraved enough to pull a stupid prank like this?
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 28
When an auditor wants to know why you need such large amounts of those?
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 29
You, me, Rory, Jackson, Michel, everyone, gray hair, walking around with canes...
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 30
Not necessarily. Did you look up angina? I forgot to.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 31
- You're kidding. When? - I just spotted her walking in.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 32
And you're both too beautiful.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 33
I had a feeling that a lovely woman was going to be visiting today...
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 34
I didn't get that, either. Did you get the tapes I sent you?
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 35
It's a little slow now, so it's no problem.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 36
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 37
- Mia, you know anything about toasters? - Not a damn thing.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 38
- Drag. You know that blue coat? - You're not getting it.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 39
You don't need me down here, do you?
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 40
How very John Birch Society of you.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 41
- You were a Trekkie? - I was not a Trekkie.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 42
- Luke, I need to talk to you right now. - What is it, Taylor?
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 43
- Are you gonna listen? - What's this got to do with me?
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 44
- What are you gonna do about it? - About what?
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 45
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 46
You are impossible!
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 47
Do you realize it was 15 years ago, almost to the day?
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 48
Well, IBM had turned me down for the CEO slot, so I was desperate.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 49
- Well, they were so slow. - You were special.
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 50
Without you, I wouldn't know what to do. I'd be lost.

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Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 2
- Out! - Wow. So much love.
#2
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 3
Now, out of respect for you, I'm gonna stop using her name...
#3
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 4
Didn't have a bookkeeper, accountant, or anything.
#4
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 5
Otherwise, it's identical.
#5
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 6
- That could work. - What could work?
#6
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 7
Or 'The Inn Heading for Bankruptcy'? Kind of long, but nice.
#7
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 8
Therefore, delivering it was beyond my official obligations...
#8
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 9
Not some cigar-chomping, dirty-dealing city slicker.
#9
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 10
- I'm gonna go sit down. - Do that, sweetie.
#10
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 11 #11 Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 12
even though it's a completely different berry.
#12
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 13
Could Sookie and I talk to you for a couple minutes?
#13
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 14
so tell me what's on your mind.
#14
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 15
- We'd actually like to buy it. - Buy the Dragonfly?
#15
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 16
You are going to be so successful.
#16
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 17
I'm the last Westin left, so I plan to own it forever.
#17
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 18
What happens to the place if you... If forever isn't quite forever?
#18
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 19
- Well, if you... - Take a long vacation.
#19
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 20
Okay. I mean a longer vacation than a trip to California.
#20
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 21
And with that being the case...
#21
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 22 #22 Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 23
- with a 1000-yard Asian stare thrown in. - That should do it.
#23
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 24
A crime was committed right in front of my store!
#24
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 25
- Meaning that there were two crimes. - What?
#25
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 26
I don't know. I got here, and this is what I found.
#26
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 27
Who'd be depraved enough to pull a stupid prank like this?
#27
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 28
When an auditor wants to know why you need such large amounts of those?
#28
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 29
You, me, Rory, Jackson, Michel, everyone, gray hair, walking around with canes...
#29
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 30
Not necessarily. Did you look up angina? I forgot to.
#30
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 31
- You're kidding. When? - I just spotted her walking in.
#31
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 32
And you're both too beautiful.
#32
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 33
I had a feeling that a lovely woman was going to be visiting today...
#33
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 34
I didn't get that, either. Did you get the tapes I sent you?
#34
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 35
It's a little slow now, so it's no problem.
#35
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 36 #36 Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 37
- Mia, you know anything about toasters? - Not a damn thing.
#37
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 38
- Drag. You know that blue coat? - You're not getting it.
#38
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 39
You don't need me down here, do you?
#39
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 40
How very John Birch Society of you.
#40
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 41
- You were a Trekkie? - I was not a Trekkie.
#41
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 42
- Luke, I need to talk to you right now. - What is it, Taylor?
#42
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 43
- Are you gonna listen? - What's this got to do with me?
#43
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 44
- What are you gonna do about it? - About what?
#44
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 45 #45 Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 46
You are impossible!
#46
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 47
Do you realize it was 15 years ago, almost to the day?
#47
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 48
Well, IBM had turned me down for the CEO slot, so I was desperate.
#48
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 49
- Well, they were so slow. - You were special.
#49
Recap of New Girl Season 2 Episode 8 (S02E08) - 50
Without you, I wouldn't know what to do. I'd be lost.
#50