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New Girl Recap: Y Tu Landlord También (New York Magazine)

Last night's episode asked a question that has bedeviled philosophers and
religious thinkers for centuries: Are people fundamentally good or
fundamentally evil? Jess believes in basic human goodness because life has
generally treated her well, whereas Nick thinks people are essentially jerky
because that's been his experience. But when they decide to act out their
worldviews in a fight over their creepy landlord Remy, both of them discover
that they're wrong. Sometimes, humanity is neither good nor bad; sometimes
humanity is just a guy who lives in the basement and wants to experiment with
group sex.

The debate begins when a stranger in a truck pulls a gun on Nick and Jess
because he thinks they're stealing his parking space. Nick thinks the guy is
psycho, but Jess insists that he must be having a bad day, then she defuses
the situation with a series of cute apology faces and hand gestures. This is
exactly what Lizzy Caplan's character Julia was talking about last episode
when she cold-bloodedly assessed the power of Jess's girlie-helpless schtick:
"The big beautiful eyes, like a scared baby. I'm sure that gets you out of all
kinds of stuff."

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New York Magazine