This podcast covers New Girl Season 5, Episode 9, Heat Wave, which originally aired on March 1, 2016 and was written by Matt Fusfeld and Alex Cuthbertson and directed by Erin O’Malley. 

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

Nick and Reagan duke it out over cooling the loft — Nick cobbles together a makeshift “fan‑pool” system while Reagan simply installs a real air conditioner. Meanwhile, Winston pulls out his “cop voice” with Schmidt and Cece, to encourage Cece to go to her dream newscaster audition. 

This episode got an 8/10 rating from Kritika and a 6.5/10 from Kelly and we both had the same favorite character: Winston!

Episode Sections:

(00:00 ) Welcome 

(01:30 ) Episode Recap: Cece + Schmidt

(17:12 ) Episode Recap: Reagan + Nick

(42:27 ) Schmidtism

(44:11 ) Pop Culture

(53:13 ) Guest Stars

(54:47 ) Trivia & Fun Facts + Bear Hunt

(01:00:21 ) Rating & Favorite Character

(01:03:18 ) Spoilers

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

• Picabo Street - When in Reagan’s room with the AC unit, the loft mates try on Jess’ winter coats because they are so cool. Winston thought he was like Olympic skier Picabo Street. 

• Arnold Schwarzenegger - Schmidt was trying to do his own cop voice but it sounded more like Arnold Schwarzenegger.

• Chicago Cubs / World Series - When Nick blew the power in the whole building, Reagan said “I hope that the Chicago Cubs win the World Series while you're in a coma.” 

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 9 Bonus Episode!

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