Just in Time for the Season Finale, Snakkle Looks Back at 10 Great New Girl Moments

Poor Jess. One day she’s happily teaching fourth grade and living with her boyfriend, and the next she’s on Craigslist looking for new roommates because said boyfriend cheated on her. Jess uproots herself and all her headbands and moves in with three guys who don’t comprehend her repeated Dirty Dancing viewings but appreciate her hot model friend. And so it begins.

After accidentally breaking the boys’ flat screen, Jess finds herself having to confront ex-boyfriend Spencer to get her stuff back. The boys come to support her, and eventually she tells Spencer off and retrieves her replacement TV!… which also comes to an unfortunate end.

Is there a better way to wrap up an evening filled with embarrassment and ex-girlfriend drama than with a slow chicken dance to Phil Collins? No, no there is not.

Naturally, Jess forms a handbell team to occupy troubled students at her school. At first it’s a dissonant mess, but after Winston joins and whips the kids into shape, they ring out an excellent version of "Eye of the Tiger."

Schmidt knows how to throw a party, but when he turns 29, Jess takes on the responsibility of securing a party bus for the occasion. The result is a tricked-out school bus complete with stripper pole, lighting, and awkward seating.

After one of Nick’s “home repairs” finally breaks the camel’s back (and lots of other stuff), Jess decides to take her problems to the landlord. Unfortunately, this put everyone’s living arrangements on the line since they were all off-lease. Luckily, Jess strikes up a bizarre friendship with the landlord and they come to an arrangement – but not before the boys panic and empty the contents of their rooms into the fire escape.

Jess’ quest for a Valentine’s Day one-night stand lands her in the uneasy arms of True Blood's sexy Bon Temps native Ryan Kwanten. Because this is Jess we’re talking about, the whole thing goes awry and nobody ends up one-night-standing anyone.

After being denied a cell phone because, according to Winston, he has “the credit score of a homeless ghost,” Nick is discouraged that Jess may date a wealthy parent at her school, Russell (Dermot Mulroney). He gets over that fast once he slips into one of Russell’s sweaters and tries on his life for a few minutes. We hope Nick’s still folding that sweater and not hanging it up.

In an effort to show Russell that her life is as important as his, Jess invites him over to the loft for the weekend. Naturally, it dissolves into everyone playing True American, a nonsensical history-based drinking game that seems like a cross between chess, Jeopardy!, and “hot lava.” You have to see it to believe it.

The unthinkable occurs: Schmidt has to manage to keep himself, er, un-aroused for an indefinite period of time due to an unfortunate sex-related injury. Fortunately for him, his hospitalization forces Cece to admit that she likes him… which causes him further pain downstairs. Although to be fair, Winston’s mention of fresh-baked bread causes the same reaction later.