List of New Girl episodes

New Girl is an American television sitcom that premiered on Fox on September 20, 2011. Zooey Deschanel stars as Jessica "Jess" Day, a well-liked and bubbly woman who is trying to get over her surprise breakup with her boyfriend. With the help of her best friend Cece (Hannah Simone), she finds a new place to stay when she moves in with three single guys: Nick Miller (Jake Johnson), an underachieving bartender; Schmidt (Max Greenfield), who thinks of himself as a modern-day Casanova; and Coach (Damon Wayans, Jr.), who leaves the series in the next episode and is replaced by Winston Bishop (Lamorne Morris), a former professional athlete who achieved modest success abroad and is adjusting to life back in the United States. Coach reappears in the series during seasons three, four, five, six, and seven.

On May 14, 2017, the series was renewed for a seventh and final season, which featured eight episodes. On January 4, 2018, it was announced that the seventh and final season would premiere on April 10, 2018, and also it would end with a one-hour series finale, which was aired on May 15, 2018.

During the course of the series, 146 episodes of New Girl aired over seven seasons.

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired Rank Viewers
(in millions)
First aired Last aired
1 24 September 20, 2011 May 8, 2012 61 8.22
2 25 September 25, 2012 May 14, 2013 77 5.85
3 23 September 17, 2013 May 6, 2014 103 4.61
4 22 September 16, 2014 May 5, 2015 138 3.42
5 22 January 5, 2016 May 10, 2016 125 3.69
6 22 September 20, 2016 April 4, 2017 133 2.93
7 8 April 10, 2018 May 15, 2018 171 2.18

Episodes

Season 1 (2011–12)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
1 1 "Pilot" Jake Kasdan Elizabeth Meriwether September 20, 2011 1ATM79 10.28
2 2 "Kryptonite" Jake Kasdan Elizabeth Meriwether September 27, 2011 1ATM01 9.28
3 3 "Wedding" Jason Winer Donick Cary October 4, 2011 1ATM04 8.65
4 4 "Naked" Jake Kasdan J. J. Philbin November 1, 2011 1ATM02 7.42
5 5 "Cece Crashes" John Hamburg Rachel Axler November 8, 2011 1ATM03 6.84
6 6 "Thanksgiving" Miguel Arteta Berkley Johnson November 15, 2011 1ATM06 6.91
7 7 "Bells" Peyton Reed Luvh Rakhe November 29, 2011 1ATM05 7.59
8 8 "Bad in Bed" Jesse Peretz Josh Malmuth December 6, 2011 1ATM07 6.79
9 9 "The 23rd" Jason Winer Donick Cary December 13, 2011 1ATM10 6.82
10 10 "The Story of the 50" Troy Miller Luvh Rakhe January 17, 2012 1ATM08 6.97
11 11 "Jess and Julia" Jake Kasdan Story by : Luvh Rakhe
Teleplay by : Elizabeth Meriwether & Luvh Rakhe
January 31, 2012 1ATM12 7.29
12 12 "The Landlord" Peyton Reed Story by : Joe Port & Joe Wiseman
Teleplay by : Berkley Johnson & Josh Malmuth
February 7, 2012 1ATM11 6.83
13 13 "Valentine's Day" Tucker Gates Lesley Wake Webster February 14, 2012 1ATM13 6.47
14 14 "Bully" Dan Attias David Walpert February 21, 2012 1ATM15 6.27
15 15 "Injured" Lynn Shelton Story by : Joe Port & Joe Wiseman and J. J. Philbin
Teleplay by : J. J. Philbin
March 6, 2012 1ATM09 6.00
16 16 "Control" Jesse Peretz Brett Baer & Dave Finkel March 13, 2012 1ATM14 5.74
17 17 "Fancyman, Part 1" Peyton Reed J. J. Philbin & Nick Adams March 20, 2012 1ATM16 5.18
18 18 "Fancyman, Part 2" Matt Shakman Berkley Johnson & Kim Rosenstock March 27, 2012 1ATM17 4.96
19 19 "Secrets" David Wain Josh Malmuth April 3, 2012 1ATM18 4.59
20 20 "Normal" Jesse Peretz Luvh Rakhe April 10, 2012 1ATM19 5.23
21 21 "Kids" Tristram Shapeero Donick Cary & Lesley Wake Webster April 17, 2012 1ATM20 5.22
22 22 "Tomatoes" Michael Spiller David Walpert & Kim Rosenstock April 24, 2012 1ATM21 5.20
23 23 "Backslide" Nanette Burstein David Quandt May 1, 2012 1ATM22 4.40
24 24 "See Ya" Michael Spiller Story by : Elizabeth Meriwether
Teleplay by : Brett Baer & Dave Finkel
May 8, 2012 1ATM23 5.61

Season 2 (2012–13)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
25 1 "Re-Launch" Steve Pink Kay Cannon September 25, 2012 2ATM01 5.35
26 2 "Katie" Larry Charles Elizabeth Meriwether September 25, 2012 2ATM02 5.18
27 3 "Fluffer" Fred Goss J. J. Philbin October 2, 2012 2ATM04 4.99
28 4 "Neighbors" Steve Pink Berkley Johnson October 9, 2012 2ATM03 4.94
29 5 "Models" Eric Appel Josh Malmuth October 23, 2012 2ATM05 5.16
30 6 "Halloween" Jesse Peretz David Iserson October 30, 2012 2ATM06 4.75
31 7 "Menzies" Jason Woliner Kim Rosenstock November 13, 2012 2ATM07 4.35
32 8 "Parents" Jesse Peretz Ryan Koh November 20, 2012 2ATM08 4.11
33 9 "Eggs" Neal Brennan Kay Cannon November 27, 2012 2ATM09 4.12
34 10 "Bathtub" Tristram Shapeero Donick Cary December 4, 2012 2ATM10 4.10
35 11 "Santa" Craig Zisk Luvh Rakhe December 11, 2012 2ATM11 4.18
36 12 "Cabin" Alec Berg J. J. Philbin January 8, 2013 2ATM12 3.78
37 13 "A Father's Love" Jake Kasdan Berkley Johnson & Josh Malmuth January 15, 2013 2ATM13 3.65
38 14 "Pepperwood" Lynn Shelton Nick Adams January 22, 2013 2ATM14 4.05
39 15 "Cooler" Max Winkler Rebecca Addelman January 29, 2013 2ATM15 4.74
40 16 "Table 34" Tristram Shapeero David Iserson February 5, 2013 2ATM16 4.83
41 17 "Parking Spot" Fred Goss Rebecca Addelman February 19, 2013 2ATM17 4.31
42 18 "TinFinity" Max Winkler Kim Rosenstock & Josh Malmuth February 26, 2013 2ATM18 4.29
43 19 "Quick Hardening Caulk" Lorene Scafaria Story by : Brett Baer & Dave Finkel
Teleplay by : Ryan Koh
March 19, 2013 2ATM19 4.26
44 20 "Chicago" Jake Kasdan Luvh Rakhe March 26, 2013 2ATM20 4.19
45 21 "First Date" Lynn Shelton J. J. Philbin & Berkley Johnson April 4, 2013 2ATM22 4.77
46 22 "Bachelorette Party" Matt Sohn Kay Cannon & Sophia Lear April 9, 2013 2ATM21 4.09
47 23 "Virgins" Alec Berg Elizabeth Meriwether April 30, 2013 2ATM23 3.57
48 24 "Winston's Birthday (Part One)" Max Winkler Brett Baer & Dave Finkel May 7, 2013 2ATM24 3.94
49 25 "Elaine's Big Day" Jake Kasdan Christian Magalhães & Bob Snow May 14, 2013 2ATM25 4.07

Season 3 (2013–14)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
50 1 "All In" Max Winkler Elizabeth Meriwether September 17, 2013 3ATM01 5.53
51 2 "Nerd" Fred Goss Kay Cannon September 24, 2013 3ATM02 4.04
52 3 "Double Date" Max Winkler Luvh Rakhe October 1, 2013 3ATM03 3.85
53 4 "The Captain" Fred Goss J. J. Philbin October 8, 2013 3ATM04 3.96
54 5 "The Box" Andy Fleming Rob Rosell October 15, 2013 3ATM05 3.45
55 6 "Keaton" David Katzenberg Dave Finkel & Brett Baer October 22, 2013 3ATM06 3.74
56 7 "Coach" Russ Alsobrook David Feeney November 5, 2013 3ATM07 3.85
57 8 "Menus" Trent O'Donnell Matt Fusfeld & Alex Cuthbertson November 12, 2013 3ATM08 3.36
58 9 "Longest Night Ever" Nicholas Jasenovec Ryan Koh November 19, 2013 3ATM09 3.26
59 10 "Thanksgiving III" Max Winkler Josh Malmuth November 26, 2013 3ATM10 3.51
60 11 "Clavado En Un Bar" Eric Appel Berkley Johnson January 7, 2014 3ATM11 3.20
61 12 "Basketsball" Lorene Scafaria Rebecca Addelman January 14, 2014 3ATM13 3.24
62 13 "Birthday" Richie Keen Kim Rosenstock January 21, 2014 3ATM12 3.75
63 14 "Prince" Fred Goss David Feeney & Rob Rosell February 2, 2014 3ATM15 26.30
64 15 "Exes" Alex Hardcastle Nina Pedrad February 4, 2014 3ATM14 3.48
65 16 "Sister" Max Winkler Matt Fusfeld & Alex Cuthbertson February 11, 2014 3ATM16 2.97
66 17 "Sister II" Bill Purple Ryan Koh & Luvh Rakhe February 25, 2014 3ATM17 2.84
67 18 "Sister III" Jay Chandrasekhar Camilla Blackett March 4, 2014 3ATM18 2.93
68 19 "Fired Up" Steve Welch Sophia Lear March 11, 2014 3ATM19 2.48
69 20 "Mars Landing" Lynn Shelton Josh Malmuth & Nina Pedrad March 25, 2014 3ATM20 2.49
70 21 "Big News" Steven Tsuchida Berkley Johnson & Kim Rosenstock April 15, 2014 3ATM21 2.19
71 22 "Dance" Trent O'Donnell Rebecca Addelman & Ryan Koh April 29, 2014 3ATM22 2.20
72 23 "Cruise" Elizabeth Meriwether Luvh Rakhe & Rob Rosell May 6, 2014 3ATM23 2.40

Season 4 (2014–15)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
73 1 "The Last Wedding" Trent O'Donnell J. J. Philbin September 16, 2014 4ATM01 3.04
74 2 "Dice" Lynn Shelton Matt Fusfeld & Alex Cuthbertson September 23, 2014 4ATM02 2.35
75 3 "Julie Berkman's Older Sister" Fred Goss Nina Pedrad September 30, 2014 4ATM03 2.37
76 4 "Micro" Jay Chandrasekhar Josh Malmuth October 7, 2014 4ATM04 2.61
77 5 "Landline" Trent O'Donnell Rob Rosell October 14, 2014 4ATM05 2.26
78 6 "Background Check" Lorene Scafaria Rebecca Addelman November 4, 2014 4ATM06 3.38
79 7 "Goldmine" Russ Alsobrook Berkley Johnson November 11, 2014 4ATM07 3.04
80 8 "Teachers" Trent O'Donnell Kim Rosenstock November 18, 2014 4ATM08 2.83
81 9 "Thanksgiving IV" Fred Goss David Feeney November 25, 2014 4ATM09 2.77
82 10 "Girl Fight" Bill Purple Danielle Sanchez-Witzel December 2, 2014 4ATM10 3.00
83 11 "LAXmas" Trent O'Donnell Matt Fusfeld & Alex Cuthbertson December 9, 2014 4ATM11 3.28
84 12 "Shark" Alex Hardcastle Jacob Brown & Rob Rosell January 6, 2015 4ATM12 3.19
85 13 "Coming Out" Bill Purple Sophia Lear January 13, 2015 4ATM13 2.90
86 14 "Swuit" Trent O'Donnell Noah Garfinkel February 3, 2015 4ATM14 2.96
87 15 "The Crawl" Jay Chandrasekhar Kim Rosenstock February 10, 2015 4ATM15 2.71
88 16 "Oregon" Russ Alsobrook Nina Pedrad February 17, 2015 4ATM16 3.08
89 17 "Spiderhunt" Steve Welch Berkley Johnson February 24, 2015 4ATM17 2.85
90 18 "Walk of Shame" Christine Gernon Danielle Sanchez-Witzel March 3, 2015 4ATM18 2.53
91 19 "The Right Thing" Erin O'Malley Matt Fusfeld & Alex Cuthbertson March 31, 2015 4ATM19 2.32
92 20 "Par 5" Trent O'Donnell Lamorne Morris & Rob Rosell April 7, 2015 4ATM20 2.14
93 21 "Panty Gate" Reginald Hudlin David Feeney & Veronica McCarthy April 28, 2015 4ATM21 2.07
94 22 "Clean Break" Trent O'Donnell Story by : Rebecca Addelman
Teleplay by : Rebecca Addelman & Kim Rosenstock
May 5, 2015 4ATM22 2.22

Season 5 (2016)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
95 1 "Big Mama P" Erin O'Malley Berkley Johnson January 5, 2016 5ATM03 3.33
96 2 "What About Fred" Eric Appel Matt Fusfeld & Alex Cuthbertson January 12, 2016 5ATM01 3.25
97 3 "Jury Duty" Trent O'Donnell Josh Malmuth & Nina Pedrad January 19, 2016 5ATM02 2.95
98 4 "No Girl" Elizabeth Meriwether Rob Rosell January 26, 2016 5ATM04 2.84
99 5 "Bob & Carol & Nick & Schmidt" Jake Johnson Rob Rosell February 2, 2016 5ATM05 2.94
100 6 "Reagan" Trent O'Donnell Kim Rosenstock February 9, 2016 5ATM06 3.10
101 7 "Wig" Christine Gernon David Feeney February 16, 2016 5ATM07 2.80
102 8 "The Decision" Trent O'Donnell Luvh Rakhe February 23, 2016 5ATM08 2.68
103 9 "Heat Wave" Erin O'Malley Matt Fusfeld & Alex Cuthbertson March 1, 2016 5ATM09 2.62
104 10 "Goosebumps Walkaway" Trent O'Donnell Berkley Johnson March 8, 2016 5ATM10 2.65
105 11 "The Apartment" Christine Gernon Nina Pedrad March 15, 2016 5ATM11 2.30
106 12 "D-Day" Michael Schultz Josh Malmuth March 22, 2016 5ATM12 2.25
107 13 "Sam, Again" Steve Welch Ethan Sandler & Adrian Wenner March 29, 2016 5ATM13 2.21
108 14 "300 Feet" Trent O'Donnell Sophia Lear April 12, 2016 5ATM14 2.65
109 15 "Jeff Day" Jay Chandrasekhar Joe Wengert April 12, 2016 5ATM15 1.92
110 16 "Helmet" Josh Greenbaum Sarah Nevada Smith April 19, 2016 5ATM18 1.92
111 17 "Road Trip" Trent O'Donnell Noah Garfinkel April 26, 2016 5ATM16 2.42
112 18 "A Chill Day In" Erin O'Malley Sarah Tapscott April 26, 2016 5ATM17 1.87
113 19 "Dress" Trent O'Donnell David Feeney & Josh Malmuth May 3, 2016 5ATM19 2.27
114 20 "Return to Sender" Russ Alsobrook Veronica McCarthy May 3, 2016 5ATM20 1.88
115 21 "Wedding Eve" Trent O'Donnell Nina Pedrad & Kim Rosenstock May 10, 2016 5ATM21 2.34
116 22 "Landing Gear" Erin O'Malley Luvh Rakhe May 10, 2016 5ATM22 2.17

Season 6 (2016–17)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
117 1 "House Hunt" Zooey Deschanel Luvh Rakhe September 20, 2016 6ATM01 2.31
118 2 "Hubbedy Bubby" Steve Welch Sarah Tapscott September 27, 2016 6ATM02 2.03
119 3 "Single and Sufficient" Michael Schultz Kim Rosenstock & Joe Wengert October 4, 2016 6ATM03 2.03
120 4 "Homecoming" Trent O'Donnell Matt Fusfeld & Alex Cuthbertson October 11, 2016 6ATM04 1.95
121 5 "Jaipur Aviv" Erin O'Malley Berkley Johnson October 18, 2016 6ATM05 1.81
122 6 "Ready" Trent O'Donnell Noah Garfinkel November 15, 2016 6ATM07 1.94
123 7 "Last Thanksgiving" Trent O'Donnell Joni Lefkowitz November 22, 2016 6ATM08 1.76
124 8 "James Wonder" Trent O'Donnell Ethan Sandler & Adrian Wenner November 29, 2016 6ATM06 1.81
125 9 "Es Good" Trent O'Donnell Rob Rosell December 6, 2016 6ATM09 1.73
126 10 "Christmas Eve Eve" Trent O'Donnell Sophia Lear December 13, 2016 6ATM10 1.62
127 11 "Raisin's Back" Dana Fox Eliot Glazer January 3, 2017 6ATM11 2.48
128 12 "The Cubicle" Jay Chandrasekhar Kim Rosenstock January 10, 2017 6ATM12 2.48
129 13 "Cece's Boys" Trent O'Donnell Joe Wengert January 17, 2017 6ATM13 2.37
130 14 "The Hike" Josh Greenbaum Sarah Tapscott January 24, 2017 6ATM14 2.35
131 15 "Glue" Trent O'Donnell Marquita J. Robinson February 7, 2017 6ATM15 2.23
132 16 "Operation: Bobcat" Steve Welch Lamar Woods February 14, 2017 6ATM16 2.13
133 17 "Rumspringa" Josh Greenbaum Sophia Lear & Noah Garfinkel February 21, 2017 6ATM17 2.25
134 18 "Young Adult" Jay Chandrasekhar Jason Daugherity February 28, 2017 6ATM18 2.09
135 19 "Socalyalcon VI" Trent O'Donnell Berkley Johnson March 14, 2017 6ATM20 1.79
136 20 "Misery" Erin O'Malley Luvh Rakhe March 21, 2017 6ATM21 1.98
137 21 "San Diego" Trent O'Donnell David Feeney & Rob Rosell March 28, 2017 6ATM22 2.16
138 22 "Five Stars for Beezus" Erin O'Malley Elizabeth Meriwether April 4, 2017 6ATM19 2.00

Season 7 (2018)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
139 1 "About Three Years Later" Erin O'Malley Berkley Johnson April 10, 2018 7ATM01 1.83
140 2 "Tuesday Meeting" Josh Greenbaum Sarah Tapscott April 17, 2018 7ATM02 1.58
141 3 "Lillypads" Trent O'Donnell J. J. Philbin April 24, 2018 7ATM03 1.51
142 4 "Where the Road Goes" Michael Schultz Noah Garfinkel May 1, 2018 7ATM04 1.33
143 5 "Godparents" Lamorne Morris Lamar Woods May 8, 2018 7ATM05 1.32
144 6 "Mario" Jay Chandrasekhar Joe Wengert May 8, 2018 7ATM06 1.32
145 7 "The Curse of the Pirate Bride" Josh Greenbaum Ann Kim May 15, 2018 7ATM07 1.47
146 8 "Engram Pattersky" Erin O'Malley Story by : Dave Finkel & Brett Baer
Teleplay by : Elizabeth Meriwether
May 15, 2018 7ATM08 1.47

Ratings

New Girl : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)
Season Episode number Average
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
1 10.28 9.28 8.65 7.42 6.84 6.91 7.59 6.79 6.82 6.97 7.29 6.83 6.47 6.27 6.00 5.74 5.18 4.96 4.59 5.23 5.22 5.20 4.40 5.61 6.56
2 5.35 5.18 4.99 4.94 5.16 4.75 4.35 4.11 4.12 4.10 4.18 3.78 3.65 4.05 4.74 4.83 4.31 4.29 4.26 4.19 4.77 4.09 3.57 3.94 4.07 4.39
3 5.53 4.04 3.85 3.96 3.45 3.74 3.85 3.36 3.26 3.51 3.20 3.24 3.75 26.30 3.48 2.97 2.84 2.93 2.48 2.49 2.19 2.20 2.40 4.31
4 3.04 2.35 2.37 2.61 2.26 3.38 3.04 2.83 2.77 3.00 3.28 3.19 2.90 2.96 2.71 3.08 2.85 2.53 2.32 2.14 2.07 2.22 2.72
5 3.33 3.25 2.95 2.84 2.94 3.10 2.80 2.68 2.62 2.65 2.30 2.25 2.21 2.65 1.92 1.92 2.42 1.87 2.27 1.88 2.34 2.17 2.52
6 2.31 2.03 2.03 1.95 1.81 1.94 1.76 1.81 1.73 1.62 2.48 2.48 2.37 2.35 2.23 2.13 2.25 2.09 1.79 1.98 2.16 2.00 2.06
7 1.83 1.58 1.51 1.33 1.32 1.32 1.47 1.47 1.48
Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research