New Girl - Pilot Outline

Good modern ensemble. Look back on this for balancing stories, introducing characters, having friends be good to each other without being cheesy.

Written by Liz Meriwhether

​COLD OPEN (1-4)

• Jess break up. Reveal that she’s in the middle of an interview for an apt.

 
ACT ONE (4-36 - - - I guess this was written as a cable show)

• Jess finishes the interview.
• QUICK SHOT of Jess moving in
• DAYS LATER She’s crying ath te table.
• ANOTHER DAY and she’s watching pretty woman and the guys are not happy with it
• ANOTHER NIGHT one of the guys’ date joins jess to watch pretty woman.
• ANOTHER TIME guys finally get sick of it and say they’re gonna take her out.
• JESS on phone with freidn. Clear that she’s popular in school. Talking to cece about how the guys are gonna help her find guys.
• Schmidt finds out about Vic Secret party. Calls Nick. Nick has to call his ex to get them in.
• COACH learns he has to talk to his spin class students more womanly
• AT HOME coach asks jess for help talking to women. Schmidt gets Jess to go out, launches us into the bar scene
• AT THE BAR Nick is bartender. Next beat in Vic Secret party story. Nick says they’re gonna go, basicalliy cuz he feels insecure about being a bar tender.
• LATER: Coach is still freaking out about wearing Jess’ jeggings.
• AT THE BAR: Nick and Jess discuss should they hook up. Nick reveals he got dumped too. They have the beginnings of a will won’t.
•  Jess approaches a new guy and weirds it up.
• AT THE BAR: Jess reveals she actually got a date for tomorrow by telling the guy she needs rebound sex.
• Nick with ex. Gets her to get them into the Vic Sec party.
• AT GYM: Coach feels uncomfortable with trying to talk to women at work.
• AT HOME: Gang gets Jess ready for date. Nick is encouraging.
• AT VIC SEC PARTY: The guys realize that Jess got stood up cuz her date shows up at the party. They bolt down street to go find her.
• Guys show up at the restaurant where Jess has been stood up and do a “favorite things” mash up and get kicked out.
• ACT OUT: Guys watch Pretty Woman together.