Schmidt fails to ingratiate himself to a group of trendy twentysomethings who move in across the hall.

Think New Girl couldn’t possibly cram another hipster into the cast? Think again. This week’s episode, aptly titled “Neighbors,” features a group of five very hip kids in their early twenties who move across the hall from the roommates.

The episode opens with the boys coming home from work, only to find Jess dressed in “Casserole Shanty” garb (think visor, bright red polo, typical fast food joint gear), watching ‘90s sitcoms like Full House and Family Matters.

Simply put, the guys are unimpressed. Schmidt even ventures to say, “What happened to the inspiring visor-less Jess?”

Yet their pep-talks are interrupted by the introductions of the new neighbors. The roommates decide to head over to visit, but only after Schmidt tries to look hip, Nick throws on some Old Spice and Jess grabs a few housewarming casseroles.

Jess is welcomed into the group almost immediately – after she imitates Steve Urkel from Family Matters, the hipsters become obsessed. Yet the others do not fare nearly as well. Nick and Winston hardly make it through the door before they realize they are way beyond this scene. And Schmidt, being Schmidt, attempts to show the new neighbors that he is also cool and youthful by talking about his job at a national corporation.

Over the next few days, Jess finds a haven for herself with these new neighbors. They think it is okay to be working at Casserole Shanty and to be “just figuring it out.” However, they despise Schmidt and his attempts to appear young.

To make matters for Schmidt worse, Nick and Winston decide to wage an all-out prank war against him. Nick gets really into it, too, making Schmidt’s shoes 1/8 of an inch shorter to make him think he shrunk, replacing Schmidt’s fiber pills with placebos – anything to make Schmidt believe he’s older.

So, Schmidt freaks out and begs Jess to help him become cool. Jess does her best, but the truth is Schmidt can only do so much in terms of irony. When the two make their final visit with the hipsters, Jess becomes incredibly uncomfortable and decides to explain that she didn’t come up with the catchphrase, “Did I do that?’

In the end, Jess realizes that she is glad not to be the roommates neighbors. “At least,” she says, “I know how to work a dishwasher.” Furthermore, Schmidt learns the reason for the neighbor’s true hatred – not because he is too old, but rather because he is a “viciously unbearable asshead.” And, of course, Schmidt is ridiculously satisfied with that.

Tid-bits:

-Best Schmidt Quotes:

“I’m like a Jewish Peter Pan…I’m like a snow leopard and you guys are little dogs.”

“I crush it on a daily basis.”

“I am cons-to-the-pizzle.”

-Casserole Shanty = Asserole Shanty

-Winston is Prank Sinatra: as a child he planned a prank in which he poured juice by his sleeping teacher’s foot.

-Nick is finally aging into his personality.

-Hula hooping is the way to any hipster’s heart.

-“The spice is coming back, everyone knows that.”

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