“Anything beautiful is worth getting hurt for.” –Prince
“Well, that’s very well put.” –Jess
“You know who said that?”–Prince
“No.” –Jess
“Me.”–Prince
Apparently one of the perks of being best friends with a model is that you get invited to parties at Prince's house. And if you have four doofus guy friends, they will find a way to sneak into said party at any cost. The festivities came as a much needed distraction for Nick, who had recently told Jess that he loved her and received only awkward finger guns from her in return.
For some strange reason, Prince took a shine to the lovely Jess (maybe quirky attracts quirky?) and offered her some Mr. Miyagi-style lessons in love complete with homemade pancakes, a fashion show/makeover montage, a game of ping pong, and a conversation with a butterfly. It's Prince's house, just go with it.
Jess
“Nick, I never thought I’d say this, but, I need to be alone with Prince.” –Jess
How is it that the girl who loves glitter and rainbows and happiness can't tell the man of her dreams that she loves him? It came as quite a shock, no doubt, that Nick was the first to utter the 'L' word and an even greater shock that Jess didn't immediately say it right back. I'm pretty sure finger guns and a panic attack are not the quickest way to a man's heart. But I kind of love the role reversal that we've seen in Nick and Jess before, and it gives Jess much more depth as a character to show her fear of professing her love to Nick even when she knows she loves him. Thankfully, Prince knocked some sense into her and convinced her to overcome her fears and tell Nick how she feels. One thing she's not afraid of? Singing on stage with Prince. Yeah, that was pretty awesome.
Nick
“Jess is with Prince! And I’ve been drinking.”–Nick
Nick has come a long way from that grumpy, brokenhearted turtle man we'd come to know and love. Telling Jess that he loves her was a huge step and I'm so glad he got to say it first. Sure, he panicked and tried to take the 'I Love You' back after she didn't immediately reciprocate, but that involved sneaking into Prince's party by way of a super model Trojan Horse (you know, where you hide amongst a bunch of models as they walk past the bouncer at a party? Genius.) Nick's reaction to meeting Prince was priceless as was his drunkenly inadvertent cock blocking of Winston and Coach at the party.
Schmidt & Cece
“Prince is terrible at Frisbee. There’s like ten of these things up there.”–Schmidt upon finding several purple Frisbees in the hedges
Clearly we are being groomed for a #Schmece reunion in the near future. These two have been getting friendlier and friendlier over the last few episodes and Cece's willingness to let Schmidt bury his face in her bosom on the dance floor to hide from the bouncer was all too eager. I love it though, I'd be glad to see them back together... except for the fact that it then makes this show all about couples, which could be annoying. But at least they're entertaining couples! Schmidt climbed up and then crashed down from a hedge to get into the party and Cece stayed behind to kick Prince's ass at ping pong. How many couples can say that?
Winston & Coach
“Sometimes they say it back, sometimes they don’t. I mean, it’s like a numbers game.” –Winston on his method of loudly blurting out 'I Love You' to women.
“What, you’ve never been turned on by gas mileage before?” –Coach
Okay, these two are not a couple (at least, I don't think they are...) but they sure do work well together. Last episode they teamed up for a bake-off and this time around they pulled off an expertly rehearsed scam to get themselves admitted to Prince's highly secure house party. Their plan, dubbed 'Fire and Ice' was an ingenious display of role play that would have gotten them laid by some hot chicks as well if it weren't for drunk Nick.
Prince
“Oh, how rude of me, I haven’t given you enough time to freak out yet. You may do so now.”–Prince
There's no denying that Prince is a weird dude, but what better place to let his freak flag fly than on a show that touts its 'adorkableness'? I was surprised at what a solid acting performance Prince delivered. If only we could all have a heart-to-heart with Prince about our love lives over pancakes. I wouldn't be surprised if this led to a love advice show hosted by Prince. Oh man, I would totally watch that.
"Party Time"
Extra Credit
- The guys look so snazzy all dressed up in their suits for Prince's party!
- Nick's sad attempt to recreate Winston and Schmidt's 'Fire & Ice' with his own half-baked 'Ham and Cheese' plan.
- “He’s tenacious. He’s definitely going to be back.”–Schmidt's excuse to stay cuddled up with Cece
- “So I’m not familiar with this term ‘finger guns.’ Can you elaborate?”–Prince
- “You’ll be replaced by robots before you can say frajicalilistic!”–Nick to the models Winston and Coach were chatting up.
- Nick's face when he sees Jess return to the party after her Prince-tervention
- This is how all conversations should go after a party at Prince's house:
“Jess, how did you know the words?” –Coach
“I think Prince is magic.”–Jess
“I’ve always thought prince was magic!” –Nick
“Where do we go from here?”–Winston
“How do we move on from this? Do we just go to work tomorrow?”–Schmidt"
"Wait, where's Cece?"–Jess
And also this:
Demerits
- The Ford Fusion product placement. Ugh. I hate it when they try to incorporate the ad into the character's personality. Would Coach really be that into a Ford Fusion? It made me lose respect for Coach, which is not cool.