New Girl: Parents

Jess invites her divorced Mom and Dad over for Thanksgiving dinner and enlists Nick and Cece to help her with a "Parent Trap" to reunite them. Meanwhile, Schmidt's cousin, Big Schmidt, visits, and Winston manipulates them into an escalating battle to prove their manhood.

Source: FOX

Episode Info

Episode number: 2x8
Production Number: 2ATM08
Airdate: Tuesday November 20th, 2012

Director: Jesse Peretz
Writer: Ryan Koh

Alternate Airdates:

AU (Ten)	Nov 26, 2012
UK (E4)	May 14, 2013

Currently 8.7/10

8.7/10 (3 Votes cast)

Guest Stars

Rob Reiner As Bob Day Recurring	Jamie Lee Curtis As Joan Day
Rob Riggle As Big Schmidt

Co-Guest Stars

Ariela Barer As Teen Cece Recurring	Lauren Dair Owens As Teen Jess Recurring
Matthew Jacob Wayne As Young Schmidt	Michael Chey As Young Big Schmidt

Main Cast

Zooey Deschanel As Jessica "Jess" Day	Jake Johnson (2) As Nicholas "Nick" Miller
Max Greenfield As Schmidt	Lamorne Morris As Winston Bishop
Hannah Simone As Cecilia "Cece" Meyers

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Other Episode Crew

• Creator	Elizabeth Meriwether
• Executive Producer	Brett Baer \| Dave Finkel \| Katherine Pope \| Peter Chernin \| Jake Kasdan \| Elizabeth Meriwether
• Co-Executive Producer	Donick Cary \| Kay Cannon
• Producer	Erin O'Malley \| David Iserson \| Luvh Rakhe \| Ryan Koh \| Zooey Deschanel \| Pavun Shetty
• Co-Producer	Megan Mascena Gaspar
• Consulting Producer	J. J. Philbin
• Production Designer	Michael Whetstone
• Editor	Brian Merken
• Casting	Michael Nicolo \| Anya Colloff
• Unit Production Manager	Erin O'Malley
• First Assistant Director	William Purple
• Second Assistant Director	Audrey Clark
• Staff Writer	Kim Rosenstock \| Rebecca Addelman \| Christian Magalhaes \| Bob Snow
• Music Editor	Clint Bennett
• Music Supervisor	Tom Wolfe (1) \| Manish Raval
• Costume Designer	Debra McGuire
• Key Grip	Tom Harjo
• Camera Operator	Casey Hotchkiss \| Tommy Lohmann
• Set Decorator	Jane Shirkes
• Location Manager	Jesse Cole
• Transportation Coordinator	Bret Stewart
• Property Master	Ben Lewis (2)
• Production Sound Mixer	Ken Segal
• Script Supervisor	Lori Grabowski
• Production Coordinator	Wendi Hauser
• Script Coordinator	Erica Peterson
• Assistant Editor	Keenan Hiett
• Post Production Supervisor	Brenda D. Alvarado
• Supervising Sound Editor	John Kincade
• Re-Recording Mixer	John Chamberlin \| Chris Philp
• Gaffer	Curtis Bradford
• Director of Photography	Russ T. Alsobrook
• Story Editor	Josh Malmuth \| Nick Adams (2) \| Berkley Johnson
• Stunt Coordinator	Jimmy Sharp
• Post Production Coordinator	Kimberly Gibbs
• Special Effects	Thomas Mertz
• Costume Supervisor	Mary Walbridge
• Makeup Department Head	Jorjee Douglas
• Production Accountant	Suzie Shimizu
• Score	Ludwig Goransson
• Casting Associate	Jessica Munks
• Post Production Assistant	Cynthia Vargas \| Joe Hill (1)
• Original Casting	Seth Yanklewitz \| Juel Bestrop
• Hair Department Head	Shelly Brien
• Assistant Art Director	Michael Budge
• Construction Foreman	Mark Peters
• Second Second Assistant Director	Dan Portnoy
• Writers' Production Assistant	Mac Brown
• Writers' Assistant	Sophia Lear \| Ashley Burleson
• Main Title Theme By	Michael Andrews (1) \| Brett Baer \| Zooey Deschanel \| Dave Finkel \| Elizabeth Meriwether
• Editorial Associate Producer	Steve Welch
• Associate Producer For Production	Ryan Janata

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