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May I please speak with Zoe? Oh, hello, Lamorne. Let's patch in Hannah. God, I forgot what it was like working with you guys. Welcome to our show, to our show.

All right. Hello and welcome to Welcome to Our Show. How was that? Was it sexy enough or too sexy? Very sexy. Very sexy. Welcome to Our Show. So today we're talking about episode 207, Menzies. Menzies. I've never heard that shortened.

term for menstruation, by the way. I have my menses. Have you ever heard that before? I had heard it, but it's not something I had heard regularly. I'll admit to that. I definitely heard it, but it wasn't commonly used. Can I just say, first of all, that I happen to have the only scene I've ever shown my kids from New Girl is this puppy in a cup scene.

It happened to be like a few days ago before I even realized this is the episode we were doing today. And I showed it to them because they had found a picture of a Pomeranian in a cup and they were freaking out over how cute it was. And I was like, wait, just a second.

Let me show you something. And it was really funny to watch them because they like got the comedy of the scene, even though they're little, you know, it was kind of, it was, it was cool to see. Did they get sad when they realized that the puppet

puppy is dead? Yeah. I was just about to say, Charlie's so little. His eyes were watering. Oh. Yeah. It was, it was really, I was like, and they were like, but it's fake, right? That's fake, right? It's not real. Not a real dog. That dog is alive. That dog's totally alive. I mean, in theory. Yeah.

We're just going to say it. And it was just pretend and not real. And but yeah, it was it was cute. Yeah, it was cute. Yeah. So I love this episode. Such a fun episode. And you know what? Like, it's probably going to be banned in Florida soon. So like, let's chat about it. Did you hear about this? What? Why? Guys.

Tell me. Apparently, girls aren't allowed to talk about menstruation in school in Florida. Like, or this is like something that's being proposed right now. It's something that's being proposed that girls should not be allowed to talk about menstruation except in sex ed from like 6th to 12th grade. Like, say...

a girl starts menstruating before the age of 11 or 12, then they're SOL. So because they're not allowed to talk about it. Not sure what harm can come from talking about menstruation, but, you know.

I don't really, I've never understood it at all. It's how we all are here on the planet because of this absolutely normal human bodily function that helps us create life, period. Yeah.

Yeah. You know what I mean? Like, it's so bizarre to ban... What? Yeah. Again. Oh, my head hurts. It's bananas to me. But I digress. Well, I'm glad that we're going to talk about Menzies loudly then today. We're going to talk about Menzies loudly and hope everyone in Florida is listening and hopefully this proposed bill does not come to fruition. Yeah. Yeah.

But yeah, I really enjoyed getting to revisit this episode. It was written by Kim Rosenstock, directed by Jason Walliner. What do you remember about this episode, Hannah? Honestly, when I rewatched it, I think so far in our podcast, this is the one that made me laugh out loud multiple times.

And caught me off guard because I had, I had forgotten that all three of you end up in the water massage. Oh yeah. Yeah. It just, I started like, I died laughing with Jake, but you're in there.

I don't know the way he was handling you was so funny. And then to put Lamorne in there in the tag, I just lost it. It was just such a funny running thing to squeeze in, in 21 minutes.

Um, cause I wasn't, it was a random, like, you know, what's funny is it was kind of a random, like it feels kind of out of left field, but then it really works. But I guess I, you know, now, now looking at it again, I'm just, I'm kind of recalling that. I don't know if you remember this.

Maybe because you weren't in this part, so you might not remember, but it had a different ending in the original table read. And they were trying to figure out the ending. And they added this whole Tran piece with the water massage. Partway through the week, they were like, okay, we figured it out. It's a water massage. And I remember Jake was like, wait, what? Yeah.

because it does feel out of left field, but then it, you know what? It totally works. And it introduces one of our favorite characters, running characters, Tran. And it's really a funny bit. So, and you know what? I really enjoyed this episode because it's kind of an exploration of sensitivity and, you know, like all of our emotional lives.

Yeah, it was just there's a line that Jake says where he's being asked to take off his clothes. And then all of a sudden you cut to him in the water and he goes, this is a moment that got away from me. And then you can see that on your face when it's happening and then on Lamorne's face when it's happening.

man, and we've all had those things where like, you know what? I'm going to surrender to the thing. I'm going to do it, especially while all this like new age woo stuff that happens now. And then sometimes you're just like, wait, what's happening here? I don't, I can't. What's going on? Yeah. I think there's a point at which you decide you're going with it or not. That's right. Like I'm going with it. I'm going with it. I'm going, I'm not going with it.

I gotta get out of here. I mean, obviously Nick is like fully, you know, buying, you know, fully, fully buying into it, you know? Yeah. Oh, sorry. Go ahead. No, I was going to say, should we just start to go through this episode? Yeah. Let's go through it. A little bit. Because there's so many parts of it that I was like, they're just so smart how they put this one together. And that's so much credit to Kim because she's...

Kim's super brilliant. Yeah, one of the OG writers. She's the best. I also went back and paused to see who wrote it because I was like, this better be a woman. This better be a female writer. Because there's a lot of deep specifics about having your period. And of course, it was one of the best female writers. Yes. So it starts off that you're a broker, that Jess is broker, then Schmidt.

which is an all-time low in Schmitz. You mean broker than Nick? Oh, broker than Nick. Yeah. Jess is broker than Nick, which is like an all-time low. An all-time low. And she can't pay the gas bill, right? Yeah. And it's funny where he, what does he say? He's like, you're basically trying to use like your period card.

To get out of stepping up to your responsibilities. Well, first they're asking her to pay money that she doesn't have. And then she's like kind of putting off getting a job a little bit. And then they kind of push her too far. And she admits like it's that time of the month. And I'm not like feeling like you guys pushing me this hard. You know, one of my favorite lines in all of that is,

When Nick is going like, I don't think it's fair that women have an excuse once a month to act irrationally angry when the rest of us have to keep it together all the time. Like I nearly needed to go out and buy a fainting couch because I was, because I forgot. I don't know how this episode memorized. I don't know. And I was sort of like, excuse me, if we're talking

about anger issues, I don't think that the female of the species is the one that people look at and think of that for. And then Jess goes on a rant right back at him and says exactly that. So I kind of you act irrationally angry 365 days. That's all the time. All the damn time.

So Nick calls Jess a ninny in this episode. Do you know what a ninny is? I don't know, like the word origin of ninny. I do. It's short for nincompoop. Is it really? Yeah. Nincompoop is such a great word. You don't need to shorten it. It's a great word. You don't hear it very much. It's like a very old fashioned word. I like it. But what is a nincompoop?

Like, what is it? Is it like a stick in the mud? Like, is it a complainer? What is it? Like somebody who whines a lot? I feel like if someone's an income poop, they're just being like a bit of a dummy. You're such an income poop. Let's see. Should I look it up? Look it up. I'm going to look it up. Hang on. We're going to bring it back.

We're going to bring it back. Let's find the exact definition. I'm going to keep it in my back pocket. And the next one we do with Lamorne, if he says something crazy. Oh, you're right. It's a foolish or a stupid person. There you go. Yeah. Right. Yeah. But I know Nini is short for an income poop. Yeah. Great word. Great word. Great word. So Jess says the Nick needs to be nice to her because she's PMSing. Yeah.

And then she sort of describes what it feels like to be PMSing. She feels like she's laid a million eggs and they're all hatching. She wants to murder someone and also eat a soft pretzel. That feels really accurate. Yeah, it was very accurate when she's like, the devil's in my belly. I was just like, and to be honest with you, I feel like, I mean, I don't know if you felt like this from a young age, but women have been taught to kind of

Talk about it. Hide it away. Pretend it's never happening. It's not like girls are volunteering to talk about it at school. But it hurts, okay? But it hurts! It's not pleasant. No! It's so insane that you're not supposed to talk about it.

Oh, I remember being like P.E. in middle school and they're just like, run a lap. And I'm like, I want and you do. Yeah. Or we have to go to the nurse's office. Yeah. All of it was just it's so bizarre that the world doesn't made any like adjustments for people that are just.

they're bleeding once a month. I feel like it happens rarely. It happens often. There should be a system of support. It's happening to somebody at all times. At all times. At all times. I was really happy. I remember when we read, did the table read for this episode that I was like, yeah, we should normalize this. Let's talk about it. Let this incredible woman who lives with three men say, let me pass.

me paint a picture. Yeah. And let her inspire one of them to have his period too. Yeah. Okay. Let him be inspired. He's like, it's the worst pain I've ever felt. It must be a period. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, listen, not, it's not childbirth, but it's not pleasant. It's not as bad as childbirth, but it's not pleasant. Okay. Okay.

Okay, so after this beginning scene... So basically, Schmidt turns the gas off, and so they have no hot water, and so...

Jess basically needs to get a job so that she can get the money to get the gas turned back on and take a shower. I mean, that's that feels like very base level. Like, I mean, that's very motivating. Like, I'd be like, absolutely need to get a job. It's very motivating, but it's one of those moments where you're like, I don't know a world where Schmidt is.

wouldn't have a hot shower. I think he's taking a shower at the gym, right? Maybe. I mean, that's a shower at the gym for sure. Or his work. You know what I mean? He's got to be doing something. Yeah. He's not, he's not missing out on, on, uh, on a hygiene and basic. For sure. There's no way. No, no, no. There's also that great storyline that goes on with him and, uh,

the incredibly talented, wonderful Carla Gugino. Yes. Yeah. He has a great storyline with her and she's like another awesome boss lady in the amazing new girl tradition of Schmidt's bosses. Yeah, that's right. Right. Forgot about that. You're right. There's more to come.

Yes. That felt like such like a left field thing. But I guess that was in the are you a good person or a bad person storyline that they're trying to figure out with Schmidt and Cece. Yeah. Yeah. I like that kind of, you know, that when when you're like, I'm not like it's like that Cece so identifies with being a bad girl that she's like,

Both of them do, you know, that Cece kind of has to make peace with it to be with Robbie. Yeah. I remember shooting that scene with Max on the edge of the bed. And the reason I remember it is I... He...

sneezed in the middle of this scene that we both struggled to take seriously because it's just like a weird thing to do, you know, to be like, I'm bad. You're bad. It just like felt so weird to be like trying to really sell it or just like trying not to laugh. And then out of nowhere, he sneezed.

And it blew my bangs fully back and caught me so off guard. And I remember saying, oh, my God, I just got a glaucoma test because it felt like it was just air like blew my eye open. It was the most aggressive sneeze. And I still remember it to this day. And I watched that scene and I could see like it's either the beginning of whatever part of my coverage of some part of the scene. You could see like this weird smile on my face. I'm like, oh, that must have been just after the sneeze. My eyes look like they're watering.

It's funny, like a behind the scene thing I remember from this episode was that the day I shot that puppy in a cup scene, I think it was the day after the Emmys and that I had gone. And it's like they always have them on a Sunday. And I'm like, this is the punishment for actors, because if you're working, you're

You have to go to work at like 5 a.m. on a Monday. And if you want to like go and celebrate like at an award show, you're going to be out like later than you should be to wake up at 5 a.m.

And I was so tired that it like made it really easy to be emotional about the puppy in a cup. It was actually perfect. I was like, I was like, oh my God, how am I going to go to work today? I'm really tired. And then I was like, this is perfect. Use it. Yeah.

It was a great cry. Like you do sell that cry. You feel it. I was sad about the puppy in the cup. You can tell. I know how much you love dogs. So you can really tell. And then when she says, yes, she was, you just see this look in your eyes where you almost draw back. Like, it's the best. I understand why it lives in the meme world. It's so good. Memable moment.

I really like that scene on the page was just really funny. It was just a really funny scene. It was such a well-written scene. Anyway, I digress. I just figured I would share another memory. Okay, so...

In the park, Nick meets Tran, played by Ralph Onn, R.I.P. We lost Ralph Onn last year, I believe. And he was such a great addition to our New Girl extended cast members. And we remember him fondly.

I think this was one of my favorite guest stars we ever had. Yeah. It's really interesting because as you watch that scene where they're just, well, where Nick is just chatting at Tran on the bench, you can, I feel like I could pick out moments that it was Jake improvising because there's one line where he looks and goes and you can just hear Jake's like voice because he's like, uh,

are you just going to nod and laugh at everything I say? He just said it in a way. Now, look, it may have been written on the page. I'd have to go back and look at the script to see if it was written or if it was an alt or something. But the way he said it, it was like he was clocking how Ralph was going to do the scene. Do you know what I mean? Like where he's like, this is the character I've created and this is how I'm going to handle it. And Jake like clocks it as he's been doing alt after alt and line after line going. Are you really just going to do that? I think Jake did improvise a lot. Yeah.

that at least like the episodes going forward with Tran, like I'm pretty sure there was a lot of improvisation because it's just like, just because Tran doesn't really talk, he kind of gives like this blank slate to Jake and you know, that's what's fun about it. I mean, it's interesting too, because we say Tran, but he never confirms that's his name. Yeah.

Oh, yeah. He just smiles. He kind of gives a look, I guess. You're right. It's just a look. And then Nick's like, I got it. The fact that it's the fourth name he guesses, too. He's like, is your name like Jim? Scott? John? Tran? I'm like, wait a second. You didn't...

You only went through like four names that you came up with Tran. Yeah, he never gave you some like audible confirmation or a high five. I wonder how many times Tran speaks in New Girl because he does say a line when they're at the water massage. He does have a couple lines, but I don't think, I think they, he says lines, but then I don't think they had him speak a lot later because I think they hit on what was really funny about that relationship and it's just like,

Nick talking nonstop and Tran like just being silent is very like a funny combination. It's such a funny bit. Like it's the only thing he says in this episode is you're a huge baby, which I was like, if that's the only thing he says in this series, that's the funniest shit ever. And that's the only time we hear him speak. I feel like he says one thing at some point.

later in episodes. I guess we'll find out as we watch, but yeah, it cracked me up. I'm like, if that was your one line of the series, it was on point. You're a huge baby. And accurate. It was on point. Yeah. You have diagnosed this man. Yeah.

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Okay, so Schmidt is falling for the vice president of his company, played by Carla Gugino. But what's funny, I think, in this scene with Schmidt, she makes him sign like a crazy contract with

so that they can have like a sexual relationship, I think. But let's see. Here are some things involved in the contract. Party A absolves Party B of any psychological trauma, whether temporary, permanent, future, or imagined. Possible exposure to lead paint.

Do you have a latex allergy? Guaranteed mercury poisoning. That's what made me laugh. Guaranteed. Yeah. Some really funny stuff with Schmidt and Emma in this episode. There's like such a new girl thing of like character writing that happens in this episode that I love is that this could have so easily just been like a one dimensional, you know,

sex dominatrix boss and that could have been it for this storyline. But at the end when she's like tying him up, he sees that she's struggling and then calls her out on it being her first time and you just watch Carla like have this real moment

moment of vulnerability and then tries to like save herself in it and i feel like that's why this show people responded to it with this there's always just like this little bit of heart there's always like this little bit of um just being a real person who doesn't have it all together as opposed to just making her this flat character yeah they could have ended like that

And I loved it. I loved it. And then he kind of protects her in the moment. It's like a sweet, tiny thing, but I don't know. I thought it was really sweet in the writing. It's funny because you and Schmidt are going through like opposite things. Like he's being pushed to like the, like...

like edgier side of himself and you're being pushed to the more like wholesome side of yourself. Right. And I think what eventually happens is we realize we can't live in either of those extremes, just being seen as like the good girl and just being good. That's hard. That's actually a hard thing to live up to. And then he discovers, you know, that for himself eventually too, that just being like the bad boy doing the crazy things, that's a hard world to just stay in all the time.

Yes. Yeah. So speaking of bad, Schmidt turns the gas off in the apartment. Now, what's funny is that he just like, look, I should know this, but like at the it's like he just turns the gas off and then at the end he just turns it back on. Is that like even a thing? Like, yeah.

It feels very weird. Does the gas company have to do that? He makes the phone call. Remember when he's calling and he's like, thanks, Denise. Thanks, Denise. And he's getting it turned off. So he makes a phone call to get it turned off. But when he's turning it back on, isn't he like turning some kind of a switch or something? I'm like, does Schmidt like work for the gas company now? Yeah.

I think he's just turning the faucet, right? I think that's what was happening. He's got to turn back on. They're doing a ceremonial thing. Then he turns the faucet and then they have to wait whatever it was, six to ten minutes for the hot water to kick in. Did we jump around to jump around more than once on New Girl? I have multiple memories, I feel like, of jumping like...

That song? It did feel familiar, but I didn't know if it was from this. But I don't feel like I've watched the ending of this episode more than when it first came out and then when I just did the rewatch. I remember jumping around with Damon at some point. And I'm like, was that just like...

Like, so I'm like, that had to have been like later because like Damon wasn't in this episode and like he wasn't in the bathroom. Like, I remember being in the bathroom with Damon, like jumping around. And I'm like, what is that a created memory? Did somebody just like play that on set? And we were just being stupid, jumping around. You know what? I do think that happened for sure. Yeah. Well, sometimes people would play like music on set. Yeah. You would get like the late night zoomies.

Yeah, we definitely got late night zoomies a lot because we were there all the time. Okay, so Schmidt turns off the gas, which means no one can take a shower and everyone is mad. Everyone has their periods now.

And now Jess has to go to a meeting, you know, and then Nick is mad. And then Winston gets his period, right? Yeah. And he calls it a sympathy period. I feel like, you know, they talk about it with pregnancy that, oh, you know, your partner can get like sympathy pains. Yeah. And that to me is.

Totally insane. Well, I think usually it's like the partner can gain weight with because there's more food being consumed. I've had friends tell me that they're like, he's complaining to me that his like lower back hurts, like sympathy pains in the pregnancy, which I'm like.

It feels like that should be on that show, like the hundred dumbest ways to die. Like, don't tell a pregnant woman that your lower back hurts. Yeah, you're fine. So when he talks about having a sympathy period and you're actually having your period, I feel like Jess's response was very tempered and valid.

What did I say? I said something like... Don't steal my menses. Yeah, I said like, don't steal my shit or something. Yeah, that's right though. That's right. It's like you're men. You have all these other things. Don't take my one legitimate thing. Don't take my one thing. Yeah.

That's right. But then it feels like at a certain point, then they're like experiencing things together. Well, then they bond over it because that is the one thing when you're feeling emotional and hormonal, it's nice to have

someone else who feels the same way yeah that's right she's like all right i'll take it if you're gonna sit here and open up and be a real human with me fine call it what you want let's do it together yeah so jess goes to the meeting uh the job interview after not getting a shower and then has the the memeable uh puppy in a cup uh moment have you ever had a dog hannah or just cats

We rescued a dog when we lived in Cyprus once, a little German shepherd, and I named her Zipper. That's cute. She was very cute. And we had three rescue stray cats at the time that were like old street alley cats. And they were so mean.

To the dog? Poor zipper. Because we were scared. The zipper was a German shepherd. So we're like, oh gosh, you have three cats at home. And we got it backwards. Those cats...

We're like terrorized, this little puppy. But thankfully, I think my uncle ended up taking Zipper and it was all fine. But that's the only dog I have. My family moved countries. Do you hate dogs? What's your deal? No, we just moved countries all the time. And so we just never really had to have. But cats could hang, but dogs can't. Well, we had the cats and I feel like I don't, cats in Cyprus, but I didn't have them in like India or in Saudi Arabia. We didn't have them.

But I mean, as a grown up, you have cats. I lived in apartment buildings where you could have a small cat.

Right. I love animals. But then you had three, so I know about that. I won't tell. I stuck them in. I was like, is anyone counting bodies up here? I was like, it's not. Does anybody? I'm like, this is a really small cat who hides all the time and it's mean. I mean, the apartment that we lived in in Cyprus where we had the three alley cats and we had Zipper the dog. We also at one point had like guinea pigs in the bathtub. We had Bunny. Like I love animals. Like I could live on a farm with a

thousand animals. I would be so happy. Bring them all. I don't want to take care of a thousand animals, but it's funny because I actually, I really want a cat, but I've never had a cat. I love cats. We've been talking about this since I met you because you wanted a Scottish Fold. I know.

Yeah, I know. No, I love cats. I think they're so cute and they're so like, I like their personalities that they just don't care what you think of them. Yeah, they're pretty easygoing little kitties. Yeah. Well, maybe. You never know. It could be in your future. No, no. Well, yeah, my kids want a cat. So I think I think we'll get one. They started asking for another dog, but we already have a dog. And then and, you know, dogs are a lot more work than cats. So I'm like, how about a cat? Yeah. Yeah.

A goldfish. How about a cat? Yeah. Well, no, not no goldfish because they're like, they just, there's a lot of turnover, life turnover. I was going to say, it's a lot of, a lot of belly swinging. By turnover, I mean dying. Yeah. And it's very disappointing. Every fish I ever had died like in a week and I'd be like, what did I do? That's true. That's true. Let's reduce the trauma. Get a cat. Yeah. Get a cat. Cats, cats want to live. Uh,

Speaking of swimming around in a very small water space. Yeah. I wasn't there when you guys did this crazy water massage thing. What do you remember of it? Where was it? How weird did it get? I want to say...

where were we it was like one of these places like because we shot on the fox lot in la so whenever we had we shot on a location it was like somewhere close by i think we were shooting like maybe in a you know a hotel like jacuzzi or something like something like that indoor thing um

That was close by. There are a bunch of hotels near Fox. I can't remember exactly where it was. I just know it was like an indoor jacuzzi, you know, hot tub thing.

I still have the swimsuit. That was my own personal swimsuit. Oh, do you? It's a really flattering swimsuit. It is. That's why I'm like, I still have it. And it's funny because I even wore it when I was pregnant because I could put it on like underneath my giant pregnant belly. So, yeah, I still, I mean, that's a great swimsuit. Great swimsuit.

And, uh, yeah. So yeah, that's what I remember. I remember that my, they had a couple of things where my stunt double was being like flipped really hard. They were like, wanted him to flip me really hard. So my awesome, uh, stunt double, uh,

And Monica Bronger, she came in and doubled me for those more violent moments. And she was always an incredible addition to my character, helping me make those moments funny. Yeah.

And, yeah, I mean, I do remember it was like one of those things we were having. We were like kind of figuring stuff out in the moment, though. You know, there was like it was a little bit because that that kind of part was written very last minute. There was a little bit of like.

on the day figuring, you know, like where we were figuring stuff out on the day. And that was like one of the most fun things about the show, I think, was like, you know, that we had those opportunities. Yeah, there's a moment, I think, with you where he's like, I'm sorry, I touched your boob. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to touch the boob. Because he's grabbing and moving you around. And you had that, you could feel it when you're watching it where you're like,

nobody really knows really what they're doing in this scene, which is why it's so funny. Like how far do you go? How hard is he going to try to really move her? And how much is she going to resist and go like, stop? Like we're not. When Tran does it with him, he's like super gentle. And then when Nick does, he's like a total maniac. Like that's not, that's not water massage. That's like, that's like forced, like water acrobatics, you know?

There is a moment when it's when Winston is doing it in the tag where because I know our show well enough to know it was probably going on for a little longer than it needed to go. And it's often the actors who would go like, I think I think we're good. You know, dunked in the water a million times. But they end the episode with.

Like some really crazy movie move happening on Lamorne. And then you like, just like swimming off to the ladder, like walking off to the ladder. And I was like, I feel like that might've been Zoe being like, I think we're good. You guys. Yeah. I'm pretty sure. Forever.

Well, also, I feel like we're just like running out of ideas. I don't have any funny things left to do here. Also, I don't feel that Lamorne loves the water. Is that right? He's not into like he's not this is not that's not his happy place. I don't think. No, I'm curious when he's going to drop his voice note to talk about his take on the episode. I think that there were things that were challenging, I think.

And one was the water and the other was having your period. It's like water and cats are his very much not happy place. And being a man with a period. It was... Yeah. I think that was tricky because there's a moment in the beginning of the episode where Winston tells Schmidt, I have my period. You can't laugh. I'm going to tell you I have my period. And there are moments where I see...

Max trying to... Max's face, not Schmidt's, like, trying to hold it together, but enjoying the fact that Lamorne has to give this speech about why he thinks he has a period. And Lamorne, like, really... I was actually, like, looking for...

Like in Winston, I was like looking for the break of like Lamorne, like being annoyed that he had to pretend to have his period. But I didn't see it at all. So like hats off to Lamorne for keeping it professional. But I don't think this I don't think like I don't know that any guy really likes to pretend to have their period. But you know what?

sorry, we we all have to deal with it. Us ladies, you know, so it's just like I don't feel so bad for you guys like having to deal with it for like a few days. I mean, yeah, I do think it's a nice moment at the end, though, when he basically says like, oh, I just like

I miss Shelby. And you realize like, oh, this pain in him hurts so bad and is making him feel angry and emotional. And he's starting to relate to all the things that Jess is saying she feels that he thinks that, you know, I don't know, he can relate to it so deeply. Yeah. He just needed a word for all the feelings. Yes. Period. Period.

And now, did you find a bear here? Now it's time for Where's the Bear? Where's the Bear?

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Where's the bear? We found it. It's going to be a fun thing to continue to do this for the series because I'm that kind of person where I'm watching something and my mind can go on little tangential, you know, tracks. And it keeps me focused because I'm trying to solve a mystery the entire time I'm watching.

Yeah, I just don't remember any time I'm rewatching any of these episodes until we're talking about it. And I go, oh, I have to ask Hannah about the bear. I'm just glad it's not me that has to look for it. I enjoy it so much, man, being a virtual bear hunter. I dig it.

Do you have any other special memories shooting this episode? Any, like, Robbie memories? The scene that we do in the bar with...

with Nelson and Max and myself, it was just Nelson Franklin is, as everybody knows, I mean, he's been on the podcast now and they know from all of his wonderful work, but he's just like the most lovely person. And there's not a better feeling than when you look at the call sheet and see who's coming into work that day. And it's just someone who's just going to make the day better.

And the moments in between takes and in between scenes, you know, you're going to have like a good chat and a catch up and they just make you feel really good. So I just I can see I can I know myself well enough to see this like an ease in my body, you know, to be like, oh, yeah, my friend Nelson's here. So, yeah, that was always so nice. And.

It's just amazing how those people that we like connected with and became such good friends with are the ones I feel like that stayed in the series and just kind of got woven into the new girl world. Yeah. And he's, you know, one of the first of those and just great. And then, yeah. And then trans in this too, that character. Yeah. There's a like introduction right here in the beginning. I feel like of our show where so many people stuck around and it was the good ones.

Yeah, it was an introduction of a lot of good characters. I mean, Nelson wasn't introduced in this episode, but it was nice to have him. Season two, they started to build the world out. Yeah, which was awesome. Okay, well, we're going to take a break, and after we take a break, we're going to do True American, guys.

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Okay, we're back and it's time for True American. Regular listeners know that we've switched up the game a little bit when we have a guest on the show. So now we try to get the truth of their experience on the show. We don't have a guest, but we have Hannah and me.

In this episode, Nick visits a spa for what is likely to be the first time in his life. He enjoyed the soaking tub. What's the best spa treatment for beginners? What do you think? Here's what I will say. I don't know. I'm not a regular spa goer, but I have had a couple awkward incidents.

that have taught me that when you go to a spa to be really specific.

Yeah. Because you want to be able to relax. Yeah. I remember someone got me a massage, one of my first ones or whatever, and I went and they were like, would you like a male or a female? You know. And you're like, I don't care. I don't care, Zoe, is what I said. I said, I don't care. And in walked, and I can say this because it's all the men in my family are like this, a very...

hairy all the way down to the knuckles man and all I could feel on my body the entire time was just a bare rug

being rugged all over and I did not enjoy it. It wasn't for me. I'm sure it's for a lot of people but I didn't need to be exfoliated by body hair. Then I remember trying to sit up really quickly to be like, I forgot I had

And I did it in a way where I turned my head out of the thing that you brushed your face in and cricked my neck so hard that I couldn't think of what to do. Oh, you needed another massage. Oh, you learned your lesson. Just know what will feel good to you. Be specific. I think a good first spa treatment is a manicure. Nice. A manicure.

And the first thing, like, because pedicure, it's tickly. That's right. That's true. The first time I had a pedicure, I couldn't stop laughing. I was like laughing hysterically and it was really embarrassing. And I'm like, and, um, and, uh, so, so you need to ease into pedicure and a massage that sometimes they get up in your bits and it's a little bit, uh, you're like, Whoa, that's a little bit familiar, you know? So, uh, you know, I think

First, start with a manicure. It's pretty safe. It's not tickly. They're not getting up in your bits. And and, you know, the only advice I have is make sure you're going to a place that's like extremely like clean and sanitary.

That's right. Because I was like one time I was like at a at a place and I watched the person like put like a tool like for a manicure on the floor. And I was like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

uh, for a manicure and you will hopefully enjoy it. Um, and bring, bring company. If you go for a manicure, bring someone you want to have a good old chat with. That's a nice, I totally agree. Cause like you can't, it's like you can't use your hands. So like, you know, scroll through your emails or whatever. Yeah.

And so or if you don't have someone to chit chat, listen to this podcast. That's right. Let us catch up on. Let us be your bud. Bring your earphones and catch up on. Welcome to our show. Yeah, we won't get up in your bits.

And once you're done, maybe buy some merch so that you can represent. That'd be great. Well, we solved the world's problems in the spot world. That's right. We've put Menzies front and center. We should all be talking about it. I hope you guys play it super loud in Florida.

this is the episode to cure all the ills in the world. Yeah. Well, this was fun hanging out a girl's episode. I know, this was fun. Thanks for hanging out. And we hope you guys enjoyed it. We'll catch you next time. Love you, though. Bye. Bye.

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