"[Caroline] will flirt with until she knows she can have him. It's like he's her back up plan."
— Schmidt
"Wedding" is the third episode of New Girl.
The roommates attend a mutual friends' wedding. Jess acts as Nick's new girlfriend in front of his ex-girlfriend Caroline. Winston takes his ushering job too seriously while Schmidt tries not to hook up with his frenemy Gretchen (Natasha Lyonne).
Tropes in this episode:
- Bad "Bad Acting": Jess is quite bad at pretending to be Nick's girlfriend.
- Dance Party Ending: The roommates all do the chicken dance together on the dance floor at the end.
- Malicious Misnaming: When doing Nick the favor of pretending to be his girlfriend to make his ex Caroline jealous, Jess adopts a ditzy personality that involves persistently getting Caroline's name wrong.
- Operation: Jealousy: Nick's goal is to unsettle his ex-girlfriend by pretending to be in the honeymoon phase with his new girlfriend.
- Wedding Episode: The gang attends a wedding in this episode.
