"I can't be normal around Reagan. She's too hot and mysterious. I mean, I haven't peed in four days, which is alarming because I have been drinking constantly."
— Nick
"Wig" is the 7th episode of New Girl's fifth season.
Because Nick is unfailingly awkward and tongue-tied around Reagan, Cece and Schmidt tell him Reagan's hair is fake. Reagan enlists Winston to dump her girlfriend for her.
Tropes in this episode:
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Schmidt tells Cece that when they first met, he was so intimidated he imagined her having some kind of disability, like a glass eye, a fake leg, or that she was a Democrat.Cece: I am a Democrat.
- Asian Babymama: Invoked; Schmidt spins a story that all of the roommates are a cabal of half-Japanese criminals, the children of "some very lucky GIs".
- Description Cut: Schmidt says that the lie they have to tell Nick about Reagan has to be very subtle and impossible to discredit. Cut to him telling Nick that Reagan wears a wig.
- Mistaken for Thief: Cece finds fake IDs and other incriminating things in Reagan's room and comes to the conclusion that she's a criminal. She isn't; the fake IDs are because some people don't want to deal with pharma reps.
- Person as Verb: Cece refers to her paranoia regarding Reagan as "going full Nick".
- Woman Scorned: After being dumped by Reagan, Camilla makes an excuse to go get something of hers from Reagan's room — and then proceeds to totally trash it while screaming obscenities.
