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If you’re a Jess diehard, you might have found New Girl Season 4 Episode 3 lacking in, well, Jess, as her storyline this week was…weak.

But if, on the other hand, you’re a Dude Fan, then this was the episode for you. Behold, Schmidt and the guys talking about sponges when you watch New Girl online at TV Fanatic.

It’s tough for New Girl to fail when the writers get the guys together to be guys. They all work so organically well together that it’s believable that they’re a group of dudes who are friends who live together and hang out.

It’s even almost believable that they’re such good friends that in the real world, they might participate in a buddy’s focus group about sponges, of all things. That’s exactly the scenario in which they found themselves last night.

Jess and CeCe, however, were given a bit of a trite storyline for the episode, and that’s depressing. What’s also depressing is the way the writers continue to deal with the demise of Nick and Jess.

Eventually, we’re sure they’ll get back together, right? (Right??) But until then, it’s just awkward. And not funny-awkward. Straight up unbelievable awkward.

We’ll just go on suspending our disbelief.