Aly and Winston prepare for their big night as Winston uses colorblind glasses for the first time to see the diversity of the world. After trying to ask multiple times, he has finally found the perfect place to, but Jess has different plans as she plans to reveal the newest member of their family: a small puppy.Īt the loft Jess tells Nick about the plan for a new dog, but they need to impress the shelter representative that night putting their dinner plans on hold. It all comes to a head when Nick reveals he plans to ask Jess to marry him tonight. The two groups talk about their evening plans showing the difference of opinions in the couples’ plans for the night. “Mario”starts off as Winston talks to the guys at the bar about his plans for the evening with Aly while she discusses them with the girls. She agrees when Schmidt is startled by the dirty bear and throws it out onto the lawn. The episode ends as Schmidt returns home to talk to Cece about quitting his job to become a full-time stay at home father. The dad imposter returns to ask if he could be a part of their family and they politely decline. Jess defends her decision and tells Winston he will be a great dad prompting them to keep her as godparent. He uses an analogy to relate the salsa to his love for Ruth and his new boss nonchalantly agrees to the idea. Of course on the way out he falls over and breaks the crib he had finally built.īack at work, Schmidt is trying to make his salsa pitch when he receives pictures of Ruth having fun with Cece and Nick. Winston and his fake dad confront Jess about her case of mistaken identity and she pleads her case, but Winston can’t handle it and has to leave.
While Cece and Schmidt discuss how to cheer up Ruth, they turn around to find Nick has solved it showing his abilities as godparent. Schmidt arrives at the school to find Ruth has been taken home by Cece and Nick prompting him to yell at security then head home to make sure they are alright. As Jess tries to remove the imposter, he lets it slip that he’s never been to Chicago causing Winston to question his identity.
The security brings Ruth to Cece and Nick as he delivers her half eaten lunch to her. While Winston and his dad are catching up Aly pulls Jess aside to tell her that this man isn’t Winston’s father and is actually in the police database. Nick heads to Ruth’s school and tries to entice a girl to open the door for him when he’s stopped by security. As Schmidt prepares to make a pitch at work, he gets a call from Ruth asking him to pick her up and he leaves to help his daughter. Cece calls Nick to ask him for help picking up Ruth and he laughs it up. He starts to freak out about having a conversation with his dad, but that feeling quickly disappears when he sees him and they instantly embrace. Winston is fearful of being the same type of father as his own and wishes his dad would magically appear to make things better giving Jess an idea that can only go wrong!Īt home Winston is trying to set up a crib when Jess arrives with his dad (JB Smoove). He offers to help with Ruth, but she says she does not need any help with her daughter. At home, Cece is doing laundry to be frightened by Nick holding a very dirty looking bear. Schmidt returns to work to find that they were bought by a Japanese company to Schmidt’s delight. He holds a fake baby and ends up decapitating it which causes him to frantically run out. Jess goes to birthing class with Winston to prepare him, but instead freaks him out over the new chapter in his life. Meanwhile Schmidt gets prepared to return to work and tells Cece all the ins and outs of parenting their daughter. As she leaves, Aly and Winston go to light a cigarette for Aly, but Jess returns and swats it away passing the first test. She will be evaluated over the next couple weeks to see if she’ll be a good godparent. They tell them to face the wall one by one until only Jess remains. “Godparents”starts off with Winston and Aly summoning the group to their bedroom to pick a godparent. (TVGuide)ĭirector: Lamorne Morris & Jay ChandrasekharĪirs: Tuesdays at 9:30 pm on Citytv (Canada)/FOX (United States) Then, Nick’s plan to propose to Jess is thrown off-course when they decide to get a dog, Winston sees color for the first time and Schmidt worries about Cece getting pregnant again. Meanwhile, Schmidt goes back to work for the first time since Ruth’s birth. Synopsis: Jess tries to appease Winston’s anxiety about his impending fatherhood by tracking down his long lost dad.
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