<P> With Winston only being added late to the show, the writers developed the Nick--Winston dynamic in season 1 and sought to figure out Winston's relationship with the other loftmates in season 2 . The writers noticed late during the first season that Morris seemed better suited to play a smart character and act as the loft's voice of reason, although Meriwether found that when Winston "finally does blow up, he's crazier than all of them" and that he works better "in these kind of crazy, comedic runners, small pieces of the episode" that contrast the relationship dramas of the other main characters . The Winston--Schmidt friendship was developed significantly in the second half of season 2 when the story focus moved to Nick and Jess . The Nick--Jess relationship affects the three guys' friendship as Nick starts being more considerate of Jess' feelings regarding shenanigans . Damon Wayans Jr. was planned to reprise his role as Coach in at least four episodes in the third season, according to Meriwether "at a time when the roommates are at odds with each other" and "The guys are all fighting for his friendship ." The three guys will get intimidated by Coach's return, as he has "this alpha male aggression" and is "that macho, tough - talking guy that they all think is so cool". </P> <P> With Meriwether's openness regarding straight and gay communities, New Girl also plays with the guys' sexual orientation for humor . One of Winston's recurring alternate persona is Nick's gay lover "Theodore K. Mullens", which started out as an improv of Lamorne Morris (Winston). Johnson thought that Nick and Schmidt had "a pretty funny bromance" with "their own little weird will - they - won't - they". Greenfield improvised kissing Nick a lot in season 1 until that the writers started putting Schmidt--Nick kisses into the script, so that they shared more kisses than Nick and Jess did in the first two seasons . The season 2 episode "Models" came about when Meriwether thought the show "needed a love story between Nick and Schmidt or something . We wanted to tell it like a classic rom - com story about Nick and Schmidt and their love of each other". </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Season </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Episodes </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Originally aired </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First aired </Th> <Th> Last aired </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 24 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> September 20, 2011 (2011 - 09 - 20) </Td> <Td> May 8, 2012 (2012 - 05 - 08) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 25 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> September 25, 2012 (2012 - 09 - 25) </Td> <Td> May 14, 2013 (2013 - 05 - 14) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 23 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> September 17, 2013 (2013 - 09 - 17) </Td> <Td> May 6, 2014 (2014 - 05 - 06) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 22 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> September 16, 2014 (2014 - 09 - 16) </Td> <Td> May 5, 2015 (2015 - 05 - 05) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 5 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 22 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> January 5, 2016 (2016 - 01 - 05) </Td> <Td> May 10, 2016 (2016 - 05 - 10) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 6 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 22 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> September 20, 2016 (2016 - 09 - 20) </Td> <Td> April 4, 2017 (2017 - 04 - 04) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 7 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 8 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> April 10, 2018 (2018 - 04 - 10) </Td> <Td> May 15, 2018 (2018 - 05 - 15) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Season </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Episodes </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Originally aired </Th> </Tr>

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