‘New Girl’ Review: The Final Season’s Time Jump Is Smart, Even If We’re Still Stuck in a Waiting Game

[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “New Girl” Season 7, Episode 1, “About Three Years Later.”]Well, it’s finally here: The long-awaited ending — via a much-shortened final season — of “New Girl” has begun, and the first episode of the last eight aptly didn’t waste any time.

Nick (Jake Johnson) and Jess (Zooey Deschanel) are still together, engagement pending.

Schmidt (Max Greenfield) and Cece (Hannah Simone) have a three-year-old daughter, Ruth (and the stay-at-home papa is proudly sporting a new ‘stache).

Winston (Lamorne Morris) and Aly (Nasim Pedrad) are married and expecting their first child.

And Coach (Damon Wayans Jr.) isn’t responding to texts, but don’t worry — he’s coming back folks!Even with all this forward movement, “New Girl” didn’t change.

On the one hand that’s good — who wants a total reboot this late in the game? The three-year time jump isn’t meant to separate the past from the present so

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