Submitted by Sisiwakanamaru t3_yulslc in television
pishposhpoppycock t1_iwad4te wrote
Reply to comment by emmapepper in Where Are the Happy Endings Characters in 2022? by Sisiwakanamaru
New Girl was so-so... but Happy Endings blew that show out of the water in terms of hilarity (well second half of Season 1 onwards. The first half was meh).
Wayans Jr. was ICONIC and 100x better on Happy Endings as Brad than he was as Coach on New Girl though.
KO620181 t1_iwafgyt wrote
Coach is nice and all, but Brad is a fantastic character. There’s no one else like ol’ Brad.
Kh2008 t1_iwb0360 wrote
Him leaving new girl for happy endings made sense. But he also was amazing on new girl.
Nick357 t1_iwb78ui wrote
Oh shit, did he fuck up?
duraxTwo t1_iwbctew wrote
Wayans Jr. got a better job -> That job ended sooner than expected -> He got his old job back
Nick357 t1_iwbcvmu wrote
Okay, good. I was worried for the charming millionaire.
RealCoolDad t1_iwbrbpq wrote
Well, he did happy endings first, then shot the pilot for new girl, and when happy endings wasn’t cancelled, he stayed with happy endings. But I’m glad new girl brought him back.
zeroxray t1_iwe51nb wrote
new girl would've been 100x better if Coach stayed. Winston was a odd character
Look_to_the_Stars t1_iwcol5e wrote
Did pilots for both New Girl and Happy Endings. Both got picked up so he decided to go with Happy Endings, which is why Coach moves out after the first episode of New Girl. Happy Endings got canceled after 3 seasons, so they brought him back as Coach on New Girl.
Chataboutgames t1_iwcmwzi wrote
Coach moved to Chicago to live with some other white people
JustAHorseWithNoName t1_iwaqor5 wrote
Wayans was always the weakest link of New Girl IMO. Compared the hilarious and career defining performances of Greenfield, Johnson, and Morris his seemed just okay. It makes sense that they cut him out for a while after the pilot tbh
VitaminTea t1_iwatqj8 wrote
New Girl didn't cut him; he shot the pilot before Happy Endings was renewed. When it was, New Girl chose not to recast the role and introduced Winston in the second episode to replace Coach. Wayans returned to New Girl when Happy Endings was cancelled.
TheEgonaut t1_iwc4pmp wrote
It’s crazy how difficult it is to rank those three. I do appreciate the irony that a show with “Girl” in its title’s best characters are men though.
PornoPaul t1_iwaslj9 wrote
New Girl was best when Jess was gone for that season she was "on jury duty".
Kh2008 t1_iwb0713 wrote
I disagree. My favorite new girl episodes are season four.
Chataboutgames t1_iwcnilu wrote
No way. Like I get she wasn't the best part of the show, but that was after the show's peak and Reagan was an awful arc. Even of you don't like Zooey Descahnel, her chemistry with Schmidt and Nick is a big part of the show.
PornoPaul t1_iwgty15 wrote
I'm the opposite. I actually think she's great, and while I enjoyed her chemistry, I found that without her, the chemistry for the guys was allowed to flourish. I just happened to like that chemistry far more.
keving87 t1_iweld8s wrote
Wayans Jr and Sr are starring in an upcoming CBS together, my first thought was "I wish this was a Happy Endings spinoff."
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