New Girl: Cooler

"Cooler" is the fifteenth episode of season two of the American sitcom series New Girl and the thirty-seventh episode of the series overall. It was directed by Jake Kasdan and written by Berkley Johnson and Josh Malmuth. It first aired on the FOX Network on Tuesday, January 29th, 2013.

In this episode, Nick's con-artist father, Walt Miller comes to Los Angeles to visit him. Their reunion is bitter sweet however as Nick quickly deduces that his father is only looking to further his own personal agenda through a horse racing scheme. Unfortunately, he tricks Jess into helping him out. Meanwhile, Schmidt bonds with his former rival Robby and the two conspire to win back the affection of Cece. Let the best man win.