New Girl: Katie

"Katie" is the second episode of season two of the American comedy series New Girl and the twenty-fifth episode of the series overall. It was directed by Steve Pink and written by Kay Cannon. It first aired on the FOX Network on Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 at 9:00 pm EST. In this episode, Jess is distraught to discover that she has been laid off at her teaching job. Schmidt finally gets the cast off his penis and decides to throw a "re-branding" party to celebrate. He convinces Nick to host it. Desperate to keep busy, Jess convinces Nick to allow her to be a shot girl at Schmidt's party.