Unpopular opinion, but I actually really like how Nick and Jess were built up in S6. It was slow for the first handful of episodes, but I thought the second half was great.
-Nick spends a summer with his GF, but dedicates his book to Jess because of their history and her pushing him to go to New Orleans.
-Nick goes to Jess first about Reagan moving in, and immediately backtracks when she mentions living with her ex and his new GF.
-He again hesitates to ask Reagan and wants Jess to tell him that he’s doing the right thing.
-Nick reveals how he had noticed Jess’s squirrelly behavior since he got back in 6x01.
-He demands to know why his actions are never good enough.
-When Reagan arrives, he tells Jess he felt super excited like a kid on Christmas, but he didn’t even get up to greet his GF.
-And then of course, Jess’s gift of Darlene Love.
-Jess gets dragged in between Reagan and Nick, who wants her reassurance and needs her to play middle man.
-Nick confides to Jess about Reagan not reading his book.
-He tells her how she got scared when things were good during their relationship and he asked if he was vulnerable when they were together.
-Nick eats her leftover raisins... enough said.
-Basically the entire episode... Nick has Jess help him put his books together, and unknowingly to him, it was Jess helping Reagan find the right words to help him be less afraid of reading at the bookstore. Reagan alone couldn’t do it.
-Nick expresses disappointment to Jess when he receives a necklace from Reagan as his Valentine’s Day gift.
-Nick is alarmed by Jess’s behavior and recruits Schmidt to have all three of them go on a trip before Jess becomes Principal.
-He spends the whole trip trying to get her to relax.
-He looks visibly comforted when Jess apologizes about yelling at him in the cellar and tells him how he has grown up by owning a bar and writing a novel.
-He also reacts visibly when she tells him his room is not childish and has a style.
-Nick sees why Jess is nervous and tells her that it’s great how she’s been on this path towards her goal and gives her the jacket he bought as a substitute for her blazer.
6x18 Young Adult: Nick agrees to talk to some students about Pepperwood and then comes in willingly again. He buys her a coffee giftcard and tries to give it to her secretly through her students. Nick tells Jess that she always comes through for him.
-Nick and Jess pick out an outfit together and then break into Schmidt and Cece’s house together.
-Flashback of Nick asking Jess a bunch of things, including her answering a preteen a question about Pepperwood.
-He asks her to make him a sheet cake and is taken aback when Jess tells him that she’s being a substitute girlfriend.
-We see a montage of eight scenes where Nick and Reagan have needed Jess.
-The couple drags her to Socalyalcon.
-After she leaves, Nick is unable to answer a question about his book, Reagan doesn’t know what to say, so he uses the same answer Jess gave in the flashback from earlier.
-He calls Jess wanting to know why she disappeared.
-As soon as Nick learns about Reagan’s promotion, he calls Jess instead of talking to Reagan. He says Jess likes talking things out and he wishes she would call back because he’s falling apart.
-After Nick breaks up with Reagan and comes back to the loft, the first thing he does is call Jess.
-He tells Bob how Jess has a giant heart that is part compass and part flashlight, and she’s the greatest person he’s ever met. Also tells Bob how Jess always says the right thing and he really needs her.
6x22 Five Stars for Beezus:
-Nick reads a passage from his book about Jessica Night rushing to Pepperwood and finding him attractive. Mentions how the characters are based on real people who don’t work together.
-After seeing Jess run out from the reading, says that Pepperwood screwed up and didn’t get a second chance.
-Ignores the book publisher and calls Jess to ask if she was at his reading. He sounds super happy and excited when asking her. Nick then tells her that he broke up with Reagan.
-Nick tells Schmidt how he wanted to tell Jess his good news, but she wouldn’t answer his calls.
-While waiting for his publisher, Schmidt asks why Nick is fine with his breakup. He dismisses Schmidt and is more concerned about Jess not calling him back.
-Schmidt tells Nick that he’s been in love so th Jess since the moment he saw her. Nick is unable to deny it.
-Nick corrects Schmidt and admits that it was before he opened the door. It was when he saw her struggling to get into the building.
-Nick is shocker when he learns that Jess is moving out.
-Nick refuses to entertain the idea of killing off Jessica Night, because she’s the reason Pepperwood gets out of bed every day. He declares that he’s not afraid.
-Enters Jess’s emtpy room with a look of disbelief and sadness. Hears Jess yelling from outside and watches her trying to convince a dog to make noise with a smile on his face.
-He rushes around trying to find her.
-Yells at the delivery man because he had to tell his BEST FRIEND THAT HE WAS IN LOVE WITH HER.
-Nick stares at Jess when he realizes she heard him and is finally in front of him. Smiles in awe when he stands next to her.
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