Nick panics when Julia doesn't want to put a label on their relationship. Meanwhile, Jess enlists Julia to help her get out of a traffic ticket, Winston reconnects with a former booty call and Schmidt is baffled as to why his shower towel is always damp.

When Nick is hurt playing a game of touch football and Jess discovers he doesn't have insurance, she takes him to her doctor friend -- an OB-GYN. The gang rallies together and Nick evaluates his life when his seemingly innocuous back injury may prove to be more serious than thought.

When Jess learns that a friend is pregnant, both she and Cece panic that time is running out for them to have children. Meanwhile, Schmidt seeks advice on how to please Emma, and Nick and Winston visit the zoo to find inspiration for Nick's zombie-themed novel.

Jess decides to throw Cece a surprise bachelorette party while Nick and Winston awkwardly take her fiancé, Shivrang, out for the night. Then, as Schmidt desperately tries to find a real girlfriend in time for the wedding in order to get a “plus one,” he is forced to seek out his old girlfriend from his “fat Schmidt” college days.

Nick kämpar för att anordna Jess den perfekta födelsedagsfesten, medan Schmidt arbetar övertid för att hjälpa Cece i hennes nya jobb som bartender och Winston och Coach deltar i en bake-off.

Jess och Nick möter några sanningar om deras förhållande, medan Schmidt, Winston och Coach kämpar för att göra ett bättre andra intryck på sina heta nya grannar. Dessutom får Cece panik efter att hon berusat sms:ar Buster

Jess är redo att berätta för Nick om sina sanna känslor för honom. Under tiden träffar Nick ett bokförlag, då Aly hjälper Winston att återknyta kontakten med en viktig person. Sedan får Cece och Schmidt stora nyheter.

The gang takes a tour down memory lane, which includes a final round of "True American."