Zooey Deschanel, star of Fox’s “New Girl,” will be making her directorial debut by helming the season premiere of the comedy, now heading into its sixth season.
As Entertainment Weekly reports, “Titled ‘House Hunt,’ the episode will pick up three months after the Season 5 finale, which saw Jess (Deschanel) and Nick (Jake Johnson) part ways, Cece (Hannah Simone) and Schmidt (Max Greenfield) get married, and Winston (Lamorne Morris) carry out his best prank yet when he followed Cece and Schmidt all the way to the beach on their honeymoon, scaring them just as they settled in. Since then, Jess has been distracting herself from her renewed romantic feelings for Nick by throwing herself into new hobbies while he’s been away in New Orleans with Reagan (Megan Fox, who’s set to return later in Season 6). At the same time, Winston attempts to keep up his long-distance relationship with Aly (Nasim Pedrad), and newlyweds Cece and Schmidt go house hunting — the plot thread that inspired the episode title.”
On making her directorial debut, Deschanel jokes in a new video, “I’m mostly looking forward to manipulating people, and the tremendous power I’m going to wield.”
“New Girl” returns September 20 on Fox. Watch the teaser below.
