Over a drunken power lunch, Jess and Cece decide to stand up to Russell and demand Jess be given more responsibility in her new job. Meanwhile, Nick struggles to come up with ideas for a new book and Schmidt is desperate to get Ruth to sleep.
Quest roles:
Brian Huskey(Merle Streep), Dermot Mulroney(Russell Schiller), Danielle Rockoff(Ruth Parekh-Schmidt), Pablo Castelblanco(Cooper), Kurt Long(Photographer), Mark McCracken(Male Teacher #1), Sanjay Chandani(Male Teacher #2), Chip Chinery(Ben), Mekki Leeper(Waiter), Russell Thomas(Ken), Rhiannon Rockoff(Ruth Parekh-Schmidt)