Plot summary
On Valentine's Day, Jess recruits Schmidt to go out and help her find a guy with whom to have her first one-night stand. At a bar, she meets Oliver ( Ryan Kwanten ), who is young, handsome and boring. She and Schmidt think he is ideal for her to have a one-night stand with because she has nothing in common with him. Cece's acquaintance Kurt joins her at the bar. Jess goes back to Oliver's apartment, driven by Schmidt because neither Jess nor Oliver have a car. At Oliver's apartment, the three watch Rise of the Planet of the Apes together.
Jess and Oliver do not have sex because his former partner, Amy, who still lives with him, walks in. Oliver and Amy get back together. Cece picks Schmidt up because his car cannot be driven because its wheels have been stolen. Jess goes home and decides to hook up with Schmidt, but does not because Nick walks in as she is about to go into Schmidt's bedroom. Schmidt does not know what almost happened, because he is hooking up with Cece. Winston visits Shelby at her apartment, assuming that it will be just the two of them.
When he arrives, he is disappointed to see that she is having a girls' night in with two of her friends. Nick spends the evening with a very busy Julia and her unpaid intern, Cliff ( Clark Duke ), who is attracted to her. Cliff quits his job.
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