
Show: New Girl
Character Status: Recurring
Current Season: Left Show
Endgame: None
Orientation: Bisexual
Show Status: Still Airing
Tropes: Played for Comedy, Promiscuous, Sweeps
Show: New Girl
Character Status: Recurring
Current Season: Left Show
Endgame: None
Orientation: Bisexual
Show Status: Still Airing
Tropes: Played for Comedy, Promiscuous, Sweeps
Reagan was a pharmaceutical rep who, in the fifth season, temporarily moved in with the main cast in their loft when one of the main characters, Jess, was away on jury duty. When Reagan arrived at the flat, it was revealed that she and main cast character (and previously presumed straight) Cece had hooked up in the past.
In one episode, Reagan was out jogging with one of her flat mates and they ran into Camilla (guest character). It turned out Reagan had been seeing her but wanted to end things, but instead of just breaking up with her she decided to ignore her. At the end of the episode, Reagan finally ended things with Camilla.
During her stay, series main character Nick fell for Reagan and they ended up kissing. In 5×22 (“Landing Gear”), Nick and Reagan decided to give a relationship a try as Nick decided to go away with her for 3 months.
Nick came back 1 month early, while Reagan moved to Seattle for work (off-screen) and they remained in a long distance relationship with Reagan off screen until 6×10 when she came back as a Christmas gift for Nick. In 6×11 she was moving back in with Nick (and the rest of the main cast) and they remained together until 6×20 “Misery”.
In 6×20 Reagan and Nick went to a party where she introduced him to her friends who all “had sex with each other”. Nick found out Reagan had gotten a promotion and was considering taking it, without telling him. Nick realized he and Reagan never talked, and accused Reagan of being “heteronormative”, and later told her to take the job and in episode 6×21 he broke up with her.
Relationship story arc with a woman: No
Relationship story arc with a man: Yes
Storyline during sweeps? Yes
[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.
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