New Girl: Jess/Nick 'Developments' Scoop 

A bachelor party, a wedding and (maybe) Schmidt’s first name, oh my!

airs its milestone 100th episode next Tuesday (8/7c), the Fox comedy will kick off a run of

eventful spring episodes, most of them in preparation for Cece and Schmidt’s long-awaited nuptials.

But even before Cece takes that walk down the aisle, there’s other business for the show to attend to, including Jess’ return from jury duty, her first face-to-face interactions with Reagan and bachelor/bachelorette soirees that sound absolutely

TVLine recently caught up with the stars and producers of

to find out coming down Season 5’s homestretch. Read on to see what they shared:

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THE BOY IS MINE | Now that Nick has locked lips with

-new girl Reagan, executive producer Brett Baer admits it would have been “the obvious decision” to make Jess jealous of Megan Fox’s character upon returning from jury duty this Tuesday. Instead, viewers will see the two women forging a unique — and perhaps slightly uncomfortable — relationship when they first meet. “I didn’t want to write a story with two women at each other’s throats,” explains series creator Liz Meriwether. “So we went the other direction with it. We kept all of the drama inside [Nick’s] head.”

REAGAN REDUX | Speaking of Fox’s well-received guest stint, Baer says there are “definitely” ongoing conversations about bringing Reagan back beyond her current arc, adding, “We love what her character brings to the table for the Nick-and-Jess dynamic — and for

FATHER OF THE GROOM | As Schmidt prepares to recite his vows in a few weeks’ time,

‘s Peter Gallagher will be back to play his father once again, Meriwether confirms.

FIRST-NAME BASIS | Will Cece and Schmidt’s wedding ceremony

answer the question surrounding the groom’s elusive first name? Meriwether says she and the writers are “leaning that way,” though Baer confesses it still might not be the right time: “Do we do it now? Do we hold it? We realize it’s very difficult to do a wedding and not mention people’s names.” (At the very least, Max Greenfield has his own idea of what his alter ego’s first name should be: “Brad. Brad Schmidt. I told Liz, [but the writers] don’t buy it.”)

GET THE PARTY STARTED | Considering Jess, Nick & Co. can barely get through a day without something going very,

wrong, it only makes sense that Cece and Schmidt will party hard during their final days as single people. Though Greenfield can’t say much about Schmidt’s “crazy” bachelor party, he

tease that it features “the desert and motorcycles,” while Hannah Simone says Cece’s bash “may involve — accidentally — some criminal activity.”

WEDDING DAZE | Though Meriwether assures us that Cece and Schmidt

make it down the aisle by season’s end, she and her fellow EPs agree it’s been tough to craft a wholly original TV wedding. “We’re trying to do it in a unique way,” Baer shares. “We’ve done one wedding already for Cece, so we want this one to be more special and emotional.”

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WHAT’S WINSTON GOT TO DO WITH IT? | And lest you be concerned that Winston won’t get a romantic storyline of his own this season, Morris implores you to think again. “[The writers are] playing around with an idea that I have a crush on my cop partner, Aly, played by Nasim Pedrad,” he reveals. “I don’t know if it’s going to go there or not. [Pedrad] did just get a pilot picked up… but if it were up to me, yeah, Winston needs some love.”

WILL THEY OR WON’T THEY? | That only leaves one question: What will become of Nick and Jess? Even in the wake of last Tuesday’s Nick/Reagan kiss, Meriwether isn’t ready to give up on the spark between the maybe-soul mates. “Ships never sail. In many ways, their relationship is the heart of the show,” she says. “Actually, Nick’s relationship with [Reagan] helps bring things into perspective for Jess, in a good way. There’s definitely some developments that are on their way by the end of the season. Dot, dot, dot.”

fans, which of our scoops are you most excited about? Sound off in the comments!

I’ve always loved Nick & Jess together, I feel like they are the core relationship of the show. The writers didn’t handle their relationship in the best way the first time around but they belong together in the end.

I used to be wholly against them getting back together. But, now I’m less opposed. When they were together I think they did a great job of showing that while they had the chemistry, sometimes love just isn’t enough in a relationship between two very different people. But, I also think they’ve done a good job of making Nick grow up while still staying true to the character.

When I first heard Megan Fox was coming to replace during the mat leave, I was a little concerned. Surprisingly, I haven’t missed Jess at all, and actually I’m dreading her return. I think that Regan adds such a better energy to the show, and I love how the characters all play off of her compared to Jess.

Right there with you. I haven’t missed Jess one bit. I am dreading her return. Her character has always irritated me. I was shocked at how well Fox’s character blended with the others. They all did a great job.

Same here. I think the problem is that Jess went from “cute” to “annoying” somewhere along the line (it happens as sitcoms age, all the characters’ comic personality traits get exaggerated as more jokes about them are told), and having Reagan as a straight face to play off of helps ground the comic scenarios again.

Is Coach returning in the lead up to the wedding??? In the Season 4 Finale, Jess said “see you at the wedding”, & in the Season 5 Premiere, Winston read a note from Coach that he can’t come back for every party, but he’ll see them at the wedding…

Has this been confirmed with Damon Wayans??

And if they can’t get Megan Fox back for follow-up episodes, they could swap in Odette Annable, and probably no one would notice.

She was already on an episode, where Jess busted her chin and told Nick on painkillers that she wanted to bone.

I stopped watching the show when they broke Nick and Jess up. Their relationship was the heart of the show. I really hope they get them back together.

The Nick and Jess relationship has always been the heart of this show, IMO. No, season 3 wasn’t very good for them at all, but season 4 was even worse. After the break up the writers simply ignored what they had for a really long time and for me it felt like it was missing something on New Girl. They used to be the most unique relationship there, wether as a couple or just friends attracted to each other. I hope we get to see more of their complicated relationship again this season.

I don’t understand why they would say that they’re “playing around with the idea that (Winston) has a crush on Aly.” He’s already admitted that and asked her out! (Which, by the way, they just ignored this week.)

His first name could be Aiden or Alexander Schmidt. I can even see him as a James or Neil or even Hugh(after his grandfather). It would be revealed on the wedding..because Cece would say I take thee …………. Schmidt.as my husband

Please don’t give him a girl’s name….it would be too predictable and this show, i’d like to believe is above those kinds of jokes.

Honestly what I think would be kinda funny was if his name was Nick too, hence why he goes by Schmidt, so there’s no confusion between the two of them

I secretly hope his name is Seth Schmidt. Mostly because Peter Gallagher is playing his dad

“The O.C.‘s Peter Gallagher will be back to play his father once again.” Wait.. WHAT?! Did I miss an episode?!? Or are you talking about another series?

I hate Nick and Jess… Heat of the show? No not for me… These spoilers made me sad…

Nick & Jess, bad idea. They work better as best friends.

I want to see what happens between Nick & Jess now that Reagan’s in the picture! I really hope that Nick realizes his feelings for Jess again!

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