The final season picks up three years after Jess told Nick of her true feelings for him, Winston and Aly got engaged, and Cece and Schmidt received news that they are expecting. Jess and Nick are now happy together and returning from a whirlwind European book tour. Stay-at-home dad Schmidt and working mom Cece are raising their daughter, Ruth. Winston and Aly are married, with a child on the way. Jess and Nick are happily together and returning from a whirlwind European book tour; stay-at-home dad Schmidt and working mom Cece are raising their daughter, Ruth; and Winston and Aly are married, with a child on the way.
Jess tries to avoid her renewed conflicted romantic feelings for Nick as he returns from a summer in New Orleans. Meanwhile, newlyweds Schmidt and Cece begin the search for their own house and Winston tries to balance his new long-distance relationship with Aly. Also, Nick struggles to write a novel set in New Orleans.
Jess and Nick go "all-in" on their romance, but soon realise that loving and living together will be tougher than they thought. Schmidt finds himself in double-trouble when he dates Cece and Elizabeth at the same-time. Unlucky-in-love Winston makes a special-connection... too bad it's only with the roommates' new house-cat.