[s7e1] About Three Years Later -

As the title suggests, the episode picks up after a three-year time jump from the Season 6 finale, checking in on the gang as they navigate new stages of adulthood: Plot Highlights

: The couple returns from a successful European book tour for Nick’s novel, The Pepperwood Chronicles . Despite being happily together for three years, they are the only ones in the group not yet married or engaged, leading to awkward tension and a fake-out engagement story.

: Schmidt is now a proud stay-at-home dad to their three-year-old daughter, Ruth . A major comedic point of the episode is Schmidt’s new, polarizing mustache, which Nick finds "disgusting" and eventually shaves off during the credits.