Heartbroken and saddened by a previous ex-boyfriend's engagement, Walker Phillips seeks out for a new life. She moves to Alabama, which she believes is well-fitting for her current situation. Out in the city of the north, she builds a new life in an apartment complex and decides to take a chance with the "Select-A-Roommate!" option.
That is how New Girl met Old Boy, a twenty year-old mess striving not to appear desperate and sexually attracted to the hot girl who was standing right in front of him.