It's Tuesday AKA Minday: The Mindy Project, Burial Plots, And (Of Course) Morgan Tookers
Today is the best day of the week: Minday. Mindy Kaling obviously read my post from last week (my incredibly wide reach demonstrated by not one but SIX Facebook likes, all by people I probably know) because my concerns from last week were pretty well addressed in this episode of The Mindy Project. Obviously.
What has been missing all season was a dose of Mindy’s frequently paranoid and some times rash inner voice. Where did it go? Did she get together with Danny and then it suddenly evaporated? It was hard to tell, because Danny’s point of view was taking center stage. (Spoilers to follow)
This week, though, we got a solid dose of Mindy as the episode opened with her mind running away with wild speculation that Danny was going to propose when in fact the “stone” he bought was his grave stone – and he didn’t even buy a twin burial plot! The gall.
Watching Mindy decide to apply for a fellowship at Stanford after that burn certainly seemed like a test to see whether or not Danny would propose, and I’m sure it still is. But it turned out her other love in life, her career, means just as much to her as Danny. Will Danny be able to handle it if she really goes? Will SHE be able to handle it? Will he do what we all want him to do and go with her? Or will this be a way to prolong the relationship arc a la Ross and Rachel so we don’t get fully satisfied by the show too soon?
Also, is that last one actually a theory sitcom writers have? Because I’d like to call BS on that policy. Knock it off.
Make no mistake: this is a plot device to test the relationship of our two favorite lovebirds. It looks rosy for now, but will it stay that way?
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I can honestly say I have no idea, and that’s why The Mindy Project is a great show. Most sitcoms are so formulaic you can see what’s coming at least two episodes in advance – and that’s being generous. But the writing on The Mindy Project is a hell of a lot better than that because it eschews sitcom archetypal characters and recycled plotlines for the sort of people and experiences we find in reality. And as we all know, reality isn’t so predictable.
Episode shoutouts:
1. Morgan Tookers subplot because Morgan Tookers subplots = gold
2. That green sparkly dress Mindy wore at the holiday party. Damn, girl.