Jaime Is Another Love Failure

The Mindy Project, S01E14

Mindy, tired of Lucy interfering with her new relationship with Jaime, fixed her up with Danny.  Danny and Lucy hit it off, but Mindy suspected that Jaime was more jealous about another man stealing Lucy's attention than he wanted to admit.  Jeremy also tried to help Morgan ask out a girl he liked who worked in the morgue.

After starting the episode off with Danny hungover and pants-less, the last thing I thought he would accomplish was some chemistry with a girl that Mindy randomly hooked him up.  Danny made it seem like he was going to mope the whole night away talking about his ex rather than sharing food with Lucy.  I loved that he was making a sort of rebound until Jaime decided to forget that he was even dating Mindy at that moment and started acting jealously.  It was like "Yay, for Danny!" but "Boo, for Mindy!"  When Jaime started aggressively eating off of Lucy's plate to worm himself between Danny and Lucy flirting with each other, I wished that Mindy would have called the date off right then.  She is a glutton for pain, though.  She tried to have him eat off her fork and talk about a possible tattoo, but she might as well been an empty chair because Jaime didn't even see her anymore.  Jaime joins the rest of the assholes that Mindy has wasted her time on.

The best thing about them going to the Empire State Building after they split from Danny and Lucy was that Mindy was smart enough to question whether Jaime really loved her or Lucy before she went to the place she thought was the most romantic spot on Earth.  If she had gotten to the top while Jaime was forcing himself to be with Mindy, I would have wanted her to push him off the edge.  Mindy is damn strong that she can be civil with Jaime after he was dancing around talking about how happy he was that he found his love with Lucy.  Mindy helped him to that realization and he still didn't have a shred of decency to edit himself for the sake of her feelings.  Nope.  Mindy was just second-rate actor in Jaime and Lucy's "movie."

I would have said her Valentine's Day was a disaster except that it was sort of sweet that Danny took her to the pizzeria where he met Christina.  Mindy didn't quite grasp the concept of even a crappy restaurant can be the most romantic place depending on the memories you make there, but I appreciate Danny salvaging the night by showing a little more vulnerability and opening up to Mindy.  Again, Mindy could do worse than him.  And with Josh, Brendon, and Jaime, she surely has.

There's not much to say about Morgan's story.  I mean, I liked that he ended up wanting more than sex from the girl he was trying to talk to, but besides that, the side story didn't add much.  It was slightly interesting to see Jeremy teach his moves to someone like Morgan who is more creepy than he is smooth.  I guess they are a little more friendly now?  Dunno.  Jeremy still hasn't become an endearing character yet.

I liked this episode, mostly because Danny was sort of charming, in spite of him starting off a little pathetic.  I mean, I'm quite over Mindy throwing herself out there for guys who aren't into her or are going to betray her.  I think we've established enough that she's not the best at picking men already.  It's time for her to find a guy that isn't just going to make a fool out of her.  Maybe she could just have a normal relationship problem for once.  That would be different.  Don't think I can take Mr. Mistake again.  I'm really starting to think that Mindy is cursed in love.

Mindy Ain't No Lamp

The Mindy Project, S01E07

Mindy made Danny her gynecologist when she found that her previous one had been retired for some time and when Danny accused her of having feelings for him that would make her impossible as a patient.  Jeremy got Morgan and Betsy to help him break into Mindy's apartment to decorate for a half birthday party, but Jeremy was really there to get back a watch he had misplaced after his last hook up with Mindy.

I still have issues about whether I want to hate Danny or not.  He's quite an easy-to-hate character, but there is something about him that is sort of funny and likeable, so I can't totally commit to loathing him just yet.  This time I was very tempted to write him off as the least loveable character when he was asking Mindy all these questions at her appointment in the rudest way.  I wasn't even sure if all the questions were ones that he asked all his patients, but even so the way he just assumed the answers on his own made me mad.  And I just got even more on Mindy's side when he was making fun of her weight (oh, hell no!).  I know that he and Mindy were playing a game to see which of them would chicken out on this new patient-doctor relationship between them, but he was taking it too far.  I might have wanted to see him get stabbed if Morgan (who is really starting to seem like the best person they could have hired ever) gave Mindy a way to find her inner warrior to fight against Danny.  Sometimes I think he needs to be a therapist, not a nurse.  He's pretty good despite his colorful past.

Thanks to him when Mindy unleased her revenge on him and was making him uncomfortable during the breast examination, I was laughing a lot.  This might be the funniest thing I've seen on this show yet.  Plus, Mindy won in the end and Danny ran home.  Couldn't ask for a better conclusion than that.  But I guess since Danny started acting like a human being, I didn't hate him so much when he caved.  He's a really difficult character.  If I had to bet my money, though, I think that I'm always going to lean toward hating him.

One other thing that was funny in the Danny and Mindy story was when Mindy was talking to him about the retirement card she had made:

[Danny] Take the sunglasses off the sun.  Makes no sense.  The sun’s the only thing that never needs sunglasses.
[Mindy] Um, the sunglasses are the best part.  That is how you know that the sun is cool.

Although I'm conflicted about Danny's personality, he's definitely necessary because he is a great contrast to Mindy's cute comments like that.  That joke wouldn't really work if Danny wasn't so critical and unimaginative.

I'm not so sure what I think about Jeremy so far.  We got to know him a little when he and Danny were at the DMV, and in this episode we saw that he's not above using people, but not impervious to what someone like Betsy might think of him.  He's still a bit of a mystery to me.   I do like that Betsy pretty much berated him for trying to steal the watch from Mindy's place.  I definitely like her because she seems like a pushover, but she will speak out when it's something important like her friends.

Lastly, I don't know if I like Mindy with Josh and all.  That was truly a nightmare to see him in her jeans and comment about the room in the back.  If I was her, I don't know if I would ever be able to face him.  Especially if I was wearing jeans at the time.

Pretty good episode in all.  I feel like Morgan is about my favorite character at the moment.  Mindy comes in at a close second.  The guy who always seems to be hitting low blows at her insecurities, on the other hand, is gunning to be my least favorite one, Danny.  I hope, though, he will grow on me soon.  Also, I want to see more of Jeremy because I can't really have an opinion about him either way.  I'm being impatient because this is a new show that needs time to slowly characterize everyone, but I don't care.  I wanna know what they're all about as quickly as possible.

My First Favorite Story

The Mindy Project, S01E03

Mindy got Shauna to get her into a club, and it ended up being an office outing.  Mindy was able to get into the VIP section and meet some interesting guys, but in the end she had to decide whether abandoning her friends was worth a possible hookup.

I didn't expect an episode about a club to be so good, but there were quite a few interesting moments.  One of such was when they first arrived and the group was waiting outside in the line.  Someone remarked that NBA players come to the club quite often:

[Mindy] This is amazing ’cause black guys love me.[Shauna] Keep your racism voice down.[Mindy] Sorry.  That’s not racist.  It’s a scientific fact that black guys love Indian girls.[Shauna] Don’t…[Mindy] Black guys also love ass, which I happen to have a lot of.

I love hearing about different stereotypes and was interested to see if Mindy could prove it to be true.  At first she didn't seem to be having any luck, and then she finally got into the VIP at what seemed to be at the request of one of the players.  It turned out to be from the sports attorney, but he turned out to be less of a douche than he first appeared (my first impression was that he was really rude and perhaps out to play her).  I loved when Mindy was just chilling with the players and having a great time.  She just seemed so cute, yet not awkward chatting with them.  It's just too bad she had other priorities than possibly the most amazing night of her life.

I'm actually glad that Mindy has a big heart and would rather stick by Shauna  and Betsy than go off have fun by herself.  I was pretty impressed with her.  It says a lot about her character.  If she had gone, it would have told me she was really only looking out for herself in the world, and I probably would have started to like her a lot less.

I also started to like Danny a little more in the episode, getting to see him cut loose and dance, but I felt bad that Shauna likes him and he went home with some random girl.  I hope that Shauna can get his attention one day because he doesn't seem to often give attention to anyone unless it's necessary.

I also felt like Morgan was off to a good start in this episode as well.  I loved that he had all these things with him like he was a bathroom attendant, but had no intention of being one, as I thought he did.  I mean, I was confused at first that he didn't understand why he was being given money; it took me a second to realize he had really just brought those toiletries for himself.  Wow.  Then, I thought it was sweet that he picked up everyone's tab at the end of the night with the money he had made (even though it was less than $40).  He could easily become one of my favorites.

This time, I definitely felt like this show has really started to win me over.  I at least care about some of the characters now and want to see how they might grow as people as the stories develop.  I wonder what will happen between Mindy and Josh.  He seems pretty into her, but I don't know if Mindy is there yet.  And I'd like to see Shauna have a real chance with Danny.  I think they could be at least an entertaining couple for a little while.