Try To Help, Get Zip Tied

The Mindy Project, S01E07

 Mindy tried to help her neighbor and friend Sophia make a smarter decision about going on birth control and having sex with her boyfriend.  Danny had to deal with a complaint about lewd behavior in the office. 

At first I really liked that Sophia and Mindy seem to have a nice bond, as if they were sisters or something.  However, the moment that Mindy tried to get too involved in Sophia's decision about sex, Sophia became a bit of a pain.  I get that no teenage wants an adult to tell them what to do about having sex, but I felt like Sophia was being a little too mean-spirited when Mindy was both trying to help her consider the weight of her first sexual experience and doing her a favor at all by possibly supplying her with birth control in the first place.  The latter was done without parental consent, so Mindy could have gotten in more trouble when helping her.  Mindy got way too involved, but at the same time, it was Sophia who went to her in the first place.  She couldn't have possibly thought that she could just ask Mindy for the pills and Mindy would have just threw some at her with no thought.

My least favorite part was when Sophia got the chance to question Josh, and Josh showed that he was no better of a boyfriend than Sophia's guy.  In fact, he wasn't really thinking of a future with Mindy at all.  It wasn't so fair to put him on the spot when Mindy and he had only been dating for a little while, but still.  I didn't like Josh too much there.  I mean, I felt like he could have worded his uncertainty about Mindy in a better way.  I'm still far from being his fan, and I don't think the two of them have forever on their horizon.

It was kinda funny that Mindy got restrained at the school for handing out condoms.  I'm thinking that's more of a no-no because she was unauthorized and parents would complain.  But seriously, what the hell is the harm?  It wasn't like she was pimping out the girls or something!  Geez!  I felt that they didn't need to zip tie her up!  Extreme!  But Mindy was dancing on the line of creepy being at the school and doing what she was doing in the first place.  She really should have just stayed at work (and did the job she seems to be able to not do at will--must be nice to be a partner).  It's amazing how Mindy can look like a criminal so many times when she's not exactly trying to do anything illegal.

As far as Danny's story went, it was okay.  I knew that it was Betsy who had written that complaint.  It was cute when Danny had Morgan in his office and he kept talking about the dogs he kept at the office.  I really like him for some reason.  He has this boyish charm.  Anyway, Danny was being so inappropriate in the way he was trying to up Betsy's confidence.  I can't believe he complimented her so much on her physical traits.  I really hope that doesn't end up blowing in his face anytime soon.

Oh, yeah.  I also loved how much Ben loved Mindy.  She made a fast friend of him and it was adorable, although it is very weird.  But not nearly as weird as that slime all the kids were playing with.  Kids are so strange.

This episode was okay.  It was hard to watch Mindy going around a high school as if her presence there was normal.  I don't think she should ever skip work again.  I'm not any closer to loving Josh, even though I know he's making an effort with Mindy.  I just don't have much faith in his commitment to her, and I doubt that will ever change.  Danny is sort of useless when it comes to handling people.  Although I like he is a bit of a mess himself and Mindy is surely not alone in that department.

Dunno Which Dinner Was The Best

The Mindy Project, S01E07

Mindy spent Thanksgiving at Gwen's house and got into a fight with Gwen after she hit on Dennis.  Jeremy spent the holiday at Betsy's house where she was sick of being treated like a little girl.  Danny spent the holiday alone at the office.

Well, there wasn't much that I liked about this episode.  It was good there were multiples stories because all of them were a little boring to me.  I don't think I could pick a favorite.  Even with Danny being alone the whole night save a damn mouse was about on par with Mindy going after someone else's boyfriend.  I might say Jeremy and Betsy story because it was a little sweet how he comforted her in accepting the way her family treats her because it could be worse (like how he suggested his own family was).

What I was most annoyed about in this episode was Josh.  I'm getting less and less convinced that he is a great match for her.  First of all, after he made a slightly gross dinner for her made entirely on panini presses, he set her apartment on fire was pretty damn useless in taking care of that situation.  Like I couldn't believe that he just sort of stood next her and kind of wanted her to do something about it.  Wow.  Didn't think he could be more unimpressive than his cooking skills.  Second, he didn't want to be exclusive with her.  I don't know why, but I was a little shocked.  You come to cook (by your own definitions) a meal for a girl, but you don't want to be exclusive with her?  Why the hell even go to the damn trouble??  Yes, later he found out that he missed Mindy and wanted to officially be her boyfriend, but I don't appreciate that he sort of swung her emotions around like that.  Especially since it encouraged Mindy to make out with Dennis (although I guess Morgan was the one who told her she didn't need to stick to one man either) and made the fight between Mindy and Gwen worse.  I just don't like the way Josh puts up a front--can't he be  a little more straightforward with his feelings?  It's frustrating and frankly makes him a little less manly in my eyes.

Related to Mindy seducing Dennis a bit, how dramatic was the fight between her and Gwen?  First Mindy jumps to conclusions about Gwen replacing her with another Indian girl (I wonder if she would have felt as threatened if she wasn't the same race), and then Gwen nearly kicks Mindy's ass after she sees her making out with Dennis.  I was really surprised that Gwen got so violent and loud.  But I guess she was just tired of Mindy's shit during a holiday dinner.  Wow, I would not want to piss her off.  I guess her voice makes you think she might be sweet and nice, but apparently she can bring it when necessary.  Learned a good bit about her character in this story.

I also learned that Jeremy doesn't seem to be much of an ass.  I mean, the more I see him with Betsy, the more I think they should hook up.  They would be a weird pairing (okay, well, she's just weird), but I think it might work.  She's definitely not so sneaky and sexually loose as he is, so maybe she could balance him out.  

As for Danny...  What a loser spending Thanksgiving at the office.  I'm surprised that he even texted back Mindy when she sent him a picture.  I guess he sort of missed her.  It wasn't like he was getting any love from anyone else that day (not even a mouse, haha).

This was one of my least favorite Thanksgiving stories I've seen, but I'm not really surprised.  This  show is still getting its act together, so I never expected them to blow me away.  I guess the best thing about the story was that perhaps Mindy has a confirmed boyfriend now.  I wonder if we'll see a change in Josh that will allow me to like him a little better.  Because of right now, I can't wait for someone better to stroll along for Mindy.

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.