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The Mindy Project, S01E10

Mindy's little brother Rishi came to stay with her and tell her that he was dropping out of school to become a rapper.  Mindy tried to kick him out and teach him tough love in hopes that he would return to school.  Jeremy and Danny also spent time at a nursing home to get their landlord to lower their rent again after the landlord's son had raised it too high.

It was nice to see someone from Mindy's family.  He was pretty cute and I liked seeing Mindy sort of mother him in a way.  It was just a bonus that he ended up wanting to be a rapper and was pretty good at it, even if Mindy didn't want to see that at the beginning.  My favorite part of the whole story was definitely the end where Mindy went to support him and ended up being his backup singer.  She was sort of ruining his performance with her unnecessary comments about the lyrics mid-singing, but it was still funny.  Best of all, Mindy seemed a little more relaxed and hopefully this will be the end of her stress barfing.  I also liked at the very end that she suggested that Rishi should change him name to "Nice Cube."  That's hilariously bad.

In the Danny and Jeremy story, there wasn't much I thought about it.  I did like seeing Jeremy getting pissed at the landlord's son.  He was a jerk, for sure.  I would have liked to see Jeremy deal with that little idiot some more.  The time the two spent at the nursing home wasn't interesting enough to really say much.  It just seemed like a waste of time, despite that they got their rent lowered again.

I liked this episode, but I'm sort of disappointed that there weren't many jokes that I could enjoy.  I wonder if Rishi will be in any more stories.  I doubt that he's going back to school, but it's not really clear if he's a one-shot character or not.  I'm not sure if adding Mindy's family to the mix will make for better stories in the future, but I wouldn't rule out the possibility yet.  This show is still young, after all.

Shut It, Carol!

2 Broke Girls, S02E12

The girls were having trouble paying rent so Max was selling cupcakes to some potheads who needed snacks.  They upgraded into selling pot cupcakes and were surprised when they met Andy at their delivery site.

Of course, Caroline wouldn't be cool with Max selling cupcakes to people who are getting high, but if you think about it, when they sell cupcakes to anyone, they might be taking them home and enjoying them as a snack with their pot.  Caroline was being her usual annoying self, getting in the way of Max's profitable idea.  I mean, they didn't have much choice doing something a little shady when Caroline had too much pride to borrow money from Andy.  I was like, seriously?  You're going to be that proud when you're crawling on floors and jumping out of windows to avoid payment?

Anyway, one of my favorite parts was when Caroline was so proud that she had followed Max to find out that she was really following some guy with long, black hair.  I loved that not just because Caroline thought he was Max, but later when the guy was getting arrested, his girlfriend came out looking and sounding like Caroline.  They had somehow stumbled upon their meth doppelgangers.  Loved it.   Later, when Sophie came knocking at their door after they had finished making the pot cupcakes, Caroline shouted out just like Carol had when her boyfriend was being arrested.  I loved that Max responded to her the same way the guy had to Carol:

Shut it, Carol!  Shut it!

I was expecting that I would like Caroline being stoned since she said it made her personality change, but she was sort of worse than she was before.  I guess being overly positive is slightly better than all doom and gloom.  Then again, I guess it just depends how you do the latter.  Caroline wasn't being very funny about it--she was just sort of ruining their chance to get any money.  She also crushed that chance when she tossed out their cupcakes at Andy's arrival and hopped out to the fire escape.  The only thing I did like about her being high is that she had phone sex with Max.  It's funny because I'm not surprised she called her at all (especially with her admitting she'd marry Max if given three choices).

It was sweet that Andy gave Caroline money and said his success was pointless if he couldn't share it with her.  He's the best.  Caroline better never screw it up with him.  It was also sweet of the diner people to come and give money for the girls' rent.  I expected Caroline to turn down their money too, but luckily calling themselves family made her swallow her pride.  Wow.  I was sort of surprised that Han contributed because I kinda feel like he's a little pissed they're not working so hard at his business anymore.  Then again, he did succumb to Max's demands that he sit at their shop and eat eight cupcakes.  Either he is really afraid of her or he wants them to be successful on some level (maybe both).

I think I would have liked this episode even better if Caroline wasn't such a wet blanket about the pot.  Sure, it put their business into a gray area, but they gotta hustle if they want their business to stay afloat until they get a real customer base.  I hope by next time they have a better plan for getting the money so they don't have to hop out of windows to avoid their landlord.  If not, I hope they find something interesting like pot cupcakes again.  It's both an entertaining and cool idea.