The near-futurist: All 28 Michael Crichton novels, ranked Collette (“Chelsea Lately’s” Fortune Feimster) was on “SportsCenter” when she fell out of the second deck at a Braves game, Morgan (Ike Barinholtz, whose physical comedy prowess makes him the show’s best secret weapon) ate lasagna for the first time in his 30s, and Jody has been shot in duels so many times that his shoulder is more lead than bone. The supporting cast is certainly not immune to embarrassments. Her prom date was her mom dressed up as her cousin, she once burned her butt cheeks on her heated toilet seat, and the most she ever ran was when her jacket got caught in a bus door for four blocks. It all adds up to an absurdly pathetic life if one were to take it point-by-point. That’s amusing, but her antics since then have been funnier, because we mostly know about them from the non sequiturs. In the pilot episode in 2012, Mindy makes a drunken speech at an ex’s wedding, then rides a bicycle into a swimming pool and gets arrested. The line is especially funny because those three have been established as the types who would eat out of the garbage. “No, that’s Morgan … and Beverly … and Mindy,” he replies, increasingly disturbed as he reflects on his coworkers’ habits. Yes, “Mindy” is a formulaic workplace sitcom, but it’s not pleasant background noise - it is best enjoyed by those who watch it closely.įor example, Jody ( “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ “ Garret Dillahunt) is asked if he’s the one who eats out of the garbage. What makes “The Mindy Project” a bit different is that 1) all the characters are hilariously (but mostly innocently) flawed, 2) they don’t dwell on their flaws, largely because they are unaware of them (or have suppressed their awareness), and 3) the show remarks on these flaws through non sequiturs, 95 percent of which land, and half of which are guffaw-worthy. The workplace – in this case, an ob/gyn practice where Mindy is among the top doctors - is comfortingly familiar, but that doesn’t set it apart from other sitcoms. The introduction of the baby doesn’t mark the downfall of the show, however it leads to more good premises, such as Mindy taking him to a soap-opera audition and blowing it. And it certainly has some mid-run tropes, such as Mindy Lahiri (Mindy Kaling) and Danny Castellano’s (Chris Messina) baby Leo. The stakes mostly remain at sitcom level (the sequence where Mindy and Danny break up required some tears, but it’s handled with a deft and brisk touch).
#MINDY PROJECT HALLOWEEN EPISODE FREE#
But “The Mindy Project” - of which I binged Seasons 4 and the first part of Season 5 before my free month of Hulu ran out – is an exception.
Often, sitcoms work well as something to have on in the background. Sitcoms aren’t usually the best genre to binge-watch, as they tend to not have the dramatic stakes or surprises that make you want to jump right into the next episode.
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