The Mindy Project: Will Power

Last night's episode of "The Mindy Project" was a Celebrity Death Match, Mindy vs. Danny, in the battle to give up their vices. In one corner, Danny, addicted to cigarettes. In the opposite corner, Mindy, addicted to junk food.

Danny begins his attempt to change Mindy's eating habits by offering her steel cut oatmeal for breakfast on Sunday morning. Mindy quickly retorts, "It is 9:00am on a Sunday. I need eggs, I need waffles, I need four kinds of pig's meat! I don't need no bowls of oatmeals!" Love that plural on "oatmeals."

The next morning, on her way into work, Mindy is seen barking at a newsstand guy, "Sir, I just want one doughnut for each of my fingers. It's not that hard."

In an attempt to help her with her eating, Danny provides Mindy with a sensible lunch - chicken, spinach and brown rice. Moments later, Tamra enters the room with birthday cake. Mindy goes wide eyed and says, "Oh my god. It's my favorite kind of cake. Gigantic." Cut to four seconds later when she's shoveling sheet cake into her mouth. Whoops.

Later that day, Mindy and Danny have a Skype date with Peter, down in Austin, TX. Apparently he's serving as Mindy's doctor for the pregnancy. Peter opens the call with, "How are my favorite MILF and DILF?" I seriously almost spit out my tea!

After looking through Mindy's patient chart, the conversation goes a little something like this:

Peter: You fall into a special category of pregnancy.
Mindy: What kind of special category? Hot, ethnic, power moms?
Peter: Technically you qualify as a geriatric, obese pregnancy.

Ha! I seriously lost it when Mindy started swatting at the screen.

The side story last night was about the practice needing to hire a new doctor. With Peter in Texas and Mindy leaving to start her fertility practice, they are in the lurch. Mindy tries to reel in her old medical school professor (played by the age-defying Vanessa Williams).

Meanwhile, Jeremy has rounded up a group of grumpy old men who Mindy calls "The Melvins." Beverly isn't digging them either and says, "The Melvins have already camped out in the conference room. It's very inconvenient because that's where I lock myself when I need to be racist." I should not have laughed at that, but I did.

Three other important cameos in last night's episode: Mindy's bedazzled barf bucket, her pink and white patterned pajamas in the final scene, and of course, the perfectly selected Britney Spears song, "Work Bitch."

Tell me, are you into the pregnancy storyline? I'm still on the fence.

*Image courtesy of @MindyKaling on Instagram.

 

Molly Galler

Welcome to Pop.Bop.Shop. My name is Molly. I’m a foodie, fashionista, pop culture addict and serious travel junkie. I’m a lifelong Bostonian obsessed with frozen confections, outdoor patios, Mindy Kaling, reality television, awards shows, tropical vacations, snail mail and my birthday.

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