NO MORE MR. NOISHE GUY
So, Mindy is settling in, in San Fran- and the
very thing I feared would happen, has happened, with a bang. After a rocky
start,( and oh, boy, was it rocky!) Mindy is falling in love with the city. This
latest development in itself, might be a contradiction to Peter’s sage
observation, “Home is where the heart is.”, and we all know Mindy’s heart is
firmly ensconced in Danny’s palm. “Dude, she’s obsessed with you, she’s got a
mold of your penis as her keychain”. I can’t believe Danny knows all this and
still feels insecure about why Mindy was thinking about moving. Then again, it
was that insight from Peter that reassured him a little. Nothing like the
knowledge that your girlfriend worships your member, to stroke your ego, huh,
guys? Also, is it me, or Peter was full
of very profound and astute thoughts in this final episode of his?
Anyway, so Mindy loves her some Danny, if you don’t
know that, you also don’t know this show even exists. Yet, slowly worming its
way into her heart is the Golden Gate City, which is also whispering seductive
notions of being part of a new fertility clinic. Okay, so maybe said notions
weren’t so whispered as yelled from the nervously excited Dr. Rob Gurgler, who
I think needs some Ambien or something. (ACTOR) plays this role to a perfect T;
I’m on edge every time I see Dr. Gurgler, he’s that tightly wound up.
To say Mindy is torn is to call Christ’s anguished
mental crisis in Gethsemane a dilemma. It’s even worse when Gurgler throws in
that perfect icing on the cake – Danny can be part of the clinic too. So now,
Mindy wants with all her heart, to do this- be in San Francisco, and be part of
some medical miracles. That same heart is with someone who, on all counts, is
the ultimate New Yorker and is deeply rooted in the city.
All this eats at Mindy so much she flies back to
New York to drop this bombshell in Danny’s lap in person. To her credit, she
tries on many occasions to tell him, but it’s like everything is against Mindy
and Danny having a good moment to discuss this. Danny shows her the house he’s bought for Mindy
and himself, then Peter usurps her arrival by dropping a bombshell of his own-
he’s leaving the practice to join Lauren in Austin.
Of course, everyone at the practice is
unpleasantly shocked, Danny and Jeremy most of all, and they’re pretty upset
with Mindy when Peter announces that he got that idea from her. So Danny is
already not too happy with his lady love, and I think it all comes to a head
when the super worked-up Gurgler shows up at Mindy’s. She had lost the courage
to break the news to Danny, you see, and texted Gurgler to bow out of their
plans. Gurgler, who had quit his job and
everything, nearly loses his mind, and immediately flies to New York and shows
up at Peter’s going away party and sure enough, you guessed it, blurts it out
to Danny… in front of all the guests. I expected Danny’s reaction: quiet, woeful, and just forlorn enough to
break your heart, as he says “But I just bought us a house” and walks away.
What I didn’t expect was Morgan’s dramatic crash to the floor as he collapsed
in a dead faint. Kudos to the writers for that comic relief during what was a
really tense moment in a show which is ostensibly geared to make us laugh.
Now Danny knows, and Peter goes, and Mindy is
burdened with her woes. She and Danny are not able to figure this complication
out; they’re usually good with all their trials, but this test seems to have
them stumped.
Mindy goes
back to California and gets a call from Peter, who delivers the biggest bombshell
of all. This has definitely made OMG history in TV. Peter, who did Mindy’s pap
smear while she was in New York, tells her she’s pregnant. Zoom in for ECU on
Mindy’s reaction. It is priceless. All she can say is “Esqweeze me?”
On my side of the screen, I hollered. Now, that’s
some major storytelling! Way to grab your audience by the you-know-whats, “TMP”
writing staff. How is she going to tell Danny, how is all this going to play
into her dreams, and OMG, how is Danny,
the quintessential Catholic, going to take all this? Oh, yeah, next week’s epi
is live - watching worthy, not TIVOing for later.
All in all, I loved this particular episode. Mindy
is slowly maturing into her own person, even though she adores her Danny, and
Danny, bless his heart, is finally so fully opened up to Mindy that he is the one with the insecurities now. I also simply
loved Peter’s growth arc, as Danny summarized it, “an unemployable pervert to
an employable pervert”.
What I didn’t get was the entire office’s reaction
at Mindy’s return after 3 months away. Jeremy was nonchalant, Tamra faked not
noticing Mindy’s absence, and Morgan surprised me most of all. He was more into
his workout in Mindy’s office, no less, than the knowledge that Mindy was back.
Beverly’s ridiculous interjections nearly
destroyed the show for me. I found myself wishing someone would shut her up.
Mindy’s gone 3 months and now Beverly mistakes her for somebody else? I was so
irritated I prayed for a way to mute her silly one liners without missing the
rest of the action. Aside from that hag’s nonsense, “No More Mr. Noishe Guy”
was simply awesome!
Best lines this episode:
Mindy: ”Okay Danny, do you still think this place
is just a giant weed dispensary between dim sum places?”
Mindy: “Rob, why did you ask me to meet you at
this address all alone? Okay, just because I look like Olivia Pope does not
mean I know how to disappear a body”
Rob: “You said( Danny) loved it when he came to
San Francisco! And he made friends with that drag queen!” Mindy: “Yeah, I’m
pretty sure he thought it was the real Tina Turner.”
Jeremy: “Wait, which one is Texas, is that where
Boston is?”
Morgan: “I saw what you and Lauren were doing. I
saw you two kissing; what else did you do? Topless hugging?
Peter: “No!”
Morgan: “Bottomless dancing?”
Peter: “No!”
Morgan: “Prove
it. Show me a picture of you two not doing it!
Danny to Mindy: “So, what’s with the surprise
visit? I still haven’t fixed the headboard from last time.”
Raymond: …just a reminder, we should leave, human
nighttime is rat daytime.
Oh, and Danny’s suitcase full of produce from New
York: priceless.
His reaction to the earthquake and Mindy’s
reaction to that: sidesplitting.
