This week, creator, star, EP, writer and producer (phew!
), Mindy Kaling, brings us into the highly-anticipated first episode of season 5, Decision 2016.
When we came back to write season five, we had a lot of questions to answer.
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Figuring out how to address them was really fun and surprising.
Season four ended on a giant cliffhanger.
Will Mindy choose Danny, the father of her child who she just hooked up with in an elevator?
Or Jody, the southern gentleman who bought her an entire apartment?
Decision 2016, indeed.
(Thats the name of the episode in case that wasnt clear.
Directed by Michael Spiller and written by me.)
Season five starts right where we left off Mindy is reeling from both situations.
Then she realizes whoa, shes in a real-life love triangle!
And triangle is the sexiest shape!
And shes the hot prize in the middle!
He didnt even tell her about this Sarah.
Okay, not so cool anymore.
Appalled that she has unwittingly become an adulterer, Mindy confronts Danny.
What is wrong with him?
Danny feels bad and promises to tell Sarah about his indiscretion.
Thats a point for Danny.
But Danny keeps coming up.
Everyone is invited to his wedding and wont shut up about it.
Morgan has even bought a $2,000 ill-fitting tuxedo for the occasion.
The triangle has become whats the four-sided one?
Lets call it a triangle-plus.
Meanwhile, Colette and Tamra do some digging into Mindys supposed trip to Miami.
They get their hands on the security tape from the elevator and see what went down.
Colette reacts in horror, Ooh thats nasty!
She was really excited about the prospect of having a cool sister-in-law.
Plus, she cant believe Mindy wouldnt want her brother, whos got that flat but muscular butt.
Tamra and Colette confront Mindy in front of everyone.
Surprisingly, Jody isnt upset.
He assures Mindy shes done nothing wrong.
Mindy defends herself to the rest of the staff.
For what is probably the first time in my entire life.
And hes really weird about everything.
Thats a point for Jody.
But Mindy is still torn.
Ironically, she ends up getting the best advice from the least likely person in the office: Beverly.
She tells Mindy she should wait for the right guy to come along.
Mindy thinks about it.
Not operate out of desperation?
That never occurred to me.
Danny doesnt want to change, nor does Mindy.
Theres no spark with Jody.
Neither of them really make sense, so why do they have to be her only options?
Mindy has always dreamed of two men vying for her affection.
Its romantic, its dramatic and its the plot of, like, every movie she likes.
And at the end of those movies, the woman always has to make a choice between the two.
But this time, Mindy chooses herself.
Its a new move for her, but this is season five Mindy.
Shes a single mom, a small business owner, and she dont need no man.
At least for now.
New episodes ofThe Mindy Projectstream Tuesdays on Hulu.
