Welcome back toThe Mindy Projectseason 5 recaps, spring edition.
This is writer and executive producer Matt Warburton.
I wrote this episode so Ill be your recapper (recaptain?
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I say yes.)
But people liked it and we were excited to have Mindy go on a magical adventure.
This one is not based onHot Tub Time Machine, but rather is mostly inspired byGroundhog Day.
We design titles for maximum audience confusion.
We find Mindy having been dumped by Ben.
But she soon finds out shell be repeating it again and again.
Did people like the Call Me Maybe ringtone?
Our great director and editor Dave Rogers pitched it and I liked it.
It made me nostalgic.
If the show had started this year, the ringtone would be like the Justin Timberlake song fromTrollsor something.
Not stupid or boring is a good bar to set for yourself on any creative endeavor.
I really loved working on the montage later in the episode where Mindy learns about nerd culture.
Im into that stuff and we dont get to talk about it on the show that much.
Actual Mindy (Mindy Kaling) knows a surprising amount aboutStar TrekandMarvelmovies and stuff.
But you didnt hear it from me!
Just then, Thursday occurs and its all ruined.
But the episode ended up being our spring premiere and the Thanksgiving food became barbecue (writing!).
Ben gives Mindy another chance and youll have six more episodes this season to see where it all goes.
Did this all really happen in the world of the show?
Does Mindy still know all that sci-fi stuff?
Will Morgan get out of joining the Navy?
I look forward to ignoring these and other questions about continuity on social media.
Thank you to EW for having me and thank you for reading.
I truly hope you enjoyed this episode, we really like this one.
New episodes ofThe Mindy Projectstream Tuesdays on Hulu.
