The Mindy Project (2012)

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   Siskoid

   Been picking away at The Mindy Project's six seasons for a little while, and I wouldn't have kept with it if I didn't think it was funny, often charming, and had some really impressive guest stars across the aboard (despite one of the most annoying theme songs in sitcom history). Though the show has memorable characters (and perhaps, initially, too many of them to see what would stick), it does become a bit repetitive over time. Almost every situation is caused by characters not being honest to one another, and they resolve the central will-they-won't-they way too soon forcing some groan-inducing melodrama to bring things back to some status quo. If it's called The Mindy Project (I gather they just kept the placeholder name like it's some kind of Jackie Chan movie?), it's because the Mindy character is a work in progress, but the show goes just a little too long so that once she hits her peak, she's back-peddled. By the time you get to her umpteenth bad decision, you're no longer rooting for that caricature of her. (For me, the last two seasons, the ones on Hulu where they curse and the product placement because extra obvious, are supported by two unlikely MVPs, Xosha Roquemore as Tamara, and Beth Grant as Beverly.) The show is also plagued by continuity issues (is the first season streaming out of order?!) and blatant retcons (how does Ed Weeks' character go from hospital Lothario to prissy English cartoon who can't muddle through a date, for example?). Like most American comedies of the 2000s, the characters become lampoons of themselves over time as writers hack what is funny about them, which is always more extreme when you're marathoning a series, but like I said, I wouldn't have gotten to the end point if the first three seasons hadn't gotten me invested. 3 years 3 months ago

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