“The Mindy Project” continues this week, in “There’s No Crying in Softball,” with the romance that was started in “Princeton Charming.” Jay R. Ferguson returns as the Princeton coach who started “dating” Mindy last week. The two are almost a perfect match two professionals on opposite ends of the career scale who have fun in and out of bed.
Dr. Lahiri is reluctant to tell her friends and colleagues at work about the relationship and almost loses Coach Drew Schakowsky. The whole thing works out in the end and it seems that she may have found someone who moves at her frequency.
A weekend date is in jeopardy when timing is thrown off as Mindy learns that the staff softball game is scheduled over the weekend. The tournament runs the same time that Drew is coming to visit with Mindy in New York. She tells the organizers, Morgan (Ike Barinholtz) and Collette (Fortune Feimster) that she cannot make it.
Jody (Garret Dillahunt), Collette’s brother, states that he and his new girlfriend Courtney (played by Maria Thayer) will be attending. Drew arrives in New York and Mindy explains that she is looking after her son. The coach opts to stay in a hotel the night before their “big date” and Mindy’s big weekend is off to a shaky start.
As the softball game progresses, Jody tells Courtney an amusing story that keeps her laughing. Unfortunately the laughter is distracting Collette who finally snaps and throws a softball striking Courtney’s face.
Collette is ejected from the game and Morgan calls Mindy begging her to join the team otherwise they will forfeit. Mindy agrees and as the day drags on and on. Drew, who thinks she is at work, stops by the hospital to visit.
Jody and Courtney are in the waiting room and he explains to the coach that Mindy is playing softball. He stops by the game and catches her in a lie, she texts that she is delivering twins and is stressed. Drew texts back that she looks fine “from here.” Looking up Mindy finds him looking at her by the edge of the ball field.
Rather than get angry, Drew agrees to coach the ob/gyn team and they go on to win the contest. Mindy, who has been avoiding telling anyone about her Princeton coach, finally admits he is her boyfriend.
Once again this show and Mindy Kaling are comic perfection. The quirky characters and the presence of “The Real O’Neals” regular Jay R. Ferguson as the newest romantic conquest of Kaling’s character equals an impressive show.
The moments are splendid and when Collette hits Courtney with the ball the build up to her act of violence is spot on. As is all the humor in the show.
One stand out moment has Ferguson’s character at a shop. He is waiting for Mindy and ordered his hot chocolate. When she rings to say she will be late, he says he may leave as a group of young girls in cosplay outfits are trying to bully him for the table.
At the end of the conversation he tells her that Elsa (from “Frozen”) just hissed at him. This is the kind of comedy that makes up “The Mindy Project.” A splendid mix of bawdy humor; the short montage of Mindy pushing Drew onto the bed at each of their dates, and the silly; Jody’s complete denial of Drew’s existence at the hospital.
“The Mindy Project” airs Tuesdays on Hulu. Catch this one. It is funny and you too will fall in love with the lead character. If you have missed the earlier seasons, begin binging now. You will be glad you did.
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