Mindy and Danny NOT Kissing In a Tree

Aah I love them. But he doesn't like her hand on his shoulder. So why would they kiss?!

So Mindy and Danny had a moment. A really uncomfortable, awkward moment.

At least that’s how I felt.

The entire episode I was on edge, because I read a comment somewhere about Danny and Mindy and a potential “thing” happening. Well, it almost did, and I was physically uncomfortable watching it. I’m talking backed as far into the couch to get as much distance as possible from the TV screen (you know, because I was practically in the room with them) with my hands over my mouth, taking breaths in rapid succession (in hindsight, I may need to look more into the way I handle uncomfortable moments on TV – it hardly bodes well for my actual life…).

I don’t know why I had such an intense reaction to the two of them, but I’m going to wager a guess that it has something to do with the fact that, in real life, those two getting together would never happen. It just wouldn’t. He can’t stand her most of the time, and she thinks he’s too serious.

I love them both. I love the dynamic between them because they’re so funny together, and they’re clearly pseudo best friends. But they don’t work romantically. (Why does every friendship in television have to end up in a relationship?!)

This captures them perfectly. And it captures how they should stay.

There are a lot of TV characters that I hope will get together – Nick and Jess, for instance. They are meant to be, and I was so so happy when they finally made it happen. But Mindy and Danny are too opposite to even entertain the thought of them being together. He’s too uptight, and she’s too much of a hot mess (I say that in the most loving way possible).

I can only hope that this was just a moment of weakness for them both – Mindy is at a crossroads with Casey and potentially changing her life to head for Haiti, while Danny is in a relationship that is moving too fast with his ex-wife. They were seeking familiarity, and the two of them are nothing if not familiar with each other.

It was just a hiccup. Next season, things will be back to normal. Because I could not take seeing the two of them kiss. I could not. Just…ew.

And it’s at this point that I realize how invested I am in a television show. Well done on the
writers’ parts. Not well done on the part where I live my own life and have my own experiences that aren’t lived vicariously through fictional characters.

I’m still working on it.

Love,

M