Mindy attempts to be the picture perfect stay-at-home mom.
Life as a stay-at-home mom starts out great for Mindy.
In her words, “It’s the greatest scam on earth.”
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Ahh, living the life.
It’s not exactly the life Mindy had pictured, but she thinks she can take it on.
So what does the job entail exactly?
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Oh Danny, Danny, Danny.
At this point, I’m mentally preparing myself for another 20 minutes of me shaking my head.
Basically it’s an expensive guide to being a ’50s housewife.
Jody needs them to help find his sister Collette a male date for their grandfather’s wedding.
“Collette’s gay, right?”
Yes, she is, but she hasn’t been able to bring herself to tell Jody the truth.
Instead, she seeks out Morgan, asking him to be her beard, which he ecstatically agrees to.
But when Friday night comes, Mindy reaches a breaking point.
After all, his job is harder than Mindy’s.
How dare you?!
Danny keeps digging himself into a bigger hole, thinking he could easily be a stay-at-home dad.
Danny seems to have the whole routine perfected.
Full restaurant-quality breakfast for Mindy, apple pie made from scratch, an appointment to the pediatrician.
Mindy, however, is having a blast.
She performs a hysterectomy surgery (“Monster Mash”?
A+ playlist), totally rocks it, and even impresses Jody.
But she’s still convinced that her job is to stay home and make gourmet grilled cheeses for Danny.
“You shouldn’t hide who you are from someone you love,” Mindy says.
Mindy doesn’t want to stay at home, but she’s scared to tell Danny.
Maybe she’ll get some inspiration from Collette, who announces via intercom that she’s a lesbian.
Collette enlightens him: Duh,sheis the brother-in-law.
They’ll bond over barbeque meat and trophy wives.
That night, Mindy prepares to tell Danny that she wants to go back to work.
But just as she’s about to confess (again!
), she gets interrupted.
Danny’s half-sister Little Danny is calling to say that their dad had a heart attack.
“I’m actually happy to go back to work,” she says to an empty room.
So close, Mindy.
You’ll get ‘em next time.
Best lines:
“You got a little something in there.”
Danny, pulling out a full K-cup from his coffee mug
“Oh no, that’s the coffee.
You leave it in there.”
Mindy
“You cannot keep a Southern family’s gay secret for personal gain.
What are you, in a Tennessee Williams play?
Whoa, am I smart?”
Mindy
“If you’re not living your authentic self then what even was the point ofGlee?”
Mindy to Collette
“Collette, you’re not really gay are you?
This is just another one of your funny pranks, right?
Like when you kissed that girl in your class or asked that girl to prom?”
