Bringing joy and romance....THE MINDY PROJECT

If you like or a sucker for rom-coms, tv has some options for those hopeless romantics that enjoy of the journeys of a heart trying to find it's match while navigating through the rough waters of dating, relationships and friendships. The benefits from a tv show rather than a movie is actually the timing because witnessing a love story to happen for an average 90 to 120 minutes sounds more like seeing a comet just pass by, but when you get to be part of your favorite people for a few minutes every week for a couple of years feels more like you are part of this story and can relate to their journey as you mostly going on yours. But in an era where we feel like we've seen everything already, what kind of love story would be a good cliff hanger to keep us coming back every week to be part of it? Well Mindy Kaling has the answer to your priers with "The Mindy Project" (2012-current), which in case you have missed, it's on it's last season right now, so never is to late to jump to the world of another complex but delightful modern woman living in New York City and enjoying all the perks of being a skilled doctor with a successful career, but as any other woman that has achieve success and got to a some point of her young adult life, love becomes a matter of time and the clock keeps ticking just making them wonder when will be the time that prince charming will knock at the door.  And for Mindy, also the title character, an Indian-American woman that grew up watching Hollywood most popular romantic comedies, love is not an option but a goal. So when she realizes that she got to that point in her life, switches for a single, party y casual life in search for commitment and become an eligible bachelorette able to fall in love and become a better self. Hence the project of the title.

During season one, we are introduce into her world, a very familiar one for any one that lives or has been in NYC, or any similar big cities, where standards and expectations are really high. She, as a successful woman, won't settle for less. She has a successful career, live by herself in a decent apartment, always keeping up with fashion, and with a lovely group of friends. This group is the one that will turn her story into a binge worthy event, as she can turn into a needy, spoiled, high maintenance city girl, is this group of people around her that makes the journey more fun and romantic. But as any grown up, your friends end to be your co workers. Spending hours at work, you end relating, caring and hanging with this random people that otherwise you wouldn't cross paths with. So she is the first female associate in this new clinic along with Dr. Reed, a womanizer that will only care about the next party and his new target. And Dr. Danny Costello, the perfect catch for any single woman, as a single, successful, attractive man, that just happens to be as difficult and complicated in his own way, as Mindy. The rest of the gang is included by Nurse Tamra, Male Nurse Morgan, Dr Intern Peter, Assistants Beverly and Betsy. Making of this singular group of people a collage of diversity that will help our Princess to find love in the concrete jungle. But soon we'll learn things are not as easy as we would think. Because as soon as we start getting into the show, we'll see how this woman becomes popular among men but also will suffer from the consequences of dating, falling for the wrong guy that might cheat on her, have some kind of addiction, or has his own issues that won't match with hers ending in a series of complicated events.

But not all is lost. The soul of this show is based in the lessons that all this summary of experiences will bring to her and her group of friends. Each one will go trough funny moments to embarrassed ones and from love to sadness all in their own journey but always supported by a group of beloved ones. And their story will bring you joy and hope when you sitting at the couch realize that life could be similar in many ways, where we all share the same motivations and suffer from the same anxieties, but as similar and related we can get, we are also as unique and complicated in our own way that we'll need a full season just to realize how capable are we to succeed in life or how much we deserved to fall in love and be loved. Every relationship that we build or cross paths with has a meaning and a lesson for us to learn and as much as we'll be transformed by it, also we'll influence others by our unique perspective of the world. But all we need to keep going when feeling down, is hope, and joy from the people that we love as we will energize us while surrounded by them, because at the end of the day what will count is all those stories that we can sit and talk about while laughing for the pain they caused us back in that time. And the search of  real love, the right person for everyone is as exciting as painful as it can be. As they say, the only way to find the right fit for you is by exploring and kissing some frogs until one feels just right and when that feeling comes, all you need is to hold to it and make it work because relationships are hard work and start getting to know someone worth of a full season of rights and wrongs while loving each other but understanding where each one comes from and breaking any racial, cultural or gender barrier.

So in times like this where violence is the news of the day and relationships are as complicated as any new algorithm, where social media has take over the place and online dating seems like the only way to go, a show that brings some old fashion romance with a simple sense of humor that we used to embrace before the millennium, this shows feels like a fresh air not to mention that along it's run will touch, expose and make fun of some interesting and very actual topics as racism, diversity, equality, respect, sex, love, fashion, career, and more, all of them coming from the hands of a group of young people trying to make it through a city that never sleeps and never stops but always brings something new to the table, and having a first female of color with an indian background that serves to make fun of the cultural barrier between the all american values and traditions when clashing with foreign ones, as a remembrance of all the different shades in the world. And also the fact that this new female role model also breaks the stereotype of the white, skinny, innocent, dumb princess looking for love or trying to be rescued by her prince. This woman is independent and not exactly fit because she loves to have donuts or poundcake for breakfast and she is ok with it and all men around her, seem to not care about it but been drown by her unique personality and strong values and mostly her confidence to put her out and try hard for what she wants and as any hopeless romantic, believe in the power of love. And even her friends can't understand all their motives, they like care and relate to her quest, while they all find themselves suck into different situations and complications while each one trying to make it through love and happiness.

And seems like the all the cliches didn't work out well with the audience, not matter the fact that through it's six seasons, they like have special guests, most of them staying for a while rather than a small cameo, and most of this guests are comedians that are making it big in the industry, either in TV or movies, but bringing their own sense of humor and style to the series, but that wasn't enough for Fox Network that after season 3 was about to cancel the show but fortunately Hulu came to the rescue and kept it going for another three seasons. And now here we are, about to witness the end of her journey and as any woman dream made true see her self battling to decide who is the love of her life after being pursue from some very eligible bachelors but is the essence of the show that makes it unique and different is the personal project that involves a six season run, seen someone evolving from one point, the young, idealist, hopeless, hungry for power and success to a more grown up phase, mature enough to enjoy and take success as it comes but balancing life and realizing there's more than just work and how friends are important and are key to find love and find our own true. And once we find love, then what? well the real adventure begins, because getting to know someone it's a long run and any relationship is a hard work but we all a working progress so fairy tales don't exist, there are only real dreams and ideal fights. No matter how many people we dated we'll always learn something new, and if it's not the right person no matter how hard we try it won't say, things need to move so the one can come unless we are so blinded and weak to let him pass. So now you know a lesson or two about love and life but if this sounds too serious for you just turn your tv on and enjoy one of the most charming, big hearted shows running now and let that romantic inside you to come out and root for a happy ending, because as real as it gets, we all deserve one.