The Mindy Project Proves That Every Mom Needs A Morgan

Was there ever really any doubt that, when it came to labour, Mindy Lahiri was going to try to take a pass? I know I certainly had none, so I'm not sure why her fiancé is, in the latest episode, shocked to learn not just that Mindy has planned a scheduled C-section, but that she's tracked down a facility that can hook her up with "the five-day C-section knockout package." Could I use this space to complain about the sitcomminess of a plotline that (a) is premised on how little one member of the couple knows the other or (b) the idea that an OB/GYN like Danny would have to be taught the lesson that the way a mother chooses to deal with the process of birth is not something a man really gets to dictate...or I could focus on the parts of this episode I loved. Surprise! They all revolve around Morgan.

To start with, Morgan is much more lovingly supportive of his Dr. L. and her birth plan than the man she's chosen to spend her life with (though she and Danny are still just engaged; she still has time to go with Morgan instead). When she vents to Morgan that Danny isn't on board with the C-section scheduling, he has thoughts.

Morgan: Between you and me, I love Dr. C; he's always been the Yoko of our relationship.

Mindy: Who am I?

Morgan: The Beatles.

Mindy: ...Who are you?

Morgan: Morgan! Not a music fan.

Morgan then proves how seriously he takes Mindy's commitment to holding in the baby until its literally appointed time by putting his practical skills to use.

And after the dumb old baby starts out poorly by defying his mother and showing up not just early -- the day of a trade show when Mindy's unveiling her fertility clinic's initiative to get young women to freeze their eggs -- but when she's in a stopped subway car, Morgan has no qualms about screaming at it for being so inconsiderate -- as any of us would do under the circumstances.

Like most babies, this one doesn't know its place -- in Mindy's guts, where none of us has to see it or pretend to care about it. And the only thing that could kindly dispose me toward it is knowing not only that Morgan's okay with him, but that after seeing him for a split second, Morgan falls instantly, helplessly in love.

I really hope that, now that he's here, Leo manages to know his place and stay mostly offscreen, like his NBCUniversal cousin Charlotte Caruso does over on Playing House. Failing that, producers need to make sure all his scenes are with Morgan.