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The Mindy Project: Ranking Mindy's Love Interests

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Nov 14, 2013 9:26 PM
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Danny Castellano (Chris Messina)

Occupation: Fellow gynecologist in Mindy's office
Length of Courtship: N/A
Best Moment: Oh, where to begin? Maybe when Danny grabbed Mindy's hand when their flight hit turbulence. Or their banter-filled exchange in his shower (fully clothed, obviously). And we can't forget about Danny coming over to help Mindy build a bunk bed. Their hilarious question and answer conversation when Danny became Mindy's gyno was made of awesome as well. But then they also ended up at a crappy pizzeria on Valentine's day night together. Or their hug while pretending to be a couple that made Danny start to see Mindy in a whole new (and romantic!) light. We can't decide, we give up.
Rating: N/A...yet.


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2/13
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Cliff (Glenn Howerton)

Occupation: :Lawyer
Length of Courtship: Season 2, episode 4-current
Best Moment: Hands down, Cliff texting with Morgan and Peter, thinking it was Mindy, and his reaction shots of her flirty messages and emoticons were pure gold. The fact that he thought her outfit, which consisted of "a tasteful cardigan, cordoruy pants and a brest cancer awareness pin," was hot was just icing on the cake.
Rating: 6/10-He's cute, he's got a great job, he knows how to flirt via text, but he hooked up with Mindy's neighbor Heather (Ellie Kemper) wihout any thought to how our girl would feel about it. How dare you, sir? How dare you?


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3/13
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Graham (Timothy Olyphant)

Occupation: Professional skateboarder
Length of Courtship: Season 2, episode 7
Best Moment: Oh, where to begin? It could be his epic "That's how good I am at sex" meet-cute with Mindy. Or when he took over the mic at Chipotle to flirt with her. Or maybe when he suggested they dine-and-dash after revealing he once suffered exhaustion due to semen depletion?
Rating: 9/10-OK, OK, he was absolutely the wrong person for Mindy (He was but "a man of non-sci … nonsense"), but he was so hilarious that we had to give him a high score.


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4/13
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Casey (Anders Holms)

Occupation: Pastor
Length of Courtship: Season 1, Episode 19-Season 2, episode 3
Best Moment: His amazing sermon, which was DJ-ed by Moby, where he proclaims he hates God because his DVR didn't record Game of Thrones (to make a point, people!). Runner-up: Using the stripper pole to kick Tom at a college frat party.
Rating: 9/10-Good date banter, inspires Mindy to be a better person, handles her quirks well, uses angel emojis and is the coolest pastor to ever pastor. We totally want to get with Pastor Casey. And now we can after he and Mindy broke off their engagement earlier this season. Miss you, DJ Sacrament. Miss you so hard.


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5/13
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Adam (Josh Meyers)

Occupation: Prostitute/aspiring 9/11 songwriter
Courtship: Episode 20
Best Moment: Attempting to play his song about 9/11 at Danny's cocktail party.
Rating: 1/10-Come on, he's a prostitute.


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6/13
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Sam (Seth Rogen)

Occupation: Soldier
Courtship: First kiss as Jewish summer camp and Episode 16
Best Moment: Sam stops getting his "ARMY" tattoo when Mindy shows up, leading to the hilarious yet on-the-nose "ARM" body ink. On his arm.
Rating: 8/10-Probably because you always want what you can't have, but there is a chance for Sam and Mindy to give their relationship an honest chance when he returns from Afghanistan in 18 months.


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7/13
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Jamie (B.J. Novak)

Occupation: Latin teacher
Length of Courtship:  Episodes 13 and 14, which was Valentine's Day; he dumped her when he realized he was in love with his best friend Lucy.
Best Moment: At a double date with Lucy and Danny, Jamie attempts to give himself the Heimlich on a parking meter.
Rating: 5/10-While Jamie and Mindy gave (really) good date banter, it was obvious from the start that he was in love with his Sally. The Office's Ryan and Kelly they were not!


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8/13
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Brendan DeLaurier (Mark Duplass)

Occupation: Midwife
Length of Courtship: Episode 10-ongoing flirtation
Best Moment: Brendan performs "Landslide" on his acoustic guitar for Mindy.
Rating: 7/10 -- While it's fun to watch them banter, Mindy and Brendan just aren't endgame material.


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9/13
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Josh Daniels (Tommy Dewey)

Occupation: Sports attorney
Length of Courtship:  Episode 3 through episode 9, when Mindy found out she was "the other woman" at their Christmas party. Ouch.
Best Moment: When Mindy visits him in rehab after their breakup, he shows her a painting of his spirit: Sneakers and sunglasses, of course.
Rating: 9/10-If he didn't cheat, the lovably and adorably douchey Josh would probably score the elusive 10/10 rating, if only for this line: "Indianapolis has a jazz fest? Gross."


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10/13
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Matt (Seth Meyers)

Occupation: Hot Guy in a Bookstore Fantasy Come to Life
Length of Courtship: Episode two: One blissful book-frozen yogurt date
Best Moment: Totally indulging Mindy's crazy by repeatedly buying her different flavors of frozen yogurt. Swoon.
Rating: 8/10-If only we'd seen more of Matt (Whose name we had to IMDB to remember), but it's Seth Meyers. We repeat: It's Seth Meyers.


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11/13
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Dennis (Ed Helms)

Occupation: He majored in economics at Duke. Yeah, she Google-stalked him. Relax.
Length of Courtship: Episode 1-episode 6
Best Moment: His epic tumble down the stairs on Thanksgiving, which prompted this gem from Mindy: "Speaking as a doctor you should be dead, but as a person, that was hilarious."
Rating: 4/10-Dennis and Mindy's brief flirtation was kind of meh.


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12/13
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Dr. Jeremy Reed (Ed Weeks)

Occupation: Fellow gynecologist in Mindy's office
Courtship: Friend with benefits
Best Moment: Totally unrelated to Mindy, but Jeremy walking into a bunch of wind chimes on a porch saying "Why America?" was pretty epic.
Rating: 1/10- We're pretty sure the show even forgets these two were ever a thing.


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13/13
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Tom McDougall (Bill Hader)

Occupation: Dentist
Length of Courtship: Unknown (seriously dated prior to pilot episode)
Rating: 2/10-This jerkwad only gets two points because 1. Mindy kind of jacked his wedding and 2. He's Bill Hader.
Best Moment: His recent brawl with Mindy's boyfriend Pastor Casey at a college frat party, where he bragged about his "huge penis." Tom is a mess after his wife moved back to Serbia to have another man's baby. Rough twist, bro.

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