One beef I often have with sitcoms episodes nowadays is that they often move too fast, go in too many directions, and try to cram in too much at once. You might say that about the new show The Mindy Project, but in the episode "In the Club", this approach perhaps works.
The problem with making too much room for the jokes is that the episode lost focus on the logic of the events and is literally going all over the place "in the club". Although we might find Mindy's "foray" into the VIP world with the NBA players and their sports attorney cute, or that her failed attempts to hook up with the guys in the club funny, it is not clear where this episode is heading.
It was predictable that Mindy didn't leave for the VIP "after party" and chose to spend her night with her friends/coworkers, but when we were watching it, we couldn't help but wonder, "Isn't that what she wants?" My friend, B, asked "What changed her mind?"
It is difficult to understand how Mindy would decide to ditch the celebrities and stay with her friends when her character is not fully developed, her motivation unclear. It is still refreshing that we know that she is a girl who--let's put it nicely--likes to have a lot of second thoughts.
Another example would be when Morgan, the nurse, tried to persuade Jeremy to stop sleeping around. It is definitely entertaining, but without understanding why Morgan gives a damn about another person's business, it wasn't quite enough and left us clueless.
We still enjoyed the episode and the humour came from each character themselves having a lot of random moments, but more importantly, we did laugh out loud.
