I Will Go Down With This 'Ship: Couple of the Week

So, like most sane people I have about five billion OTPs (you don't know what an OTP is? How dare you. It means one true pairing; please brush up on your fangirl jargon). I have decided to spotlight one ship a week and talk about what makes them so great. Hopefully my arguments will be so persuasive that you will also ship them by the end of the post.

In honor of the smokin' hot last 30 seconds of it's winter finale, my first ship of the week is...Danny and Mindy from The Mindy Project. 

Any spot can be romantic from "Harry & Mindy" 

Nobody watches this show. I don't know why. It pains me. Chris Messina is a sex god. Mindy Kaling is all of our spirit animals. Do your self a favor and binge watch the entire show in the next 3 days. 

Okay moving on, Danny and Mindy are the perfectly imperfect couple that hasn't actually happened yet. They bicker and argue but they are best friends. Every time we catch them stealing longing glances at each other (okay that's mostly Danny...Mindy's oblivious), it melts our hearts. Also, if a man ever choreographed a dance for me I would be his forever...after I got over the initial awkwardness of watching him dance for me. 

The sexual tension built slowly in season one; most of their interaction built up a strong friendship that did not exist before the show, but season two has been a sexual tension bullet train. 

"You've Got Sext" (credit offcolortv.com)

Danny realized he had romantic feelings for Mindy in 2x08: "You've Got Sext" and finally made his move in 2x14: "The Desert". All the while Mindy was romancing the better-before-they-started-dating Cliff. But something tells me Mindy is going to forget all about Cliff after that kiss. *fans oneself just thinking about it*

Don't compare them to Nick and Jess or Sam and Diane; they are Danny and Mindy. They are unique. They are realistic and fun--their relationship is light and humorous and still gives you all the butterflies of a well written will-they-or-won't-they couple.  I can't wait to see what happens next!


My favorite 'Dandy'-centric episodes:
1x01 "Pilot" (Danny's "Man" speech? Perfect.)
1x05 "Danny Castellano is My Gynecologist" (Unlamplike feelings)
1x14 "Harry & Mindy" (romantic pizza)

"The Desert" (credit jbaggles.tumblr.com)

1x18 "Danny's Friend" (Staten Island)
1x20 "Pretty Man" (shower scene...don't get too excited)
1x21 "Santa Fe" (all of it. just all of it.)
1x24 "Take Me With You" (you got some shmutz)
2x01 "All My Problems Solved Forever" ('you know what I thought you always looked good in?' excuse me while I go cry)
2x08 "You've Got Sext" (all of it, again)
2x11 "Christmas Party Sex Trap" (THE DANCE)
2x12 "Danny Castellano is My Personal Trainer" (once again, all of it.)
2x14 "The Desert" (all. of. it. but especially the last 3 minutes)

The Mindy Project returns April 1st with two new episodes on Fox!

 One more gif for the road. (butt grab anyone?!)

(jbaggles.tumblr.com)