The Worst Episodes of The Mindy Project
Every episode of The Mindy Project ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Mindy Project!
Obstetrician/gynecologist Mindy Lahiri tries to balance her personal and professional life, surrounded by quirky co-workers in a small medical practice in New York City.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "The Mindy Project" is "Mindy's Brother", rated 6.8/10 from 402 user votes. It was directed by Michael Spiller and written by Chris McKenna. "Mindy's Brother" aired on 1/8/2013 and is rated 0.0 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Mindy's Minute".
6.8/10 402 votes#1 - Mindy's Brother
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/8/2013
When Mindy's brother visits from college, he tells Mindy that he wants to drop out and start a rap career, immediately causing Mindy to panic. Meanwhile, Danny and Jeremy lift the spirits of their elderly landlord with the hopes that she will reduce their office rent.
Director: Michael Spiller
Writer: Chris McKenna
6.8/10 368 votes#2 - Mindy's Minute
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/19/2013
When Mindy is asked to host a medical segment on the local news, she turns to Maria Menounos for help; Beverly has a difficult time keeping up with modern culture and technology when she returns to work as an administrative assistant.
Director: B.J. Novak
Writer: David Stassen, Ike Barinholtz
6.8/10 194 votes#3 - Road Trip
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/2015
Danny is forced to take Morgan on a road trip to California. They make a surprise stop.
Director: David Stassen
Writer: David Stassen
6.8/10 126 votes#4 - Is That All There Is?
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/2017
Shulman & Associates is buzzing with drama! As Mindy adjusts to married life with Ben, Jeremy tries to take things to the next level with Anna, while Tamra makes a life-changing decision.
Director: David Stassen
Writer: Mindy Kaling, Sonia Kharkar
6.8/10 127 votes#5 - A Romantical Decouplement
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/2017
Mindy and Ben’s relationship is put to the test when Ben gets an interview for a job in Philadelphia. Meanwhile, Anna gets the girls of the office together for an ill-fated girls’ night where Tamra realizes she might have feelings for a co-worker.
Director: Lang Fisher
Writer: Lang Fisher
6.9/10 114 votes#6 - Doctors Without Boundaries
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/2017
Mindy is forced to go solo on the honeymoon that Ben had planned for them. Hoping for relaxation and a new romance, Mindy instead finds herself on a vegan wellness retreat with her ex-fiance.
Director: Marco Fargnoli
Writer: Guy Branum
7.0/10 150 votes#7 - The Greatest Date in the World
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 5/24/2016
Mindy overlooks professional boundaries and tries to intervene when her favorite patient decides to have a baby with her on-again, off-again boyfriend. The nurses are consumed by power when they turn Danny's former office into a lounge.
Director: Michael Weaver
Writer: Tracey Wigfield
7.0/10 168 votes#8 - There's No Crying in Softball
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 6/14/2016
A hospital-wide softball tournament complicates Mindy's plans with her new boyfriend -- and her attempt to keep her professional life and romantic life separate.
Director: Michael Weaver
Writer: Jonathan Green, Gabe Miller
7.0/10 141 votes#9 - Nurses' Strike
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2016
While Mindy struggles to take care of a sick Leo, Shulman & Associates is rocked by a nurses’ strike led by Ben, a handsome male nurse. Meanwhile, Jody tries to sell the upstairs apartment and Brendan Deslaurier comes to Mindy seeking help.
Director: David Rogers
Writer: Matt Warburton
7.0/10 133 votes#10 - Margaret Thatcher
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2016
The nurses’ strike continues, while Mindy finds herself having romantic feelings for the enemy – Ben, the leader of the nurses. As the doctors and nurses try to stay strong, Jeremy finds that the stress is taking a serious toll on his health.
Director: Alex Reid
Writer: Charlie Grandy
7.0/10 128 votes#11 - Leland Breakfast Is the Miracle Worker
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2016
When Mindy discovers that her new boyfriend isn’t being exclusive, she goes on a date with a famous actor aka “the bad boy of London theater.” The nurses try to cheer up Jody, who’s lost his mojo, and discover he might be planning something drastic.
Director: David Stassen
Writer: Chris Schleicher
7.0/10 126 votes#12 - Girl Gone Wild
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/2017
Annette's furious when Mindy uncovers a secret about her and decides to get involved. Jody attempts to keep his new girlfriend from taking a job overseas. Tamra dives headfirst into Morgan's religion.
Director: David Rogers
Writer: Miranda Berman
7.1/10 406 votes#13 - Teen Patient
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/27/2012
Mindy is confronted with an awkward situation when her teenage neighbor comes to her for birth control. Meanwhile, Danny receives an anonymous complaint that Morgan has been inappropriately ogling Shauna.
Director: Rob Schrab
Writer: David Stassen, Ike Barinholtz
7.1/10 375 votes#14 - Bunk Bed
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/15/2013
Mindy's goddaughter, Riley, demands that Mindy get a bunk bed for their sleepover. But Mindy's plan veers off-track when Morgan and Danny help to build the bed, and it collapses, injuring Gwen in the process. Meanwhile, Shauna and Betsy find some surprising items when they snoop through the office in an attempt to find out who's stealing the People magazines.
Director: Don Scardino
Writer: Jeremy Bronson
7.1/10 355 votes#15 - Danny's Friend
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/26/2013
Danny gets caught sneaking out the office supply of painkillers for his troublemaker childhood friend Stevie who has instant chemistry with Mindy. Meanwhile, Mindy is in for a shock when Heather, Josh's ex-girlfriend who ruined Mindy's Christmas party, shows up at her doorstep to ask for her blessing to move into her apartment building. Mindy says yes, but immediately begins to plot ways to ruin Heather's rental application.
Director: Beth McCarthy-Miller
Writer: Matt Warburton
7.1/10 332 votes#16 - Mindy Lahiri Is a Racist
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2013
When Danny invites one of his patients to write about the practice on her blog only to discover she is a white supremacist, the team hires a PR expert to help fix things.
Director: Greg Daniels
Writer: David Stassen, Ike Barinholtz
7.1/10 201 votes#17 - Fertility Bites
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/3/2015
Mindy's fertility clinic opens, but with zero track record in the fertility field, attracting new patients is tougher than she imagined. Meanwhile, at Shulman & Associates, the nurses try to raise money for obese nurses while trying to get to know Dr. Bergdahl.
Director: Nisha Ganatra
Writer: Chris Schleicher, Jeremy Bronson
7.1/10 173 votes#18 - Jody Kimball-Kinney Is My Husband
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/2015
Mindy becomes convinced that she must get Leo into the best pre-school in Manhattan. With Danny out of town, she enlists Jody's help to impress the admissions committee.
Director: Marco Fargnoli
Writer: Chris Schleicher
7.1/10 114 votes#19 - Dibs
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 3/7/2017
A heartbroken Anna grieves her breakup at Mindy’s place, while Jody and Jeremy compete for her affection. Morgan, trying to jump-start his dating life, blows up at Colette’s new girlfriend, Karen, when she accidentally interrupts his make out session.
Director: Michael Spiller
Writer: Lang Fisher
7.1/10 112 votes#20 - Mindy's Best Friend
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 3/21/2017
Mindy’s world is turned upside down when her cool friend from childhood moves to New York and starts dating Morgan. Meanwhile, Ben has to cover his tracks after the nurses spot him in a provocative situation.
Director: Geeta Patel
Writer: Guy Branum
7.1/10 122 votes#21 - May Divorce Be With You
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/2017
Mindy turns to her ex, Cliff, to help navigate her messy divorce. Peter returns to town to help pull Mindy out of her slump with an epic office karaoke party.
Director: Linda Mendoza
Writer: Matt Warburton, Jen Vierck
7.1/10 115 votes#22 - Anna & Jeremy's Meryl Streep Costume Party
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/2017
Jeremy’s hosting a party the office is actually excited for! Adding to the intrigue, Mindy invites a handsome stranger who has an unexpected interest in Shulman and Associates. Jody competes with a beautiful doctor after she steals one of his patients.
Director: Geeta Patel
Writer: Mackenzie Dohr
7.2/10 440 votes#23 - Halloween
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/2012
When Josh invites Mindy to a Halloween party, Mindy stresses out about finding the perfect costume to impress him. Meanwhile, Danny and Jeremy leave work early to finally take their driver's license tests, much to Danny's embarrassment.
Director: Jesse Peretz
Writer: Chris McKenna
7.2/10 407 votes#24 - Thanksgiving
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/2012
Mindy decides to cook Thanksgiving dinner at Gwen's house, but she is completely caught off guard when her former blind date, Dennis, arrives with his new girlfriend. Meanwhile, a lonely Danny mans the empty office while Betsy and Jeremy visit Betsy's eccentric family for the holiday.
Director: Michael Spiller
Writer: Adam Countee
7.2/10 175 votes#25 - Later, Baby
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/2015
When Mindy's fertility practice faces financial trouble, she finds herself forced to take on an unlikely business partner.
Director: Ryan Case
Writer: Tracey Wigfield