TV is about friendship. Movies are about kissing.
~ @danceremixsam (paraphrased)
I liked this show more every season, which seems pretty well correlated to how much more control Mindy Kaling had over the project. I think the most winning aspect was that she flipped traditional sitcom friends-sniping-at-each-other format on its head. The majority of laughs were the result of the characters intentionally revealing something vulnerable to each other, like trust falls. This made it a strangely resilient show that seemed to benefit from cast fluidity. It was an encouraging, generous, humane antidote to the dark, edgy comedies that get more respect. In this day and age, it takes much more courage to have a bright color palette. Here come the warm jets.
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