'The Mindy Project' Season 3, Episode 17: 'Danny Castellano is my Nutritionist' Recap

Mindy's pregnancy is making her puke all the time, and Danny is concerned her terrible eating habits are only going to make it worse.

With support from Peter, Danny takes over Mindy's diet. Since Danny has given up smoking since he heard that Mindy was pregnant, she goes along with his rigid meal plans.

She also runs into Dr. Phillips, one of her old teachers. The retired and rich doctor admits that she is bored, and Mindy invites her to fill the now-open slot at her practice. She dismisses all of the doctors waiting to interview, and assures Jeremy and Danny that Dr. Phillips will be the perfect fit.

However when Dr. Phillips meets everyone else, she doesn't think she will be a good fit for the practice after all, and ducks out.

Mindy catches Danny secretly smoking, and, furious, returns to her junk-food ways. She won't give them up unless Danny quits smoking. Determined to stop, Danny manages to not smoke for two weeks, and returns to her in triumph. She is upset because she needs to eat when she is stressed, and she isn't as good at breaking bad habits as Danny.

She ends up throwing up on one of the doctors who had come in to interview, who was returning for the coat he left. Though brusque, the doctor is good at comforting her. He also thinks that Mindy is not throwing up from bad food, as Danny suggests, but from stress. He reminds Danny that there will be times when the baby comes when Danny slips and falls back into his vices, so not to be so hard on Mindy.

Danny hires him on a temporary basis into the practice, and obligingly is more gentle with Mindy, who still has vomit issues, but they seem milder.