If I Didn’t Laugh, You’d Cry
Poppy is in a bad way. She has a concussion and has had to get 13 stitches. Micah is there to check up on her and he tells Poppy that she’s going to be okay. Thankfully Poppy wakes up but she’s in a rough way. She has a concussion and needs help getting out of bed.
Detective Aames is called in to investigate a attack on a podcaster. The podcaster didn’t see the attacker, but they ask him for help in finding out who it was.
In exchange for not saying anything on her podcast, Aames tells Poppy not to tell anyone about her experience at the hospital. Eventually, Poppy is discharged from the hospital.
Meanwhile, Micah fires Lachlan which Markus is quick to relay on to Poppy. The latter realizes that Micah is cutting off the people close to her, rattled by what happened at the mansion. Given she was kissing Holt, Poppy believes it was him who hit her that night. But was it really? Poppy begins to question whether or not Holt hit her that night and decides to speak with him about it. However, she gets nervous and doesn’t want to confront him alone, so she asks Markus if he can come along. He agrees and the three of them go over to Holt’s house for a chat. ..
Aames heads into Shelter to see Micah. He tells Micah that Holt is their lead suspect at the moment and wants to snoop around his office. ..
He admits that Poppy gave him the tip-off for this too, going on to prod this hornet’s nest and ask about Lachlan. With Micah starting to get hotheaded, Aames takes his leave before things get too heated. Micah is getting increasingly agitated, so Aames leaves before things get too heated. ..
Elsewhere, Poppy adjusts to her new role in life. With the divorce papers through, she’s definitely going through the motions and it’s not helped by her inability to speak her true feelings during her podcast.
Aames sends her a message that Poppy and Micah are at Holt’s place. Holt has a long history of checking out both of them.
The dollhouse in the scene where Poppy notices the off-colour wood is a direct result of a blood spatter.
Poppy wakes up to find out that she was lied to by Micah in the past. She is angry and frustrated with him, but decides to forgive him. She meets Aames, who tells her that Micah lied to her about his past too. Poppy is surprised and upset by this news, but decides to forgive him too.
In a recent interview, Holt said that she and Micah bought the house together. This makes her a suspect in all three murders going forward.
Micah and Poppy meet at a diner during the evening. Micah is unsure what else to do, so Poppy organizes a meeting with him out at a restaurant. Poppy goes on the offensive, questioning whether Micah is responsible for Ramon’s murder. As soon as she learns Poppy’s not recording, she admits that Holt did attack Poppy, but only because he suspected that she was an intruder.
Poppy is not happy and shakes her head incredulously, realizing that Micah has been manipulating her all this time. “I will destroy you,” Poppy whispers, as Micah confidently retorts “You can try” in reply. Game on.
The Episode Review
Micah has been lying all along. It’s clear that she and Holt are working together to hurt Ramon and Josh. ..
The only ones with any real motive are the villains, and that becomes especially clear by the end of the episode. ..
Micah’s sudden change from warm and friendly to cold and calculating suggests that she has been hiding a more serious side from those around her. It seems like the show is finally on track to deliver some compelling drama. ..
The renewal of “The Mindy Project” is a mystery, as the first season was not very good and it seems like a waste of resources to renew it.
The ending of the novel leaves the door wide open for what may happen next.
