What were the checks and balances that you and the writers had about remaining authentic to Devi as a first-generation Indian American teen? Mindy Kaling's own childhood was a big inspiration behind Devi's story. And then there's the whole romantic dilemma Devi unexpectedly finds herself at the center of by season's end: Does she go with Paxton, the hottie with a heart of gold? Or does she go with Ben Gross ( Jaren Lewison), academic nemesis-turned-maybe something more? Or maybe she picks herself? No matter where her heart lies, it's clear Devi still has a lot of growing up to do.
Without Mohan there by her side to help raise Devi and keep everything afloat, it was - in her mind - the only logical decision. Prior to the scattering of her father's ashes, Nalini dropped a bombshell that could upend Devi's entire world: She was planning on relocating the family to India. Devi was letting him go.īut just because Devi took the first major step in moving on from her dad's death, there's still a long way to go. (Peter Kavinsky better be quaking in his boots.) But after a confluence of selfish decisions and a massive fight with her mother - during which Devi snapped, "I wished you had been the one that died that night" - Devi and her mom mended fences (for now) and together, along with cousin Kamala ( Richa Moorjani), scattered Mohan's ashes into the sea on his birthday. Ryan (the brilliant Niecy Nash) and her two best friends, refocusing her attention on boys, specifically one Paxton Hall-Yoshida ( Darren Barnet). For much of the season Devi had masked the true depths of her pain and grief of losing the family's lynchpin and her closest confidante, Mohan ( Heroes' Sendhil Ramamurthy), from her mother Nalini ( Poorna Jagannathan), her therapist Dr.
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