We've all adored Devi Vishwakumar's journey through Never Have I Ever's four seasons and three years because she's been a disaster, a work-in-progress. She begins the last season on the same tone, but it's sad to see her neatly tie up all the loose ends by the series finale. How can she have it all when we're still trying to figure out what we're doing?
If there's one trend in this series produced by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher, it's Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) screwing up one front of her life immediately after scoring on the one she's been struggling on for a long time. She was grounded by her mother, Nalini (Poorna Jagannathan), for kissing Ben (Jaren Lewison) right after they had a family reunion to spread her father's ashes into the sea.
If there's one recurring theme in this series created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher, it's Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) screwing up one aspect of her life right after scoring on another. Her mother, Nalini (Poorna Jagannathan), grounded her for kissing Ben (Jaren Lewison) right after they had a family reunion to pour her father's ashes into the sea. If the show had finished an episode earlier, Devi's path would have been more relatable rather than aspirational. And hasn't her journey been all about relatability above all else? Her therapist, all emotional, telling her how she's overcome her trauma feels like a suitable climax to Devi's journey, which has been more about finding internal validation than external recognition. Her writing about the same thing for her dream college's qualification essay and leaving her selection to chance would have created for a more logical climax to her story.
Never Have I Ever began as a show that helped us Indians feel visible in a crowded Western space. Many compliments to Mindy Kaling, who has steadily climbed the sitcom ladder from her humble beginnings with The Office. Never Have I Ever highlighted how Indians enjoyed their own cool zone in American pop culture before there was a Ms Marvel and a Pavitra Prabhakar.
Devi's Season 4 quest to become a'sexy-successful senior' is littered with her trademark gaffes. She wonders if the sex was horrible after she loses her virginity. She realizes she hasn't prepared herself for leaving home when she devotes all of her focus to getting into her favorite college. And as she's cruising through her 'hornaissance,' she has a hard time telling the difference between 'bad boys' and just bad boys.
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