In the latest episode of The Mindy Project, Danny is driving out to California to visit his dad, who just had a heart attack. Mindy insists that Morgan goes with him on the trip so he has a road trip buddy. However, Danny wants to leave Morgan at a motel in New Jersey for a week, and do the trip on his own (which was not successful). Actually, Danny wanted to go on a secret mission during his trip and not have Morgan tagging along, who will most likely tell Mindy.
It turns out Morgan is not a good road trip companion since he gets car sick very easily. Danny is giving Morgan the silent treatment, which is driving Morgan up a wall. Danny breaks the silence in Oklahoma and decides to take a detour to a celebrity pet grave that Morgan wanted to visit. During the visit, Danny tricks Morgan and leaves Morgan stranded so he can go on his secret mission.
So what’s Danny’s big secret? He has a kid (a teenager, might I add), who lives in Oklahoma. Apparently, Eric’s mom, Evelyn, and Danny hooked up at a Billy Joel concert when Danny was in med school. Morgan was able to unearth that Evelyn lied to both her son and Danny. Danny is not Eric’s father. Of course Eric is upset because he made a huge deal about his real dad coming to his birthday party.
In the end, Danny did the right thing and stayed for Eric’s party and pretended to be his dad, even though he isn’t. Even crazier, Danny gave Eric his car as a present. So now Danny and Morgan are taking the bus to California.