A crazy ex-girlfriend who gives up her life to move to a small town just so that she can stalk her ex because she wants to be with him forever? Yes, that's how it starts, but the series Crazy Ex Girlfriend goes much further and deals in its 4 seasons with many more serious topics packed into an entertaining show with many musical interludes. And exactly these musical numbers are probably the biggest USP of the series. The actors sing funny or more serious songs here on topics such as sex during menstruation ("Period Sex" (Season 2)), antidepressants ("Anti-Depressants Are So Not A Big Deal" (Season 4)) or the generalization of prejudices ( "Let's Generalize About Men" (Season 3)). Many of these songs are on Youtube and the like. to find and are the highlight for the fans of the series, which is whistled for breakfast coffee in the morning.
I don't want to anticipate the story of the 4 seasons, so I'm not going to go into much here. At its core the series accompanies Rebecca Bunch - the Crazy Ex - who initially wants to win over her ex, but in the course of the series realizes that she has deeper problems with which she often refuses to deal with herself. Starting from her job as a lawyer, other characters come across each with their own problems in their lives and / or in cooperation with Rebecca. Divorced marriages, non-heterosexual sexuality, fear of failure, you name it. For me, dealing with all of these problems openly is the greatest strength in the message of this series. Nobody has "no problems". But dealing with it openly clears a lot of heartache.
And also extremely funny musical numbers on topics that nobody else touches with the pliers? But hello! 8/10
Review by wolfkinBlockedParent2023-03-29T16:32:18Z
I picked this up on a whim and the first episode was hilarious. Rachael Bloom has had a bit of a TV-style "glow up" since her F Me Ray Bradbury days. As the first season came on it showed it wasn't just going to be a fun musical ala Galavant (which I sincerely loved) but something that played with more than the tropes of musical theatre but also the tropes of it's namesake. The Crazy Ex. First it was with the perspective and then it was with the characters.
Further seasons just managed to get better. Unlike Glee they didn't sacrificed what we loved about the story in Season 1 to just improve the music in further seasons. They kinda did both. With quotable lyrics and songs you'll never get out of your head. Rebecca grew to be someone we empathized with even more as we watched her we rooted for her and there are twists and pitfalls and all along you can look back and see the story was about Rebecca who she is and why and how that affects her ability to navigate her life. The aspects of the show I didn't like are so minor they're not even worth mentioning in a series review.
Easily recommend this to anyone who wants a good time and more importantly you'll know in three episodes (if not one) whether this show is for you. If you loved what you see you're gonna have a great time for four seasons of content that has pretty study legs.