American comedy-drama series Crazy Ex-girlfriend premiered on 12th October 2015, on The CW television network. The series continued till the end of its fourth season on 5th April 2019. Crazy Ex-girlfriend ran with about 62 episodes. The singer, actress, and comedian Rachel Bloom has written, created, and directed the show along with Aline Brosh McKenna. The romantic musical drama is about a lawyer named Rebecca Bunch who is on a mission to get back together with her ex-boyfriend from a summer camp.
Rebecca Bunch, the protagonist, was played by Rachel Bloom. Josh Chan, the man Rebecca is chasing after, is played by Vincent Rodriguez III. Other cast members include Donna Lynne Champlin as Paula Proctor, Santino Fontana as Skylar Astin, Pete Gardner as Darryl Whitefeather, Gabrielle Ruiz as Valencia Perez, Vella Lovell as Heather Davis, David Hull as Josh Wilson, and Scott Michael Foster as Nathaniel Plimpton III. Crazy Ex-girlfriend received tons of criticisms and bad reviews, but the show stuck around for 4 seasons and managed to win awards here and there. The series won Primetime Emmy Awards more than once. It won a Critics Choice Award and a Golden Globe Award as well.
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What Is Crazy Ex-Girlfriend About?
The romance dramedy revolves around the protagonist Rebecca Bunch, a highly educated woman who studied at pristine universities like Yale and Harvard. She is a lawyer from the New York City Law firm. To add to her overachieving list, she gets offered a promotion. It got to her nerves, and she ran away from the place. After that, she met her ex-boyfriend Josh Chan during her high school summer camp days. When Josh Chan informed her that he has decided to return to his homeland in California, Rebecca takes the chance. Though she denies it, Rebecca follows Josh and moves near him. There she makes a couple of friends and starts dating a friend of Josh.
Meanwhile, Josh is also in a relationship with a girl named Valencia, who is not much happy about Rebecca’s presence around them. In the second season, Valencia breaks up with Josh, and Rebecca starts to date him. Later, taking a 180-degree turn, Rebecca befriends Valencia. Josh Chan and Rebecca’s relationship turns messy, but they still decide to marry. But shattering all her dreams, Josh ditches her and leaves her at the altar.
In the third season, Rebecca Bunch is dealing with her mental health. She decides to give up on her life and attempts suicide. In an attempt to get character development, she promises to take care of herself and take responsibility. She goes into another relationship with a man named Nathaniel. Her character only develops from becoming a stalker to being stalked. In one such instance, she tried to push him off the roof and got pleaded guilty to attempted murder. The season ended with Rebecca behind the bars.
Time-skip to the fourth season, Rebecca is freed from days of imprisonment. She goes back to quit her job. The friends she made there, Valencia and Heather, move away, leaving her behind. She is left with her dilemma of choosing among the three love interests, Josh, Greg, and Nathaniel. Being overwhelmed, she chooses neither of them and finally acts on her promise to take better care of her mental health. In the process of self-exploration, she finds her goal to become a songwriter and accomplishes the same.
Why Was Season 5 Cancelled?
Though season 4 started to pack things up, fans were hopeful about another season. The Sarah Caplan and Rachel Specter-produced show was swarmed with criticisms. From scriptwriting and acting to direction and music, Crazy Ex-girlfriend’s critical reviews covered it all. The drama-comedy series premiered on The CW on 12th October 2015. Critics weren’t as brutal on the first season. It received 97% positive comments on Rotten Tomatoes, and Metacritic rated it 78 out of 100. But the ratings got bad in Nielsen ratings. The series was so heavily critiqued that it became one of the lowest-rated television shows.
After the show released its last season in 2019, there’s no hope left for the return of the series. There were already rumors about the show’s cancellation in 2020. It could be the result of its horrible rating or simply because the show was meant to be four seasons long. The actors are now busy with their personal lives, and new projects with Crazy Ex-girlfriend shelved somewhere in their past.
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