The across-the-pond offshoot returns with some familiar challenges, a promising new set of queens, and an array of regional accents. All rights reserved. Whoo, that stupid bitch!”) My favorite, though, was Darryl describing the birth as “having a few people over.” Does that make Heather the Queen of the Spread? "I think the biggest challenge after that diagnosis was that she had an expectation, and maybe the audience had an expectation, that once she had that, it was going to be a sort of cure that would change her behavior. Chromatica’s Pope Lady Gaga Sends ‘Love, From the Capitol’. Even though this season has frustrated me at times, I’m continually impressed by the amount of thought and effort that goes into making this show. Sign Up: Stay on … Vice President-elect Kamala Harris introduced her. *, And Now, TikTok’s #JunebugChallenge Comes to Break Arms. SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the series finale of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.” After four seasons of sending up romantic comedy tropes, expanding the quintessential … wrapping up the Trent storyline too quickly, a black comedy about a privileged white woman trying to hack it in women’s prison. The season stars Rachel Bloom as Rebecca Bunch, a distraught young woman, dealing with the consequences of pleading guilty to attempted murder at the end of the previous season. In November, Rachel Bloom, the co-creator and star of the CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, had trouble breathing during the table read for the final episode of the show’s third season. Considering we already have a black comedy about a privileged white woman trying to hack it in women’s prison, I doubt Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is going to go down that path; that means the only options are some kind of deus ex machina that lets Rebecca off the hook, or another time jump. will perform “America the Beautiful.”. After criticizing the show last week for wrapping up the Trent storyline too quickly, I was gratified that this finale went deeper with the parallels between Trent and Rebecca, and what it’s like for Rebecca to get a taste of her own manipulative medicine. "So in a weird way it was more painful to watch her go through that and sort of put her through her paces with her knowing she was struggling with something really specific.". In "Nathaniel Is Irrelevant," Rebecca is put in a situation she's never faced before, and this time she is more aware of her behavior and consequences of it all than she's ever been before. There's a cliffhanger coming and CW has yet to officially order a fourth (and possibly last) season. “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” co-creators Rachel Bloom, left, and Aline Brosh-McKenna, pictured at last year’s Comic-Con, discuss the show’s series finale that aired Friday. It’s a complicated concept, beautifully sung by Rachel Bloom and Scott Michael Foster, and one that offers no easy answers. The producer made countless contributions to music, but his ego overshadowed them all. The credits outroing to “I’m a Good Person” make it clear what the show thinks of Rebecca’s decision. It will truly be remarkable if Matt somehow manages to explode another season of this show. But confessing to her misdeeds isn't the end of Rebecca's story—or the season. Though it was pitched to viewers as being about vengeance, this season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is really about grief and loss. All I can say is that I really hope it doesn’t end here, and that we get to see the story conclude the way it should. *Sorry, there was a problem signing you up. After All This, Donald Trump Could Lose His SAG Card, Too, Watch Fall Out Boy’s Decades-in-the-Making Performance for Biden Inauguration. The third season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend premiered on The CW on October 13, 2017 and … Which is why it’s disappointing that the finale does opt for an easy answer: Rebecca pleads guilty, essentially condemning herself to a felony prison sentence (and likely torpedoing her legal career as well) to win back Paula’s respect. It was almost like she was going through those same capers, but now with the knowledge of what she was doing and Rachel was always great about. Tipped off by a #motive revealed in an Instagram story, Rebecca rushes in uninvited to save Nathaniel’s life, going full Big Little Lies by pushing the murderous Trent right off a rooftop. The fact of the matter is that people like Rebecca — well-intentioned, but reckoning with the fallout of decades of trauma and mental illness — probably comprise the majority of prisoners in this country, and suggesting that our horrific carceral state is some kind of useful cure is hot garbage. Some things never change. The low-key and sober finale of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend suited a show that was always knowingly at war with itself. The season stars Rachel Bloom as Rebecca Bunch, a young lawyer who finds herself pursuing a relationship with the object of her obsession, Josh Chan, as she continues her quest to find true happiness. © 2021 Vox Media, LLC. "It's like in a lot of ways the most romantic song we've ever done and the most romantic ending we could ever do. But then it’s on to the next thing, as Trent attempts to murder Nathaniel at his and Mona’s housewarming party, in a plotline that tilts more silly than scary. The finale does a good job of trying to encapsulate all those big betrayals in just a few little moments: Josh clocking Nathaniel feels authentically raw, and Donna Lynne Champlin deserves an Emmy nomination just for her perfect line reading of the words “I’m done.”. Eddie Huang Debuts Pop Smoke, the Actor, in. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Series Finale: Did Rebecca Bunch Find Happiness? Whether Rebecca’s form of acceptance is to your taste depends on whether or not you love the more operatic turn the show has taken. Keep those fingers crossed for a season-four renewal. Your source for entertainment news, celebrities, celeb news, and ​celebrity gossip. Gone is the girl who's just in love and can't be held accountable for her actions. That decision and its fallout — Josh’s very understandable anger about Rebecca trying to get his dad deported, Nathaniel’s fears for Mona’s safety, and Paula’s heartbreaking decision to finally cut ties with Rebecca — could easily have been its own episode. The fourth and final season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend premieres Friday October 12th on The CW. Rebecca, unsatisfied with Paula's ideas to build a case against Josh, turns to Nathaniel for help crafting a truly evil plan. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is an American romantic musical comedy-drama television series that premiered on October 12, 2015 on The CW and ran for four seasons, ending on April 5, 2019. CXG: Seasons 1 - 3 can currently be found on Netflix. "[The finale] was really a joy to work on because it felt culminative, and we felt all these strands coming together, and we got to do big group scenes where everyone was together...And then, it's a really interesting ending. There was scene where she snapped at Dr. Akopian and there was not a line in the script and Rachel improvised a line where she was like, ‘I'm sorry, I was feeling cornered and provoked.' Non-Cannibal Actor Josh Duhamel May Replace Armie Hammer in, North Dakota’s finest will star opposite Jennifer Lopez, considering, you know, *waves hand in Armie Hammer’s general direction. The series was created by Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna and stars Bloom in the lead role as Rebecca Bunch, a lawyer who moves from New York City to West Covina, California to pursue her ex from high school camp. Eat, pray, love, get sent back on the next available flight. A coming-of-age story starring Taylor Takahashi and the late rapper. This season featured Rebecca finally getting diagnosed—she has borderline personality disorder—and working on herself with therapy. (Cue wistful strains of “Settle for Me.”). In the end, this season is really about grief and loss. • On that note, I should mention that the acting is across-the-board exceptional in this episode. can be, and yet outright dismissive of the agency-less birth narratives written by men. It also leaves the show as a whole in an uncomfortable place, especially since it hasn’t yet been renewed for its fourth (and final) season. “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” has never been a ratings barnburner, which at the beginning of the season had many people concerned that it wouldn’t get a shot at Season 3. It's also completely bats—t crazy," she continued about a finale musical number toward the end of the hour. You're just aware," Brosh McKenna said. James Charles Covers ‘Drivers License,’ Reminds You That He Sings. Come back to E! Odd Couple Jazmine Sullivan and Eric Church to Sing Super Bowl National Anthem, H.E.R. Meanwhile, Josh finds becoming a priest is harder than he thought. That leads to “Nothing Is Nobody’s Fault,” a meta-narrative companion piece to “The End of the Movie” that sees the show reckoning with its own understanding of culpability. • Also worthy of praise: Though they easily could have, the writers never made Mona a one-dimensional or hateful character. For some reason, Rebecca’s own brilliant legal mind is suddenly unable to wrap itself around this plight. As Rebecca contemplates her feelings about her career, Paula is forced to deal with a big client. Log in or link your magazine subscription, Trump Pardons Lil Wayne on His Last Day in Office, Here’s How to Watch the 2021 Presidential Inauguration of Joe Biden, Bali Influencer Influences Bali to Deport Her, Seth Meyers Takes One Last Closer Look at the Trump Presidency, Nurse Lori Marie Key Sings ‘Amazing Grace’ at COVID-19 Memorial. © 2021 E! Even though Nathaniel didn’t choose her, she posed a genuinely appealing alternative to Rebecca. But as important as it is for Rebecca as a character to atone, the sacrifice feels hollow. Find Out the Fate of All Your Favorite Shows, Bubble Watch 2018: All the TV Shows Yet to Be Renewed. Why Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's First Penis I Saw Had Donna Lynne Champlin Thinking About Christmas, "In some ways she became like season one Rebecca in terms of scheming and doing things to help Nathaniel or try and help Valencia. But unlike the murderesses of Monterey, she’s the one who takes the fall. The CW's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend closed Season 3 on Friday night with 610,000 total viewers and a 0.2 rating, holding steady week-to-week and in fact marking two straight seasons of … The season premiered on October 12, 2018 and ended on April 5, 2019. What Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Season 3 Finale Twist Means for Season 4 and Rebecca Bunch Crazy Ex-Girlfriend co-creators Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna … Renewed or Canceled? (“Birth is beautiful when you get pain meds,” notes an epidural-receiving Heather, “because then you just do crossword puzzles and binge-watch Top of the Lake.”). • Thanks for reading this season! Well, Rebecca Bunch has finally done it. "No, it's not ending this way," Brosh McKenna said. So, Is Apple Building a Netflix for Podcasts? Crazy Ex-Girlfriend airs Fridays, 8 p.m. on The CW. All rights reserved. • Vulture sent a reporter behind the scenes of this finale’s making, and if you haven’t checked it out yet, it’s a must-read. News for more from Bloom and Brosh McKenna about what's next after the pivotal Friday, Feb. 16 episode. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend has pulled off some mighty tricks this season, from delicately off-boarding one main character and bringing on another, to completely fragmenting and then rebuilding its … Already a subscriber? Check out the hottest fashion, photos, movies and TV shows! Season one or season two Rebecca would have just snapped at Dr. Akopian, but post-diagnosis she's somebody who is very aware," Brosh McKenna continued. Rebecca is out to destroy Josh (following his alter-fleeing antics in the season 2 finale) in The CW's official trailer for Crazy-Ex Girlfriend season 3. "There will be a fourth season somewhere even if it's in our basement.". Sometimes that level of liberation can be freeing, as in Paula’s “The Miracle of Birth,” a hysterical ballad about pregnancy realities that’s spectacularly gross and uncomfortable, even by the standards of a show that loves to get gross and uncomfortable. What time is it? When "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" returns for its fourth and final season this fall, it will do so with a "reimagining" of the character of Greg. What’s the deal with the. After all, the critically-acclaimed series that spent four seasons (and 61 … There’s so much here to unpack, and not nearly enough time to do it. And it doesn’t look quite like any of the answers Rebecca has tried out before. Pete Wentz’s parents met while working for Biden in the Senate in the 1970s. I really enjoyed the intensity of Rebecca’s PTSD and dissociative episodes, which made it easy to understand the potency of her guilt about making others in her life feel the same way. Topics: aline brosh mckenna , crazy ex-girlfriend , Entertainment , … • Josh was late to Rebecca’s confessional because someone asked him to change the water cooler on the way in. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend came on the scene in 2015 as an excellent foray into musical comedy and cringe humor. Entertainment Television, LLC A Division of NBCUniversal. I never thought the Darryl surrogacy story line particularly justified Rebecca and Heather’s participation, but there is something undeniably satisfying about a women-run show that’s simultaneously super real about how unpleasant pregnancy (and egg donation!) It’s a rare instance of a show respecting a character’s desire not to parent, instead of letting their opinions get bowled over by the arrival of an adorable newborn. Vella Lovell delivers one of her most nuanced performances yet, Scott Michael Foster is utterly charming, and Rachel Bloom continues to push boundaries with her performance — I don’t think she’s wearing a stitch of makeup in that final scene, a sacrifice not many actresses would make for authenticity. The fourth and final season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend premiered on The CW on October 12, 2018 and ran for 18 episodes until April 5, 2019. The Friday, Feb. 16 season three finale of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is no different. Well, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” rejects this whole premise: She picks no man. The final season contained 17 episodes, as well as a concert special filmed at the Orpheum Theatre. Meet the newest viral TikTok dance … but don’t hurt yourself. Proceed with caution. Her desire to confess all of her sins to Josh, Paula, and Nathaniel is a typically over-the-top Rebecca move, but in context, it makes its own weird kind of sense. We wanted to show the sort of backsliding that happens. News ahead of a talk with Bloom at New York City's 92Y. I also appreciate that the finale doesn’t take the easy out on Darryl’s other loose end, his and WhiJo’s continuing sadness over their breakup. Both characters have been authentic about the lasting impact of that loss, yet the arrival of baby Habecca (who’s hopefully going to get a name change) doesn’t ultimately serve as a catalyst to bring the couple back together. (Trent: “I’m a scary scary sexy man,” George: “After everything she did for you that you didn’t ask for? In the series finale, “I’m In Love,” which aired Friday night on the CW, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend gave us an answer. In the final moments of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ‘s season 3 finale, she accepted responsibility for … All of Rebecca’s bad behavior, especially with regards to her past relationships, now weighs against her in court, and she soon finds herself charged with second-degree attempted murder. A recap of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend season 3 finale episode 13 ‘Nathan Is Irrelevant’. • There are a lot of song references in the dialogue this week. “Chromatica II” into “911” in the peaceful transfer of power. Season 3 episodes are available on The CW App and cwtv.com. Can all of Rebecca’s bad behavior be excused by her very abusive past and her very real mental illness? But Nathaniel encourages her to plead insanity and offers the additional carrot that he’s dumped Mona, after realizing that what he really wants is to be with Rebecca. You\'ll receive the next newsletter in your inbox. WATCH: The three most popular Netflix shows in the U.S. Rebecca lied to Paula (Donna Lynne Champlin) to get her help in escaping Trent and since then had been full of immense guilt. Rebecca’s desire to become an avenging woman scorned is just her initial form of denial; from there, we go through anger (her nearly killing Josh and destroying his family’s lives), depression (her suicide attempt), bargaining (her attempts to change her manipulative ways without actually changing them), and now, acceptance. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend has a history of changing just about everything for its heroine Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom) in season finales. If you’re going to paint yourself into a corner, you might as well use the broadest brush available, and splatter the viewer while you’re at it. Would Brosh McKenna and Bloom be happy with this ending? Josh tries to get back in the dating game, while Heather and Hector deal with insurance. “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” Seasons 1 and 2 are available on Netflix. While Heather and Darryl’s story line brings a sweetness and an affirmation to a complicated narrative of grief and rebirth, Rebecca and Nathaniel’s is a lot thornier. The earlier seasons at least kept a toe in the pool of realism, but this finale confirms that, for better or worse, the chains are off. The Friday, Feb. 16 season three finale of Crazy Ex-Girlfriendis no different. Can I watch it if I don’t have TV? Spoilers for ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Season 3 Episode 13. It's a love story ending and then not at all a love story ending and that's the thing we live to do, which is sort of take the piss a little bit out of the rom-com romance," co-creator and showrunner Aline Brosh McKenna told E! Written by star Rachel Bloom and her … Just because you know, ‘I have anxiety, oh I have depression, I have BPD [borderline personality disorder]'—it's not gone. Recycled from a failed Showtime pilot, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend has been praised for being consistently funny, offering some of television’s best character work, and giving nuanced and respectful treatment to the subject of mental illness. 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