Note: In Season 4, nearly all the titles have no punctuation at the end. Not an exclamation point, question mark, period, or even a semi-colon or ellipse. They are intentionally open-ended and defying the limitations set by punctuation.
I went crazy when I saw this video was talking about this ! A few months ago I wrote a linguistics essay on CexGf and a whole section about the punctuation in the episode titles ! :) Edit: typo
I love how when she revisited the Math of Love Triangles song towards the end of season 4 she seemed exhausted by trying to keep up the charade. It really showed Rebecca’s growth.
"Jokes on you bitch you'll never be free" Had me laugh crying with how hysterically funny and painfully relatible it was. I have felt that way with my own mental health so many times, that no matter how much therapy I go through or pills I take or self work I do I just can't accomplish something. I think that's the human condition, we do well at sometimes and poorly in others and life and healing are not linear. But it's funny how she can do something so silly and make me scream laugh while hitting me in the gut. What a phenomenal show
One thing this show does better than any other live action show I've seen is the visual design of its main character's development. It's very obvious throughout the openings as it jumps through time. Rebecca starts out with very styled hair, heavy makeup, and tight, bodycon dresses. Then as the series goes on and her overly-maintained image starts to falter, we see her more without makeup, with her hair down, curlier, and wearing looser, more comfortable clothing. Rebecca puts so much effort into changing her image for other people and the fact by the 4th season she looks so natural in contrast to the 1st and even 2nd season really emphasises how far she's come. The two images side by side in the thumbnail almost feel like two different women
Even the body language too (in the thumbnail side-by-side/S1 vs S4 opening overall). S4 is so pared down in comparison to the other openings… I’m kinda just realizing now why that opening always seemed so “weird” to me in comparison to the others; I never really “liked” it as much. But really, what you’ve said here captures it all. S1 is overproduced; campy, on purpose of course, but still put-on in its delivery and particularly, how Rebecca holds herself. She’s posing, she’s part of the cartoon, she’s “on”, she’s acting, all of it. S4 Rebecca is just fucking sitting on a bench! She’s chill, in relaxed clothes, she shrugs, she kinda just reacts to stuff. Maybe underwhelming in comparison but man, she’s finally just existing comfortably.
Something I noticed about the last season’s opening is that it’s pretty much the only one where she’s not wearing a costume. The other three revolve around her wearing dresses or theatrical clothes than she typically wears. In the season four intro, that’s left for the other Rebecca, who is much more like what Rebecca would have thought of herself in the first season. She’s cool, she seems happy, and it requires willful ignorance to not label her as complex or unusual (shown by her happily acknowledging all sorts of weird things at the end of the song). Rebecca’s frantic waving to prevent the audience from going back to Other Rebecca strikes me as a “I’m recognizing I’m complex, and I don’t want to go back to deluding myself about that.”
So, I started watching this video having never watching the show before, got half way through it, and decided it sounded interesting and decided to binge watch the whole show. I am now halfway through season 4.
When I started watching this show, I didn’t expect it to be as good as it was, particularly in how it shifted identity so well. It went from a romantic comedy to a drama to a story about mental health to a story about the meaning of happiness itself, and it did so FLAWLESSLY. What’s more, I had just been quite cruelly dumped by my ex, a girl named Rebecca, and I chose this as a show to binge without knowing the name of the main character or quite how much it was about love and the meaning of happiness and identity, all things I was questioning after the dumping. Whoops. But it’s a testament to the quality of this show that I binged it all anyway. I was initially triggered, but the show was so good I still made it 100% of the way through. It’s just so surprising how intelligent it really is.
The bit about the labels makes me think hard about the journey Rebecca went through when she got diagnosed. Like labels can be both helpful and restricting/damaging. Also I love that you talk about the musicality of each theme song! So thoughtful!
It's sad that as [American] women-or at least I am so idk about other countries but I gather it may be a similar experience-that we basically have to breakdown before we get any semblance of a diagnosis.
The thing about whether Rebecca moved to West Covina for Josh or not - I never actually read her denial as wholly untrue. The speech she gives on the party bus in Season 1 does seem earnestly heartfelt, even if she's giving it at least partly out of self-preservation. We already know the rationalisations she gives to be true: She *was* miserable in her old job, to the extent that a promotion triggered a panic attack. She already wanted to leave, she just hadn't found a direction yet. Josh's appearance inspired that new direction. While it's certainly true that her feelings for Josh prompted her to move to West Covina, as Rebecca says, "The situation's a lot more nuanced than that". The facts that she moved there because of her feelings for Josh and *also* because Josh told her of a place where people were happy at a time when she was miserable, emotionally vulnerable, and therefore impressionable are not mutually exclusive. The impression I get is that a lot of people see Rebecca's alternative reasons for moving to West Covina as flat out lies, whereas to me at least the reasons she gives are genuine - the deception lies in the priority she assigns to them by underplaying the role of her feelings for Josh. The best lies are always grounded in truth, particularly the ones we tell ourselves. As a side note, love the video, please inject more Crazy Ex-Girlfriend discourse directly into my veins.
I definitely think that’s part of the point, especially since by the end, you see that Rebecca actually did manage to find herself in West Covina, which she was never really able to do in New York. Her obsession with Josh is what pushes her to West Covina, but there is a long running desire to escape her old life in New York and returning there signifies Rebecca’s worst moments. The situation was always more nuanced than that, but the nuance was overrun by her obsession because Josh became her escape, rather than desire to actually change her life to better suit her. Aline and Rachel made some real genius with this idea and it really makes the central themes of the story come together in a beautiful way, that makes the resolution feel so real, so earned and so perfect.
Great point!!! I think it's cannon actually because (I believe in episode "Josh is irrelevant") she acknowledged that actually it was never about Josh... So I think you're right. It's a "want" Vs "need" story.
Totally agree! Her move was never about Josh himself, but about everything he represented, because they're things he'd already achieved: a career that makes her happy instead of being what everyone expects of her, and friends who can (eventually) love her for who she is.
I think her explanation to Josh in the party bus was the real answer, but she was still lying to herself that it was about Josh. Remember in the first episode when Josh was talking about West Covina and he said that everyone was happy, it was the word "happy" echoing in Rebecca's mind. All she really wanted was to find happiness, but because of all of her issues, she thought she needed a man to make happiness happen.
Thank you!! That's what I've been saying for all of it, she was showing her genuinely feelings even if it was used as an excuse. I don't think she moved to west covina for Josh, I believe he is an excuse, a motivation to change.
I wish there were more shows like Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, in which Mental Illness and leading a self-determined, fulfilling, meaningful, and happy life on one's own terms are not mutually exclusive concepts. Few shows have helped me approach life in a way that considers my own need for fulfilment and personal worth like Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Plus all the songs are earworms
This was something I commented when the theme song first came out on YT "I noticed a theme in the theme songs The first one is about the EX part of "Crazy Ex Girlfriend", it talks about how she is obsessed with her ex The second one is pretty obvious, it's the Girlfriend. It also relates to the next one, seeing that those are the lines that were said during her trial. The third one has the word all around it, Crazy. That was the diagnosis and craziest season we had gotten. And now we have this one, It's hard to describe Rebecca, after describing her as Crazy, Girlfriend and Ex. So, they just say it's hard to understand Rebecca. This season is full circle"
Why does this video have such a criminally low view count?! This was such a well thought-out analysis, and so fun to watch now that I am rewatching the show for what is at least the fourth time. Edit: I see now that it has only been up for a day, here's to many more people finding this video and liking it!
i wrote an essay on this show’s portrayal of mental illness a few years back, and i’m SO glad to see other people acknowledging the genius of this show
Great breakdown! Side note: My cousin is the dancer on the left in Paula’s number!!!!! 10:03 It’s still so weird to see her in one of my favorite shows lol
Rachel Bloom has skills this show was brilliant albeit underrated because of it being on The CW. I hope people find this show later on because it really handled the nuances of mental health in a way that wasn't demeaning, but truthful.
"It was like everyone was my mum" and then every audience judges her. They call her crazy, say she is broken, they watch her as she goes through selfhate without any help or reaching a hand. Her mum.
One thing worth mentioning about the opening of the fourth season is that at the end of it they say that it's better to go back to "other Rebecca", and then every episode she gives us a cold reply that increasingly shows her as crazy. In the very last episode, Rebecca gets off the bench, walk to Debra (her real name), points to her and says: "she's not real!" Like how the idealization of a person can deny her underlying issues, and how we must delve into one's"craziness" in order to really meet them. "Other Rebecca" is only the coolest girl in the world until we start to know her better.
Fantastic analysis. I feel it's so important that the show concludes with Rebecca not "ending up" with any of her love interests, but instead with herself and her music, and that we never get to hear the song she wrote, because, really, that means her story is still going.
you pointing out the punctuation and pronouns/names in the season titles slapped me in the face ngl, how on god's earth did i not see that? rachel bloom really thought of everything huh
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is my favorite show and this video make me cry about it all over again. It has three of my favorite fictional characters of all time (Rebecca, Valencia, and Nathaniel). While I do love every character in this show (except maybe Greg but that's mostly because of his fans), Rebecca's arc is by far the most impactful. I still cry every time I listen to Eleven O'clock or A Diagnosis. I didn't like the ending at first, but once I sat with it for a while it I grew to adore it. Every time I see someone be like "oh, Rebecca should've ended up with ____" I get so angry because they don't get it. The entire point of this show was that it was never about the love interests. It was about Rebecca and her journey. This show wouldn't have been nearly as good if she ended up picking one of the men.
OMGs! Yes! Exactly! If she jad 'ended up' with someone it would undermined the entire message of the seo. The entire run of this series has a very clear idea and message that they portray through the story so consistently. It's all about Rebecca figuring out who she is and learning to love herself. The ending is so perfect because, this is my interpretation anyway, we feel safe knowing that Rebecca will be ok because she's done so much work and has a great support system of people who know and love her. The story from the begining is aboit how she got to that place and I love a story that is clear and intentional and DONE SO WELL!!! sorry, I just love this seo so much!!!!
My issue with the ending is the show spends (S4) episodes making it about who'll win Rebecca's heart/who'll she choose? when the show was never about that. Then instead of any payoff for the build up Rebecca chooses herself. It's fine that she did but I just wish they didn't spend so much time to playing "guess who she'll end up with".
I watched the whole thing on Netflix and when we started moving into season 3, I started to ask my partner who they thought Rebecca would end up with. But before the question left my mouth, I realized that most shows would answer that question to give the audience closure and the sense of a happy ending but everything about that type of fan service go completely against CXG's narrative and worked so tirelessly towards. CXG has never been a show that panders to it's audience or sacrifices character building/growth for a quick punchline or throwaway filled episode and it would be betraying everything it has built itself on unless Rebecca chooses herself over any of the men vying for her heart. Obviously I was ecstatic at the series finale and cried a bit when she began the theme song medley with the costumes too! CXG is a masterpiece. My only regret is not finding it sooner.
Oh my god huge same at your mention of Eleven O’ Clock specifically. Whenever I really want to get into my feels about this show, I listen to that song because well, it’s a recap. It caps us off, it shows us how far we and Rebecca have come, I mean man does that song make me cry. I feel like people don’t talk about that song enough. It really always gets me.
A fun fact I read in an interview is that they went back-and-forth on what Rebecca should play when she goes to play her song at the end. They at 1st joked that it should be something horrible like "electronica ragtime" bun"but then they realized it would unintentionally undercut the value of the entire story. They were so smart to realize that. They realized that no song could really encapsulate what this would be emotionally because it was so enormous, but also Rebecca is not supposed to be a fantastic piano player or singer at this point. She took a lot of training to try to become decent at those things because her real gift is the writing. It ends sort of brilliantly with her on the precipice. I remember them saying that the idea is that her at her entire life is in front of her for the 1st time as a person who knows who she is so it isn't an ending it's the beginning of everything for Rebecca. Even writing it makes me emotional, this show is so fucking good
almost every woman (if not all) have been called crazy by a person who is uncomfortable with our boundaries and/or emotions, gaslighting us into anxiety that actually confirms what they believe about us! I love this show so much, for representing mental health in a whole new way, and also representing different bodies.
Absolutely fantastic video! As a fan of Rachel pre CXG I’ve gotten so many friends into the show over time and just recently got a “life doesn’t make narrative sense” tattoo. You broke down the themes so well in this.
Yes! This is one of my all time favorite shows, but rarely gets discussed! I've watched every Bagels After Midnight video, and every reaction video I can find....but it's still not enough!
yissss finally insightful stuff about my favourite show :DDD I love how emotionally raw and borderline uncomfortable it can be. There’s just nothing else on TV that gets to me quite like that.
I absolutely love this and you made me tear up at the end. One thing I have always loved about the season 4 theme is that it makes fun of how sitcoms usually only define characters by one characteristic, they're all one-dimensional. Here the theme is clearly mocking this, saying she cannot be defined by a label. This show is so, so special.
I really like the cut away gags with the “other rebecca” in the openings. Like when it cuts to the “other rebecca” and she says “i live in this park.” Or something else off-putting. Like the idealized version of rebecca would even still be flawed.
I'm always happy to hear someone appreciate such an excellent show as CXG, seeing the thumbnail really made me smile. Great video, I absolutely loved it. Keep up the great work!
rachel bloom (aka, the white beyonce of musical television) is PHENOMENALY talented. the fact she didn't even get an EMMY acting nomination let alone a win is a fucking war crime. this show is so criminally underrated and so is rachel
This video is amazing. I have BPD and the first time I watched the show I was still blissfully ignorant of the diagnosis, now I just, can't watch the opening of season 4 without crying cause it feels real and not at all sugar-coated like the other 3. First three season's openings for me are amazing and even funny, feels like disassociation, but season 4 is just, "shes too hard to summarize so let's go back to other Rebecca" it's easy to pretend to be someone you are not, its not easy to heal and learn and work everyday to make different choices and fight against mental illness. This show is a masterpiece, I recommend it to every single person I know.
As an added note in season three, her search for an identity is touched on really well with "A Diagnosis," in which she is basically offered a brand new and unexplored narrative to potentially explain why she is the way that she is. It also really echoes a lot of people with mental health issues when they are finally offered a formal diagnosis, because it offers them a way to finally understand why the world feels the way it does to them.
I must have missed the notification because I was waiting for this. When I started the series I was reluctant. Rebecca's mental health journey really struck a chord with me while being funny, that was an accomplishment
Wow! This. was. an. impressive. video essay! I love how you connected everything, and proves why CXG is one of the most tightly written and underrated (and funniest) series in "prestige" era of television. Rebecca Bunch, I think, is one of most fleshed-out and fully realized character ever written. I love this show. Thank you!
Whoooa. Mind blown. I mean, I've always loved CXG and I think Rachel Bloom is a genius, and I caught some of the subtext/themes you mention... but your analysis is fantastic. And very well written. Subscribed, thank you for such a wonderful commentary, rock on!
One of my all-time favorite TV shows. It balances very real and depressing topics in a way that is light hearted, but knows how to handle the serious stuff with the weight it deserves. I think, even if we don't all have BPD that we all can have related to Rebecca Bunch at some point in our lives where we've changed ourselves to suit other people, or maybe became a different person in pursuit of our own goals.
That was the most incredible video I have ever seen! The analysis you guys did on the show and the main character, combined with the comments from the actress, is amazing! I absolutely love this show because it is so real, not in a literal way, but in the way that toches themes that are taboo in a very sincere and honorable way. Great work!
I love how s4 theme song has the sentence "she's too hard to summarize". It resonates with her realisation that life doesnt make narrative sense. People arent "characters", she's not a "character". She understands that now
I absolutely love this show. Season 3 broke me. I was going through one of the worst times in my life with no job, no friends, without my meds, all my family back home in a different country. I had also recently had gone throughthe end of the relationship i had moved for. I was a mess. This show made me feel less alone.
I have soo many series I like and have rewatched many times, but they arent perfect, I just like how they make me feel. However CEG is just flawless, in so many ways. It helps that I love musicals, but it goes beyond that. You summed it up perfectly. I also love how they dont just extende it for views, it ends when it needs to
I resisted watching this show for so long. I didn't really get what it was about. But thanks to you, I'm on season 4 now. It's just what I needed. I also decided to watch She-Ra thanks to you. Now it's my favorite show. (Speaks to me more than I care to admit.) I am looking forward to your future work. And thank you.
i watched about half of season 1 when it came out and i thought it was a really well put together show but i just felt SO ANXIOUS the entire time i was watching i couldn't finish it. but i like watching videos like this, that analyze the show. i feel like i get to appreciate the art but in a way that it cant hurt me lol
Uuuh I love this for you 😊 There's also some shows that I'm really interested in but they aren't good for my mental health. I started reading or watching summaries about them but this might be even better (at least for some). Thank you for the impuls😊
Excellent, excellent breakdown. I’m a huge CXG fan always looking for video essays on it, chugging them down like candy because I just love the themes and their execution in this show, but you’ve brought up things I hadn’t even noticed before or thought about “in that way” with this analysis. Just great observations, I really love it!
Thank you a LOT for talking about this show, I finished it a few weeks ago and I totally loved it and I'm sad that is so underrated and not as known and popular as it should be. Also, great analysis! If you can, please do more cxg content, I would like to see more about it coming from you :D
I have rewatched this seo in its entiriety at least 4 times and I never noticed the ep titles in season 1 and 2 all ending in exclamation marks and question marks respectively: I am a fake fan!!!! Srsly though, excellent analysis! I also want a beer with Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna 🤩🤩🤩
Wow, your analysis is so spot on! So thoughtful and deep. Your last line..."...and she did" - I teared up! Thanks for caring about this show so much and analyzing the opening theme songs with so much nuance and depth. your incisive observations of what the show creators were doing is so great. thanks for doing this and sharing it! glad i found this to read. i'll see what else you take on in other youtube videos.
Great video! I'd never thought about how the different opening styles reflect on where Rebecca is on her journey. This show is incredibly nuanced and criminally underrated. The ending was perfect. I openly wept when I saw it.
i kinda dropped this show for a few months because the constant second hand embarassment it gave me was killing me but damn you made me wanna continue watching it. i did genuinely like it! but man, becca just does not know how to act around other people for the longest time
Okay, I also found season one secondhand embarrassment is a serious hurdle, but it really tapers as she gets her act together and just has more personal connections in West Covina. Once she's no longer desperate to make a good first impression, she's..... not always admirable ofc, but no longer driving me to hide my head in the sofa cushions
@@lyndonwesthaven6623 this is such a funny time for you to have replied to this specific comment, a few days back i actually decided to pick the show back up and im midway through the last season right now! it did get so much better lmao
This is a very insightful video and I'm glad to have found it. Not many content creators are covering or have covered Crazy Ex Girlfriend (such a shame) but I'm glad that you decided to.
This is such a beautiful video, wow. Thank you for talking about this phenomenal show and, as someone who relates a lot to Rebecca Bunch, thank you for doing her justice. ❤️
After i saw this video being uploaded I started watching the show. Now I'm finally here, and I'm really glad you guys got me to watch it. I had a really great time.
When you said the thing you said at the end, the last line? You caught me in a place I hide from everyone, my most creative and protected self. The 4-year-old in me that said "you can create stories." And you said "You can do it." Thank you.
ugh this was such a good analysis!! i remember being disappointed with the third theme song when it first aired, but i love your explanation of it!! (the song grew on me of course lol)
This analysis was the reason I ended up watching the show for the first time 2 years ago ❤ so thank you ❤ helped heal me a little bit from my own struggles with self acceptance and self love.
I empathized with every thought you made about the series. Thank you again!. There are many things to reflect on about this series. It is excellent on so many levels. I watched the show twice, every season. Now I hear Rachel Bloom's new series, Badass, is coming. And she's going to play two characters! Two twin sisters. Can't wait for it to premiere, I miss the Bloom dynamic.
Oh my god I'm so happy you did a video on Crazy ex Gf 😍 my favorite youtuber with my favorite show, I love you both 😍 (ps : super interesting, never really thought about the openings!)
I agree with you on everything (obviously) and thank you for this beautifully written analysis. Rachel Bloom is a genius. I hope this show will get the recognition it deserves. It's great as a musical, as a TV series, as a metaliterary device, and what a deep and interesting portrayal of mental health issues.
This was so good! Loved how u made these awesome connections between things such as the narrative and episode titles, never would’ve thought there was more to them. This isn’t relevant, but seeing as you do fantastic analysis of well written themes on healing and relationships in shows, you’d might like to check out doom patrol. It’s full of that, hilarious, and has more worth checking out. If you don’t, your stuff is still great and thought provoking, so thanks for making this!
I really enjoyed this video. I feel like it points out a lot of the smart details the creators put into the show that you might not miss if you weren’t paying attention
I want to reiterate something I heard, and I’m sorry I can’t remember who said it, but it was along the lines of Season one: Ex Season two: Girlfriend Season three: Crazy And of course season 4 is everything and nothing all at once. You are all those bits of you, and you contain multitudes, but you’re more than the sum of your parts. She has to make peace with her past and yet she has her whole future to look forward to. Season four is progress in terms of melding the conflicting aspects of herself together and accepting that it’s not all going to fit into place. Have fun in the gray.
So, I had to pause the video to tell my story. I had no idea what this show was gonna be about! I started watching it because I was mad about the way media portrays women and wanted to get more fuel for my anger. But then as I watched it I was blown away by the perspective of the characters, the presentation of it, the songs... everything! It was a super great show.
One of my all time favorite shows. It was amazing the first time I watched it. And just as amazing all the times I rewatch. :) I often go back to the episode where her mom visits. That entrance just blew me away, and the lyrics and performance should have won something. Maybe it did
This was a great analysis! Personally I can never get past fake Greg so the show ends on a downer for me but I still appreciate what it did to show mental health struggles and just personal struggles most dramas shy away from. A middle aged mother going back to school isn't something you'll see on many shows but Paula is so inspiring, a boss realizing he is bisexual and embracing that isn't common but it was such a touching storyline.
i really wish more people talked about this show the way you do. It had so many elements worth diving into, and such an incredibly complex and interesting cast of characters. It was one of those stories thats gonna stick with me for a really long time, and seeing someone giving such an in depth analysis of just a small fraction of what made it so interesting is so heartwarming.
As I watched it, I also realized that the nerrative from "I am the good one, to am I the goodone? To if I am not the goodone I must be the bad one" switches. This also fits with her diagnosis of BPD in 4th season. Rachael Bloom is such a Genius!
dude every single character in crazy ex-girlfriend got major character development. they all had arcs and developed personalities it's fucking insane. i wish more people knew about this masterpiece.
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Note: In Season 4, nearly all the titles have no punctuation at the end. Not an exclamation point, question mark, period, or even a semi-colon or ellipse. They are intentionally open-ended and defying the limitations set by punctuation.
exactly.
Like how they can’t decide if it’s Spiders Spider’s or Spiders’
I went crazy when I saw this video was talking about this ! A few months ago I wrote a linguistics essay on CexGf and a whole section about the punctuation in the episode titles ! :)
Edit: typo
@@xensbooknook they clarified it pretty early on. It's a place owned by Mr spiders
@@ivanaerard9452 I know this is 8 months old but I’d love to read that essay!
I love how when she revisited the Math of Love Triangles song towards the end of season 4 she seemed exhausted by trying to keep up the charade. It really showed Rebecca’s growth.
"Jokes on you bitch you'll never be free" Had me laugh crying with how hysterically funny and painfully relatible it was. I have felt that way with my own mental health so many times, that no matter how much therapy I go through or pills I take or self work I do I just can't accomplish something. I think that's the human condition, we do well at sometimes and poorly in others and life and healing are not linear. But it's funny how she can do something so silly and make me scream laugh while hitting me in the gut. What a phenomenal show
She will never have a stable self or feeling of self - as BPD implies in it's 9 main criteria.
"Oh boy. What fun."
One thing this show does better than any other live action show I've seen is the visual design of its main character's development. It's very obvious throughout the openings as it jumps through time. Rebecca starts out with very styled hair, heavy makeup, and tight, bodycon dresses. Then as the series goes on and her overly-maintained image starts to falter, we see her more without makeup, with her hair down, curlier, and wearing looser, more comfortable clothing. Rebecca puts so much effort into changing her image for other people and the fact by the 4th season she looks so natural in contrast to the 1st and even 2nd season really emphasises how far she's come. The two images side by side in the thumbnail almost feel like two different women
As I read this I immediatly had to think about the sexy getting ready song, which was actually one of the very first ones
@@aliceadebola RIP to Nipsey Hussle
Even the body language too (in the thumbnail side-by-side/S1 vs S4 opening overall). S4 is so pared down in comparison to the other openings… I’m kinda just realizing now why that opening always seemed so “weird” to me in comparison to the others; I never really “liked” it as much. But really, what you’ve said here captures it all. S1 is overproduced; campy, on purpose of course, but still put-on in its delivery and particularly, how Rebecca holds herself. She’s posing, she’s part of the cartoon, she’s “on”, she’s acting, all of it. S4 Rebecca is just fucking sitting on a bench! She’s chill, in relaxed clothes, she shrugs, she kinda just reacts to stuff. Maybe underwhelming in comparison but man, she’s finally just existing comfortably.
This show was great! It won awards and everything but I still don't have anyone to talk to about it!
well lucky for you, it’s one of my very favorite things. stick around :)
I will talk to anyone and everyobe about this show forever!!!!
Let's talk about it! It was awesome :)
Saaaaaaame! I ask my friends to watch it a few times every year and nope! ☺️
I feel your pain!
“Season four starts with meet Rebecca. And in the end, she did.” DAMN that hit home 😭❤️
Lately, everything seems like a reason to use the term "that hit home". Your generation is robotic.
I cried at that line
@@krystinay Me too 😭
I literally just teared up. Rachel Bloom is my hero.
@@fp5495what are you on about? How old are you?
Something I noticed about the last season’s opening is that it’s pretty much the only one where she’s not wearing a costume. The other three revolve around her wearing dresses or theatrical clothes than she typically wears. In the season four intro, that’s left for the other Rebecca, who is much more like what Rebecca would have thought of herself in the first season. She’s cool, she seems happy, and it requires willful ignorance to not label her as complex or unusual (shown by her happily acknowledging all sorts of weird things at the end of the song). Rebecca’s frantic waving to prevent the audience from going back to Other Rebecca strikes me as a “I’m recognizing I’m complex, and I don’t want to go back to deluding myself about that.”
I also wanted to note that while "Other Rebecca" Is "the coolest girl in the world" we learn more and more unhinged stuff about her each episode
@@ApequH Her name isn't even Rebecca
So, I started watching this video having never watching the show before, got half way through it, and decided it sounded interesting and decided to binge watch the whole show. I am now halfway through season 4.
WHAT!!!? THATS WHAT WE LOVE TO SEE
OMG that's so cool
@@5x5Takes We do, in fact, love to see that.
Me too!
Sooo happy whenever someone gets exposed to this show!!
When I started watching this show, I didn’t expect it to be as good as it was, particularly in how it shifted identity so well. It went from a romantic comedy to a drama to a story about mental health to a story about the meaning of happiness itself, and it did so FLAWLESSLY. What’s more, I had just been quite cruelly dumped by my ex, a girl named Rebecca, and I chose this as a show to binge without knowing the name of the main character or quite how much it was about love and the meaning of happiness and identity, all things I was questioning after the dumping. Whoops. But it’s a testament to the quality of this show that I binged it all anyway. I was initially triggered, but the show was so good I still made it 100% of the way through. It’s just so surprising how intelligent it really is.
The bit about the labels makes me think hard about the journey Rebecca went through when she got diagnosed. Like labels can be both helpful and restricting/damaging. Also I love that you talk about the musicality of each theme song! So thoughtful!
yes!!! depending on what you decide to do with them. and thank you it's the double whammy ex-IB ex-theatre kid disease
@@5x5Takes what's IB?
It's sad that as [American] women-or at least I am so idk about other countries but I gather it may be a similar experience-that we basically have to breakdown before we get any semblance of a diagnosis.
The thing about whether Rebecca moved to West Covina for Josh or not - I never actually read her denial as wholly untrue.
The speech she gives on the party bus in Season 1 does seem earnestly heartfelt, even if she's giving it at least partly out of self-preservation. We already know the rationalisations she gives to be true: She *was* miserable in her old job, to the extent that a promotion triggered a panic attack. She already wanted to leave, she just hadn't found a direction yet. Josh's appearance inspired that new direction. While it's certainly true that her feelings for Josh prompted her to move to West Covina, as Rebecca says, "The situation's a lot more nuanced than that". The facts that she moved there because of her feelings for Josh and *also* because Josh told her of a place where people were happy at a time when she was miserable, emotionally vulnerable, and therefore impressionable are not mutually exclusive. The impression I get is that a lot of people see Rebecca's alternative reasons for moving to West Covina as flat out lies, whereas to me at least the reasons she gives are genuine - the deception lies in the priority she assigns to them by underplaying the role of her feelings for Josh. The best lies are always grounded in truth, particularly the ones we tell ourselves.
As a side note, love the video, please inject more Crazy Ex-Girlfriend discourse directly into my veins.
I definitely think that’s part of the point, especially since by the end, you see that Rebecca actually did manage to find herself in West Covina, which she was never really able to do in New York. Her obsession with Josh is what pushes her to West Covina, but there is a long running desire to escape her old life in New York and returning there signifies Rebecca’s worst moments. The situation was always more nuanced than that, but the nuance was overrun by her obsession because Josh became her escape, rather than desire to actually change her life to better suit her. Aline and Rachel made some real genius with this idea and it really makes the central themes of the story come together in a beautiful way, that makes the resolution feel so real, so earned and so perfect.
Great point!!! I think it's cannon actually because (I believe in episode "Josh is irrelevant") she acknowledged that actually it was never about Josh... So I think you're right. It's a "want" Vs "need" story.
Totally agree! Her move was never about Josh himself, but about everything he represented, because they're things he'd already achieved: a career that makes her happy instead of being what everyone expects of her, and friends who can (eventually) love her for who she is.
I think her explanation to Josh in the party bus was the real answer, but she was still lying to herself that it was about Josh. Remember in the first episode when Josh was talking about West Covina and he said that everyone was happy, it was the word "happy" echoing in Rebecca's mind. All she really wanted was to find happiness, but because of all of her issues, she thought she needed a man to make happiness happen.
Thank you!! That's what I've been saying for all of it, she was showing her genuinely feelings even if it was used as an excuse. I don't think she moved to west covina for Josh, I believe he is an excuse, a motivation to change.
I wish there were more shows like Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, in which Mental Illness and leading a self-determined, fulfilling, meaningful, and happy life on one's own terms are not mutually exclusive concepts. Few shows have helped me approach life in a way that considers my own need for fulfilment and personal worth like Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
Plus all the songs are earworms
This was something I commented when the theme song first came out on YT
"I noticed a theme in the theme songs
The first one is about the EX part of "Crazy Ex Girlfriend", it talks about how she is obsessed with her ex
The second one is pretty obvious, it's the Girlfriend. It also relates to the next one, seeing that those are the lines that were said during her trial.
The third one has the word all around it, Crazy. That was the diagnosis and craziest season we had gotten.
And now we have this one, It's hard to describe Rebecca, after describing her as Crazy, Girlfriend and Ex. So, they just say it's hard to understand Rebecca. This season is full circle"
love that analysis!
this is genius!
😯🤯
This show was my life for a while.
Same
Same for me
Yup
Still is
was my source of strength and fascination thru the first pandemic
Why does this video have such a criminally low view count?! This was such a well thought-out analysis, and so fun to watch now that I am rewatching the show for what is at least the fourth time. Edit: I see now that it has only been up for a day, here's to many more people finding this video and liking it!
Well to be honest, cxg was also criminally under-watched when it came out
@@noelaguirrechavez4462 It did fairly well on streaming services, but then again, I started watching it from word of mouth.
i wrote an essay on this show’s portrayal of mental illness a few years back, and i’m SO glad to see other people acknowledging the genius of this show
I wanna read that essay! Haha
Great breakdown! Side note: My cousin is the dancer on the left in Paula’s number!!!!! 10:03
It’s still so weird to see her in one of my favorite shows lol
that's so cool!! iconic song she was in as well lol
Rachel Bloom has skills this show was brilliant albeit underrated because of it being on The CW. I hope people find this show later on because it really handled the nuances of mental health in a way that wasn't demeaning, but truthful.
"It was like everyone was my mum" and then every audience judges her. They call her crazy, say she is broken, they watch her as she goes through selfhate without any help or reaching a hand. Her mum.
One thing worth mentioning about the opening of the fourth season is that at the end of it they say that it's better to go back to "other Rebecca", and then every episode she gives us a cold reply that increasingly shows her as crazy.
In the very last episode, Rebecca gets off the bench, walk to Debra (her real name), points to her and says: "she's not real!"
Like how the idealization of a person can deny her underlying issues, and how we must delve into one's"craziness" in order to really meet them. "Other Rebecca" is only the coolest girl in the world until we start to know her better.
interesting! i like this take.
Fantastic analysis. I feel it's so important that the show concludes with Rebecca not "ending up" with any of her love interests, but instead with herself and her music, and that we never get to hear the song she wrote, because, really, that means her story is still going.
you pointing out the punctuation and pronouns/names in the season titles slapped me in the face ngl, how on god's earth did i not see that? rachel bloom really thought of everything huh
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is my favorite show and this video make me cry about it all over again. It has three of my favorite fictional characters of all time (Rebecca, Valencia, and Nathaniel). While I do love every character in this show (except maybe Greg but that's mostly because of his fans), Rebecca's arc is by far the most impactful. I still cry every time I listen to Eleven O'clock or A Diagnosis. I didn't like the ending at first, but once I sat with it for a while it I grew to adore it. Every time I see someone be like "oh, Rebecca should've ended up with ____" I get so angry because they don't get it. The entire point of this show was that it was never about the love interests. It was about Rebecca and her journey. This show wouldn't have been nearly as good if she ended up picking one of the men.
OMGs! Yes! Exactly! If she jad 'ended up' with someone it would undermined the entire message of the seo. The entire run of this series has a very clear idea and message that they portray through the story so consistently. It's all about Rebecca figuring out who she is and learning to love herself. The ending is so perfect because, this is my interpretation anyway, we feel safe knowing that Rebecca will be ok because she's done so much work and has a great support system of people who know and love her. The story from the begining is aboit how she got to that place and I love a story that is clear and intentional and DONE SO WELL!!! sorry, I just love this seo so much!!!!
This is really good analysis! Man, 'A Diagnosis' hit pretty hard - I got a very late ADHD diagnosis last year and I could not stop thinking about it.
My issue with the ending is the show spends (S4) episodes making it about who'll win Rebecca's heart/who'll she choose? when the show was never about that. Then instead of any payoff for the build up Rebecca chooses herself. It's fine that she did but I just wish they didn't spend so much time to playing "guess who she'll end up with".
I watched the whole thing on Netflix and when we started moving into season 3, I started to ask my partner who they thought Rebecca would end up with. But before the question left my mouth, I realized that most shows would answer that question to give the audience closure and the sense of a happy ending but everything about that type of fan service go completely against CXG's narrative and worked so tirelessly towards. CXG has never been a show that panders to it's audience or sacrifices character building/growth for a quick punchline or throwaway filled episode and it would be betraying everything it has built itself on unless Rebecca chooses herself over any of the men vying for her heart. Obviously I was ecstatic at the series finale and cried a bit when she began the theme song medley with the costumes too! CXG is a masterpiece. My only regret is not finding it sooner.
Oh my god huge same at your mention of Eleven O’ Clock specifically. Whenever I really want to get into my feels about this show, I listen to that song because well, it’s a recap. It caps us off, it shows us how far we and Rebecca have come, I mean man does that song make me cry. I feel like people don’t talk about that song enough. It really always gets me.
A fun fact I read in an interview is that they went back-and-forth on what Rebecca should play when she goes to play her song at the end. They at 1st joked that it should be something horrible like "electronica ragtime" bun"but then they realized it would unintentionally undercut the value of the entire story. They were so smart to realize that. They realized that no song could really encapsulate what this would be emotionally because it was so enormous, but also Rebecca is not supposed to be a fantastic piano player or singer at this point. She took a lot of training to try to become decent at those things because her real gift is the writing.
It ends sort of brilliantly with her on the precipice. I remember them saying that the idea is that her at her entire life is in front of her for the 1st time as a person who knows who she is so it isn't an ending it's the beginning of everything for Rebecca.
Even writing it makes me emotional, this show is so fucking good
love this
Thank you! It bugged me that we didn't get to hear the song but with this explanation I can get behind it.
almost every woman (if not all) have been called crazy by a person who is uncomfortable with our boundaries and/or emotions, gaslighting us into anxiety that actually confirms what they believe about us! I love this show so much, for representing mental health in a whole new way, and also representing different bodies.
Absolutely fantastic video! As a fan of Rachel pre CXG I’ve gotten so many friends into the show over time and just recently got a “life doesn’t make narrative sense” tattoo. You broke down the themes so well in this.
Yes! Been waiting for more creators to do CXG analysis! So ready :D
Yes! This is one of my all time favorite shows, but rarely gets discussed! I've watched every Bagels After Midnight video, and every reaction video I can find....but it's still not enough!
Your analysis is so good, I found you through the She ra ones and now im sticking around haha
so glad to hear it, so glad you're here!
crazily intelligent analysis, you sound like Rachel Bloom herself explaining why she wrote what she wrote
the highest of compliments. ms. bloom please can i interview you
yissss finally insightful stuff about my favourite show :DDD I love how emotionally raw and borderline uncomfortable it can be. There’s just nothing else on TV that gets to me quite like that.
I absolutely love this and you made me tear up at the end. One thing I have always loved about the season 4 theme is that it makes fun of how sitcoms usually only define characters by one characteristic, they're all one-dimensional. Here the theme is clearly mocking this, saying she cannot be defined by a label. This show is so, so special.
I really like the cut away gags with the “other rebecca” in the openings. Like when it cuts to the “other rebecca” and she says “i live in this park.” Or something else off-putting. Like the idealized version of rebecca would even still be flawed.
I'm always happy to hear someone appreciate such an excellent show as CXG, seeing the thumbnail really made me smile. Great video, I absolutely loved it. Keep up the great work!
rachel bloom (aka, the white beyonce of musical television) is PHENOMENALY talented. the fact she didn't even get an EMMY acting nomination let alone a win is a fucking war crime. this show is so criminally underrated and so is rachel
This video is amazing. I have BPD and the first time I watched the show I was still blissfully ignorant of the diagnosis, now I just, can't watch the opening of season 4 without crying cause it feels real and not at all sugar-coated like the other 3. First three season's openings for me are amazing and even funny, feels like disassociation, but season 4 is just, "shes too hard to summarize so let's go back to other Rebecca" it's easy to pretend to be someone you are not, its not easy to heal and learn and work everyday to make different choices and fight against mental illness. This show is a masterpiece, I recommend it to every single person I know.
This was so wonderful. Thank you for giving me the Crazy Ex Girlfriend content I've been craving.
As an added note in season three, her search for an identity is touched on really well with "A Diagnosis," in which she is basically offered a brand new and unexplored narrative to potentially explain why she is the way that she is. It also really echoes a lot of people with mental health issues when they are finally offered a formal diagnosis, because it offers them a way to finally understand why the world feels the way it does to them.
I must have missed the notification because I was waiting for this. When I started the series I was reluctant. Rebecca's mental health journey really struck a chord with me while being funny, that was an accomplishment
Wow! This. was. an. impressive. video essay! I love how you connected everything, and proves why CXG is one of the most tightly written and underrated (and funniest) series in "prestige" era of television. Rebecca Bunch, I think, is one of most fleshed-out and fully realized character ever written. I love this show. Thank you!
I wish the show had been able to air on a showtime/HBO, as it was originally created to. I think it wouldn't be so criminally unseen.
Thank you so much for this! CXG is maybe my favorite show ever and it deserves to be talked about way more! It's brilliant!
Whoooa. Mind blown. I mean, I've always loved CXG and I think Rachel Bloom is a genius, and I caught some of the subtext/themes you mention... but your analysis is fantastic. And very well written. Subscribed, thank you for such a wonderful commentary, rock on!
Omg thank you for this, I cried remembering how wonderful this series is, Rachel bloom is incredible and super smart, god I love her!
One of my all-time favorite TV shows. It balances very real and depressing topics in a way that is light hearted, but knows how to handle the serious stuff with the weight it deserves. I think, even if we don't all have BPD that we all can have related to Rebecca Bunch at some point in our lives where we've changed ourselves to suit other people, or maybe became a different person in pursuit of our own goals.
Fine, I'll rewatch Crazy ex-girlfriend *again*
That was the most incredible video I have ever seen! The analysis you guys did on the show and the main character, combined with the comments from the actress, is amazing! I absolutely love this show because it is so real, not in a literal way, but in the way that toches themes that are taboo in a very sincere and honorable way. Great work!
I love how s4 theme song has the sentence "she's too hard to summarize". It resonates with her realisation that life doesnt make narrative sense. People arent "characters", she's not a "character". She understands that now
One of the best descriptive and best explanations of crazy ex-girlfriend. Thank you
Brilliant video! Made me really want to start a rewatch. This show was so layered and interesting and beautiful.
I watched it three times and it never got boring!
omgggg, this video was AMAZING. I loved the series and I totally missed the hint of the episodes' titles, that's so clever. Thank you so much!!
I absolutely love this show. Season 3 broke me. I was going through one of the worst times in my life with no job, no friends, without my meds, all my family back home in a different country. I had also recently had gone throughthe end of the relationship i had moved for. I was a mess. This show made me feel less alone.
I have soo many series I like and have rewatched many times, but they arent perfect, I just like how they make me feel.
However CEG is just flawless, in so many ways. It helps that I love musicals, but it goes beyond that. You summed it up perfectly. I also love how they dont just extende it for views, it ends when it needs to
I resisted watching this show for so long. I didn't really get what it was about. But thanks to you, I'm on season 4 now. It's just what I needed.
I also decided to watch She-Ra thanks to you. Now it's my favorite show. (Speaks to me more than I care to admit.)
I am looking forward to your future work. And thank you.
Fun fact: Vella (Heather from Crazy Ex Girlfriend) does voice acting in She-Ra not sure which voice but I think it's cool
i watched about half of season 1 when it came out and i thought it was a really well put together show but i just felt SO ANXIOUS the entire time i was watching i couldn't finish it. but i like watching videos like this, that analyze the show. i feel like i get to appreciate the art but in a way that it cant hurt me lol
Uuuh I love this for you 😊 There's also some shows that I'm really interested in but they aren't good for my mental health.
I started reading or watching summaries about them but this might be even better (at least for some).
Thank you for the impuls😊
Excellent, excellent breakdown. I’m a huge CXG fan always looking for video essays on it, chugging them down like candy because I just love the themes and their execution in this show, but you’ve brought up things I hadn’t even noticed before or thought about “in that way” with this analysis. Just great observations, I really love it!
Thank you a LOT for talking about this show, I finished it a few weeks ago and I totally loved it and I'm sad that is so underrated and not as known and popular as it should be. Also, great analysis! If you can, please do more cxg content, I would like to see more about it coming from you :D
This show is absolutely incredible and presented a perfect ending--something at which most shows fail.
I have rewatched this seo in its entiriety at least 4 times and I never noticed the ep titles in season 1 and 2 all ending in exclamation marks and question marks respectively: I am a fake fan!!!!
Srsly though, excellent analysis! I also want a beer with Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna 🤩🤩🤩
You showed up in my recommendations and I'm glad you did! Thank you for giving Crazy-Ex the coverage and analysis it deserves
i’ve noticed it gain traction today! wild! glad to find other cxg fans
This was a great analysis of the theme songs and the show itself. I really love it. Just finished binge-watching it again.
This is the perfect show, I don't undestand how there isn't more people talking about it.
Wow, your analysis is so spot on! So thoughtful and deep. Your last line..."...and she did" - I teared up! Thanks for caring about this show so much and analyzing the opening theme songs with so much nuance and depth. your incisive observations of what the show creators were doing is so great. thanks for doing this and sharing it! glad i found this to read. i'll see what else you take on in other youtube videos.
Such a perceptive, well-made essay. Well done 👏
Great video! I'd never thought about how the different opening styles reflect on where Rebecca is on her journey. This show is incredibly nuanced and criminally underrated. The ending was perfect. I openly wept when I saw it.
i kinda dropped this show for a few months because the constant second hand embarassment it gave me was killing me but damn you made me wanna continue watching it. i did genuinely like it! but man, becca just does not know how to act around other people for the longest time
Okay, I also found season one secondhand embarrassment is a serious hurdle, but it really tapers as she gets her act together and just has more personal connections in West Covina. Once she's no longer desperate to make a good first impression, she's..... not always admirable ofc, but no longer driving me to hide my head in the sofa cushions
@@lyndonwesthaven6623 this is such a funny time for you to have replied to this specific comment, a few days back i actually decided to pick the show back up and im midway through the last season right now! it did get so much better lmao
@@princembat Yaaaaaay!
@@lyndonwesthaven6623 i finished it, augh so good and i loved it so much
@@princembat Right? I absolutely *love* the ending
so true bestie !!!
omg jessica ????
"intricate laticework" - oooooooo, I'm gonna learn what that means and keep it in my vocabulary
I never even noticed the episode titles, this is a great analysis!
This is a very insightful video and I'm glad to have found it. Not many content creators are covering or have covered Crazy Ex Girlfriend (such a shame) but I'm glad that you decided to.
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@@5x5Takes thanks! I have and really like that channel.
This is such a beautiful video, wow. Thank you for talking about this phenomenal show and, as someone who relates a lot to Rebecca Bunch, thank you for doing her justice. ❤️
After i saw this video being uploaded I started watching the show. Now I'm finally here, and I'm really glad you guys got me to watch it. I had a really great time.
Happy that this video (and hopefully, the show) are getting more attention. This is really in depth, and in a short amount of time!
When you said the thing you said at the end, the last line? You caught me in a place I hide from everyone, my most creative and protected self. The 4-year-old in me that said "you can create stories." And you said "You can do it." Thank you.
ugh this was such a good analysis!! i remember being disappointed with the third theme song when it first aired, but i love your explanation of it!! (the song grew on me of course lol)
two is definitely the CATCHIEST, but they all have their merit and narrative intent
This analysis was the reason I ended up watching the show for the first time 2 years ago ❤ so thank you ❤ helped heal me a little bit from my own struggles with self acceptance and self love.
Sooo glad YT recommended this video! Tremendous analysis and got me nostalgic for the songs.
Oh cool, you’re talking about favourite show.
Thanks for this review! It's the most fascinating tv show i've ever deeply enjoy.
i LOVE that show
I empathized with every thought you made about the series. Thank you again!. There are many things to reflect on about this series. It is excellent on so many levels. I watched the show twice, every season. Now I hear Rachel Bloom's new series, Badass, is coming. And she's going to play two characters! Two twin sisters. Can't wait for it to premiere, I miss the Bloom dynamic.
Oh my god I'm so happy you did a video on Crazy ex Gf 😍 my favorite youtuber with my favorite show, I love you both 😍 (ps : super interesting, never really thought about the openings!)
the amount of love and purpose put into this show. man.
Awww! Great video! You articulated the feelings these opening songs give off really well.
This is one of the best youtube videos I've ever seen. This is my favorite show of all time.
thank you for this amazing analyzation. This is my all time favorite show and putting all of this into a video has made be so truly happy
The whole show was a fkin MASTERPIECE!!!!!
I loved the different opening songs.
It was perfectly explained in this video as well. Thank you ❤️
I agree with you on everything (obviously) and thank you for this beautifully written analysis. Rachel Bloom is a genius. I hope this show will get the recognition it deserves. It's great as a musical, as a TV series, as a metaliterary device, and what a deep and interesting portrayal of mental health issues.
I'll probably watch anything Rachel Bloom creates after this show
First you made me watch all of Person of Interest, now I need to jump into another new thing that you make sound interesting? WHYYYYY
beautiful analysis! this is one of my all time favorite shows ever!
This was so good! Loved how u made these awesome connections between things such as the narrative and episode titles, never would’ve thought there was more to them. This isn’t relevant, but seeing as you do fantastic analysis of well written themes on healing and relationships in shows, you’d might like to check out doom patrol. It’s full of that, hilarious, and has more worth checking out. If you don’t, your stuff is still great and thought provoking, so thanks for making this!
I really enjoyed this video. I feel like it points out a lot of the smart details the creators put into the show that you might not miss if you weren’t paying attention
I want to reiterate something I heard, and I’m sorry I can’t remember who said it, but it was along the lines of
Season one: Ex
Season two: Girlfriend
Season three: Crazy
And of course season 4 is everything and nothing all at once. You are all those bits of you, and you contain multitudes, but you’re more than the sum of your parts. She has to make peace with her past and yet she has her whole future to look forward to. Season four is progress in terms of melding the conflicting aspects of herself together and accepting that it’s not all going to fit into place. Have fun in the gray.
cool way to put it!!!
So, I had to pause the video to tell my story. I had no idea what this show was gonna be about! I started watching it because I was mad about the way media portrays women and wanted to get more fuel for my anger. But then as I watched it I was blown away by the perspective of the characters, the presentation of it, the songs... everything! It was a super great show.
YEAAAAAAAA INSTANT FAVOURITE UR ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE BRAIN
i love this show and i love listening to people analyzing this show. great video!
One of my all time favorite shows. It was amazing the first time I watched it. And just as amazing all the times I rewatch. :) I often go back to the episode where her mom visits. That entrance just blew me away, and the lyrics and performance should have won something. Maybe it did
This was a great analysis! Personally I can never get past fake Greg so the show ends on a downer for me but I still appreciate what it did to show mental health struggles and just personal struggles most dramas shy away from. A middle aged mother going back to school isn't something you'll see on many shows but Paula is so inspiring, a boss realizing he is bisexual and embracing that isn't common but it was such a touching storyline.
Awesome video! I am rewatching the series and really being present to how amazing this show is.
i really wish more people talked about this show the way you do. It had so many elements worth diving into, and such an incredibly complex and interesting cast of characters. It was one of those stories thats gonna stick with me for a really long time, and seeing someone giving such an in depth analysis of just a small fraction of what made it so interesting is so heartwarming.
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As I watched it, I also realized that the nerrative from "I am the good one, to am I the goodone? To if I am not the goodone I must be the bad one" switches. This also fits with her diagnosis of BPD in 4th season. Rachael Bloom is such a Genius!
dude every single character in crazy ex-girlfriend got major character development. they all had arcs and developed personalities it's fucking insane. i wish more people knew about this masterpiece.
im not crying, youre crying