For two seasons, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend was one of the funniest things on TV. The musical numbers were catchy, ingenious, and hilarious. The characters were goofy and fun. Rachel Bloom was terrifically fun and funny as the title obsessive.
As the series went along, it increasingly felt the understandable need to deal with its main characters mental issues. That worked well at first, as she continued her insanity and just rolled a therapist into it.
But then Crazy Ex-Girlfriend did what the brilliant comedy series You're the Worst had done a couple of years earlier; it decided it wanted to to be a seriocomic exploration of the difficulties of dealing with serious mental illness. And just as with You're the Worst, what happened was, it stopped being funny.
Some people actually really liked that change, but if you watched the show because it was funny, well, suddenly it was less so. Even the songs were less jokey, and every light moment was counterbalanced with a heavy one.
I made it through season 3, but it's like having a really funny friend who does a lot of therapy and then when someone tells a joke says, "I understand, I used to lash out in pain just like you."
The fourth and last season was a mixed bag. It had a lot less angst and more actual comedy, but it also had the least musical numbers of any season, and most of the numbers it did have where unmemorable. And while it was funnier than season 3, it still wasn't near as funny as the first two seasons (except for the hilarious "other Rebecca" gags).
Rating: Season 1: 9. Season 2: 9. Season 3: 6. Season 4: 7.
As the series went along, it increasingly felt the understandable need to deal with its main characters mental issues. That worked well at first, as she continued her insanity and just rolled a therapist into it.
But then Crazy Ex-Girlfriend did what the brilliant comedy series You're the Worst had done a couple of years earlier; it decided it wanted to to be a seriocomic exploration of the difficulties of dealing with serious mental illness. And just as with You're the Worst, what happened was, it stopped being funny.
Some people actually really liked that change, but if you watched the show because it was funny, well, suddenly it was less so. Even the songs were less jokey, and every light moment was counterbalanced with a heavy one.
I made it through season 3, but it's like having a really funny friend who does a lot of therapy and then when someone tells a joke says, "I understand, I used to lash out in pain just like you."
The fourth and last season was a mixed bag. It had a lot less angst and more actual comedy, but it also had the least musical numbers of any season, and most of the numbers it did have where unmemorable. And while it was funnier than season 3, it still wasn't near as funny as the first two seasons (except for the hilarious "other Rebecca" gags).
Rating: Season 1: 9. Season 2: 9. Season 3: 6. Season 4: 7.