Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom) is a driven New York real estate lawyer working in a high power law firm. She's offered the partnership. She starts to stress and runs into childhood camp friend Josh Chan. All of her romantic happiness comes rushing back and she follows him to his hometown of West Covina, California. She gets a job at a small firm run by Darryl Whitefeather and befriends co-worker Paula Proctor. Josh Chan is dating controlling girlfriend Valencia Perez. Rebecca befriends cool young neighbor Heather Davis. In season 2, she falls for arrogant new boss Nathaniel Plimpton III.
The title started out as a tongue in cheek joke. Crazy ex-girlfriend is a trope. It's fun to call Rebecca that since it's mostly light-hearted. She's a flustered single gal trying to find love. Some of the songs are actually hilarious. Bloom's bodied humor is funny. It's not unlike many other sitcoms throughout history. Somewhere along the line, the show dives head first into the trope. It's probably her suicide attempt where the show pass a point of no return. It may be brave but it's harder to see the fun in the humor. It stops being a joke and becomes much more real. I appreciate the attempt and the show never cheapens it. In a way, this is way better than the standard single gal sitcom and it is a harder watch after the transition.
The title started out as a tongue in cheek joke. Crazy ex-girlfriend is a trope. It's fun to call Rebecca that since it's mostly light-hearted. She's a flustered single gal trying to find love. Some of the songs are actually hilarious. Bloom's bodied humor is funny. It's not unlike many other sitcoms throughout history. Somewhere along the line, the show dives head first into the trope. It's probably her suicide attempt where the show pass a point of no return. It may be brave but it's harder to see the fun in the humor. It stops being a joke and becomes much more real. I appreciate the attempt and the show never cheapens it. In a way, this is way better than the standard single gal sitcom and it is a harder watch after the transition.