We’re Days Away From ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Final Premiere

The cast and creators of ‘Crazy Ex Girlfriend’ Image by Getty Images

By Jenny Singer October 8, 2018

Well, well, well, well (“wells” ad infinitum until world situation either significantly improves or finally implodes.) Things are bad. Television is good. “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” the oddball, musical technicolor-spectacle will return to television for its final bow on Friday, October 12.

The CW show, an intoxicating blend of Jewish cultural references and lighthearted looks at mental illness, will begin its fourth and final season next week. Co-created and anchored by irreverent comedian Rachel Bloom, the show was always a dark horse, especially in a golden age — casting racially and physically diverse players sans big names, it returns again and again to issues of mental illness through song. It seemed no more likely to succeed than a rollerskating-based mockumentary about rare soup recipes.

And yet, it did. The show has garnered a cult-following and enjoyed a full arc of weird, tuneful storytelling.

We can’t wait to see what bizarre, possibly offensive high-jinks the crew gets up to in their last act, in which Rebecca goes to jail (cue the “Cell Block Tango” sendup,) Nathaniel goes on “a death-wish adventure,” and Donna shines heroic.

Oh, Rachel Bloom/Rebecca Bunch! Take us away! Take us to West Covina.

Jenny Singer is the deputy lifestyle editor for the Forward. You can reach her at Singer@forward.com or on Twitter @jeanvaljenny

Jenny Singer is a freelance writer with pieces in Vox, the Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, Teen Vogue, and more. She was previously a staff writer at Glamour and the Forward, and she’s currently getting an MFA in nonfiction writing at the University of Iowa.

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