Underneath Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's quirky premise is a sad story about a woman who has lived a very unhappy life. Though the musical comedy, which premieres October 12th at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW, seems on the surface to be a light romp through one woman's obsession with an ex-boyfriend from many years prior, the show's strengths come from its darkness.
And there's a lot of darkness in this show. The series, which was originally developed for Showtime, stars Rachel Bloom as Rebecca Bunch, an established lawyer whose entire life revolves around her job. A run-in with Josh (Vincent Rodriguez III), a man she dated for two months when she was 16, causes her to turn down a $500k-a-year partner position at her law firm to move after him to West Covina, Calif. and chase the first moment of happiness she's felt in an indefinite period of time. This decision and her subsequent stalking of him definitely put the "crazy" in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
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And there's a lot of darkness in this show. The series, which was originally developed for Showtime, stars Rachel Bloom as Rebecca Bunch, an established lawyer whose entire life revolves around her job. A run-in with Josh (Vincent Rodriguez III), a man she dated for two months when she was 16, causes her to turn down a $500k-a-year partner position at her law firm to move after him to West Covina, Calif. and chase the first moment of happiness she's felt in an indefinite period of time. This decision and her subsequent stalking of him definitely put the "crazy" in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
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