What I’m Watching: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Season Premiere)

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Season 3, Episode 1 “Josh’s Ex-Girlfriend Wants Revenge” (B+)

This was an important premiere since this show, so fantastic in its first season, took a few questionable turns in season two in its reveal that Rebecca actually does have some certifiable issues to address that have come up before. What this episode did was pick things back up to show up how everyone sees Rebecca and how she’s embracing the more positive attention that she’s getting. It’s mostly concern towards her now, since before she was operating completely on her own and lying to those around her to try to get with Josh, but now that she’s been through that and come out the other hand, she’s part of a crew with Paula, Heather, and Valencia. They realize that her big return with the fancy white dress and her new demeanor were just ways of coping with Josh having left her at the altar, and they wanted to encourage her but make sure she didn’t go too far, like when she was literally about to have sex with the actor who looked exactly like Josh. She’s getting back to a better place, in theory, but she’s still sending cupcakes inspired by “The Help” to Josh, channeling her inner crazy while putting on a saner public front. I like that Nathaniel is now trying hard to get her because she’s not showing any interest, and it appears that Scott Michael Foster has become a full-time series regular now. Darryl’s relationship with White Josh continues to get sweeter and sweeter, and I loved his eventual enthusiasm about the anteater costume, accompanied by the not-quite-right “honk honk” sound. Paula reconciling with Scott also seems to be going well, even if she had a strange moment where she wanted him to call her Tonya. I think this is going to be a good season.