Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (season 3)

The third season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend premiered on The CW on October 13, 2017 and ran for 13 episodes until February 16, 2018. The season stars Rachel Bloom as Rebecca Bunch, a distraught young woman who is dealing with the fallout of being left at the altar. Vincent Rodriguez III, Donna Lynne Champlin, Pete Gardner, Vella Lovell, Gabrielle Ruiz, David Hull, and Scott Michael Foster co-star.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Season 3
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Starring	Rachel Bloom Vincent Rodriguez III Donna Lynne Champlin Pete Gardner Vella Lovell Gabrielle Ruiz David Hull Scott Michael Foster
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	13
Release
Original network	The CW
Original release	October 13, 2017 (2017-10-13) – February 16, 2018 (2018-02-16)
Season chronology

Cast

See also: List of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend characters

Main Rachel Bloom as Rebecca Bunch Vincent Rodriguez III as Josh Chan[lower-alpha 1] Donna Lynne Champlin as Paula Proctor Pete Gardner as Darryl Whitefeather Vella Lovell as Heather Davis Gabrielle Ruiz as Valencia Perez David Hull as Josh "White Josh" Wilson Scott Michael Foster as Nathaniel Plimpton III

Recurring Gina Gallego as Mrs. Hernandez Erick Lopez as Hector Esther Povitsky as Maya Michael McMillian as Tim Steve Monroe as Scott Proctor Burl Moseley as Jim Danny Jolles as George Jacob Guenther as Chris Johnny Ray Meeks as Kevin Amy Hill as Lourdes Chan Steele Stebbins as Tommy Proctor Zayne Emory as Brendan Proctor Jay Hayden as Dr. Daniel Shin Michael Hyatt as Dr. Noelle Akopian Michael Hitchcock as Bert Lyndon Smith as Mona Paul Welsh as Trent Maddock

Guest Piter Marek as Dr. Davit Akopian Ava Acres as Young Rebecca Rory O'Malley as Jarl Alberto Issac as Joseph Chan Eugene Cordero as Alex Robin Thomas as Marco Serrano Josh Groban as himself Bayne Gibby as Cornelia Wigfield Tovah Feldshuh as Naomi Bunch Rachel Grate as Audra Levine David Grant Wright as Nathaniel Plimpton II Susan Blakely as Gigi Plimpton Eddie Pepitone as Bob O'Brien Olivia Edward as Madison Whitefeather Benjamin Siemon as Brody Hunter Stiebel as Marty Sofia Marie Gonzales as Ally Dr. Phil as himself B. J. Novak as himself Parvesh Cheena as Sunil Odhav

Episodes

See also: List of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend episodes

Every song listed is performed by Rebecca, except where indicated. Also, the Josh name is dropped from the episode titles after "Josh Is Irrelevant."

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
32	1	"Josh's Ex-Girlfriend Wants Revenge."	Erin Ehrlich	Rachel Bloom & Aline Brosh McKenna	October 13, 2017 (2017-10-13)	0.62[1]
The season picks up two weeks after the season 2 finale, with Josh having left Rebecca at the altar, she, Paula, Valencia, and Heather try to devise a plan to take him down. Rebecca decides to make a fake sex-tape with a Josh look-alike, and hires an actor to play Josh and ruin his reputation. When Paula puts a stop to the plan, she ropes the others into suing Josh for emotional distress. Meanwhile, Darryl tries to help White Josh take off his protein bar business. Songs: "Where's Rebecca Bunch?" (sung by the cast); "Let's Generalize About Men" (sung by Rebecca, Paula, Valencia, & Heather)
33	2	"To Josh, With Love."	Kabir Akhtar	Rachel Specter & Audrey Wauchope	October 20, 2017 (2017-10-20)	0.60[2]
Rebecca schemes Nathaniel into her plan to take Josh down by promising him sex in exchange for him destroying Josh, but he takes it too far by trying to murder Josh's grandfather and almost getting his father deported. As Rebecca realizes she didn't want to hurt Josh but confront him for what he did to her, she goes to the church during mass and tells him everything that she has done to try to make them get together, ruining their chances at a lawsuit. At Whitefeather & Associates, Tim struggles with learning he is unable to give his wife an orgasm. Songs: "I've Got My Head In The Clouds" (sung by Josh); "Strip Away My Conscience"; "The Buzzing From The Bathroom" (sung by Tim); "After Everything You Made Me Do (That You Didn't Ask For)"
34	3	"Josh Is A Liar."	Stuart McDonald	Michael Hitchcock	October 27, 2017 (2017-10-27)	0.56[3]
Rebecca tricks Paula into stopping the lawsuit, saying she believes the case is too weak rather than telling her about how she revealed everything to Josh. Heather is forced to graduate from college. Josh quits priest-school and tries to tell White Josh and Hector about Rebecca; however, they don't believe him as she submits an article about him to a news blog, exclaiming that he hates gay people and is racist, among other things. Josh retaliates by using the file Trent gave him, and he and Father Brah call Paula to tell her about what is in the file. Rebecca figures out what is happening and tries to persuade Nathaniel to take her to Rome; as they try to leave, Paula, Heather, and Valencia come through the door and stop her from leaving. Songs: "The Moment Is Me" (sung by Heather); "I Go To The Zoo" (sung by Nathaniel)
35	4	"Josh's Ex-Girlfriend Is Crazy."	Joseph Kahn	Rachel Bloom & Aline Brosh McKenna	November 3, 2017 (2017-11-03)	0.65[4]
Rebecca tries to get Nathaniel to ignore Paula and take her to Rome; however, Paula stops her and tells her they are trying to help - Rebecca, feeling threatened, lashes out at everyone there and runs off. She goes to Josh's house and harasses him, before going to a bar, defeated. She rents a room at a youth hostel with a Danish roommate, Yarl, who she rants her insecurities to. The next day, she kidnaps Josh's mother and takes her to a theme park. Josh finds out and goes to get his mother back. Paula asks Valencia and Heather if she is a bad mother, while Darryl tries to talk to White Josh about if he wants a baby. Rebecca, defeated, goes to a bar and receives a butt-dial from Greg, and ends up sleeping with his dad. Paula reaches out to Rebecca's mom. Songs: "Scary Scary Sexy Lady"; "The End of the Movie" (sung by Josh Groban)
36	5	"I Never Want to See Josh Again."	Stuart McDonald	Jack Dolgen	November 10, 2017 (2017-11-10)	0.66[5]
Rebecca goes home to see her mother as she feels there is nothing for her in West Covina anymore. Her mother finds out she is researching ways to kill herself and slips Rebecca anti-anxiety medication without her consent. Nathaniel goes to Rebecca's apartment and finds all her things being taken to a storage unit in Westchester, which he takes at his advantage to instantly hire a replacement, Cornelia (Bayne Gibby), and Darryl, Jim, and Maya project their issues with Rebecca onto her, and harass her. Paula takes a vacation with her family to a resort, which is ruined when Nathaniel and Cornelia show up, shortly followed after by the others. Rebecca finds out about her mother drugging her and leaves to go back to California. While she is on the plane, she realizes she doesn't want to return to West Covina, and all of her problems and thoughts build up, leading her to overdose on her mothers medication. Songs:"Maybe She's Not Such A Heinous Bitch After All"; "I Feel Like This Isn't About Me" (sung by Cornelia)
37	6	"Josh Is Irrelevant."	Max Winkler	Rachel Bloom, Aline Brosh McKenna & Ilana Peña	November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)	0.66[6]
Rebecca, in hospital, begins recovering from her suicide attempt. Paula runs in to check on her, while Heather, Valencia, and Hector wait in the waiting room. Valencia blogs Rebecca's recovery and begins to turn it about herself, which annoys Heather. Josh shows up to check if Rebecca's alright, and is thrown out by the others. Nathaniel tries to deal with what happened by seeing his family, and tries to deal with his mother's own suicide attempt. The hospital psychiatrist diagnoses Rebecca with Borderline personality disorder; Rebecca takes this to Dr. Akopian to dispute the diagnosis before realising it fits her perfectly. Nathaniel returns and gives Rebecca roses from his mother, while Darryl returns from a yurt with sunburn. He proclaims how he could kill Josh for what he did to her; Josh overhears this from outside and leaves without wishing Rebecca well. Songs: "A Diagnosis"; "This Is My Movement" (sung by Valencia)
38	7	"Getting Over Jeff."	Stuart McDonald	Erin Ehrlich	December 8, 2017 (2017-12-08)	0.63[7]
Paula goes to Buffalo to help her dad while her mom is out of town; Rebecca tags along and forms a bond with Paula's dad. While grocery shopping, Paula bumps into her ex, Jeff Chanington, and the two catch up. Rebecca and Paula's dad get drunk, and Rebecca starts to sext Nathaniel. Josh gets a job at Home Base and starts to flirt with a customer, until he gets a zit on his chin, which evolves into a staph infection. Madison pressures Darryl into breaking up with White Josh. Songs: "First Penis I Saw" (sung by Paula); "My Friend’s Dad" (sung by Rebecca & Paula's Dad (Eddie Pepitone))
39	8	"Nathaniel Needs My Help!"	Jude Weng	Rachel Specter & Audrey Wauchope	January 5, 2018 (2018-01-05)	0.69[8]
Paula and Darryl begin their search for an egg donor. Paula believes she has found the perfect candidate, and stalks her into releasing her eggs to Darryl; however, she blackmails Paula into giving her money. Rebecca's obsession turns from Josh to Nathaniel, and she goes to her therapist for advice. Rebecca dives into Nathaniel's childhood and ropes George into helping her track down his father's affair - they follow Nathaniel's dad to a house where they find him with a girl who they suspect is Nathaniel's sister. Rebecca goes to extreme lengths to get the two to meet, when it turns out that the girl's mother is Nathaniel's dad's secretary and he is helping pay for her tuition. Darryl's fertilisation is unsuccessful, leading Darryl to check if his sperm still is capable of producing a child. Songs: "My Sperm is Healthy" (sung by Darryl); "Get Your Ass Out of My House" (sung by Lourdes)
40	9	"Nathaniel Gets the Message!"	Kabir Akhtar	Elisabeth Kiernan Averick	January 12, 2018 (2018-01-12)	0.66[9]
Nathaniel and White Josh form an alliance at Home Base after both being dumped by Rebecca and Darryl. The two try to exercise their pain away, after they finish working out, they go to a gay bar. They get angered by a group of girls on a bachelorette party, who proclaim men with abs don't have problems. Rebecca persuades Valencia to let her tag along with her to her new clients engagement party. Darryl's second fertilisation attempt fails, leaving him defeated as he won't have enough money for another year to try again. Rebecca offers to donate her egg to Darryl. Songs: "Without Love You Can Save the World" (sung by the cast); "Fit Hot Guys Have Problems Too" (sung by Nathaniel, White Josh, & Josh)
41	10	"Oh, Nathaniel, It's On!"	Jude Weng	Sono Patel	January 26, 2018 (2018-01-26)	0.65[10]
Rebecca is rejected by Nathaniel for getting her job back, which leads her to go find Darryl's ex-wife and reclaim her shares in the law firm. She is successful and becomes a name partner at Whitefeather. Kevin enrolls Heather in a diversity training program, where she becomes the manager of Home Base. Rebecca orders a hit on Nathaniel's new girlfriend. Heather offers to be the surrogate for Rebecca and Darryl's child. Songs: "He's The New Guy"; "Horny Angry Tango" (sung by Rebecca & Nathaniel)
42	11	"Nathaniel and I Are Just Friends!"	Erin Ehrlich	Rene Gube	February 2, 2018 (2018-02-02)	0.62[11]
Rebecca and Nathaniel continually have sex behind Nathaniel's girlfriend's back. Paula finds out she is the office bitch and asks Sunil to come in and help her; however, she is the same with Sunil, which makes him turn on Paula with Tim, Maya and Jim. Heather realizes the limits of what she can do now she is pregnant. The timeline jumps forward eight months; Heather is heavily pregnant, Valencia has a girlfriend, Rebecca and Nathaniel are still having their affair, and White Josh is back from volunteering in Mexico. Paula figures out her actions and apologizes to Sunil for being cruel towards him. Rebecca breaks off her affair with Nathaniel. Songs: "This Session is Going to Be Different" (sung by Dr. Akopian); "Face Your Fears (Reprise)"
43	12	"Trent?!"	Stuart McDonald	Dan Gregor & Doug Mand	February 9, 2018 (2018-02-09)	0.60[12]
As soon as Rebecca begins to feel she is in control of her life, Trent appears and threatens to blackmail her into being his girlfriend - again. Rebecca asks Paula for her help finding out what Trent is hiding. Paula refuses, so Rebecca lies to her and tells her that Trent has dirt on her as well. They find a storage locker full of photos of Rebecca and some of her possessions. They open a hidden crate and get blasted with green slime. Rebecca returns home and Trent tells her she failed his 'love test', and Rebecca yells at him that she will never love him, and he leaves her home. Meanwhile, Valencia and Beth host a birthday party for a teenage girl with Josh as the DJ, which goes terribly wrong until Valencia allows Josh to play recent music. Nathaniel asks Mona to move in with him after seeing Rebecca and Trent and believing they were a couple. Songs: "Buttload of Cats";[13] "I'm Just A Boy In Love" (sung by Trent); "Period Sex (Reprise III)" (sung by Trent); "Back In Action" (sung by Rebecca & Paula)
44	13	"Nathaniel Is Irrelevant."	Aline Brosh McKenna	Aline Brosh McKenna & Michael Hitchcock	February 16, 2018 (2018-02-16)	0.60[14]
Rebecca is haunted with visions of Trent, which she takes to her BPD support group, who figure out that the visions are a manifestation of her guilt. This leads Rebecca to tell Josh, Paula, and Nathaniel all the bad things she has done regarding them. Paula becomes visibly upset and tells Rebecca they are done for good. She once again sees Trent in an elevator; however, it turns out to be him, and he threatens Rebecca. Meanwhile, Heather goes into labor and Darryl rambles to her. She sees that he misses White Josh and invites him to the hospital to reconcile with Darryl. The two agree to be friends. Trent sneaks into Nathaniel and Mona's housewarming party and sends Rebecca several Instagram stories threatening to murder Nathaniel. Rebecca rushes to the party and pushes Trent off the roof, which puts him in a full body cast. Rebecca is arrested and charged with attempted second degree murder. Nathaniel appears as her lawyer and tells her to plead insane. She takes his advice on board, but as soon as she sees Paula, she changes her mind and decides to face the consequences of her actions and pleads guilty. Songs: "Miracle Of Birth" (sung by Paula); "Nothing Is Ever Anyone's Fault" (sung by Rebecca & Nathaniel)

Production

The series was renewed for a third season on January 8, 2017.[15] On April 5, 2017, it was announced that David Hull and Scott Michael Foster, who portray White Josh and Nathaniel respectively, were promoted to series regulars for season three.[16]

Music

Each week, after an episode of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend aired, the soundtrack of that episode was released the next day.[17]

The full season soundtrack was released on July 20, 2018. It includes all the songs of season three, sans "The End of the Movie" due to legal issues with Josh Groban's record deals.[18] However, it adds a full demo of the same song from Adam Schlesinger, three additional demos including an "earnest version" of "The Moment is Me" sung by writing team member Ilana Peña and an unused title sequence, and the cut song "Settle For Her" featuring Scott Michael Foster.[19]

Reception

Critical response

The third season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend has received critical acclaim from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has been certified "fresh" with a score of 95% and an average rating of 9.0/10, based on 22 reviews. The site's critic consensus states: "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's brave third season doubles down on the crazy, with a compassionate, compelling exploration of mental illness that is as honest as it is hilarious."[20]

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)
1	"Josh's Ex-Girlfriend Wants Revenge."	October 13, 2017	0.2/1	0.62[1]
2	"To Josh, With Love."	October 20, 2017	0.2/1	0.60[2]
3	"Josh Is A Liar."	October 27, 2017	0.2/1	0.56[3]
4	"Josh's Ex-Girlfriend is Crazy."	November 3, 2017	0.2/1	0.65[4]
5	"I Never Want to See Josh Again."	November 10, 2017	0.2/1	0.66[5]
6	"Josh Is Irrelevant."	November 17, 2017	0.2/1	0.66[6]
7	"Getting Over Jeff."	December 8, 2017	0.2/1	0.63[7]
8	"Nathaniel Needs My Help!"	January 5, 2018	0.2/1	0.69[8]
9	"Nathaniel Gets the Message!"	January 12, 2018	0.2/1	0.66[9]
10	"Oh, Nathaniel, It's On!"	January 26, 2018	0.2/1	0.68[10]
11	"Nathaniel and I Are Just Friends!"	February 2, 2018	0.2/1	0.62[11]
12	"Trent?!"	February 9, 2018	0.2/1	0.60[12]
13	"Nathaniel Is Irrelevant."	February 16, 2018	0.2/1	0.60[14]

Notes

1. Rodriguez plays Colin Crowley in the first episode of the season.

References

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13. Uncensored version as "Fuckton of Cats"
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