We saw the second episode of the new musical sitcom Crazy Ex-Girlfriend on Monday, October 19, 2015. It's a new one-hour show that comes on at 8 pm on Mondays on the CW network. It stars Rachel Bloom as New York attorney Rebecca Bunch. In her mid-20's, she leaves her high-paying job in New York City to move to West Covina, CA. Though she denies it, she's following a guy she dated ten years earlier at summer camp. The show interested us because it's a musical and we used to live in West Covinazusa. Even though we missed the first episode, I don't feel like we missed much.
Before watched Crazy Ex-Girlfriend we saw a rerun episode of 2 Broke Girls. It had a funny line about "the league of extraordinarily pretentious gentlemen." There was also a preview of the upcoming episode of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. The show begins with a musical number accompanied by cartoons of most of the characters. This episode included two other numbers: the Indian-inspired "Yoga" and the rather risqué "Girl Crush." The videos for the songs seemed to take the form of Rebecca's daydreams or delusions. I'm not sure if they're all like that. One of the other characters sings "Yoga."
The show is often funny, sometimes dramatic, and occasionally risqué such as that song "Girl Crush." It is episodic but I didn't feel like I missed too much in not seeing the first episode. I found it a bit hard the guess Rebecca's true motives as did other characters. They seem obvious on the outside, but she tries so hard to hide them. Some of the minor characters just seemed to be there for comic relief such as Rebecca's boss, Darryl Whitefeather, esq. The cast are all unknowns, but they do a great job.
The setting did not look exactly like I remember West Covina. It's sunny outside. There are palm trees and round concrete picnic tables, but the sky seems a bit too blue and clean. Still, they do mention the 10 freeway and a new Olive Garden in Arcadia that I remember had chain restaurants such as Red Lobster and Old Spaghetti Factory. Coincidentally, there was an Olive Garden ad during a commercial break. One character on the show only drinks Boxed Water. We remember having Boxed Water at The Oinkster in Eagle Rock. There's one scene in a drug store or a convenience store that I could believe took place in West Covina. Other places did not sound familiar such as a dance club called "Spider's" or "Spiders'." Where to put the apostrophe is a minor point of contention in the episode.
We'll try to watch some more episodes. Maybe they'll show some of the real West Covina.
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