CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND (2019) TV Review (MAJOR SPOILERS)

Four incredible seasons of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend follow Rebecca Bunch in her pursuit of happiness, love, and acceptance after her abrupt move to West Covina. Her motivation appears to revolve around her unhealthy obsession with her ex-boyfriend, Josh Chan. However, her life's journey makes abundantly clear that she has deeper problems to address: abandonment issues, insomnia, eagerness to please others, impossible expectations from her overbearing mother, and the complex diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder.

Aside from her personal and professional issues, one theme occurs more often than any other: What is the identity of Rebecca's true love? The answer lies in the first two minutes of the pilot. Her true love is very evident. Her true love makes an appearance at least twice per episode. Her subconscious even tells her in " Josh Has No Idea Where I Am! " when she hallucinates a trip down memory lane with the "ghost of Christmas past" in the form of her therapist. However, she brushes off the lesson, because she is not yet ready to hear it.

Her true love lies in the depths of her heart. It is NO man. It is not even a person. It is her passion, her divine calling, and the thing that brings her the most joy. Her true love is music.

This pursuit is the center of her journey over the course of these four magical seasons. It begins when she lets go of the destiny forced upon her by her mother and follows her heart. She leaves her promising career as an ivy league lawyer in New York and winds up serving pretzels in the lobby of a small office building in a boring small town in California.

Why West Covina? Why Josh Chan? Because he was simply there. He appears out of nowhere during a crucial turning point in Rebecca's life where she faces a promotion at work. Instead of excitement, she has a panic attack, because she knows in her heart that her purpose in life is not being fulfilled. That purpose (MUSIC) is slipping away, and it nearly kills her.

Along comes Josh. He is the first person to give her permission to follow her dreams, to leave New York, and to pursue happiness over stability. He guides her down the path to happiness through his example. He leaves New York, because it doesn't make him happy. Therefore, she follows suit.

Unaware of her true desire, she latches onto Josh himself while her true love manifests itself in the world around her. She sings to herself. It is not until she embraces her true-love that she commits to music lessons and composes her own songs.

By discovering her true love, she can fulfill her divine purpose.

No relationships. No men. No toxic relatives. All of these things are distractions. She instead surrounds herself with her real family, the friends who support her. They encourage her down the long, hard road filled with music lessons and composing, and they don't let her give up until she succeeds.

At the surface, crazy ex-girlfriend Rebecca Bunch is the last person on Earth I would encourage to be a role model, because no man or romance can provide the solution needed in one's life as damaged and empty as Rebecca's. Fortunately, that is not the moral of this story. The answer lies within Rebecca all along. Only she can provide such fulfillment, and she learns to set aside romance to find it.