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Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
18 Episodes 2018 - 2019
Episode 1
I Want to Be Here
Fri, Oct 12, 201842 mins
Although she was only trying to protect Nathaniel from Trent trying to kill him, Rebecca, at her hearing, decides to plead guilty, not so much for this specific act, but as penance for all the bad things she's done since she moved to West Covina. With Nathaniel having abandoned Rebecca as he saw her plea as a sign that she was giving up on him, Paula, despite not yet being a lawyer, or even planning on being a criminal lawyer at that, does whatever she can to help Rebecca out of this matter. The judge sentences Rebecca to six weeks in prison, solely for the circus that she has created. Will being in prison change Rebecca's resolve to be behind bars for the rest of her life as penance, or will she find some other way to give back to the world for all the bad things she's done? As he has always done when he's faced adversity in his life, Nathaniel goes to the extreme to get his mojo back in forgetting about Rebecca. What he decides is an outdoor getaway on his own called the Death Wish Adventure. Someone can see that this move by Nathaniel may not achieve what he wants. And in evaluating Rebecca's situation especially with respect to him, Josh believes that he is suffering from some psychological disorder - just like Rebecca - as opposed to the reality of he just being clueless about a lot of things in life in his focus on himself, and in the process he having made a lot of bad choices.
Episode 2
I Am Ashamed
Fri, Oct 19, 201842 mins
News of what Rebecca did, not only to Trent but to others as divulged in that courtroom testimony among other venues, has gone viral, she being coined the rooftop killer who, stated on various Internet sites, should remain locked up for all her bad deeds. As such, Rebecca, who has been trolling the comments section of such sites, feels that she can no longer face the world and has become agoraphobic, unable or unwilling to leave her house, even for things that she would normally go out of her way to do for fun. The fact that Rebecca's house was once the site of a series of gruesome murders comes into play in what Rebecca decides to do, that decision which is enabled especially by Valencia for her own reasons. Meanwhile, Nathaniel has finally returned to work after an extended absence to find that his father has been in the office several times, and has made the unilateral decision to institute the firm's "silent partner", Bert, as the managing partner in the absence of any of the other firm's lawyers ever being in the office. Being under Bert's control may be too much for Nathaniel to handle. And Darryl has joined a mommy's group in the park. As Stacy was the "mommy" when they were raising Madison, Darryl becomes overwhelmed by what he now believes he has to do to be the best mommy he can be. The most daunting task may be to provide something that most mommies can provide naturally that he cannot, namely breast milk.
Episode 3
I'm on My Own Path
Fri, Oct 26, 201841 mins
Rebecca's return officially to working as a lawyer at what is the recently renamed law firm of Mountaintop is pending the bar association's review following her incarceration. She plans to work there regardless while the review is underway, which is happy news especially for Paula as the firm's most important client, Wendy Legrand, has been up in arms over the quality of the legal service provided to her by the firm in Rebecca's absence. Nathaniel, however, has taken to a new tact in terms of dealing with seeing Rebecca again on a day in and day out basis at the office. Although being a lawyer is the only thing in her life that has provided her validation, Rebecca is told by Dr. Akopian that returning to work as a lawyer is not the only career choice she has, especially if she is searching for true fulfillment and happiness. Seeing something new in the lobby of Mountaintop's office building provides Rebecca a thought as to what an alternative life may be. Meanwhile, Josh is following Dr. Akopian's advice to be more introspective. How he takes that advice is to hit "the apps" in search of a true, loving relationship. In the process, Josh may become a little too introspective. Both Rebecca and Josh may come to the same conclusion for their respective situations. And Heather and Hector come to spur of the moment decision to deal with an emergency situation in Hector's life. The aftermath of that decision makes Heather and Hector reflect on their relationship and whether they are truly compatible despite being in love.
Episode 4
I'm Making Up for Lost Time
Fri, Nov 2, 201843 mins
Even though she sent him a thirteenth birthday present in part to make amends for how badly she's previously treated him, Rebecca is surprised to find her half-brother Tucker Bunch from Santa Fe on her doorstep, Rebecca having missed his mother's telephone call saying that he would be visiting on his own. What Rebecca is unaware of in taking Tucker in is that his mother did not tell her he was coming since she doesn't know - he supposed to be visiting Silas - in Tucker having a specific agenda for coming to Southern California. Using something he found hidden at his father's house, Tucker believes he's found the pot of gold into manipulating Rebecca into doing whatever he wants, she, in his manipulation, believing that she's found her kindred spirit. What happens between Rebecca and Tucker is somewhat affected by Sunil and Mrs. Hernandez both vying for the same paralegal overtime work, Sunil who enters into a secret agreement with Nathaniel to get that work. Meanwhile, Paula, in bringing Brendan and Tommy over to Rebecca's to hang out with Tucker, ends up spending the day with her two sons alone in an outing to an escape room. In their alone time in this isolated environment, Paula discovers how inattentive a mother she has been and in the process how little she knows about her sons.
Episode 5
I'm So Happy for You
Fri, Nov 9, 201842 mins
Now that Rebecca's life seems to be on track, she is dealt a blow when both Heather and Valencia, one half of her girl group, tell her that they are moving away, Heather and Hector who have bought a condo in El Segundo, and Valencia and Beth who have been offered jobs with one of the major event planning firms in New York City. Although Rebecca is sad about the news, her sadness doesn't stem specifically from the thought of missing her friends but rather something else about their lives. Rebecca takes specific action in adding to her group of friends with people she warply believes she is more copacetic at this stage in her life. Paula may not even be there for her as Paula is going through her own crisis. Having just bonded with her sons and liking them not only as sons but real human beings, she learns from Brendan that he too is going away having been accepted to work overseas in a volunteer position with a peace organization. Although happy for him, Paula wants more time with the Brendan she has just come to know and love, and as such does whatever she can to kibosh his trip. She thinks she may have found the answer hidden at the bottom of one of his drawers. And White Josh has reentered Darryl's life, they knowing that it can't be more than just friends despite what everyone around them wants and believes for them. Their friendship is made all the more complex as Josh starts thinking about dating again, specifically with Vic, another trainer at the gym.
Episode 6
I See You
Fri, Nov 16, 201842 mins
Three mismatched pairs end up going on three different road trips throughout various sections of the metropolitan Los Angeles area. Tired of self-reflection from "this" therapy or "that" therapy, Rebecca just wants a chill hang day with some friends at a barbecue joint in Irvine. The only person available is Darryl, who is by far the least chill hang person she knows, he who always wants to delve deeper into feelings, which is not what Rebecca needs today. The reason that Paula isn't available is that she has to study for exams. But before she can do that, at least in her own mind, she needs to set up her new home office with a lawyerly looking desk, one which she has found in San Bernardino. As it can't fit in their vehicle, she has hired a mover through an app. She is shocked to see that the person sent by the app is Josh, who is in an even more talkative phase of life due in part to being in therapy, chit-chat which Paula does not want. And Heather ends up saving Nathaniel, who she's never really liked, on the road. It isn't until Nathaniel gets in her car that she learns that he wants her to drive him to Santa Monica, which ends up being more of a demand than a friendly request. By the time each of these pairs part company, they will either have driven each other crazy or come to understand the other better.
Episode 7
I Will Help You
Fri, Nov 30, 201842 mins
Staying with Valencia and Beth, Rebecca heads back to New York as her mother is receiving an honor from a Jewish charity group, Naomi who seems to be most proud that she has convinced her longtime friend, Elayne Boosler, to make the presentation at the banquet. In Rebecca's vow to be honest to a fault - which includes posting a detailed history of her bad deeds on her online dating profile - she plans to tell Naomi everything about her recent life, including the jail term and almost killing Trent, all in an effort to have a healthier relationship with her. While some of this information may be easy to divulge, it is one specific piece of information which may be the most difficult to tell her mother. Meanwhile, Josh, having moved out of Hector's mother's house and staying at the Y until he finds a more permanent living situation, is house-sitting for Rebecca while she's away. Josh quickly learns what few practical living skills he has in never having really lived on his own. And Nathaniel is making an effort to be a nicer person, the people at the office who are less than trusting that he doesn't have a nefarious motive for what they consider his odd behavior. Nathaniel's actions may affect Paula the most, she who has agreed to do Rebecca's pro bono legal work at the women's prison while Rebecca's gone, and who is doing this work while she's on the law firm's dime.
Episode 8
I'm Not the Person I Used to Be
Fri, Dec 7, 201843 mins
Rebecca admits that she has had renewed feelings for both Josh and Nathaniel, which she also admits she needs help from her friends, especially Paula, with which to deal. With Paula unexpectedly AWOL due to dealing with her own life in coping with Brendan's absence and studying for her exams at the same time, Rebecca turns to Heather and Valencia instead, they who tell her something which catches her off guard: that they believe that neither Josh or Nathaniel is her "meant to be", but that Greg is. Rebecca, whether or not she wants, will have to test their theory as she is partially catering Josh/Greg/White Josh/Hector/Father Brah/Valencia's class' ten year high school reunion twelve years after the fact at Home Base, the event which Greg is expected to attend. Beyond seeing something different about Greg which no one else seems to see, Rebecca will have to decide if Greg's current girlfriend will factor into how she interacts with him, and regardless of what she decides about Greg himself whether she will be up front to him about her encounter with his father, Marco, while Greg was away in Atlanta. Valencia has her own reunion angst as she is anxious about seeing someone at the event, that person, who Heather learns, was someone with who Valencia had a mutual love, and for who Valencia at the time was contemplating leaving Josh. While Heather tries to figure out who that person is, she also comes to believe that that person may actually have been Valencia's first girl crush. And the event may bring to a head the competition between two of the so-called alpha males of the class about who was and is more important: Hector, the class president, or Josh, the prom king. In the process, Josh discovers a few things, including that there was a whole other world of minions within their class about who he had no idea.
Episode 9
I Need Some Balance
Fri, Jan 11, 201941 mins
Partly through a dream, Rebecca comes to the realization that the current unease she has been feeling is horniness, she thus needing to have sex but not with any of her exes. She believes that the person most suitable is Jason, the guy who she dated once years ago and has reconnected with on an online dating site. Rebecca and Jason have had one obstacle after another in actually reconnecting in person, but she believes the stars are now in alignment for it to happen. They continue to have problems, not so much in reconnecting, but rather in having sex for one reason or another. What's worse for Rebecca is that the entire scenario in her mind is playing out like plotless Cats, her least favorite musical. Meanwhile, White Josh is trying to help Greg over a current issue of his own, and suggests he work out at the gym to blow off a little steam. Greg, who has never been a gym bunny, ends up making a new friend at the gym, a potential new workout buddy. White Josh, seeing what is happening from afar, knows that this friendship is a trainwreck waiting to happen, he who has to decide how to handle it before the wreck actually happens. And Darryl has returned to work to find that he has been replaced as the office best friend to everyone by Bert.
Episode 10
I Can Work with You
Fri, Jan 18, 201941 mins
Wanting Hebby to bond with her biological mother and needing some help as his mommy's group has set him up on a blind date, Darryl asks Rebecca to babysit, to which Rebecca reluctantly agrees, that reluctance in not being a baby person. Babysitting night ends up coinciding with Greg, at the spur of the moment, wanting to come over, supposedly to say what he didn't say last he saw Rebecca when he, Nathaniel and Jason stormed off together in her past/present with all three and Josh being somewhat exposed. Rebecca has a split in focus, really wanting to hear what Greg has to tell her, but knowing her first priority in this situation is a crying Hebby, who can probably sense Rebecca's nervousness in babysitting. This babysitting duty and Darryl's date mean that they cannot attend Paula's games night. What Paula didn't tell them or her other attending guests is that the party is really her graduation party, she not wanting anyone to know the real reason in not liking that kind of focus on herself. The party has the potential to go off the rails and thus ruin Paula's self-celebration as issues arise between randomly selected games partners, Josh and Nathaniel who have never liked each other, and Valencia who has for some reason always been mean to Hector who in return is afraid of her.
Episode 11
I'm Almost Over You
Fri, Jan 25, 201941 mins
Nathaniel is pained to see Rebecca seemingly happy together with Greg. Arguably Nathaniel's biggest booster, George, believes that Nathaniel can win Rebecca back with a grand gesture. From an idea by Paula, Nathaniel decides to watch romantic comedies for the first time in his life. From those, he fantasizes about how to win Rebecca back not only with the grand gesture, but through all the other rom-com clichés there are, which include making Rebecca jealous with a willing partner, she who may also be going through her own heartbreak of seeing who she believes is her true love in the arms of someone else. If Nathaniel's fantasy comes to fruition, will it also end the way of the vast majority of rom-coms where he will realize he is truly in love with his partner in crime as opposed to Rebecca, or will he come to some other non-rom-com realization?
Episode 12
I Need a Break
Fri, Feb 1, 201940 mins
In her current bliss with Greg, Rebecca has avoided going to therapy of any type, whether it be the one-on-one sessions with Dr. Akopian or Dr. Shin, or group therapy. The latest item on that upward high with Greg is convincing him to go to what she considers the most romantic place on Earth, Raging Waters water park where she has yet to go, Greg agreeing despite he not only not being a water park person, but not being a park person, period. When Rebecca does return to therapy in a session with Dr. Akopian, Dr. Akopian not only tries to convince Rebecca to go back into a regular course of therapy, but broaches a subject of her comprehensive therapy that Rebecca doesn't even want to touch. Following her day out with Greg at Raging Waters, Rebecca will discover her path in not comprehensively dealing with her psychological issues. Meanwhile, Paula believes that she can do it all in taking her turn at the pro bono work at the prison, doing her regular job, studying for the bar exam and taking care of her family, all the while she admits she is not feeling well, the major symptom being her body temperature skyrocketing. By those that she knows that have gone through it before her, Paula may not want to believe that she is at that stage of life. When Paula finally does see her gynecologist, she may be surprised by the diagnosis.
Episode 13
I Have to Get Out
Fri, Feb 8, 201941 mins
Rebecca is back in therapy which now includes taking prescription anti-depressants, a side effect being feeling tired. Regardless, Rebecca feels that she needs to be there for Paula following Paula's heart attack. A comment by AJ and viewing Paula's situation leads to Rebecca feeling the need to strive for whatever her dream, which she knows is not Rebetzel's. She has to figure out what that dream is. In addition, she and Greg have not yet been able to reconnect following their fight regarding their day at Raging Waters. Paula, whose recovery is going well, is determined to make it out of the hospital in time to take the bar exam, which if she doesn't means that she will have to wait another half year until it is next held. Making it out officially may not happen, which if the case means she has to decide if to sneak out risking the insurance not paying for her hospital stay. What Paula and the girl group decide has an unintended consequence on Rebecca. Darryl, while in the waiting room to see Paula, meets April, who is also waiting to see a patient. Darryl and April quickly discover that the other may truly be his/her soul mate, but they learn something that places an obstacle to any sort of relationship happening. And Josh, Greg and Nathaniel, all who have now come to the realization that they have feelings for Rebecca, get into a situation where they are forced to spend time alone together. Will they be able to spend that time together civilly, especially as Josh learns some further information about his "friend" Greg?
Episode 14
I'm Finding My Bliss
Fri, Mar 15, 201942 mins
It's time for the Elliot Ellison musical revue auditions at the community theater, Rebecca who sees performing in this show as the first step in redefining her life wherever being a musical theater performer will take her. Against this backdrop, many other things are happening. Josh, Greg and Nathaniel each make decisions, sometimes helped by others, to remain an integral part of Rebecca's life without telling her their reasons in the hopes that she will choose him, some who make a grand gesture in a truly meaningful way along the way to reach that goal. Valencia, still in town with Beth, sees all the signs that Beth is going to propose, which is what Valencia wants before they head back to New York. And now being a full fledged lawyer, Paula is going on job interviews to test where the objective marketplace places her lawyerly skills, while Darryl, who wants Paula to remain at Mountaintop as one of his best friends, does whatever he can within his means to ensure that she does stay, those means which may not match the financial might of any of the more prestigious firms. Through these processes, some may reevaluate and thus adjust their goals in what it truly means to be self-fulfilled.
Episode 15
I Need to Find My Frenemy
Fri, Mar 22, 201941 mins
Rebecca (Rachel Bloom) gets a call to help her old nemesis (guest star Rachel Grate) out of a complicated situation. Meanwhile, Nathaniel (Scott Michael Foster), Josh (Vincent Rodriguez III) and Greg (Skylar Astin) attempt to deal with their competing feelings for Rebecca.
Episode 16
I Have a Date Tonight
Fri, Mar 29, 201941 mins
Rebecca is about to go on the three dates individually with Josh, Nathaniel and Greg, the three men vying for her ultimate affections, she promising to make her choice between the three after the dates by next Thursday, Valentine's Day. An exasperated Dr. Akopian gives her okay to the idea within certain parameters. Acting as the mediator, White Josh sets some ground rules for the dates, so as not to give any of the three an unfair inherent advantage. Within the rules, Greg feels the most lost in not being good at anything he feels is contrived. But guessing that his competitors will be going all out, Greg gets sucked into trying to find his advantage within the situation. Meanwhile, the rest of their mutual friends, led by the girl group, end up having a stake in what happens in Rebecca's love life and thus how each of the three dates goes. Meanwhile, Paula, settled into life in her new job, still feels that she can excel in being both a lawyer and a mom and wife. She needing to sign up for a duty among those listed for Tommy's baseball banquet may demonstrate if Paula can be all things to all people, which in turn potentially affects one of the dates.
Episode 17
I'm in Love
Fri, Apr 5, 201941 mins
It's Valentine's Day morning, and despite telling Josh, Nathaniel and Greg that she would tell them her decision by the end of the day, Rebecca is no more clear about her future with any of the three of them than she was before the three dates. In a last minute "meeting" with a usually more than accommodating "Dr. Akopian", Rebecca sees that she can be happy with any of the three but that she still has an inherent sadness about her no matter who she chooses. In that same session, Rebecca discovers that she has to answer a certain question about herself, the meaning of that question and a possible answer clarified in a subsequent meeting with Paula, who is going through her own internal struggles at work, she who loves her new job but feels that something vitally important is missing in it. The outcome of what Rebecca ultimately decides on this day is shown exactly one year into the future.
Episode 18
Yes, It's Really Us Singing: The Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Concert Special!
Fri, Apr 5, 201942 mins
Series star Rachel Bloom and the majority of the season 4 cast, backed largely by a combo led by Rachel's primary series co-songwriters Jack Dolgen and Adam Schlesinger, perform in concert at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles a handful of the songs from the one-hundred fifty seven "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" songbook. The performances are both as group numbers and solos, the primary supporting cast who each has a solo of what may arguably be considered his/her signature song from the show. One set of medleys is devoted to songs on a key theme of the show - sex - while another set touches on the theme of loneliness.
