Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: I Am Ashamed

October 20, 2018 12:20 AM - Season 4, Episode 2

Rebecca convinces Paula, Heather and Valencia to participate in a séance after making a spooky discovery; Darryl takes his parenting duties to an extreme; Nathaniel is determined to prove to his father that he can run the law firm.
posted by JimBennett (9 comments total)

Yay! White Josh is still consistently fantastic.
posted by Faintdreams at 4:37 AM on October 20, 2018 [2 favorites]

OMG the Cringe song - how I love it.

Also more of Paula in a corset please.
posted by Faintdreams at 4:44 AM on October 20, 2018 [3 favorites]

Also more of Paula in a corset please.

Paula agrees.
posted by Etrigan at 4:52 AM on October 20, 2018 [1 favorite]

the new theme song is *chef's kiss*
posted by Kybard at 9:49 AM on October 20, 2018 [2 favorites]

This episode was a bit lightweight but that was nice after last week's exposition-fest. It was great to just spend some time with these characters. Loved Patton Oswalt in the Cringe song.
posted by lunasol at 2:55 PM on October 20, 2018 [1 favorite]

Paula looked fabulous in her Hallowe'en costume and all of the girls looked great in their skeleton dress (as did Patton Oswald in his skeleton suit).

It seems a shame there was a controversy about the directing credits on this episode. (Sorry, you may have to scroll to the top of the thread to get the full story).
posted by sardonyx at 9:08 PM on October 20, 2018 [2 favorites]

I know it was lightweight, but boy did a lot of things happen! I can't wait to find out what havoc the not-so-silent partner wreaks on the firm.

And Rebecca's song...I have resembled that song in the past. The Cringe definitely encapsulated my personal low-grade everyday horror.

Of course Josh bought a baby koala costume for Hebecca. And I love how he described Hebbie: "the daughter of my ex-girldriend and her boss"...but I remember there being more to it than that...

I also liked how it ended with Rebecca, Heather, Valencia and Paula having a VERY EXTENDED version of a sitcom episode ending.
posted by rednikki at 4:54 AM on October 22, 2018

Both songs were fantastic, and I feel personally represented and/or assaulted by each of them.

(Also, I realize there are only so many styles to parody but Rebecca hits a note in "Time To Seize The Day" that's exactly the first note of the first season opening theme and it kept throwing me off.)
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 1:06 PM on October 22, 2018

Oh, and I really liked how every time the new partner was in a scene or being talked about, they used notes from "Who's the New Guy?" - I think they even had someone say "who's the new guy?" at one point.
posted by lunasol at 2:41 PM on October 22, 2018 [1 favorite]