Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Josh's Girlfriend Is Really Cool!
TV Flash files “Josh's Girlfriend Is Really Cool!” as hour 2 of 62 in the TV Flash guide — Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015–2019) on The CW, season 1, episode 2, aired 2015-10-19, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E02: listed hour 2 of 62 in the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend guide, hour 2 of 18 in season 1. It aired 2015-10-19 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Josh Just Happens to Live Here!” (S01E01). Next is “I Hope Josh Comes to My Party!” (S01E03).

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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When Rebecca learns that Josh has a gorgeous yoga instructor girlfriend named Valencia, she is determined to learn everything about her. Rebecca attempts (unsuccessfully) to learn yoga, tries (unsuccessfully) to get into the local nightclub Josh and Valencia go to, and finds herself becoming a little too obsessed with Valencia.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Josh's Girlfriend Is Really Cool! sit in the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend guide?
S01E02 is listed hour 2 of 62 — hour 2 of 18 in season 1, season 1 episode 2.
When did Crazy Ex-Girlfriend S01E02 air?
Josh's Girlfriend Is Really Cool! aired 2015-10-19 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I need to like musicals?
The numbers are the argument, not garnish — obsession, OCD, rom-com lies as showstoppers. If you refuse songs on sight, West Covina will not meet you halfway.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Rachel Bloom's West Covina musical: rom-com deconstruction with showstoppers about obsession, OCD, and the lie of the grand gesture. Songs that should not work on The CW, do. Network comedy at its most formally daring — stigma-breaking as structure, not a Very Special episode with a ballad taped on.
The flash is a showstopper that should not be legal on The CW. Rachel Bloom impulsively follows an ex to West Covina and processes obsession through elaborate musical numbers — rom-com deconstruction with clinical honesty, songs about OCD, depression, and the lie of the grand gesture. Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna (2015–2019): Vincent Rodriguez III, Santino Fontana, Donna Lynne Champlin, Pete Gardner, Vella Lovell. The museum guard wanted a Very Special ballad taped on. **The numbers are the argument, not…
Filed against
- Rachel Bloom as Rebecca Bunch
Rachel Bloom made Rebecca Bunch a West Covina musical on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend — 2010s rom-com deconstruction with showstoppers about obsession, OCD, and the lie of the grand gesture. Songs that should not work on The CW, do. Network comedy…
- Vincent Rodriguez III as Josh Chan
Vincent Rodriguez III’s Josh Chan was the grand-gesture crush Crazy Ex-Girlfriend kept deconstructing — Rachel Bloom’s West Covina musical, showstoppers about obsession, OCD, and the lie of the meet-cute. Songs that should not work on The…
- Santino Fontana as Greg Serrano
Santino Fontana's Greg Serrano grounded Crazy Ex-Girlfriend as the West Covina almost — Rachel Bloom's rom-com deconstruction, showstoppers about obsession and OCD, songs that should not work on The CW, do. Stigma-breaking as structure.…
- Donna Lynne Champlin as Paula Proctor
Donna Lynne Champlin steadies Crazy Ex-Girlfriend as Paula Proctor — West Covina best friend, scheme enabler, and the grown-up who still knows every hook. Rachel Bloom's CW musical needed a confidante who could belt and bruise. TV Flash…
- Pete Gardner as Darryl Whitefeather
Pete Gardner plays Darryl Whitefeather on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Rachel Bloom’s 2010s West Covina musical — rom-com deconstruction with showstoppers about obsession, OCD, and the lie of the grand gesture. Songs that should not work on The…
- Vella Lovell as Heather Davis
Vella Lovell’s Heather Davis gave Crazy Ex-Girlfriend a neighbor with timing — Rachel Bloom’s West Covina musical, rom-com deconstruction, showstoppers about obsession and the lie of the grand gesture. Songs that should not work on The…