Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Nathaniel Gets the Message!
TV Flash files “Nathaniel Gets the Message!” as hour 40 of 62 in the TV Flash guide — Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015–2019) on The CW, season 3, episode 9, aired 2018-01-12, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E09: listed hour 40 of 62 in the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend guide, hour 9 of 13 in season 3. It aired 2018-01-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Nathaniel Needs My Help!” (S03E08). Next is “Oh Nathaniel, It's On!” (S03E10).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Rebecca discovers the powers and limitations of altruism as a new, unexpected bromance forms between two other characters. Special episode featuring the 100th song milestone of the series.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Nathaniel Gets the Message! sit in the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend guide?
S03E09 is listed hour 40 of 62 — hour 9 of 13 in season 3, season 3 episode 9.
When did Crazy Ex-Girlfriend S03E09 air?
Nathaniel Gets the Message! aired 2018-01-12 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…