Ranking Every Episode of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Part 2: The Best

I decided to rank all 61 episodes of my favorite TV show of all time, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Here are the 30 best episodes!! What ensemble number is my favorite and why is it "Love's Not a Game?" How many times can I mention choreographer Kat M. Burns? Which episode will reign supreme above all others?
This ranking is based on a combination of factors, like amount of songs, how hilarious or moving an episode is, and how unique I find the episode to be. Feel free to disagree (respectfully!) in the comments below!
Part 1: • Ranking Every Episode ...

[@GiulianaBruna]

I love White Josh. He is like, so done with the shenanigans from moment 1, and keeps calling out the craziness and the nonsense but still feeling like a real person.

[@KelseyHontz]

White Josh is the best!

[@lulairenoroub3869]

I like that even he gets called out from time to time. He veers into Jim territory sometimes; so removed and above it all that he becomes an asshole. But he gets checked for it. And he doesn't magically become Rebecca's friend by the end like with Dwight, a dude that Jim actively low level tortured for 10 years. His aloofness and need to be cool gets called out for slowing him down and preventing him from getting anything done with his protein bars. I think I'd like him to have been a little more messed up, everyone else is pretty messed up, but it's not as bad ss Jim and that's something

[@evedonnelly102]

i had no idea I needed Audra Lavine closure until i got it

[@KelseyHontz]

Right? Her last scenes are soooo good

[@donita22]

The reprise of After Everything I've Done For You is ✨iconic ✨ I love this show so much.

[@KelseyHontz]

Me too!!! Ah thank you for chiming in, I love to hear if other people like the songs I like!

[@ItsAstridEh]

I think the most amazing thing about the finale is that after four seasons of understanding the songs as just emotions filtered through the format of musicals and then we start to understand them as the way that Rebecca processes things when she dissociates, it adds a third layer of interpretation and allows the series to exist as a loop where you can view the entire thing as the music and dramatised stories as written by Rebecca. It's truly brilliant and it really added a new layer of depth to the entire series upon rewatch.

[@KelseyHontz]

The show really does go in a loop de loop where it ends at the start and it starts at the end!

[@lindseycassella3015]

I got emotional at that part of the video.

[@Marley-Kabin]

48:00 this always makes me cry, especially bc Paula was the first person to harmonize with her, right in episode 1. Soulmates ❤

[@KelseyHontz]

Ugh you're making me tear up just thinking about it!

[@plapln9347]

I was WAITING for you to mention the lyrical/poetic genius of the lyrics "I used to think I was a hero/Can't believe she didn't come/To tell me that she needed/So much more than I could give" literally the BEST lyrics of the whole show 🤣

[@KelseyHontz]

That looooong pause after "can't believe she didn't come" lmao

[@loislane7482]

Hearing you talk about the finale has me tearing up all over again. The first time I watched it I could hardly believe how well they'd stuck the landing. It's truly the gold standard of TV finales.

[@KelseyHontz]

Right?! Like, it could have gone so badly... but it went so perfectly!!

[@sierra8077]

Up there with Buffy the vampire slayer

[@greenmilktea530]

I am not religious in the slightest bit but god bless you for making this!! Although I don't agree with all your opinions (some of my favorite episodes were ranked low and I am butthurt) BUT I recognize and appreciate how many hours of work went into creating these videos. It's hard to find people who share the same passion for this cute campy show so thank you.

[@KelseyHontz]

Aha, sorry to rank some of your faves low! There are just so many excellent ones to choose from at the top!

[@melvasaiel]

Great choice for #1. I'd have to do some major thinking to decide which episode is MY favorite, but that one's definitely a contender. I've rewatched "Strip Away My Conscience" so many times it's made me question my sexuality.

[@KelseyHontz]

I hope to someday have a chance to perform that number live lol

[@CanelaAguila]

​@@KelseyHontzI second the ace urge to perform being sexy without necessarily wanting anything to come from it!

[@codys3084]

yess at the love for "i give good parent" it's CRIMINALLY underrated! Never in any of the cast list of best or favourite songs, no reprise and they never did it live

[@KelseyHontz]

And it's SO catchy too!

[@joaopedrocanassamontanher2461]

07:55 when It starts playing I'm good a person, right after Rebeca pledges guilty, the show got me in such a way that I stood still in front of the tv for a full 10 minutes

[@KelseyHontz]

Oh yeah, I get goosebumps just thinking about it!

[@jesserivera2043]

I just binge-watched both of your lists and now I want to see the show for a fourth time 😂

[@KelseyHontz]

Yesss the fourth time is the charm!

[@nikhilkrishnakumar]

Santa Ana Winds was one of those songs that I initially was very bemused about. Then, it gets to the final stanza and it almost made me tear up. Thank you for this video, it reminded me after having not rewatched for a few years just how special this show is. I recommend it to literally everyone telling them to ignore what it sounds like and just go in with a blank slate.

[@KelseyHontz]

I was not a big Santa Ana Winds fan for a long time! But now I associate it with that great episode and how much I liked the whole thing overall.

[@carolmagalhaes9345]

“GREG SHOULD BE A SEARCH TERM ON A PORN WEBSITE” GIRL HAHAHSHWHAAHHAHAHA I DIED

[@KelseyHontz]

lmaooo just saying what Paula and Dr. Akopian are saying!

[@leftbehindcrazed84]

i love hearing someone talk about this show with the same passion i have for it, truly one of the most brilliant things ever on television i just have so so much love for it

[@ericabrennan]

it was so wonderful to get to this one and here the joy in your voice grow and grow!

[@melvasaiel]

Right? The previous video started off as a little bit of a downer, since it was all about why those episodes were not amazing, so to get to this one where they just grow progressively better and better! Hooray!

[@TheRazzmatazz13]

I believe that it is a testament to how great this show is, that you could possibly justify many different ranking of episodes, depending on the themes that maybe hit home for the viewer For me the Getting Bi episode would be ranked higher, since it meant a lot at the time when there was almost no good bi representation in media I just love this show so much, it means so much to me Thank you for taking the time to do this!

[@KelseyHontz]

I absolutely love the song "Gettin' Bi!" I see exactly what you mean!

[@sammohammadian7141]

That was the actual Josh Groban. Rachel confirmed she had known him and asked him to sing the song ❤

[@DezMarivette]

I’m so glad the wedding episode was number 2! What a Rush to Be a Bride cracks me up every time 😂❤

[@KelseyHontz]

"Why veer from a classic?" is my favorite lyric in that song lmao

[@abbyrosec753]

I'm SO HAPPY you included praise for that 3 second shot in "I'm not sad you're sad" because I find it so impactful every time and it does not get enough love! Rachel's acting is really at her best, there. It reminds me of a certain scene in the movie Pearl!

[@KelseyHontz]

I'm always blown away by it (while also thinking about re-watching Lilo and Stitch)

[@ChloeHackett-wh3th]

The diagnosis episode was the catalyst for me getting diagnosed & getting help!

[@KelseyHontz]

yess love that!

[@rahbeeuh]

That's amazing! Idk if it's okay with you but congrats!

[@msfriendsfan4ever788]

If Greg should have been done with Rebecca after she slept with his dad, and Josh should have been with her after well everthing, then honestly, Nathaniel should have been done with her after she put a hit on Mona. The show is very underrated, and I belive that Dr. Akopian was a stand in for the audience.

[@KelseyHontz]

Dr. Akopian for president!

[@ZeroOhClock]

The only reason I disagree is because Nathaniel literally put his own hit out on...was it Josh's grandfatherr? Basically, yes, if you're the one effected by the "hit" it's definitely different but it feels much more like something he would excuse.

[@glassperegrine]

One of my proudest achievements is learning to sing ‘after everything you made me do (that you didn’t ask for)’ I love it so much! Anyway, thank you so much for making these video! I love this show so much and have been trying to get my friends into it, but they’re always turned off because of the title and I rarely see crazy ex girlfriend videos on KZbin. I was so happy when I saw this on my recommended, thank you so much again!

[@KelseyHontz]

That song is iconic!!

[@erinmeyers-t9w]

Really like this 2 part video essay you did. Very comprehensive! The part about the love kernels got me

[@bestistmate]

What i find so sweet about Audra is that she was the one that remind Rebecca about her mothers motives when she visit's, which lead to her to seeing the reality of the situation.

[@KelseyHontz]

A very good point!

[@macarenamf81]

You made me cry with your analysis of season 4, ep 17 when Paula get's into the abstract teather space!! I LOVE this TV-show! I still listen to its songs in a loop!

[@KelseyHontz]

That abstract space is an instant tear jerker for me!!

[@Megalo64]

the view count on this duology of videos is criminal. Are you telling me the market of people who love Crazy Ex Girlfriend and wanted to discus the episodes is only worth 1.8k views? Thank you for the work you put towards this

[@KelseyHontz]

Thank you! These videos have popped off suddenly in the past two days so maybe that number will go up!

[@Megalo64]

​@KelseyHontz I hope it will! I'm actually going to watch episodes 6 and 7 with some friends as we speak since I needed to hook more people on to this show, and we've been watching it the past few weeks. I hope you have a good rest of your day!

[@maryb9692]

I loved the show and I love your series about it. Amazing editing and insight. I could watch these for hours. ❤❤❤

[@loopeyfluff]

These videos were a delight to watch, thank you for making them!!!

[@bleachyidioms]

41:30 i feel so seen lmao. thank you for these 2 videos, i haven’t watched this show in a while but it’s one of my favorites and i love hearing other people’s opinions on it!

[@MrsBasia99]

What a wonderful list (both of them). I enjoyed your insights and of course reliving my favorite show with another fan. #1 was brilliant-strip away is good enough to claim that spot but 4 great songs-yessssss!! Thanks for doing this. I’m always looking for more discussion of my face show!!!

[@KelseyHontz]

I'm so glad you enjoyed these videos!! I don't meet enough fans of the show in the real world!

[@vtruescot]

I love how Rebecca is so excited to receive a diagnosis , i felt the same when i got my diagnosis of Bipolar 2 , it really made a lot of sense to me.

[@sportnenny]

both these videos were very well done, i think you have a really good perspective. i appreciate critiques mixed in with the adoration

[@lorigarry6098]

This is amazing! It should have 1 million likes❤

[@agosmac6237]

This video got me to your channel and I'm definitely gonna stay. Love CXG ❤❤

[@lestervalentin5418]

man that flight attendant. best background character ever

[@KelseyHontz]

we love her!

[@lestervalentin5418]

@@KelseyHontz she's our one-scene queen 🤩🤩 and nice catch on harvey being spiders! i completely missed him too when i first saw the ep and only noticed after i did a rewatch AFTER ive seen wwdits. another interesting guest actor was ester dean from the textmergency episode! she played cynthia-rose in pitch perfect

[@rahbeeuh]

45:10 the diagnosis part led me down a rabbit hole and it's taken me much longer to finish this video. I'm still watching btw

[@NoName-vm4nv]

Thanks for making these! It was a great way to revisit the show all these years later. Your analysis was really good and you have a beautiful and expressive voice.

[@KelseyHontz]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it!

[@anawieder5003]

The episode with my twisted fate also had the cut song I’m so Happy 4 U which is a masterpiece and should never been cut

[@KelseyHontz]

Very true!

[@glitter_skeleton35]

Returning after finally watching the finale to one again thank you for helping me find my favorite show. And 💖 for ranking “Why is Josh in a Bad Mood” near the top. That episode is everything)))

[@KelseyHontz]

So happy you like the show!! And that episode is just so good. I could watch it a thousand times!

[@mikar1377]

44:37. Well, I do know what it is like to get such a diagnosis, and this song was the main reason that I mustered the courage to press for it. To learn such a thing about yourself while being over 30 yo gives a lot of perspective, and it was hard thing to do, mainly when I was getting other messages like: "it wont change anything", or: "You are just looking for excuses again". Including the physchologist that I was seeing at the time... I already loved the show before that point (event tho i stopped watching for a while after the suicide episode, and I consider season 4 to be fairly worse than the other seasons, with worse og songs and reprises), but for the impact it had on my life I can only be grateful and I wont stop loving it. Rebecca's reprise will never fail to make me cry... With the right context it just hits so hard to see how disingenuous she gets. I also empathise a lot with those feelings she has. Can't discuss everything, it would take all day. It is always a delight to remember crazy ex gf :) Thanks

[@KelseyHontz]

Thank you so much for sharing this comment!!!

[@jacobae]

i really appreciate you putting subtitles on these videos

[@KelseyHontz]

I'm glad you can access them!

[@sarabellum7938]

It's so great to see more people talking about this show even years after it ended! It's so good and has so many firsts for network tv and I think television in general. I've somehow always been a fan of Rebecca/Nathaniel, even though I feel kinda guilty that the parody of a spoiled white dude somehow become my favorite. He's just written so well!

[@KelseyHontz]

Nathaniel is indeed fantastic, and Scott Michael Foster is so charismatic it's almost impossible to not root for him!

[@Thunker147]

While I don't have bpd but I have autism. After years of feeling that there was something wrong with me or that I was somehow as Rebecca says: "Missin a class in school that thought you to be normal" I can curantee that when you finally are about to get or get a proper diagnosis it feels just like the Diagnosis song. Even though I myself realised that I might be autistic and I would myself ask for help I still remember the relif and realisation of that autism spectrum diagnosis. That paper and those doctor's words after years of confusion and bullying. I felt like a new world opening for me. So thank you crazy ex girlfriend for repesenting my feelings once again so well

[@KelseyHontz]

Love this comment, thank you so much!

[@Thunker147]

@@KelseyHontz I am crazy crazy ex girlfriend fan so how I could not comment😍

[@Agent160FTW]

This is brilliant and the timing for me finding this list was great since Crazy Ex-Girlfriend just left Norwegian Netflix so that I don't get to watch it at the moment. This list helps though, reminding me why I also love the show :)

[@KelseyHontz]

Come on, Norwegian Netflix! Get it together!

[@hangphamthanh5706]

I wish that someone would love me like you love Greg

[@KelseyHontz]

Haha aww

[@ptheorist4670]

Ayyy fellow asexual! I also started this show without knowing it was a musical, and was astounded not only by the quality of the songwriting, but also by how conscious that was. When the narrative acknowledged Rebecca as mentally ill, I couldn't believe it because I was so used to mental illness not being discussed or properly represented on mainstream television. This show is one of a kind and deserves so much praise. Thank you for these two wonderful videos

[@KelseyHontz]

Thank you for this beautiful comment!

[@prench]

i watched these ranking videos like half a year ago? before actually watching the show because i was interested in the plot but not in watching a 4 season show. finally finished watching the show and immediately came back here and it's a very different experience the second time round (duh) so hi again!

[@KelseyHontz]

share all of your thoughts!! I want to know if you liked the show!!

[@prench]

@@KelseyHontz i loved it!!! binged it all in like a week. still have all 4 theme songs stuck in my head - BLAM!

[@kristalcampbell3650]

Nathaniel is irrelevant was once of my favourites because it came out right after i had my youngest son and i got to laugh so hard thatbi peed a little and it was the first time i laughed about his very traumatic and life threatening birth. Such a great show.

[@derekhiemforth]

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend meets the ultimate test of being an all-time great show: Even the "bad" episodes are not only not "bad," but actually better than the vast majority of other TV, as your commentary in your two terrific videos makes so clear! 👍🏻 Also, the character development is just so terrific throughout. There are no "villains" and no "saints;" everyone is a complex person just trying to deal with their stuff and grow along the way. Darryl's "Gettin' Bi," but all of them are gettin' by. 😉 I imagine it's no accident that the character who probably shows the least growth is WhiJo, because he was the character with his shit the most together from the beginning. He's the voice of sanity pretty much throughout... 🙂

[@KelseyHontz]

Thank you for this comment (and your appreciation of WhiJo, which of course I agree with!)

[@pardoxia7242]

I saw After Everything You Made Me Do (Reprise) and a few other songs before watching the actual series. Piecing together what I could from the songs I did watch, I assumed that this song happened during the actual wedding for Rebecca and Josh. As I watched the show in order and it got closer and closer to their wedding I was expecting this song to happen - only for it to never actually appear. It's funny and genius how misleading the song is if you don't have the whole context.

[@n.j.5044]

41:30 😭😭 I'M DYING !!!!!

[@KelseyHontz]

:P

[@melissagola3786]

I'm astonished that I never want to see Josh again is so low honestly. Idk I guess that's just how good cxg is that this episode is right in the middle? (also. Did anyone else genuinely not think that Naomi would find that on her laptop?? I really thought she was just sad Facebook stalking Paula so that blew my actual mind) Also idk if you'd ever want to take on that monster task but what about ranking the songs? Curious how alike to the episodes ranking it would be!

[@KelseyHontz]

It would be higher, maybe, if I could stomach watching it again, but I just find that episode SO hard to get through and, as the title says... I never want to see (this episode) again :P I would rank the songs but I believe there's already a ranking video on KZbin!

[@melissagola3786]

@@KelseyHontz oh yeah that tracks. It's really rough Also you talking about the final episode made me tear up :'). I need to rewatch this show

[@jonathanstern5537]

It's my personal headcanon that Josh is actually singing "I Gave You a UTI." My evidence: 1. he isn't wearing a costume, 2. Rachel isn't wearing a costume. 3. He's using wooden spoons instead of drum sticks and an actual microphone. 4. Josh seems like he would be elated to have that affect on her.

[@aknavvy3188]

the songs that are a lot more rachel bloomy, like feeling kinda naughty, make me so happy as a “please love me” fan

[@KelseyHontz]

yess agreed!

[@dancs3687]

In 33:25 favorite song

[@lulairenoroub3869]

@20:00 It's interesting that you say You Ruined Everything isn't funny. I find it funny. Mostly because, that's basically what it sounds like in my head, pretty much all of the time. I guess you're not supposed to find it quite that relatable.

[@KelseyHontz]

someone commented once "we're not meant to find Rebecca quirky and relatable" and I was like... don't call me out like this lol

[@howtoaca7504]

💕💕

[@marlou.w]

41:30 oMG

[@masonbartell6690]

Just heard that coco Lee committed suicide :( same day as watching this video, weird coincidence

[@KelseyHontz]

:(

[@myjunkdrawer8014]

20:15 We're not meant to find this song funny and relatable oops all berries

[@KelseyHontz]

Definitely not funny, 100% relatable!

[@RasmusVJS]

16:02 I don't. Valencia is probably my least favourite character of the show, and definitely my least favourite from the main cast. To be completely honest, I don't get why anyone would be in the same room as her, she doesn't seem to have one nice bone in her body, and her being part of the main girl group feels unearned, incomprehensible and makes those parts weaker than they had any right to be. Even with her own romantic subplot with a character that almost only interacts with her, they made managed to make me hope that she would leave Valencia because of how bad of a partner she was being. But, she does have her moments, "Women gotta stick together" is an amazing song, and her song about her movement was funny, even if the subplot overall was annoying.

[@KelseyHontz]

Ahaha, I mostly meant who doesn't love the line in the song "the sexy one, czar of torture" but I also see your point!

[@Genuine-iq2uy]

Not the greatest but still pretty good 😁

[@KelseyHontz]

Settle for me!

[@rachelbernard2964]

Ok, ima let you finish, but the Santa Ana Winds episode was the greatest OF ALL TIME

[@BrianaLynn7]

I just don't like the trent episodes.

[@KelseyHontz]

Ah, dang! I kinda liked that weird guy

[@hannahc4266]

nbd, but tagalog is pronounced 'tuh-gall-ug'!

[@KelseyHontz]

Dang, I thought I googled how to pronounce it correctly! Thank you!