Series cast summary: | |||
Rachel Bloom | ... | Rebecca Bunch / ... 62 episodes, 2015-2019 | |
Donna Lynne Champlin | ... | Paula Proctor / ... 62 episodes, 2015-2019 | |
Vincent Rodriguez III | ... | Josh Chan / ... 61 episodes, 2015-2019 | |
Pete Gardner | ... | Darryl Whitefeather / ... 51 episodes, 2015-2019 | |
Vella Lovell | ... | Heather Davis / ... 45 episodes, 2015-2019 | |
Gabrielle Ruiz | ... | Valencia Perez / ... 42 episodes, 2015-2019 | |
Scott Michael Foster | ... | Nathaniel Plimpton III / ... 36 episodes, 2017-2019 | |
David Hull | ... | White Josh / ... 34 episodes, 2015-2019 | |
Erick Lopez | ... | Hector 30 episodes, 2015-2019 | |
To most looking in, Rebecca Bunch has a great life: a high powered job as an attorney in a prestigious New York law firm, great future prospects in her chosen profession, looks, brains, and money. But she has always suffered from anxiety and depression, for which she is on a plethora of pills. Those maladies are largely from being pushed by her overbearing Jewish mother, which also led to Rebecca's father abandoning the family when she was young. When on the streets of New York Rebecca runs into Josh Chan, her boyfriend from summer camp ten years ago when they were sixteen, she remembers back to that time as the happiest time in her life, happiness which eludes her. When Josh mentions that he is imminently moving back to his hometown of West Covina, California, Rebecca decides to pursue happiness in moving to West Covina herself, telling people it's because she got a fabulous job there, where in reality it's to rekindle a relationship with Josh, which she believes is what will make ... Written by Huggo
. but I enjoyed this. Yes, it has some (well done, IMHO) musical numbers. If this makes your eyes roll back in your head, then nothing else that anyone says will probably make much difference to you. Is it different? Yeah, sure it is. As someone else already proclaimed, it is "refreshing". With so many other "attempts" at comedy programming, which simply retread the same formula (ad infinitum), it's enjoyable to see someone do something completely different. I also thought that the premise of the show was clever, as well, and thought that the initial musical presentation of that "plot" enhanced it, instead of detracting. (It pretty much "enhanced" and legitimized, the craziness of it all, which I assume to have been 100% intentional.) As I'm only one episode in, it's hard to know how the writing will hold up. I'm far more concerned about the fact that (in most parts of the country) it's head to head, with three, double-digit ratings, "big network" programs. That may say more about its ability to survive, than future scripts, musical numbers, or anything else. It feels a lot like the CW has simply offered it up (from the get-go) as nothing more than a sacrificial lamb. In fact, it's probably the absolute worst possible time slot, in that it's up against two reality shows, one involving singing, and the other dancing. If there's an audience that might have actually been "the most likely to enjoy" a comedy that folds in full (singing and dancing) musical numbers, it's probably the folks that are already invested in two of those three double-digit (ratings) programs! Anyway, if you are interested in trying a "different comedy flavor", at least give this a try.