Crazy Ex-Girlfriend season 2

The second season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend premiered on The CW on October 21, 2016 and ran for 13 episodes until February 3, 2017. The season stars Rachel Bloom as Rebecca Bunch, a young lawyer who finds herself pursuing a relationship with the object of her obsession, Josh Chan, as she continues her quest to find true happiness. Vincent Rodriguez III, Santino Fontana, Donna Lynne Champlin, Pete Gardner, Vella Lovell, and Gabrielle Ruiz co-star.

Cast

 * Main
 * Rachel Bloom as Rebecca Bunch
 * Vincent Rodriguez III as Josh Chan
 * Santino Fontana as Greg Serrano
 * Donna Lynne Champlin as Paula Proctor
 * Pete Gardner as Darryl Whitefeather
 * Vella Lovell as Heather Davis
 * Gabrielle Ruiz as Maria "Valencia" Perez


 * Recurring


 * Eugene Cordero as Alex
 * Gina Gallego as Mrs. Hernandez
 * Jacob Guenther as Chris
 * Amy Hill as Lourdes Chan
 * David Hull as White Josh
 * Erick Lopez as Hector
 * Johnny Ray Meeks as Kevin
 * Steve Monroe as Scott Proctor
 * Elijah Nelson as Brendan Proctor
 * Robin Thomas as Marco Serrano
 * Rene Gube as Father Brah
 * Michael McMillian as Tim
 * Burl Moseley as Jim
 * Michael Hyatt as Dr. Noelle Akopian
 * Esther Povitsky as Maya
 * Stephnie Weir as Karen
 * Parvesh Cheena as Sunil Odhav
 * Brittany Snow as Anna Hicks
 * Danny Jolles as George
 * Scott Michael Foster as Nathaniel Plimpton III
 * Tovah Feldshuh as Naomi Bunch


 * Guest


 * Yael Grobglas as Trina
 * Paul Welsh as Trent Maddock
 * Steele Stebbins as Tommy Proctor
 * Patti LuPone as Rabbi Shari
 * Rachel Grate as Audra Levine
 * David Grant Wright as Nathaniel Plimpton II
 * Seth Green as Patrick
 * John Allen Nelson as Silas Bunch
 * Alberto Issac as Joseph Chan
 * Tess Paras and Coryn Mabalot as Jayma and Jastenity Chan
 * Eric Michael Roy as the Santa Ana Winds (impersonating Frankie Valli)
 * Patton Oswalt as J. Castleman

Episodes
Every song listed is performed by Rebecca, except where indicated.

Production
The series was renewed for a second season on March 11, 2017. On May 23, 2016, it was announced that Gabrielle Ruiz, who portrays Valencia, was promoted to series regular for season two. In November, 2016, it was announced that Santino Fontana would be departing the series, with episode four of the second season resulting as his last as a series regular.

Music
"Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Original Television Soundtrack Season 2" was released on March 3, 2017. It includes all the songs of season two, alongside Bloom's a cappella rough demos of "Santa Ana Winds" and "Rebecca's Reprise" alongside Adam Schlesinger and Stephen M. Gold's demo version of "I'm Just a Girl in Love", and Jack Dolgen's rough demos of "Sex Toys" and "It's Not Difficult to Define Miss Douche", two songs that didn't make it onto the final cut on the show.

Home media
The Warner Archive Collection released Season 2 as a manufacture-on-demand DVD exclusively to online retailers.

Critical response
The second season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend received critical acclaim from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a fresh rating of 100% based on 22 reviews, with a weighted average of 9.40/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" remains delightfully weird, engaging, and even more courageous and confident in its sophomore outing." On Metacritic, the season has a score of 86 out of 100 based on 8 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".