List of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend characters

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is an American romantic musical comedy-drama television series which premiered on October 12, 2015, on The CW.

Portrayed by Rachel Bloom, Rebecca Nora Bunch is a lawyer originally from Scarsdale, New York, who has obsessive tendencies and traits of anxiety and depression.

She often acts on impulsive decisions, such as moving to West Covina to be with Josh, her childhood boyfriend, after having a five-minute conversation with him.

Rebecca has a fear of rejection and does not react well under pressure, which leads her to spiral after bad things happen, demonstrated in seasons one and three.

After she is left at the altar in the season two finale, she realizes that she has a problem, which she tries to fix but ultimately moves her obsession onto Nathaniel, which leads to her pushing her ex-boyfriend, Trent (Paul Welsh) off the roof of a building.

During season one, he relocates himself from New York back to West Covina to be with his ex-girlfriend, Valencia Perez, and is often seen with his friends: Greg, Hector and "White Josh".

Josh is of Filipino descent and demonstrates commitment issues in his relationships, shown as he refuses to propose to Valencia and leaves Rebecca at the altar (after Rebecca's obsessive admirare, Trent Maddock reveals him her history with mental health issues to break them up) to become a priest.

Unlike Josh, Greg is intelligent, pessimistic and cynical, with a longing to move away from West Covina.

Greg suffers with alcohol addiction and, between seasons one and two, is arrested for driving drunk, which forces him to attend AA meetings and hide from his friends.

Like Rebecca, Greg was raised mainly by a single parent, and he has a strong bond with his father, who suffers from emphysema.

At the start of season two, his father helps him to achieve his full potential, leading Greg to leave West Covina to attend business school at Emory University.

[11][12] Paula Proctor (née O'Brien, portrayed by Donna Lynne Champlin) is Rebecca's co-worker and best friend.

Originally from Buffalo, New York, she lives in West Covina with her husband, Scott, and children Brendan and Tommy.

Paula forms an alliance with Rebecca over Josh but regularly goes over-the-top with her schemes, as a way to distract herself from her failing marriage.

[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Portrayed by Pete Gardner, Darryl is Rebecca's co-worker, who sometimes struggles with keeping his emotions in check.

Initially, Darryl is shown as a recent divorcée trying to get custody of his daughter, however he was ultimately considered the breakout star of season one due to his storyline with his sexuality, as he figures out he is bisexual.

During season two, she becomes the face of the feminine care product "Miss Douche" and moves into an apartment with Rebecca.

As her life continues to go to higher levels, she begins a relationship with Hector (Erick Lopez) and becomes the surrogate for Darryl's baby.

He is openly gay and, attracted to older men, entered into a relationship with Darryl after he came out as bisexual; ultimately they break up over their disagreements on having a child, however they reconcile after the baby is born.

Portrayed by Scott Michael Foster, Nathaniel Plimpton is a successful lawyer who buys into Whitefeather & Associates and becomes Rebecca's new boss.

Nathaniel appears to have sociopathic tendencies and little disregard for his actions, and has a fear of not living up to his father's image.

Brendan is known to leave home for weeks on end, stealing money, partaking in illegal drugs and keeping a large collection of knives.

Later, he leaves after Greg and Nathaniel show up on her patio and Josh – hearing the commotion – runs outside in nothing but underwear to try and scare away possible feral cats.

He returns again in season three, where he threatens to murder Nathaniel, sending cryptic messages such as, 'If I can't have you, no-one can'.

Rebecca's nemesis from her upbringing and life New York, who works on the Greater City Water case against her during season one.

Initially antagonistic, Rebecca helped Stacy and Darryl come to a consensus over Madison's custody arrangements.

Home Base is where Greg worked, Heather eventually finds a career and Josh's gang frequents.

Rebecca's support group worker and impatient therapist, who diagnoses her with Borderline Personality Disorder.

[29] Darryl's daughter (made using his sperm, Rebecca's donated egg, and surrogate-carried by Heather), born in the season three finale.

She and Paula end up forming a special bond as pro bono client and legal counsel.