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Recap / Crazy Ex-Girlfriend S1E17: "Why Is Josh in a Bad Mood?"

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Why can't I just focus on getting a pounding
On the bidness going on near my thighs?
But as my body's getting ruined, like, really trashed,
I only wanna look in your eyes.

Written by Jack Dolgen, directed by Joanna Kerns. Original airdate April 4, 2016.

"Rebecca is hiding a big secret from Paula, which begins to affect their friendship. Josh and Greg switch roles when Josh makes a discovery that angers him, while Greg is happier than he has been in a long time."


Songs:

"I Gave You a UTI" (sung by Santino Fontana)

  • Actually Pretty Funny: Rebecca starts out bemused and annoyed, but towards the end of the song she starts cracking up at how over-the-top ridiculous Greg is being.
  • Affectionate Parody: Of 60s R&B and soul revues, such as the music of James Brown (especially alluded to when Rebecca drapes Greg's jacket over him at the end.)
  • Bigger Is Better in Bed: This is what Greg believes, since part of the reason Rebecca has a UTI is due to his... capaciousness.
  • "I Am Great!" Song: It's all about how great Greg is at sex, because he gave Rebecca a UTI. Even though Rebecca herself explains that getting a UTI isn't about the "quality" of the sex, Greg says, "Don't ruin this for me."
  • Intercourse with You:
    My sweet love injection
    Caused a urinary tract infection!
  • Painful Rhyme: "I'm so good at sex / Your maidenship got wrecked." Of course, this is done completely on purpose.
  • Unusual Euphemism: "Maidenship." Rebecca even mouths the word after Greg sings it, as if in disbelief.
  • Urine Trouble: Literally, as the UTI causes a burning sensation when peeing.

"Angry Mad" (sung by Vincent Rodriguez III)

"Oh My God I Think I Like You" (sung by Rachel Bloom)

Tropes in this episode:

  • Brutal Honesty: When Josh admits his emotional crisis to Father Brah, he gets a harsh but real assessment of his real problem: he enjoyed being the subject of Rebecca's adoration, without having to choose between her and Valencia. Now that Rebecca found someone else, he's jealous, even though he was never willing to commit to her.
    Father Brah: Can I be real, man? You're being a little bitch right now.
  • Gilligan Cut: Used when Rebecca tells Paula she isn't having sex. Smash Cut to her having sex with Greg.
  • Sexy Discretion Shot: When Rebecca and Greg have sex at the start of the episode, we see them start to make out, only to cut to them Post-Coital Collapse, both panting and covered by a Modesty Bedsheet.
  • Unusual Euphemism: Paula and Rebecca refer to sex as "getting your butterfly smashed". Later when Greg learns about it, he gives her a few more: "I will crumble your zebra", "I will sauté your giraffe" and "I will flambé your cockatoo".


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