'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' ends soon, but first, Aline Brosh McKenna has a few things to say
Aline Brosh McKenna can't let it go. She admits that.
Which is why, this week, when her CW series "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" comes to a close after four seasons, it will be no ordinary send-off - because, come on, is anything ever ordinary with this show?
The swan song on Friday will be boosted by a concert special, airing immediately after the last episode of the musical dramedy. There's also a documentary about the finale in the works that will be available on the CW Seed app. McKenna, co-creator and showrunner of the cult favorite, is in the midst of cutting footage for both bonus offerings. It caps off the already rigorous task of writing the series finale, which McKenna did with fellow co-creator and star Rachel Bloom, and directing the episode too. So, basically, overwhelming panic was inevitable.
"I don't know what we were thinking," McKenna, 51, says. "Rachel and I are still working around the clock. I don't know why we did this to ourselves ... clearly, we couldn't let this show go."
Considered by many to be an anti-romantic comedy, the show
