15 Best TV Episodes Of 2018 (So Far)

9. Trent?! - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Trent
The CW

The back-half of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's often harrowing third season wasn't quite as strong as the first, until the final run-in brought back one of the show's secret weapons: Trent.

Like many great villains (if Trent can be considered as such), the character serves as a dark mirror of the protagonist, and the writers have a lot of fun exploring that in his eponymous episode, including the montage that explains just where the heck he's been all season.

In a deeper sense, though, the return of Trent makes Rebecca and those around her confront her past actions and face up to some hard truths, while the character remains as weird and wonderful as ever (right down to a performance of I'm Just A Boy In Love). It's yet another episode of CXG that effectively blends strange humour with bleakness, and pushes the story forwards in exciting ways ahead of the season finale, while having some absolutely brilliant musical numbers as well.

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