Top Ten Favorite Fictional Characters: #9, Greg Serrano, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
A misanthropic nice guy who thinks he’s so much smarter than everyone else? I’m not saying I’m exactly that, but I have a feeling, based on this feeling of kinship, that I’m exactly that. He’s witty, sarcastic, knowledgeable in the ways of word games, an alcoholic, and capable of turning his world around through force of will and the support of his (super nice to him in most ways) dad. What’ll It Be is, in context, one of the most emotional songs on the show. That song was not about learning from his mistakes, because in this matter he made no mistakes and he’s still losing. Just being in West Covina is losing. I hate that he went away, but his character’s journey had to take him out of town so he could try the school of his dreams and figure life out without a girl. I love that he came back (in one of the more controversial re-casts I’ve seen), because he was always just a little ahead of Rebecca on the long journey toward functional adulthood, and that support is good for her.