Director: Alex Hardcastle — Writer: Michael Hitchcock Aired: 11/9/2015 — Season: One — Episode: 5 — Nielsen ratings: 0.95 Description: Rebecca goes to extremes to prove Greg that he's wrong about her being a terrible person.
Rebecca drives her car to the park where she meets with Josh at Cup of boba. She shows off a photo album she has of their time together at camp. They are interrupted by Greg's arrival at the shop who is still upset about his horrible date with Rebecca. Unaware of what transpired, Josh defends Rebecca's honor when Greg insults her. Greg turns his vitriol on Josh noting he's sneaking off to meet Rebecca even though Valencia wouldn't like it. He calls them both terrible people before leaving. Rebecca resolves to prove Greg wrong and starts by giving a homeless lady named Joyce a ride in her car. At Whitefeather & Associates, Paula is annoyed by her co-workers Tim and Jim's shenanigans. Rebecca shows up with coffee and donuts for everyone and even contributes to Karen's fund for her sick snake.
Rebecca tells Paula how upset she is that Greg believes she's a bad person. She decides to represent Darryl against his ex-wife Stacy in a custody case involving their daughter Madison. While she and Darryl work on the case Paula is put in charge of the law firm. Meanwhile, Josh went to church for confessional as Greg's criticisms weighed heavily on his mind. His old friend Father Brah was manning the booth and after reconnecting moved the conversation outside. While playing basketball outside Brah suggests to Josh he make a list of all the sinful thoughts he had for one day. Over at Home Base, Rebecca brings Darryl there to work on the case hoping Greg he will see her. Instead a bartender tells her Greg left not long after she arrived and that he put up a dart board in the back room with Rebecca's face on it.
Her true purpose gone, Rebecca tells Darryl the custody arrangements seems unchangable and leaves. Darryl chases after her and tries to explain how much his daughter means to him to inspire her to find a solution (♫ I Love My Daughter ♫). Back at the office, Paula establishes a draconian rule over the office. When she goes through old documents in Darryl's office she discovers Tim is a Canadian expatriate in the country illegally. At Darryl's apartment, Rebecca interviews Madison and learns her mother would leave her alone at home to have sex with her boss. Rebecca calls an emergency hearing with the judge to present this evidence. The judge awards Darryl temporary full custody of Madison and Rebecca goes to Home Base to gloat about her good deed to Greg (♫ I'm a Good Person ♫).
Greg is unimpressed with her efforts and even rejects her offer of sex to make up for their bad date. Thinking she needs to go further to prove she is a good person she decides to get Darryl permanent full custody. At the church, Josh brings the list Brah asked him to make. Brah noticed Rebecca appeared on it several times but assured Josh as long as he didn't act on his feelings he was fine. The real problem was how he was going to deal with his attraction to Rebecca now that he owned up to it. Meanwhile, Rebecca is at Stacy's house covertly watching as she puts her bags in a car for a trip. She was planning to frame Stacy for a crime but gets caught during the process. Rebecca blamed her actions on her own parents bitter divorce and they agree to settle the custody dispute amicably.
They went to Home Base to tell Darryl and Madison which Greg observed. He talked to Rebecca afterwards and she sincerely apologized for thier date. Greg replied that he was still unsure about her but conceded she did a good thing for Darryl. At the law firm, Paula told Tim she wouldn't rat him out because she couldn't break up his family. Later, Mrs.Hernandez told Paula that she was a good person (♫ I'm a Good Person (silent reprise) ♫). At Cup of boba, Josh met up with Rebecca and told her that while he is very attracted to her he is committed to Valencia. He insisted that their relationship remain platonic but Rebecca was barely paying attention replaying his previous comment. Afterwards she finds Joyce the homeless person and the two celebrate over Rebecca's latest progress with Josh.
On Karen's YouTube channel she gives a menstrual cup a bad review saying that the cup 'runneth over'.
A clip of Karen's YouTube channel.
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Debuts
"I Love My Daughter" Performed by: Darryl Whitefeather Writers: Rachel Bloom, Adam Schlesinger
Darryl tries to explain to Rebecca his feelings for his daughter.
"I'm a Good Person" Performed by: Darryl Whitefeather Writers: Rachel Bloom, Adam Schlesinger
Rebecca imagines how she will taunt Greg with proof that she's a good person.
Reprises
"I'm a Good Person (silent reprise)" Performed by: Mrs. Hernandez Writers: Rachel Bloom, Adam Schlesinger
Mrs. Hernandez praises Paula for not turning in Tim to the authorities.
This episode continues Rebecca's exorbitant spending as she wastes money on coffe and donuts for her co-workers, buying all the chocolate bars from Madison's Girl Scout troop, contributing to Karen's fund for her sick snake, and losing $10,000 in an effort to frame Darryl's ex-wife Stacy. This all reaches a boiling point in the later episode "Josh is Going to Hawaii!".
Rebecca tells Darryl's his obsessive love for his daughter is creepy. It's later revealed she has her own complicated relationship with her own father as revealed in the Season Two episode "Can Josh Take A Leap Of Faith?".
Tim is revealed to be Canadian in this episode. In Season Two he becomes more open to his co-workers about being from Canada.
Bonnie & Clyde: Rebecca offers to have sex with Greg to make up for their bad date and as she undresses mentions letting "the puppies out of thier cages".
No: Rebecca says "no-o-o" when Stacy told her the money she tried to frame her with was used to buy a hot tub.
Rebecca, unsatisfied with Paula's ideas to build a case against Josh, turns to Nathaniel for help crafting a truly evil plan. Meanwhile, Josh finds becoming a priest is harder than he thought.
Directed by: Stuart McDonald - Written by: Dan Gregor and Doug Mand
Just as Rebecca tries to be more realistic and practical, Trent throws a wrench into her plans. At the same time Josh and Valencia reckon with their shared history.
Directed by: Audrey Wauchope - Written by: Erin Ehrlich
Rebecca, Paula, Heather and Valencia participate in a séance after a spooky discovery. Darryl takes his parenting duties to an extreme, while Nathaniel is determined to prove to his father he's the best person to run the law firm.
As Rebecca contemplates her feelings about her career, Paula is forced to deal with a big client. Josh tries to get back in the dating game, while Heather and Hector deal with insurance.
Directed by: Stuart McDonald - Written by: Elisabeth Kiernan Averick
As Rebecca contemplates her feelings about her career, Paula is forced to deal with a big client. Josh tries to get back in the dating game, while Heather and Hector deal with insurance.
Directed by: Erin Ehrlich - Written by: Ilana Pena
Heather and Valencia both have changes in their lives which leaves Rebecca reeling. Meanwhile, Paula has to adjust to some good news/bad news from her eldest son.
Rebecca gets more than she bargained for during a day out with Darryl. Josh lends a helping hand to Paula, while Heather encourages Nathaniel to be a nice person.
Directed by: Stuart McDonald - Written by: Rene Gube
Greg returns to West Covina, which forces Rebecca to question things she thought she knew about people she has loved in her life. Meanwhile, Valencia and Josh make some shocking discoveries while at their high school reunion.
Directed by: Stuart McDonald - Written by: Rene Gube
Rebecca supports Paula in her time of need despite, her own personal challenges. Emotions run high when Greg, Josh and Nathaniel have an unfortunate encounter.
Directed by: Stuart McDonald - Written by: Alden Derck & Aline Brosh McKenna
Rebecca gets a call to help her old nemesis out of a complicated situation. Meanwhile, Nathaniel, Josh and Greg attempt to deal with their competing feelings for Rebecca.
Directed by: Marty Pasetta, Jr. - Written by: Rachel Bloom, Adam Schlesinger and Jack Dolgen
Rachel Bloom and the cast of the critically acclaimed series perform live versions of fan-favorite songs with incredible staging, multimedia visuals and a live band and orchestra.
