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[[WMG: Rebecca is the reincarnation of [[redirect:Theatre/Chicago/Roxie Hart.]]

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[[WMG: Rebecca is the reincarnation of [[redirect:Theatre/Chicago/Roxie Roxie Hart.]]

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[[WMG: Rebecca is the reincarnation of Roxie Hart.]]

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[[WMG: Rebecca is the reincarnation of Roxie [[redirect:Theatre/Chicago/Roxie Hart.]]
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Think about it: 1.Both have the one-in-a-million ability to imagine full-fledged original musical numbers on the spot 2.Both make reckless and dangerous decisions that are indicative of mental health struggles 3. Both have reason to distrust the legal system as well as thrive within in it if past life memories of being part of a dishonest and corrupt-yet successful-murder trial have carried over.

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Think about it: 1. Both have the one-in-a-million ability to imagine full-fledged original musical numbers on the spot 2.2. Both make reckless and dangerous decisions that are indicative of mental health struggles 3. Both have reason to distrust the legal system as well as thrive within in it if past life memories of being part of a dishonest and corrupt-yet successful-murder trial have carried over.
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When Naomi visits California for the first time she reminisces about how Rebecca once got HPV from a member of the Cornell a cappella club. Could it be that Here Comes Treble lived on?

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When Naomi visits California for the first time she reminisces about how Rebecca once got HPV from a member of the Cornell a cappella club. Could it be that Here Comes Treble lived on?on?

[[WMG: Rebecca is the reincarnation of Roxie Hart.]]

Think about it: 1.Both have the one-in-a-million ability to imagine full-fledged original musical numbers on the spot 2.Both make reckless and dangerous decisions that are indicative of mental health struggles 3. Both have reason to distrust the legal system as well as thrive within in it if past life memories of being part of a dishonest and corrupt-yet successful-murder trial have carried over.

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It’s subtle, but there are a couple of self-aware TV references, like about the production budget in “Love Kernels,” to the CW network in “Don’t Be A Lawyer,” and the entirety of “Who’s The New Guy?” It would make perfect sense for Rebecca to imagine herself being on TV, due to her obsession with life making narrative sense.

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It’s subtle, but there are a couple of self-aware TV references, like about from references to the production budget in “Love Kernels,” to the CW network in “Don’t Be A Lawyer,” and the entirety of “Who’s The New Guy?” It would make perfect sense for Rebecca to imagine herself being on TV, due to her obsession with life making narrative sense.
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*This might also explain why she doesn’t trust Josh to be alone with Rebecca, if he has a history.
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When Naomi visits California for the first time she reminisces how Rebecca once got HPV from a member of the Cornell a cappella club. Could it be that Here Comes Treble lived on?

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When Naomi visits California for the first time she reminisces about how Rebecca once got HPV from a member of the Cornell a cappella club. Could it be that Here Comes Treble lived on?
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* It could also just be that Rebecca and Josh got in the habit of using condoms due to how frequently they had sex; while she assumed her birth control would be effective enough to secure a single night with Trent.

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* It could also just be that Rebecca and Josh got in the habit of using condoms due to how frequently they had sex; while she assumed her birth control would be effective enough to secure a single night with Trent.Trent.

[[WMG: Series/CrazyExGirlfriend and Series/TheOfficeUS take place in the same universe.]]

When Naomi visits California for the first time she reminisces how Rebecca once got HPV from a member of the Cornell a cappella club. Could it be that Here Comes Treble lived on?

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In the episode where Rebecca thinks she’s pregnant she says that it would be a “miracle,” because she was on birth control and Josh used a condom. This could presumably be for double contraception, but when she has impromptu sex with Trent all she does is ask if he’s infection free and it’s implied that if he is she doesn’t need a condom. Could this mean that Josh had been with someone other than Valencia and may have picked something up that he would need a condom to prevent spreading?

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In the episode where Rebecca thinks she’s pregnant she says that it would be a “miracle,” because she was on birth control and Josh used a condom. This could presumably be for double contraception, but when she has impromptu sex with Trent all she does is ask if he’s infection free and it’s implied that if he is she doesn’t need a condom. Could this mean that Josh had been with someone other than Valencia and may have picked something up that he would need a condom to prevent spreading?spreading?
* Valencia did not believe that they were on a break during the summer when he first hooked up with Rebecca. Given that he didn't remember it nearly as distinctly as she did, it probably wasn't the only time.
* It could also just be that Rebecca and Josh got in the habit of using condoms due to how frequently they had sex; while she assumed her birth control would be effective enough to secure a single night with Trent.
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* With Valencia as well. By the last few episodes, [[spoiler:she's still overtly attempting to pressure, beg, and whine her way into people doing things exactly her way. However, she's now with a partner who will stand up for herself and push back while reassuring Valencia that she still loves her, and we see that Valencia actually is learning to compromise - just, realistically slowly.]]

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It’s subtle, but there are a couple of self-aware TV references, like about the production budget in “Love Kernels,” to the CW network in “Don’t Be A Lawyer,” and the entirety of “Who’s The New Guy?” It would make perfect sense for Rebecca to imagine herself being on TV, due to her obsession with life making narrative sense.

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It’s subtle, but there are a couple of self-aware TV references, like about the production budget in “Love Kernels,” to the CW network in “Don’t Be A Lawyer,” and the entirety of “Who’s The New Guy?” It would make perfect sense for Rebecca to imagine herself being on TV, due to her obsession with life making narrative sense.sense.

[[WMG: Josh wasn’t always faithful to Valencia]]

In the episode where Rebecca thinks she’s pregnant she says that it would be a “miracle,” because she was on birth control and Josh used a condom. This could presumably be for double contraception, but when she has impromptu sex with Trent all she does is ask if he’s infection free and it’s implied that if he is she doesn’t need a condom. Could this mean that Josh had been with someone other than Valencia and may have picked something up that he would need a condom to prevent spreading?

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It’s subtle, but there are a couple of self-aware TV references, like about the production budget in “Love Kernels,” and to the CW network in “Don’t Be A Lawyer.” It would make perfect sense for Rebecca to imagine herself being on TV as well, due to her obsession with life making narrative sense.

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It’s subtle, but there are a couple of self-aware TV references, like about the production budget in “Love Kernels,” and to the CW network in “Don’t Be A Lawyer.” Lawyer,” and the entirety of “Who’s The New Guy?” It would make perfect sense for Rebecca to imagine herself being on TV as well, TV, due to her obsession with life making narrative sense.
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Considering they seem to have [[FireForgedFriends buried the hatchet]] and, judging from their final musical number, have some UnresolvedSexualTension, I think if Audra's marriage falls through she and Rebecca could well end up together (after all, she was enemies with Valencia for the first season, but now they are close friends).

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Considering they seem to have [[FireForgedFriends buried the hatchet]] and, judging from their final musical number, have some UnresolvedSexualTension, I think if Audra's marriage falls through she and Rebecca could well end up together (after all, she was enemies with Valencia for the first season, but now they are close friends).friends).

[[WMG: Rebecca not only imagines her life as a musical, but as a musical TV show]]
It’s subtle, but there are a couple of self-aware TV references, like about the production budget in “Love Kernels,” and to the CW network in “Don’t Be A Lawyer.” It would make perfect sense for Rebecca to imagine herself being on TV as well, due to her obsession with life making narrative sense.
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** Which is a shame, because it would have been ingenious.
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The stweardess who comforts her on the plane [[spoiler: and whom Rebecca calls for help when she overdoses]] in "I Never Want To See Josh Again" is the same woman who voiced the butter commercials in season 1. MaybeMagicMaybeMundane, but she's there when Rebecca is at rock bottom.

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The stweardess stewardess who comforts her on the plane [[spoiler: and whom Rebecca calls for help when she overdoses]] in "I Never Want To See Josh Again" is the same woman who voiced the butter commercials in season 1. MaybeMagicMaybeMundane, but she's there when Rebecca is at rock bottom.
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And the concert finale aired after the series finale also happened in-universe, with Rebecca in place of Rachel, since the songs are likely the same.

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And the concert finale aired after the series finale also happened in-universe, with Rebecca in place of Rachel, since the songs are likely the same.same.

[[WMG: Rebecca and Audra will get together at some point]]
Considering they seem to have [[FireForgedFriends buried the hatchet]] and, judging from their final musical number, have some UnresolvedSexualTension, I think if Audra's marriage falls through she and Rebecca could well end up together (after all, she was enemies with Valencia for the first season, but now they are close friends).

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* Confirmed in a complicated sense. "I'm Finding My Bliss" has Rebecca rejoin a musical theater group, despite not being a great singer, but she struggles to fit in due to her distaste with the [[DeliberateValuesDissonance sexist lyrics]] of the song she must sing. She changes the lyrics, much to the director's dismay, and gets fired, but this serves as {{foreshadowing}} for her ''actual'' happy ending: [[spoiler:becoming a songwriter based on the songs in her head.]]



Each opening credits sequence so far has had some element of reality to it. With the first season, the lyrics were a direct quote of a conversation Paula and her husband had. In the second season, the lyrics were a reference to the defense Rebecca's mother gave in her arson trial. The credits for the third season seem to be a disassociative episode Rebecca had while in the bathroom (the part where she takes out her earbuds and says: "what?" is from an episode of that season.) So before the season ends, the Rebecca from the credits will appear somewhere in West Covina; possibly just as a one-scene joke, or possibly an episode plot.

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Each opening credits sequence so far has had some element of reality to it. With the first season, the lyrics were a direct quote of a conversation Paula and her husband had. In the second season, the lyrics were a reference to the defense Rebecca's mother gave in her arson trial. The credits for the third season seem to be a disassociative episode Rebecca had while in the bathroom (the part where she takes out her earbuds and says: "what?" is from an episode of that season.) So before the season ends, the Rebecca from the credits will appear somewhere in West Covina; possibly just as a one-scene joke, or possibly an episode plot.plot.
* Seemingly jossed. The only cameo from the fourth theme song is showing Rebecca's dress from said song in TheElevenOClockNumber.

[[WMG: Some time after the finale, Rebecca's songwriting talent gets her [[IShouldWriteABookAboutThis a musical television show based on her life.]]]]
And the concert finale aired after the series finale also happened in-universe, with Rebecca in place of Rachel, since the songs are likely the same.
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"Josh Has No Idea Where I Am" clearly shows how much love she found in performing, so on her path to recovery, she may recall Dream!Dr. Akopian's advice and use her love of theater to make herself happy. It may fail, or it may not; if it doesn't, maybe we'll see her perform a TriumphantReprise of one of her songs [[BookEnds (probably "West Covina")]] in reality, for an audience!

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"Josh Has No Idea Where I Am" clearly shows how much love she found in performing, so on her path to recovery, she may recall Dream!Dr. Akopian's advice and use her love of theater to make herself happy. It may fail, or it may not; if it doesn't, maybe we'll see her perform a TriumphantReprise of one of her songs [[BookEnds (probably "West Covina")]] in reality, for an audience!audience!

[[WMG: "Other Rebecca" will appear outside of the opening credits before the end of the series.]]
Each opening credits sequence so far has had some element of reality to it. With the first season, the lyrics were a direct quote of a conversation Paula and her husband had. In the second season, the lyrics were a reference to the defense Rebecca's mother gave in her arson trial. The credits for the third season seem to be a disassociative episode Rebecca had while in the bathroom (the part where she takes out her earbuds and says: "what?" is from an episode of that season.) So before the season ends, the Rebecca from the credits will appear somewhere in West Covina; possibly just as a one-scene joke, or possibly an episode plot.
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* Confirmed. The season premiere has Rebecca try to stay in prison to atone for her crimes, but it becomes clear it's just performative and by the end she leaves and begins actually helping the prisoners instead with her musical theater program. Her growth continues throughout the season gradually (such as [[spoiler:finally accepting that she needs antidepressants]], and another redemption arc happens with [[spoiler:Nathaniel]] as he learns to be a good person; the latter is also deconstructed with him realizing that he can't always get what he wants (in this case, [[spoiler:Rebecca]]) just because he's a better person.
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"Josh Has No Idea Where I Am" clearly shows how much love she found in performing, so on her path to recovery, she may recall Dream!Dr. Akopian's advice and use her love of theater to make herself happy. It may fail, or it may not; if it doesn't, maybe we'll see her perform a TriumphantReprise of one of her songs [[(BookEnds probably "West Covina")]] in reality, for an audience!

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"Josh Has No Idea Where I Am" clearly shows how much love she found in performing, so on her path to recovery, she may recall Dream!Dr. Akopian's advice and use her love of theater to make herself happy. It may fail, or it may not; if it doesn't, maybe we'll see her perform a TriumphantReprise of one of her songs [[(BookEnds probably [[BookEnds (probably "West Covina")]] in reality, for an audience!

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* Jossed.



The third season ends with Rebecca having decided to take responsibility for her actions - but notably, her way of doing so is by pleading guilty to a crime that she, for once, ''is not actually guilty of.'' For all her CharacterDevelopment over the series, and the third season in particular, she's still prone to taking things too far and mistaking dramatic gestures for real progress. Season four (if we get it - knock on wood!) will show that there's a thin line between atonement and self-destruction, just like previous seasons have shown that there's a thin line between love and obsession.

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The third season ends with Rebecca having decided to take responsibility for her actions - but notably, her way of doing so is by pleading guilty to a crime that she, for once, ''is not actually guilty of.'' For all her CharacterDevelopment over the series, and the third season in particular, she's still prone to taking things too far and mistaking dramatic gestures for real progress. Season four (if we get it - knock on wood!) will show that there's a thin line between atonement and self-destruction, just like previous seasons have shown that there's a thin line between love and obsession.obsession.

[[WMG: By the end of the series, Rebecca will at least attempt to rediscover her passion for musical theater and pursue it as a legitimate career.]]

"Josh Has No Idea Where I Am" clearly shows how much love she found in performing, so on her path to recovery, she may recall Dream!Dr. Akopian's advice and use her love of theater to make herself happy. It may fail, or it may not; if it doesn't, maybe we'll see her perform a TriumphantReprise of one of her songs [[(BookEnds probably "West Covina")]] in reality, for an audience!
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* Confirmed, sort of, in season three when Rebecca gets her diagnosis for [[spoiler:borderline personality disorder]] and they point out that frequent dissociation is a symptom.

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This suggests that Rebecca's musical numbers - [[spoiler: especially since the flashback to her time in a psychiatric hospital showed that she sang constantly]] - aren't just quirky ImageSpots a la J.D. from Scrubs. They're full-on dissociations from reality, which is very much NOT an ambiguous disorder.

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This suggests that Rebecca's musical numbers - [[spoiler: especially since the flashback to her time in a psychiatric hospital showed that she sang constantly]] - aren't just quirky ImageSpots [[ImagineSpot Imagine Spots]] a la J.D. from Scrubs. They're full-on dissociations from reality, which is very much NOT an ambiguous disorder.disorder.

[[WMG: The fourth season will deconstruct redemption arcs.]]

The third season ends with Rebecca having decided to take responsibility for her actions - but notably, her way of doing so is by pleading guilty to a crime that she, for once, ''is not actually guilty of.'' For all her CharacterDevelopment over the series, and the third season in particular, she's still prone to taking things too far and mistaking dramatic gestures for real progress. Season four (if we get it - knock on wood!) will show that there's a thin line between atonement and self-destruction, just like previous seasons have shown that there's a thin line between love and obsession.
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[[WMG: Rebecca has a guardian angel.]]

The stweardess who comforts her on the plane [[spoiler: and whom Rebecca calls for help when she overdoses]] in "I Never Want To See Josh Again" is the same woman who voiced the butter commercials in season 1. MaybeMagicMaybeMundane, but she's there when Rebecca is at rock bottom.
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[[WMG: Paula's [[spoiler: bar exam]] will be silent.]]

* Donna Lynne Champlin has gone on record about being an award winning tap dancer. Paula [[spoiler: taking the bar exam]] will be a wordless, high-intensity tap sequence.

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[[WMG: Paula's [[spoiler: bar exam]] exam will be silent.]]

* Donna Lynne Champlin has gone on record about being an award winning tap dancer. Paula [[spoiler: taking the bar exam]] will be a wordless, high-intensity tap sequence.



* During one of her later sessions with Dr. Akopian, as her memories about [[spoiler: Robert dumping her after promising to marry her surface as she's about to marry Josh]], she fully dissociates from reality for a moment, and Dr. Akopian flat-out calls it just that.

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* During one of her later sessions with Dr. Akopian, as her memories about [[spoiler: Robert dumping her after promising to marry her surface as she's about to marry Josh]], she fully dissociates from reality for a moment, and Dr. Akopian flat-out calls it just that.

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Donna Lynne Champlin has gone on record about being an award winning tap dancer. Paula [[spoiler: taking the bar exam]] will be a wordless, high-intensity tap sequence.

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[[WMG: Paula's [[spoiler: bar exam]] will be silent.]]

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Donna Lynne Champlin has gone on record about being an award winning tap dancer. Paula [[spoiler: taking the bar exam]] will be a wordless, high-intensity tap sequence.sequence.

[[WMG: Rebecca is suffering from a full-blown dissociative disorder.]]

* During one of her later sessions with Dr. Akopian, as her memories about [[spoiler: Robert dumping her after promising to marry her surface as she's about to marry Josh]], she fully dissociates from reality for a moment, and Dr. Akopian flat-out calls it just that.

This suggests that Rebecca's musical numbers - [[spoiler: especially since the flashback to her time in a psychiatric hospital showed that she sang constantly]] - aren't just quirky ImageSpots a la J.D. from Scrubs. They're full-on dissociations from reality, which is very much NOT an ambiguous disorder.
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