History Fridge / CrazyExGirlfriend

** Naomi has clearly had an eating disorder for decades and tried to push one on Rebecca. Rebecca seems to have not let it stick for the more part, but Heather does say that she used to hear her “crying and barfing” from next door after a night of stress eating. Was that barfing a result of accidental overeating or was she doing it on purpose from guilt?

* Valencia says she "rarely poop[s], it's been a month". ''Aside'' from the fact that that sounds a little implausible, having fewer than normal bowel movements frequently occurs in people with eating disorders. Considering everything else going on with her, she might have a clinical eating disorder.

* Greg had sex with a bush. A bush. He had sex with a bush. He thought it was a woman, but there is no way a bush could be giving any signs of interest or consent, and considering it left him scarred, could have been interpreted as actively fighting him off. Greg was drunk enough to rape someone, but, luckily, too drunk to actually find a woman to rape.

* Greg had sex with a bush. He thought it was a woman, but there is no way a bush could be giving any signs of interest or consent, and considering it left him scarred, could have been interpreted as actively fighting him off. Greg was drunk enough to rape someone, but, luckily, too drunk to actually find a woman to rape.

* In Season 4, the end of "What's Your Story?" goes on for an absurdly protracted amount of time, with Rebecca continuing to mutter "Rat-tat-taa..." long after all the other characters have left. It's arguably the first song that she sings with other people who actively don't want to sing it with her (i.e., aren't enabling her delusions), and who in fact refuse to keep singing it long before the end. It represents one of the last major flowerings of Rebecca's BPD: she's convinced herself that she's in a lurid crime drama with a bunch of hardened criminals who have glamorous and interesting backstories, but the truth is, her fellow inmates are all in jail for undramatic reasons. Hanifa was sentenced to three years for shoplifting, but she's not a lifelong thief: she stole a sweatshirt because the heating in her apartment didn't work and she was cold. (And Hanifa is contrasted with a white inmate who got a much lighter sentence for an identical offence.) Cybil is a convicted murderer not because she killed someone in a crime of passion, but because she was texting while driving to the hospital for a family emergency and she hit a teenager. When all of them find out that Rebecca actively chose to be in jail, they're disgusted and refuse to play along with her nonsense. After this song, she is depressed for the rest of the episode and, apart from her bout of self-pity in "No One Else Is Singing My Song", she never gets to have this particular kind of luridly melodramatic ensemble number again. In her future songs, she's either joining someone else's delusion, or they don't represent this sort of escape from reality (e.g. "Fuckton of Cats", which is about cheerfully accepting being a stereotype), or she's joining in an ensemble number, or, as in "I'm Not Sad, You're Sad", they're solo numbers which she tries and fails to get other people to perform with her. Her protracted "rat-ta-taah"-ing at the end of "What's Your Story" is her last desperate attempt to keep her delusion structure intact, but this kind of song won't work for her anymore.

* In Season 4, the end of "What's Your Story?" goes on for an absurdly protracted amount of time, with Rebecca continuing to mutter "Rat-tat-taa..." long after all the other characters have left. It's arguably the first song that she sings with other people who actively don't want to sing it with her (i.e., aren't enabling her delusions), and who in fact refuse to keep singing it long before the end. It represents one of the last major flowerings of Rebecca's BPD: she's convinced herself that she's in a lurid crime drama with a bunch of hardened criminals who have glamorous and interesting backstories, but the truth is, her fellow inmates are all in jail for undramatic reasons. Hanifa was sentenced to three years for shoplifting, but she's not a lifelong thief: she stole a sweatshirt because the heating in her apartment didn't work and she was cold. (And Hanifa is contrasted with a white inmate who got a much lighter sentence for an identical offence.) Cybil is a convicted murderer not because she killed someone in a crime of passion, but because she was texting while driving to the hospital for a family emergency and she hit a teenager. When all of them find out that Rebecca actively chose to be in jail, they're disgusted and refuse to play along with her nonsense. After this song, she is depressed for the rest of the episode and, apart from her bout of self-pity in "No One Else Is Singing My Song", she never attempts to start this particular kind of luridly melodramatic ensemble number again. In her future songs, she's either joining someone else's delusion, or they don't represent this sort of escape from reality (e.g. "Fuckton of Cats", which is about cheerfully accepting being a stereotype), or she's joining in an ensemble number, or, as in "I'm Not Sad, You're Sad", they're solo numbers which she tries and fails to get other people to perform with her. Her protracted "rat-ta-taah"-ing at the end of "What's Your Story" is her last desperate attempt to keep her delusion structure intact, but this kind of song won't work for her anymore.

* In Season 4, the end of "What's Your Story?" goes on for an absurdly protracted amount of time, with Rebecca continuing to mutter "Rat-tat-taa..." long after all the other characters have left. It's arguably the first song that she sings with other people who actively don't want to sing it with her (i.e., aren't enabling her delusions), and who in fact refuse to keep singing it long before the end. It represents one of the last major flowerings of Rebecca's BPD: she's convinced herself that she's in a lurid crime drama with a bunch of hardened criminals who have glamorous and interesting backstories, but the truth is, her fellow inmates are all in jail for undramatic reasons. Hanifa was sentenced to three years for shoplifting, but she's not a lifelong thief: she stole a sweatshirt because the heating in her apartment didn't work and she was cold. (And Hanifa is contrasted with a white inmate who got a much lighter sentence for an identical offence.) Cybil is a convicted murderer not because she killed someone in a crime of passion, but because she was texting while driving to the hospital for a family emergency and she hit a teenager. When all of them find out that Rebecca actively chose to be in jail, they're disgusted and refuse to play along with her nonsense. Her "rat-ta-taah"-ing is her last desperate attempt to keep her delusion structure intact. After this song, she is depressed for the rest of the episode and, apart from her bout of self-pity in "No One Else Is Singing My Song", she never attempts to start this particular kind of luridly melodramatic ensemble number again. In her future songs, she's either joining someone else's delusion, or they don't represent this sort of escape from reality (e.g. "Fuckton of Cats", which is about cheerfully accepting being a stereotype), or she's joining in an ensemble number, or, as in "I'm Not Sad, You're Sad", they're solo numbers which she tries and fails to get other people to perform with her.

* In Season 4, the end of "What's Your Story?" goes on for an absurdly protracted amount of time, with Rebecca continuing to mutter "Rat-tat-taa..." long after all the other characters have left. It's arguably the first song that she sings with other people who actively don't want to sing it with her (i.e., aren't enabling her delusions), and who in fact refuse to keep singing it long before the end. It represents one of the last major flowerings of Rebecca's BPD: she's convinced herself that she's in a lurid crime drama with a bunch of hardened criminals who have glamorous and interesting backstories, but the truth is, her fellow inmates are all in jail for undramatic reasons. Hanifa was sentenced to three years for shoplifting, but she's not a lifelong thief: she stole a sweatshirt because the heating in her apartment didn't work and she was cold. (And Hanifa is contrasted with a white inmate who got a much lighter sentence for an identical offence.) Cybil is a convicted murderer not because she killed someone in a crime of passion, but because she was texting while driving to the hospital for a family emergency and she hit a teenager. When all of them find out that Rebecca actively chose to be in jail, they're disgusted and refuse to play along with her nonsense. Her "rat-ta-taah"-ing is her last desperate attempt to keep her delusion structure intact. After this song, she is depressed for the rest of the episode and, apart from her bout of self-pity in "No One Else Is Singing My Song", she never attempts this particular kind of luridly melodramatic ensemble number again. In her future songs, she's either joining someone else's delusion, or they don't represent this sort of escape from reality (e.g. "Fuckton of Cats", which is about cheerfully accepting being a stereotype), or she's joining in an ensemble number, or, as in "I'm Not Sad, You're Sad", they're solo numbers which she tries and fails to get other people to perform with her.

* In Season 4, the end of "What's Your Story?" goes on for an absurdly protracted amount of time, with Rebecca continuing to mutter "Rat-tat-taa..." long after all the other characters have left. It's arguably the first song that she sings with other people who actively don't want to sing it with her (i.e., aren't enabling her delusions), and who in fact refuse to keep singing it long before the end. It represents one of the last major flowerings of Rebecca's BPD: she's convinced herself that she's in a lurid crime drama with a bunch of hardened criminals who have glamorous and interesting backstories, but the truth is, her fellow inmates are all in jail for undramatic reasons. Hanifa was sentenced to three years for shoplifting, but she's not a lifelong thief: she stole a sweatshirt because the heating in her apartment didn't work and she was cold. (And Hanifa is contrasted with a white inmate who got a much lighter sentence for an identical offence.) Cybil is a convicted murderer not because she killed someone in a crime of passion, but because she was texting while driving to the hospital for a family emergency and she hit a teenager. When all of them find out that Rebecca actively chose to be in jail, they're disgusted and refuse to play along with her nonsense. Her "rat-ta-taah"-ing is her last desperate attempt to keep her delusion structure intact. After this song, she is depressed for the rest of the episode and, apart from her bout of self-pity in "No One Else Is Singing My Song", she never attempts this particular kind of luridly melodramatic ensemble number again. In future songs, she either joins in ensemble numbers or, as in "I'm Not Sad, You're Sad", they're solo numbers which she tries and fails to get other people to perform with her.

** This can also be an example of “fridge heartwarming.” Yes, Hebecca will undoubtedly have to deal with mental illness in her life, but with the love of people like Darryl, April, Rebecca, Paula, and her sisters, she’ll never have to go through it alone, especially now that Rebecca is in recovery and knows how to spot a child going what she went through as a child (as if evidenced with her support for Tucker’s mental health). This also means that Rebecca will get to be a part of giving a little girl the help that she needed so much growing up.