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* AffectionateParody: Of "Maybe this Time" from ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'', with Dr. Akopian namedropping before the music swells ("Maybe this time...") and dressing up like a cabaret singer.
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Good Adultery Bad Adultery requires two affairs that are portrayed sympathetically
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* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Played with. Rebecca (the protagonist) seems to consider herself a 'good' adulterer. It's explored as knowing Nathaniel is a committed relationship lowers her standards for what she can have with him, while not knowing Mona, Nathaniel's girlfriend, allows her to ignore the reality of the situation. Rebecca finally breaks things off after she sees them together at Darryl's baby shower and Paula gives her a talking-to about it, saying she's really no different than Tanya (the woman Scott cheated Paula on with).
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* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Played with. Rebecca (the protagonist) seems to consider herself a 'good' adulterer. It's explored as knowing Nathaniel is a committed relationship lowers her standards for what she can have with him, while not knowing Mona, Nathaniel's girlfriend, allows her to ignore the reality of the situation. Rebecca finally breaks things off after she sees them together at Darryl's baby shower and Paula gives her a talking-to about it, saying she's really no different than Tanya (the woman Scott cheated Paula on with).with, whom the show portrayed as a 'bad' adulterer).
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* CallBack: Home Base has a Chardonnay, which is "the only one they got", much like the Merlot in [[Recap/CrazyExGirlfriendS3E5INeverWantToSeeJoshAgain "I Never Want To See Josh Again"]].
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* WhatTheHellHero: Paula, whose husband previously cheated on her, calls Rebecca out for her relationship with Nathaniel.
* YourCheatingHeart: Rebecca and Nathaniel have a sexual relationship while Nathaniel is dating Mona. This goes on for eight months, and Paula calls her out on it.
* YourCheatingHeart: Rebecca and Nathaniel have a sexual relationship while Nathaniel is dating Mona. This goes on for eight months, and Paula calls her out on it.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Paula, whose husband previously cheated on her, calls Rebecca out for her relationship with Nathaniel.
* YourCheatingHeart: Rebecca and Nathaniel have a sexual relationship while Nathaniel is dating Mona. This goes on for eight months, and Paula calls her out on it.Nathaniel.
* YourCheatingHeart: Rebecca and Nathaniel have a sexual relationship while Nathaniel is dating Mona. This goes on for eight months, and Paula calls her out on it.
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* TimeSkip: One spanning eight months. Heather walks into the staff rooms at Home Base and comes out on the other side, now visibly pregnant, as an instrumental version of "The Moment Is Me" (a song about the future) plays. Josh catches White Josh (back from Mexico, now a dog owner) on what else has been happening -- Heather is heavily pregnant, Valencia has a girlfriend, and Rebecca and Nathaniel are blatantly pretending to not be into each other.
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* TimeSkip: One spanning eight months. Heather walks into the staff rooms at Home Base and comes out on the other side, now visibly pregnant, as an instrumental version of "The Moment Is Me" (a song about the future) plays. Josh catches White Josh (back from Mexico, now a dog owner) on what else has been happening -- Heather is heavily pregnant, Valencia has a girlfriend, and Paula resents Sunil for hanging out with the "idiots" at the office instead of commiserating with her. The one thing that's very clearly highlighted as being the same is the situation between Rebecca, Nathaniel, and Mona, right down to Rebecca and Nathaniel are blatantly pretending to not be into claiming that each other.time is going to be the last.
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* HeelRealization: Paula finally grasps she's the office bitch. When she asks Rebecca about it, Rebecca laughs before realizing Paula really didn't know.
-->'''Rebecca''': You have a mug saying "Office Bitch!"
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-->'''Rebecca''': You have a mug saying "Office Bitch!"
-->'''Paula''': It's ironic!
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* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Played with. Rebecca (the protagonist) seems to consider herself a 'good' adulterer. It's explored as knowing Nathaniel is a committed relationship lowers her standards for what she can have with him, while not knowing Mona, Nathaniel's girlfriend, allows her to ignore the reality of the situation. Rebecca finally breaks things off after she sees them together at Darryl's baby shower and Paula giving her a talking-to about it, saying she's really no different than Tanya (the woman Scott cheated Paula on with).
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* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Played with. Rebecca (the protagonist) seems to consider herself a 'good' adulterer. It's explored as knowing Nathaniel is a committed relationship lowers her standards for what she can have with him, while not knowing Mona, Nathaniel's girlfriend, allows her to ignore the reality of the situation. Rebecca finally breaks things off after she sees them together at Darryl's baby shower and Paula giving gives her a talking-to about it, saying she's really no different than Tanya (the woman Scott cheated Paula on with).
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* TimePassageBeard: Downplayed; White Josh returns from his Habitat for Humanity trip in Mexico and slight facial hair.
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* TimePassageBeard: Downplayed; White Josh returns from his Habitat for Humanity trip in Mexico and with slight facial hair.
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* DarkReprise: A much more somber version of Paula's song from season 1.
* PepTalkSong: Like the original, it's supposed to be inspirational and emboldening. This time it's Rebecca attempting to encourage herself to confront her fear of intimacy and tell Nathaniel how she feels.
* PepTalkSong: Like the original, it's supposed to be inspirational and emboldening. This time it's Rebecca attempting to encourage herself to confront her fear of intimacy and tell Nathaniel how she feels.
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!Songs
!!"This Session Is Going to be Different" [-(sung by: Michael Hyatt)-]
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* CallBack: She references Rebecca's past arson charge.
* {{Pastiche}}: Of "Maybe this Time" from ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'', with Dr. Akopian namedropping before the music swells ("Maybe this time...") and dressing up like a cabaret singer.
!!"Face Your Fears" (reprise) [-(sung by: Rachel Bloom)-]
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!Tropes:
* AdaptationDecay: Rebecca hates the ''Theatre/{{Rent}}'' film adaptation, while Sunil thinks the ''Film/{{Grease}}'' film adaptation is preferred.
* CaliforniaDoubling: [[invoked]]Discussed in Rebecca's buddy-cop fantasy.
-->'''Rebecca''': I even have a theme song! "Two ladies! (Da-ra-ta-ta) Solvin' crimes! (Da-ra-ta-ta) In the Bahamas! (Da-ra-ta-ta) And now it's Europe!" ...But it's all just Atlanta.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Rebecca breaks things off with Nathaniel they do so by using office supplies as a metaphor for their relationship in plain view of their officemates. Tim actually thinks someone got hurt with a pen.
* CommonalityConnection: Defied, both Maya and Paula think Sunil and Rebecca should be friends based on their musical theater references, but both of them staunchly refuse.
* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Played with. Rebecca (the protagonist) seems to consider herself a 'good' adulterer. It's explored as knowing Nathaniel is a committed relationship lowers her standards for what she can have with him, while not knowing Mona, Nathaniel's girlfriend, allows her to ignore the reality of the situation. Rebecca finally breaks things off after she sees them together at Darryl's baby shower and Paula giving her a talking-to about it, saying she's really no different than Tanya (the woman Scott cheated Paula on with).
* RunningGag: People joking about outlandish show premises coming to CBS soon.
* TimePassageBeard: Downplayed; White Josh returns from his Habitat for Humanity trip in Mexico and slight facial hair.
* TimeSkip: One spanning eight months. Heather walks into the staff rooms at Home Base and comes out on the other side, now visibly pregnant, as an instrumental version of "The Moment Is Me" (a song about the future) plays. Josh catches White Josh (back from Mexico, now a dog owner) on what else has been happening -- Heather is heavily pregnant, Valencia has a girlfriend, and Rebecca and Nathaniel are blatantly pretending to not be into each other.
* WhatTheHellHero: Paula, whose husband previously cheated on her, calls Rebecca out for her relationship with Nathaniel.
* YourCheatingHeart: Rebecca and Nathaniel have a sexual relationship while Nathaniel is dating Mona. This goes on for eight months, and Paula calls her out on it.
!Songs
!!"This Session Is Going to be Different" [-(sung by: Michael Hyatt)-]
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* CallBack: She references Rebecca's past arson charge.
* {{Pastiche}}: Of "Maybe this Time" from ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'', with Dr. Akopian namedropping before the music swells ("Maybe this time...") and dressing up like a cabaret singer.
!!"Face Your Fears" (reprise) [-(sung by: Rachel Bloom)-]
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!Tropes:
* AdaptationDecay: Rebecca hates the ''Theatre/{{Rent}}'' film adaptation, while Sunil thinks the ''Film/{{Grease}}'' film adaptation is preferred.
* CaliforniaDoubling: [[invoked]]Discussed in Rebecca's buddy-cop fantasy.
-->'''Rebecca''': I even have a theme song! "Two ladies! (Da-ra-ta-ta) Solvin' crimes! (Da-ra-ta-ta) In the Bahamas! (Da-ra-ta-ta) And now it's Europe!" ...But it's all just Atlanta.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Rebecca breaks things off with Nathaniel they do so by using office supplies as a metaphor for their relationship in plain view of their officemates. Tim actually thinks someone got hurt with a pen.
* CommonalityConnection: Defied, both Maya and Paula think Sunil and Rebecca should be friends based on their musical theater references, but both of them staunchly refuse.
* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Played with. Rebecca (the protagonist) seems to consider herself a 'good' adulterer. It's explored as knowing Nathaniel is a committed relationship lowers her standards for what she can have with him, while not knowing Mona, Nathaniel's girlfriend, allows her to ignore the reality of the situation. Rebecca finally breaks things off after she sees them together at Darryl's baby shower and Paula giving her a talking-to about it, saying she's really no different than Tanya (the woman Scott cheated Paula on with).
* RunningGag: People joking about outlandish show premises coming to CBS soon.
* TimePassageBeard: Downplayed; White Josh returns from his Habitat for Humanity trip in Mexico and slight facial hair.
* TimeSkip: One spanning eight months. Heather walks into the staff rooms at Home Base and comes out on the other side, now visibly pregnant, as an instrumental version of "The Moment Is Me" (a song about the future) plays. Josh catches White Josh (back from Mexico, now a dog owner) on what else has been happening -- Heather is heavily pregnant, Valencia has a girlfriend, and Rebecca and Nathaniel are blatantly pretending to not be into each other.
* WhatTheHellHero: Paula, whose husband previously cheated on her, calls Rebecca out for her relationship with Nathaniel.
* YourCheatingHeart: Rebecca and Nathaniel have a sexual relationship while Nathaniel is dating Mona. This goes on for eight months, and Paula calls her out on it.
