"Ah, the age-old question: pretzels or law?"
— Rebecca
Rebecca questions if she wants to continue being a lawyer, Paula tries to lock down a big client, Hector and Heather get married, Josh tries out dating apps.
Songs
"Don't Be A Lawyer" (sung by Burl Moseley)
- Amoral Attorney: The kind that this song sings about, if not then....
- Being Good Sucks: Lawyers who practice Environmental, Human Rights, and Immigration law often don't get paid their due (the latter is also depressing).
- Crusading Lawyer: You could be a public defender or work environmental law or human rights law or represent immigrants....but you won't earn much money and your job might be a bummer.
- Evil Lawyer Joke: "No one ever says / let's kill all the tailors!"
- Hello, Attorney!: Lampshaded — Jim assures the law students to lower their expectations about the attractiveness of their colleagues."No one you work with / looks like Ally McBeal!"
- Pastiche: Of New Jack Swing.
- Shout-Out:Sure, your parents might think you're a failure
But no one's ever said, "First, let's kill all the tailors" - Take That!: "There are so many other professions / that won't turn you into Jeff Sessions!"
"Our Twisted Fate" (sung by Adam Schlesinger)
- Affectionate Parody: Of Simon & Garfunkel, specifically "The Sound of Silence".
- Pun: Lots of dough and bread puns.
Tropes:
- As the Good Book Says...: Rebecca quotes 1 Corinthians 13:4.
- Citizenship Marriage: Insurance variation; Heather marries Hector to get him on her insurance.
- Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: During Rebecca’s wedding speech, Nathaniel realizes that he has to get Rebecca back… out loud.“Oh damn it, I talked”
- I Need to Go Iron My Dog: Josh's dates transparently pretend to leave for an Uber.
- New Job Episode: Rebecca tries working at Jim's pretzel store while waiting for the bar's decision on her disbarment.
- Running Gag: "Narc" puns, such as "Narc Twain", "Narcer Posey", and "Narc by Narc Jacobs".
