Rebecca and Josh’s wedding is finally here… or is it?
Understandably, people wondered, “What the hell is she doing here?”
Now they’re engaged!
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“WHAT A RUSH TO BE A BRIDE”
It’s happening!
Rebecca Bunch here, soon to be Rebecca Chan.
Since you’re in SoCal right now for my wedding, figured I should give you a buzz?
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Not quite atextastrophebut certainly not the most casual message from daughter to father.
Though, also notthe most extreme.
But Rebecca’s on such a wedding high that she’s not even going to overthink it.
Besides, she’s too busy trying on her veil.
There are three more days until the wedding, and don’t get it twisted Josh is excited too.
“So exciting,” he says, “then it will all be over with.”
On the plus side, hedoespromise to see her at the rehearsal.
And he at least replied after 17 minutes, so baby steps.
So she must truly be happy this time, right?
SEVEN YEARS AGO…
Back in blue-tinted flashback land, past Rebecca is also wearing a veil.
His name here is Robert, a name Rebecca then accidentally calls Josh.
“Dude, I love Josh, but those are the last two people that should be getting married.
To anyone, possibly ever.”
How does Rebecca get out of calling Josh “Robert?”
Well, one role:Erin Brockovich.
Josh wonders if, as a priest, he ever had any doubts about marrying God.
(You should remember that detail for later.)
(Really, Hector/Hector’s mom reaches a whole new level of weird best friendship this episode.
Keep it up,Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.)
White Josh even brings up how most marriages end in divorce Darryl’s first marriage included.
But this opinion is certainly news to Darryl.
But who the heck is Robert?
That’s still all Josh can think about.
“The best predictor of the future is the past.”
And she really dives in head first with this thing, meaning her assistant has to dive in too.
Her assistant, of course, being Heather.
(Can you blame Valencia?
They don’t know Valencia, that’s for sure.
And Rebecca’s father being around gives Josh the perfect opportunity to askhimabout this mysterious Robert.
And your ugly son?
“), that is.
“Rebecca and her mother kept a lot of stuff from me,” he tells Josh.
While Josh and Silas talk outside, Rebecca watches the interaction from inside, momentarily distracted by Nathaniel.
After his version of a nice greeting (“You’re looking lovely-ish.
“Yes, Rebecca is too distracted for an obvious musical number cue.
But just know, the way he’s talking, it’s there, beneath the surface.
Well, we only met her in last week’s episode, so that time frame checks out.
So that’s stressful.
Meanwhile, the father-daughter dance is growing closer to reality as Rebecca and Silas arrive at wedding dance rehearsal.
Though, Rebecca shows up to the rehearsal in her wedding dress, which is totally normal, right?
The dance teacher loves it, though.
They had coffee together afterward, though!
“Maybe some good can come from this.”
“He asked you for money for his son’s braces?
Your father is a terribly negligent parent.”
Oh boy, another flashback.
So as it turns out, Robert was Rebecca’s professor when she was in undergrad at Harvard.
But things obviously didn’t turn out that way, now did they?
No, they didn’t, as he broke things off with her after all of that.
“Robert, no!”
“Maybe some good can come from this.”
How does Rebecca handle that?
So she rushes out to fix things with her daddy.
“Well, that was a great eight minutes.
We’re really getting there!”
Bless you, Dr. Akopian.
“Rebecca does not need this right now.”
One Bunch parent down, one to go.
But what does that have to do with Harvard Law School?”
Silas doesn’t do that, but he does accept Rebecca’s check for Tucker’s braces.
So today is the day, and Rebecca’s happiness levels are at an all-time high.
He ends up having a mopey massage, and Father Brah has to give sage advice, yet again.
(Father Brah actually might be a saint.)
Truer words have never been spoken.
Just look at Josh’s two-week-long friendship with Sarah from church orLive By Night.
So Josh finally gets tuxed up and tells himself he’s driving himself crazy for no reason.
And you know what?
Dramatic irony, you know?
Feel free to cry now, because things only go downhill from here.
But yes, emotional bride and matron of honor conversation?
Sounds like a proper wedding day.
Luckily things are as awkward (just weirder) when it comes to Hector and Hector’s mom.
“Eagle’s approaching.
He doesn’t look that great… Eagle is gone.”
Valencia and Heather attempt to calm Rebecca by letting her know “it should all be just fine.”
Father Brah then arrives to break the news to Rebecca: Josh has made his decision.
From what we see, he chooses not to read what’s in the folder.
But he also chooses not to marry Rebecca.
That’s because he’s choosing to marry God, just like Father Brah did.
Josh Chan is becoming a priest.
But no, he’s going to marry God.
He goes to San Luis Obispo and everything, because he too believes he got the call.
(And plus he really wants Father Brah’s cool t-shirt.)
So, to answer the question formed in the episode title: Yes, Joshcantake a leap of faith.
Just not the one that was planned.
And he’s still doing the same thing he always does.
Just with God this time.
“A priest?!?
Josh is leaving me… to become a priest?”
“Why do they all leave?
Every man I’ve ever loved, they leave.
Josh, my father, and Greg.
Heather asks, “Who the dickens is Robert?”
Good question, Heather.
Rebecca’s flashback answers that question as she starts to fugue out again.
“It’s over.
Let yourself out.”
Robert coldly leaves Rebecca behind, and how does she react?
She can’t be held responsible for her actions.”
Even though, as Rebecca informs him, “I have no underlying issues to address.”
At rehab, Rebecca ends up pilled out of her mind while people whisper about how she always sings.
So that was rock bottom seven years ago.
“It’s my fault.
It’s my fault they don’t love me.”
Back in the present, Rebecca is about to pass out, but Paula saves her.
It’stheir(the guys') fault, starting with Rebecca’s “garbage father.”
You’re crazy,” says her sorry excuse for a father.
And Rebecca fires back with a “Lil' bit,” finally embracing her crazy.
So, is this a new Rebecca?
Like a phoenix, with her girl squad, she’s going to rise from the ashes.
First order of business?
“Josh Chan must be destroyed.”
Well, that’s definitely one way to end a season.A great way.
