Your list of petty turnoffs is a bigger turnoff than all the turnoffs you mention. 

Yeah, my grandmother died of a heart attack a few years ago - she had just gone to the hospital because she had a stomach ache.

I don't actually know much about UTIs, but for some reason I assumed it was just because waterparks are filthy.

It is, as I learned from this:

The looks of concern and commiseration they gave each other were affecting. I most definitely like seeing their growing friendship depicted.

I’m surprised the show didn’t give that doctor a quick line about how women’s heart attacks often don’t look like men’s; I will assume they thought of it and rejected it as too lecture-y.

I was positively surprised by how well Josh turned up this episode. He was considerate, he was understanding, he was kind. He was everything Beccs thought he was back in season 3. When he said “you know you can’t have three drinks, you Jewish”, me heart warmed. He really knows her and listens to her. A season 2-3 Josh…

At its essence, the song is one person being totally stoked about something and not noticing the other person is genuinely miserable. So it fits.

I think it was thematically perfect. Think about that song and what happened in that episode:

Yeah, there’s scientific evidence that shows that women don’t generally know that they’re having a heart attack because women’s symptoms are very different to men’s (and as usual, men are considered the “default” and there’s a LOT less scientific research done on women vs. men, so the “men’s version” of the the…

And you always have another one, because you get egged on like seder plates.

yes. although it is also common for women not to be at the doctor’s 18 hours later because their heart attack was the silent type. Paula’s symptoms were really strong with the looking like hell, vomiting, and so on.
what i mean is, in real life it might have come out that this was her second heart attack already

Kudos to the show for highlighting the symptoms of a heart attack in women. I believe the more well-known chest pains and left arm pain combo are more common in men.

That scene also had Rebecca, for once, not turning the conversation on herself, but keeping her focus on Paula. The show has done an amazing job of showing how their dynamic has changed in that way. 

Wow, this was great. Best episode of this season so far for me. I loved all three songs, the plotting was clever, the dialogue tight. It correctly linked Lilo & Stitch to 9/11. Even Nu-Greg felt better than ever, doing his fantastic Springsteen impression. I loved it.

It became so very real for me when she went into the negative spiral with Greg, both at the park and at her apartment, and when she grew frustrated with Dr. Akopian for harshing her mania. I appreciate that this show “goes there” and I, too, will miss it (as well as these recaps--you’re amazing, Allison!).

It was so good. The intertwining story lines of Paula and Rebecca crept up on me. The moment at the end of the hospital scene between the two, with the wink from Paula in her hospital bed, was powerful. Theirs is the strongest bond anyone on the show has with Rebecca.

So many gems this week. A few favourite moments:

This episode was so good. It was just...everything about it was good. I’ve never seen a show so committed to accurately portraying the struggles of not just mental health, but health in general.

This show is really firing on all cylinders for the end, isn’t it? Both music wise and actual plot wise. “I hate everything but you” is such a Greg thing that it helps sell Skyler-as-Greg, at least in my mind. Plus a great Springsteen style song.

And again, I love how realistic Rebecca’s mental health struggles are.…