I think in the moment he was stunned, but later when Paula tells him and Rebecca a kiss on the cheek "could mean EVERYTHING", Becks AND Darryl are clearly thrilled.

Guys guys guys: RATINGS UP — a season/series high of 0.4/1, with 1.04 million viewers. It's also the first time I think the show's had more total viewers than Jane the Virgin. RENEWAL TIME, BABY!

Anaphylaxis like Rebecca gets is pretty rare, thank god. It's mostly just incredibly itchy. Rebecca didn't seem to get the massive swelling I used to get as a kid, though.

Yeah, I imagine that would be pretty much impossible in most of the U.S. — it was certainly impossible never to get bit in my native Canada. Chalk it up to the needs of comedy — they had to dial up the agony of Rebecca's camp experience.

Just quoting Rebecca on the boulder speech. She misuses other words, too.

This conversation went from funny to sad, real fast.

Yeah, but that second reprise for West Covina has to be one of the highlights of the series for me.

I had already seen in Bloom's Instagram that she was allergic to mosquito bites in real life, so I thought it was pretty funny for them to throw that in there. Also by amazing coincidence, I'm allergic too. The first time I was bitten, I wasn't even two years old — so when my forehead got so swollen that my doctor dad…

BACK OFF, BUDDY. You're not the first guy in line waiting for that boulder to strike.

You win.

I think Team Greg was actually almost annoyingly dominant from early on, both in comments threads and among critics. It wouldn't surprise me if he is supposed to be the endgame, but I think it's finally sunk in just how non-ideal both Josh and Greg currently are for Rebecca, so what you're perceiving as Greg…

This is one of those instances where I wish I hadn't read EVERY feature and think piece on the show. Variety had a photo piece last year which showed the behind the scenes of the party bus episode. It probably would have blown my mind if I thought it was Rachel performing the whole thing. "Is there ANYTHING she can't…

Early episodes (I think maybe just the pilot) had a zero share among male viewers. I haven't heard anything since about it, but there have gotta be more of us out there. I hope it isn't because we're all torrenting it. In that case they really should have named the show Hyundai Presents The Rachel Bloom Hour.

Uh yeah, I'm pretty sure there are quite a few male commenters in this thread alone, myself included.

Uh, are you a straight male, and was it a Devil's Threeway? 'Cause then you got me beat on cringeworthiness.

Yeah, I was just about to post that. I was only hoping for like a 10% bump, but I guess this shows that the conventional wisdom — that critical aclaim for a TV show has zero effect on ratings — is unfortunately true. The stunt casting of Dr. Phil also gave no bump. I'm not sure what they can do now, except hope it…

Curse you and bless you, Rachel Bloom!

Hah, I'm sure this show has caused flashbacks for all of us. One of the reasons I loved the Thanksgiving episode is that I was in a similar situation — going to dinner at the house of the parents of the girl I liked, WITH my love rival — and trying to show myself off as the better potential son-in-law! I even sang…

If you'd followed the cast on Instagram, you'd have seen they have a video of Ortega leading them in the dance moves from Dirty Dancing!

Rachel Bloom has referred to Rebecca as a "bubbly Walter White." In other words, we are most definitely NOT supposed to approve of her choices.