First season leaned towards a Ichika/Houki end despite Charlotte clearly having gotten closer to him, I forgave it. Second season wanted to return to a harem status quo, I forgave that too. And I've generally just been amused when people call Ichika the densest harem protagonist ever.
Until this episode, when the density got too much for even me.
Yeah, I'm really hoping that was just a bad anime original episode. A harem status quo I can deal with, but at this point the only explanation I have for Ichika not acknowledging at least Charlotte and Houki's interests in him is that the writer is trolling me.