Shaun, for his part, was pretty awesome at trapping Shavonda in her own logic / transparent psychology. "The first person who gave you attention was Landon. That's why you have a crush on him," he theorized. Cricket cricket. Shavonda should have said that she wasn't as shallow as that, but you see, she sort of is. "He's putting limits on me while I'm single!" she complained in an interview, and then proceeded to put limits on Shawn by saying he couldn't cuddle with his ex-girlfriend. You see, it's Shavonda's world. We're just living in it. And by living, I mean contemplating suicide.

Meanwhile, tensions in Sarah's crotch escalated. In a typical game of telephone, MJ told Melanie that he didn't like sharing a bed with Sarah. Mel, whose forté seems to be clever passive aggression, relayed MJ's message to Sarah, probably adding "You can thank me later." Well, Sarah was pretty upset about MJ's comments, but she insisted she was not offended. She was only acting offended. Big difference. And when she said she doesn't get emotionally attached to sexual relationships, she meant she DOES get emotionally attached. Don't know why people misinterpreted that.

Well, the good news is that we survived a double-shot of the hometown honeys storyline. The bad news is that there certainly is more where that came from. Please Bunim/Murray, make sure your cast is all single next time around.

Posted by B-side on October 13, 2004 12:47 AM