Catfish Recap: To Skype a Stripper

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By Honey Gangsta | Thursday, November 22, 2012 | 1:56 am | 14 Comments
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Well, Nev and Max have heard enough and it’s time to retire to the hotel to discuss questions and Google this guy.  They do this thing where they can take Scorpio’s image and search it, which brings up his MySpace page.  Are people still on MySpace?

These people are.

There are the pictures that Trina had received and the guys are trying to find out if they can verify that his name is Lee Avent.  They find a MySpace blog entry from 2007 where Scorpio has signed off as Larry Drummer.  Wait.  Didn’t Trina meet him on MySpace?  Did she just not notice his blog?  I mean, it appears that we are seeing the same MySpace page Trina saw.  And the blog entry has been there since 2007.  I guess she wasn’t too curious about what Scorpio had on his mind.  Which is kind of judgmental of her.  I mean, just because he’s a stripper doesn’t mean he doesn’t have feelings.  

The guys Google Lee Avent and the only thing that comes up is the Facebook page of some 80-year-old white guy.  So they Google Larry Drummer and he has an entire Facebook page with lots of personal snapshots on full display.  (Doesn’t anyone set their profiles to private?)  SO!  Either Trina has been talking to Scorpio Larry Drummer and he has said his name is Lee in order to keep something secret (wife, girlfriend), OR Lee Avent is someone else completely and just using Scorpio’s photos.  Which do you think?

Let’s ask Trina!  Much like Sunny from last week, Trina is currently shopping with a couple of her friends.  Nev wants to know what the friends think and of course, they think it’s strange that Scorpio never has time to see Trina.  And Trina is all aflutter over this guy none of them have met. 

“He told her his webcam AND his car are broken…”

One of the friends asks Trina if Scorpio has any kids and she reluctantly admits that he has two.  Nev is aghast that Trina withheld this information yesterday.  Trina’s friends wish her well and leave her with Nev to discuss the results of the almighty Google.  As Nev walks her through the Google search, telling her about Larry Drummer, Trina starts to cry.  See?  That’s what a normal person would do.  Hope is not completely lost, but things are looking doubtful.  Trina says she wants Nev to find him so they can talk to him in person as quickly as possible.

“Maybe Larry is his identical twin.  Cause Lee has trouble with technology…”

Nev goes back to the hotel without Trina and calls Lee.  Lee doesn’t sound suspiciously childlike, but he immediately tells Nev that he actually has FOUR children and has recently moved from Atlanta into the Washington DC area (right where Trina lives).  Don’t you think it’s odd that Lee wouldn’t tell Trina the truth about his kids after a YEAR but the minute some guy named Nev calls everything is laid on the table?  I’m telling you, this is not the surprise we are being led to believe it is.  “Sure, you can come meet me in person, and while we’re at it, let me come clean about all of my stories… whoever you are!”  I think not.  Nev says that Trina never told him that Lee was living so close and Lee goes, “I thought I mentioned it to her.”  HA HA HA!  Yes, this woman who is beside herself to meet you couldn’t manage to remember that you recently moved into her neighborhood. Unfortunately Lee is going out of town this weekend (as he seems to most weekends), but Nev points out that they are only minutes away and that Lee kind of owes it to Trina to look her in the eye.  Lee says he doesn’t want to lose Trina, so okay.  They can come over.

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14 Comments

  1. 1
    blazergirl
    Posted November 23, 2012 at 3:31 pm

    Man, I love this show! I watched the movie when MTV aired it a couple of weeks ago and was fascinated! In this episode, I had the same question as you, which was why hadn’t Trina noticed the blog entry signed by Larry, the real Scorpio, and along with that, why hadn’t she seen all the other pictures. But then Lee mentioned that supposedly the real Scorpio had asked him to set up a page to see how women reacted to him, and that was the page Trina found him through. So it sounds like she never saw the real Scorpio page.

    I’m really curious if they actually find someone at some point who really is who they say they are.

  2. 2
    Madelyne27
    Posted November 23, 2012 at 5:37 pm

    I love this show. The docu was so cringeworthy that i knew Nev wouldn’t fail me… i just don’t understand people… if you’re online enough to meet someone, why aren’t you googling and searching for every morsel of info too? I “research” people just for fun… I look at mugshots as a stress reliever… but in this story, the three pics only was the tipping point… she lost any credibility with me when she accepted 3 pics as “proof of life”.

  3. 3
    Loulee
    Posted November 24, 2012 at 8:38 am

    I saw the movie this weekend. Nev’s willingness to risk by sharing the sexting won me over. Totally embarrassing but he rolled with it.
    If they had a \Catfish Network\ and ran these 24/7 I would watch.

  4. 4
    Derek Hazelton
    Posted November 24, 2012 at 11:08 am

    No one online is exactly who they say they are, so if you tread lightly and never take it too seriously, you won’t get hurt.

    I’m more concerned about the previews for next week. It’s one thing to not meet for a year, which is way too long obviously, but that girl waiting TEN years. Too much crazy for me to unpack.

  5. 5
    Miss Molly
    Posted November 24, 2012 at 12:47 pm

    I have a confession. My real name is not Molly.

  6. 6
    annie annie
    Posted November 24, 2012 at 3:37 pm

    I thought “Trina the Natural” was a cute girl, but she needs to STAY AWAY from the black lipstick. Girl put it down and walk away :)
    She’s cute though, I wish her lots of love, and hopefully she finds a good man.

    Also, I totally thought “Scorpio” photoshopped Chris Brown’s face onto his body, especially the bottom pic on the first page!

    This was a good episode, I really like this show. And I LOVE they contacted the real Scorpio!!!! that was a good twist.

  7. 7
    JudgyWudgy JudgyWudgy
    Posted November 25, 2012 at 7:16 am

    I can’t emphasize enough that I feel like this show would have made so much more sense 15 years ago when the internet was new. In this day and age, a legit person over the internet wouldn’t need a tv documentary crew to meet in person. Also, these “wide-eyed and innocent” subjects who are duped all claim to have seen Catfish, so……they’re aware of the essence of the movie, right? It’s about deception. They have to have SOME idea who they’re talking to most likely isn’t really who they’re talking to.

    Oh man, there I go using that jaded logic again.

  8. 8
    JudgyWudgy JudgyWudgy
    Posted November 25, 2012 at 7:21 am

    Also, love the “friendship patrol” caption. Nev rubs me the wrong way. He portrays himself as the bleeding-heart type that would judge you for not wanting to befriend the…….person with a personality disorder who misled you for a significant amount of time.

  9. 9
    labowner
    Posted November 26, 2012 at 10:14 am

    Trina looks like a very messed up Whitney in that last screen shot. Goodness. I see a future contestant on VH1s Tough Love.

    Judgy do you think they volunteer to be on the show since they are well aware of what Catfish is about? It is a new generation of stupid.

  10. 10
    JudgyWudgy JudgyWudgy
    Posted November 26, 2012 at 10:38 am

    No argument that this is a new generation of stupid.

    But in the opening credits of every episode Nev states the whole idea behind the TV show was his email blowing up from people who could just relate to his story SO much. And in reading the initial contact from “Trina the Natural” he reads out loud (apparently in her words) that she, indeed, also saw his movie and relates to it.

    So yeah. We’re at least being led to believe these people are aware of what Catfish is about.

  11. 11
    rebecca pressley
    Posted November 26, 2012 at 11:14 am

    in 1996, I met a guy on AOL, he lived about 45 min from me. He said he had played in the NFL until a knee injury. he said he was 280 pounds, in shape, etc….We met at LoneStar Steakhouse one night. He was every bit of 400 pounds, bald , ugly as hell! at least i got a free meal out of it!

  12. 12
    jp
    Posted November 28, 2012 at 9:04 am

    Trina was pretty adorable! You could tell her priorities were a little messed up though. And there is no way she suddenly stopped stripping.

    Also so funny about Nev and friendship. I thought I wouldnt like this show bc it is the \man and his camera\ format but the stories are good! Still not into Nev and his camera though. Just not my format.

  13. 13
    JudgyWudgy
    Posted December 6, 2012 at 9:18 am

    I probably shouldn’t admit this, but I have Divorce Court on in the background right now and just noticed that the male plaintiff is a large, jolly, self-proclaimed comedian named Phillip \Lee\ Avent. Divorce Court. His supposed wife claimed one of the huge problems in their relationship was her seeing damning messages from other women on his phone (\I miss you,\ \I love you\) and the ending claimed that his \modeling agency was really taking off\. HA!! Oh the webs we weave. Lee because his deceptions seem neverending and me because I apparently watch so much trashy TV that it starts to overlap.

  14. 14
    shakenbake
    Posted January 4, 2013 at 5:55 pm

    lee is cute and I live in DC…he should have hollered lol.

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