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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Back to Trina’s!  Nev tells her about the four kids and that it’s not likely that Trina’s been talking to the guy in the pictures.  But the good news is that this guy – this guy she LOVES, Nev is careful to point out – lives right here in DC and they can go meet him!  Trina hesitates but decides to go.  Oh hooray, Nev can be the catalyst in another beautiful (fraudulent) friendship!

The next day Trina puts on her straight hair, a tight bright dress, and announces that this is Lee’s chance to win her over.  They drive practically just around the block and pull into Lee’s driveway.  Geez, Lee could have been hopping over to Trina’s every night with binoculars, who knows?  Trina whispers that she hopes he’s good looking, ha ha ha ha ha.  Don’t judge, Trina.  Nev approaches the door himself while Trina hangs back with Max and Lee finally comes out.  It’s not Scorpio, but we knew that.  Trina goes, “Scorpio?” and Lee goes, “Uh yeah.”  She says, “So everything was a lie?”  To which Lee swears that no, only the pictures were a lie.  Everything else was true.  What about your four kids?  Oh and that.  That’s it.  Oh and he’s not a male dancer.  Nev asks how old he is.  Oh yeah, that.  He’s 32, not 27 like he said.  THAT’S it. No more lies.

“And this isn’t really my house.  And my name isn’t Lee.  And I DO know how to skype.  And I’m married.”

So what’s up with using Scorpio’s picture?  Lee says that he runs a little company where he hooks people up with acting and modeling gigs.  This guy Larry Drummer came to him and asked him to create a profile using his picture to see how women would respond – like if he had the right look.  Ahem.  What now?  Is that how actors are starting out these days?  Asking strangers to create false profiles to see how the opposite sex responds?  I’m pretty sure Scorpio could have done that himself – and did.  Just like the majority of males in America, most of whom aren’t even actors.  Sorry Lee, but I’m chalking that up to another one of your tales.  I mean, how did it work out?  Are you Scorpio’s agent now?  Sending him on auditions are you?  Come ON.  Trina stands there shaking her head until Lee says that she’s the most beautiful woman he’s ever seen.  Then she nods her head.  Ha ha ha.  But I like that Trina speaks up and tells Lee that she was honest with him and she feels very misled.  Lee just squirms, saying he didn’t know what to do because he didn’t want to hurt her.  Trina says it’s too late for that.  Lee asks if there’s any way he can make it up to her and Trina starts whispering, “Break… break.”  HA!  She’s funny.  Nev and Max take her aside to regroup.  She’s not sure what to do next and Nev says it’s obvious that Lee really cares about her.  Thanks, Captain Friendship.  They decide to leave so that Trina can gather her thoughts.  She gets into the car and starts crying.  Again – normal. 

“At least I didn’t go all the way to Atlanta to get a look at this guy.”

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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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