Real World Recap: Lifetime Nightmare

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By VirginiaApple | Friday, August 10, 2012 | 3:09 pm | 17 Comments
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The next morning, while Gramps and RomCom sit silently eating breakfast, Mo’Rum and Latoya have Lee take them to French Town. They successfully shoo away a lizard of some sort before turning the conversation to RomCom the doormat. Mo’Rum doesn’t understand why RomCom cares about Grandpa, who treats her like garbage and never does anything for her. Ginger, on the other hand, cooks for and takes care of Mo’Rum. She thinks girls need to have more respect for themselves than RomCom does. They agree that the situation is going to blow up.

The ladies and Swift head out for the night, where RomCom (who is apparently a different person when not around Grandpa) finds a guy to bump-n-grind.

“Nice to meet you. So, how many kids do you want?”

Needless to say, the other girls are happy to see RomCom having fun. They’re even more thrilled on the way home, when they find out that she exchanged numbers with him. Naturally, in the blink of an eye, she switches to buzzkill mode and says she won’t bother with him because she likes Grandpa. Mo’Rum loudly disapproves, and Swift loudly tries to reassure RomCom that she’s a “good girl” who gives “unconditional love.” They start yelling at each other while Latoya and RomCom bury their heads in the seats and wait for the ride to be over.

Mo’Rum hates watching girls like RomCom be “the sideline chick.” Then she drops this gem on us: “You should never be an option, you should always be a priority.” RomCom stays back on the boat, with Swift, and tells him she’ll do whatever she can to make it work.

Enjoy babysitting Grandpa’s child while he’s out meeting new girls, then.

Swift and RomCom agree that she’s not getting played because she knows what’s going on. Oh, if only she knew the whole story. They also agree that Mo’Rum runs her mouth a lot and doesn’t even know what’s going on between her and Ginger. Looking at the evidence we’ve seen, I’d have to disagree on that one. Sure, both of them are confused, but they’ve had multiple conversations about it. And while I understand Grandpa’s desire to keep his situation private, even before that he was being sketchy.

Inside, Mo’Rum recounts the night’s events for Grandpa and Captain Needy. When she brings up the “really hot guy” RomCom met, Grandpa interjects to say that’s cool. Then she tells them RomCom refused to hook up with him because she likes Grandpa, which she found stupid. Mo’Rum says if she were RomCom, she would definitely have hooked up with the guy.

“And that, unloyal woman, is why you shall never be mine!”

RomCom literally asks to hold Swift’s hand for the treacherous walk from the boat to the house. This friendship is totally sweet and heartwarming and whatnot, but is Swift really encouraging her to stay with Grandpa? Surely he must think that’s a bad idea, no?

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17 Comments

  1. 1
    Catherine
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 3:49 pm

    Awesome recap! Best line was the primary color trifecta bitch! I can’t stand trey, he sucks so much!

  2. 2
    Catherine
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 3:55 pm

    Oh and I think ginger is just trying to keep his girl back home on the back burner. He’ll go home and be like ‘I forgive you!’ since he made it like it was all her fault.

  3. 3
    Liz
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 5:46 pm

    Ugh, this episode made me really angry. I hate when guys pull the “bros over hos” bull, like no matter what Marie is saying the boys should be on Swift’s side because it’s man code or whatever.

    Also? Laura? Wtf. Trey was acting like a future wife beater this episode. He berates her for daring to speak to another guy? He physically stops her from speaking to someone else/doing something he doesn’t like? He manipulates her into thinking she’s doing everything wrong and he’s a victim? Not okay. And Laura somehow seems to think all of this means he really likes her, instead of realizing it makes him a manipulative, controlling asshole. I am with you VA, I hated them both for this episode.

  4. 4
    LaurenB52
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 6:20 pm

    Yea Trey and Laura’s relationship is becoming increasingly uncomfortable to watch in a emotionally abusive type of way. I mean I won’t say that its reached that point yet but it’s quickly approaching it. What’s sad is that even if they go their seperate ways each of them will find other relationships just like this. Laura seems like a girl who is happy to make herself a doormat.

    How in the world could Trey have been mad at Laura after Marie told him that Laura didn’t hook up with the hot guy because she liked Trey?? So now talking is off limits even if you ultimately do nothing? If that’s the case why not get angry as soon as she decided to go to the club without you? What exactly do you think she’s going there to do? All of this would be bad enough on its own but factor in the fact that Trey has a GBH and it becomes a punch the tv moment.

    I’m sorry but Marie was wrong in her argument with Swift and I don’t even like him. She started berating him simply for giving Laura his opinion on the situation and I think he kept his cool with her for a while before he went off. No one had to yell at Marie but if they are going to jump in when Swift is yelling, they should have told her to back off as well because she was acting a drunk fool. I like her but she is a loud mouth

  5. 5
    jerseyj
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 6:30 pm

    Watching Trey and Laura this episode was totally painful . As someone who is a survivor of an abusive relationship I can see all the signs. Trey is controlling, irrational, and somehow turns it around so that it’s all Laura’s fault. He’s clearly emotionally abusive already. And, if he’ll shove her like that when the cameras are around, imagine what he’d do if they weren’t. I hope this isn’t going to be another Ronnie/Sammie situation where we have to watch an obviously abusive relationship play out.

    It was also annoying how intentionally obtuse Robb was being. Clearly Marie wanted him to say he told his girl not to come visit because of her. Get a clue dude!

    As always, LaToya was awesome. I want her to get some more screen time!

  6. 6
    Catherine
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 7:44 pm

    I feel like I need to watch it again, I screw around on my iPad while watching tv, and I missed the shove. That will be one more point for trey being a douche.

  7. 7
    Dale
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 10:56 pm

    I had the exact same thought as Liz. I said to myself as I watched this episoed that Trey was a future wife beater. I would be extremely surprised if he hasn’t already been physically abusive with an ex.

    Can you ladies explain to me the pattern I see with Laura and Marie. It seems all too often that women have low self esteem and that they enjoy being involved with guys who are already in a relationship. This seems to boost their egos. It is a repeating pattern where they get hurt then when the guy chooses her over the other (most likely a temporary thing) their ego gets a boost. It seems that this cycle of hurt and elation of “he picked me” feeds onto itself over and over. Hope that made sense.

    Lastly how do these people fall in love so fast?

  8. 8
    carol
    Posted August 11, 2012 at 10:42 am

    Did anyone else notice that Trey has a full boner when he got up to talk directly into the camera in that last diary session. I really hope Chelsea is showing when she comes to visit. Trey is scary. He knows he is being filmed so he stops himself just short of hitting Rom-Com. The whole throwing the glass into the ocean was rather frightening. It was not tossed out of anger but you could see the pure rage coursing through him.

    Marie and Ginger are a little different. They seem more like they are just afraid to actually admit their feelings for one another. Like they didn’t want to be ‘those’ people who got into a relationship on a reality show. Ginger knew he had a sure thing back home but once she slept with someone else, it was over and he finally had nothing to stop him from starting a relationship with Marie. Marie just seems like she has been hurt in the past and was putting up her guards. Plus neither of them are following each other around like puppies. That whole part of Rom-Com makes her seem extremely pathetic and like she can’t live her life without a guy in it, even if that guy is with a pregnant girl and physically & mentally abusive.

  9. 9
    HotDogBitesMan HotDogBitesMan
    Posted August 11, 2012 at 10:36 pm

    I would much rather watch platonic relationships develop than romantic ones so this season has been a real challenge to watch with the 2 couples, thankfully we have LaToya Jackson and the backdrop of the islands.

    It seems to me like they are just using this season for fresh stock for the challenges.

  10. 10
    wow
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 9:32 am

    Not only did Trey have a full boner, his hands were up Laura’s shorts before he stood up. Yuck…I wish I could unsee all of that. I agree with all of the abusive tendency theories with Trey. It was extremely uncomfortable to see him twist the situation until she ended up apologizing to him. They are not fun to watch at all.

  11. 11
    Gypsy Gypsy
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 1:18 pm

    Was it my imagination or did anyone catch Latoya having what looked like a drink or a shot one of the nights out at ‘da club”. I am starting to think she will have a drink occasionally but just isn’t into getting drunk, Love her!

    Not only did Trey have his hands where they were but, RomCom had her hands down his shorts while thye were playing Twister on the bench in the confessional.

    I bet Captain Needy is glad he’s rolling solo at this point. I would be.

    I KELIS THIS SEASON SO MUCH RIGHT NOW!

    I totally agree @#9, looks like they are recruiting for the next Challenge. (Which I think is the last one under contract) If I have to see efn Trey’s douchiness on the Challenge I don’t know what I am going to do if he’s there with The douche trio and Wes. Too much Fug to contend with. Ewwwwww.

  12. 12
    plockeness monster plockeness monster
    Posted August 14, 2012 at 6:51 pm

    Great recap!! I turn my brain off during the show and sometimes I forget what happens. I’m def. going to have to go back and watch the shove and boner scenes. Totally missed those!!

    I wonder if RimCom (hehe. Typo that stays) is watching te show and realizing how desperate she appears.

    Can’t wait for the arrival of pregnant Chelsea. Who thinks she’s faking??!!

  13. 13
    Sleepy I
    Posted August 17, 2012 at 9:32 am

    “Then they get into way too much detail about their sex life. It’s so awful, I’ll spare you the details, but it ends with Grandpa screaming into the camera “DON’T JUDGE ME!” Too late, bro.”

    I believe he actually said “Don’t touch me” but his speech was so slurred it came out as “don’t touch me.”

  14. 14
    Sleepy I
    Posted August 17, 2012 at 9:36 am

    Oops. I meant in the above post “but his speech was so slurred it came out as don’t judge me.”

  15. 15
    Gypsy Gypsy
    Posted August 17, 2012 at 10:47 am

    FAKING, YES!

  16. 16
    Derek Hazelton
    Posted August 17, 2012 at 12:07 pm

    @virginiaapple & rw fans, I saw this on reality blurred this afternoon:

    http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/the_real_world_hollywood/2012_Aug_17_joey-kovar-dead

  17. 17
    JudgyWudgy
    Posted August 20, 2012 at 8:58 pm

    I desperately need the new recap. My current shared internet literally buffers every 30 seconds. Yes, there apparently is still internet that causes buffering. It’s. Terrible.

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