Real World Recap: Three Pairs and a Baby

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By VirginiaApple | Friday, June 29, 2012 | 11:00 am | 15 Comments
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Trey then confirms the fact that he was, in fact, the prom king and captain of the varsity football team.  However, he did not achieve those things by being a bully.  He did it by being nice and friendly to everyone.  Brandon admits that he was jealous and acting irrationally, and Trey says he respects the honesty and Brandon can always come to him.  No way is this over.  That was way too simple and civil.  Although Brandon, AKA Captain Needy, looks delighted to have the approval of the popular boy.  Life:  it’s just like high school.

Robb and Marie bond over being the only tall people, dubbing themselves the “goons of the Virgin Islands.”  No one is arguing that, but being tall has nothing to do with why they’re goons.  They realize they’re the only ones who are still drunk, and Marie decides that it’s bedtime.  The rest of the roomies decide to prank her, despite that fact that she is barefoot and it is common courtesy not to mess with people unless they have their shoes on.  Odds are none of them has touched a shoe since they arrived, aside from unpacking, so I guess Swift’s logic that you just shouldn’t be the first person to knock out will have to stand.

The “prank” seems to consist solely of writing on the back of her leg- and not even in Sharpie, either, just regular pen.  True story: once a friend of mine with a shaved head passed out with his shoes on, so we got to cover his entire head in stuff written in Sharpie.  Good times.  Robb, thankfully, comes up with a slight improvement:  take all of the jars of peanut butter in the house and put them in her bed, so she wakes up surrounded by peanut butter and has no idea why.  Silly, yes, but he wins points for randomness, which is usually a good thing in a prank. 

Fun Fact:  Real World houses come stocked with a SHITLOAD of peanut butter.  Take THAT to your next trivia night.

Continuing the longest night ever, Trey, Laura, and Swift discover Brandon’s journal and “accidentally” read some of it.  They’re a bit disturbed by some of this, namely the page that seems to say “kill” multiple times in dark scribbles.  And on that uplifting note, we’ve made it through the season premiere!

This season:  Marie and Latoya go hiking!  The pranking continues!  (One upside of semi-isolated living conditions: more pranking.)  The coupling up of the roommates continues, but Brandon manages to have fun!  And then… a storm rolls in.  Fighting, etc., you know the drill.  And Robb angrily punches himself in the head?

So, what did everyone think?  It definitely has the potential to be much better than San Diego.  I’m not getting my hopes up for another Vegas or anything, but it could still be good.  Favorites/least favorites?  So far I’m enjoying Marie and Robb.  Whatever does or doesn’t happen with them, they’re fun.  Laura and Trey seem kind of blah to me at the moment, and I don’t know if I can’t handle Brandon having this many issues per episode, but we shall see.  How do you feel about having the roommates somewhat isolated?  What are your thoughts on the immediate pairing up of the couples?  Any potential for a shakeup?  What did you think of the premiere?  What’s the most tropical place YOU’VE ever been? 

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15 Comments

  1. 1
    Gypsy Gypsy
    Posted June 29, 2012 at 12:42 pm

    Bring on the Hipster Doosh brigade, VA! Why is Ging wearing a wool cap in St. Thomas? Cuz he’s a Hipster Doosh.

    I need to watch this again to get a good feel for it but I’m glad you’re back to recap our fave reality show!

  2. 2
    plockeness monster
    Posted June 29, 2012 at 12:47 pm

    VA IN THA HOUSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!

    I don’t know if I like any of the cast members yet. Obvs, Captain Needy is pretty fucking awful. Can’t wait until he starts drinking the hard stuff. It’ll be like when Nate was watching the fireworks and crying, except no one will care.

    LaToya’s last name is “Jackson.” Boom.

  3. 3
    Gypsy Gypsy
    Posted June 29, 2012 at 1:07 pm

    ^Gotta repeat it, when you told me Latoya’s last name I smiled all damn day! Thanks Plock!

  4. 4
    carol
    Posted June 29, 2012 at 9:45 pm

    Great recap. Knowing that their is going to be an awesome recap after each episode is like having the best ‘after-show’ ever, except the recaps are filled with snarky gold, insightful comments & observations, and great photo captions.

    Seriously, do they roommates never have to go grocery shopping while in the house? Does Costco deliver to the Virgin Islands? Who has that much peanut butter? And it was all the crunchy kind. I hope they aren’t as isolated as it seemed in this first episode. Maybe they just didn’t go exploring. Or that they live on the other side of the bay, but can get to the main part by car/taxi.

    Love the nicknames so far. Ging/Ginger is just so obvious be so great. He is sort of like the Jolly Ginger Giant. Cpt. Needy is scary. I am pretty sure he left his ‘journal’ on the table because he wanted his roommates to see & read it. People that are actually messed up tend not to leave such personal stuff just randomly around. I agree that his ear holes are odd. I have never understood why someone would do that.

  5. 5
    Liz
    Posted June 29, 2012 at 10:15 pm

    I actually kind of felt bad for Capt. Needy. He needs to get his crap together ASAP and everything, but he is one of those people who feels like an outsider, so he either acts out or tries too hard to be accepted, which only makes him more of an outsider. I dunno, that’s just kinda sad. He’s like their Screech or something.

    About the peanut butter – peanut butter is pretty uncommon outside of the US (as I understand it), so it could just be that they got them a ton of peanut butter because there is no way to get peanut butter otherwise, and alot of Americans get kind of weird about there being no peanut butter when they go other places. It’s like a weird security blanket. I could just be talking out of my ass but that’s my theory.

  6. 6
    plockeness monster plockeness monster
    Posted June 30, 2012 at 6:46 am

    OMG, Liz!!!! He is the RW Screech. That’s awesome.

  7. 7
    Derek Hazelton
    Posted June 30, 2012 at 6:36 pm

    I found this link that I know all RW fans would find interesting, about previous cast members.

    http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/watn-photos/real-world-cast-members-gallery-1.92861

  8. 8
    considerthis
    Posted June 30, 2012 at 8:18 pm

    Good move MTV put a freshly recoved addict into this situation – gosh nothing bumps up the ratings like a relapse or fingers crossed another suicide attempt. Surely there had to be a plethora of doosh bags without drug or suicidal tendencies.

  9. 9
    Liz
    Posted July 1, 2012 at 7:03 pm

    @plcokeness – Aw, thanks! I get a good one out every once in a while.

  10. 10
    Liz
    Posted July 1, 2012 at 7:05 pm

    Damn, I meant to type plockeness! Though pl cokeness is pretty cool too ;)

  11. 11
    plockeness monster plockeness monster
    Posted July 2, 2012 at 12:48 pm

    @ Derek – I don’t even remember some of those Real World-ers! Thanks for the link.

  12. 12
    Gypsy Gypsy
    Posted July 3, 2012 at 6:28 am

    So, while on vacation on the MA seacoast, rumors are running rampant that Screech isn’t from “Southie” (the MOST proud and roughest borough of Bostob proper, Charlestown being a close second). Faux pas Screech, faux pas indeed. Whitey Bulger himself is PISSED. Kidding….maybe….

    Unfortunately, I’ll have to rely on word on the street as Screech it out of my demographic (yep I’m old) But I’ll pass on what I can.

    I can make an educated guess we’re going to hear a lot more about Oxycontin, Suboxone and Screech’s need for positive or negative attention.

    But, so far nothing can trump Ginge punching himself in the head.

    So excited VA, thanks for the recap!

  13. 13
    Classy Drunk classy drunk
    Posted July 3, 2012 at 6:55 am

    YAY!!! VA it’s good to see you.

    I thought the same thing about many of the people on this show. In some scenes they were cute and then in other scenes they looked like hot garbage.

  14. 14
    Zedd
    Posted July 4, 2012 at 6:49 pm

    Considerthis – I thought the same thing. And being a recovering addict himself why would he even WANT to put himself in that situation unless he wants some attention. Kinda ticks me off because everytime they have the goth/scary outsider they’re always whiny little bitches.

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    Enrique's Mole
    Posted July 5, 2012 at 5:40 pm

    “hot garbage” – love!

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