"Dock. Dock Oceanwater."
I laughed so loud that I'm glad that I'm all by myself...at work...at three in the morning. Oh, TVgasm, you make me feel like I have friends.
You know, if MTV keeps riding the wave of funny which is cancer, they should totally come make a show where I'm from. Thanks to all of the Uranium that was used during the Manhattan Project during WWII, we have (I think) the highest rate of cancer per capita in (probably) the world. Maybe the universe. Good times, good times!

The preview for the next episode promised nudity!
And a possible hook-up between Janelle and John. I have a feeling I'm being set up for disappointment.. but still it's tantalizing enough for me to want to watch. Nice job MTV producers!

Maybe this episode was symbolic. Like the calm before the storm or the eye of the hurricane. Meh.

Every time I look at Zach, a few things keep coming to mind: 1) mascara? 2) I have that same clown wig but in purple; and 3) ugh.

southernbelle, I laughed out loud at that part, too, and I was also working alone at three in the morning (albeit in the west coast) right now... Now that I think about it, my first, middle, and last names have 6 letters each in them... and it's 6 days past 6/6/06. We're not in the clear yet!!! :-p

i totally dated a guy named dock oceanwater in high school.

he was my frist love. then he got cancer and died.

I'm surprised Zach went after Natalie. She's "a little bit plain" and has "super low self-esteem." Or at least that's what we all learned about Third Place pageant finishers in Arrested Development.

I think Zach's a sweetheart. He's grown on me. You may think what he did for Crystal is lame, B-Side, but it's a gender-related difference of opinion and I can respect that. Whatev.

My friend and I were actually wondering what happened to RED GOD last night. Haven't seen Him around in a while (I hope no one is offended that I capitalized that. You have to understand his power and divinity). We're both big TVgasm fans, of course.

I thought the same thing about the toy piano in the background when Svetlana got the big news. It sounded like a lullaby for Red God's sake. But you gotta love MTV's awkward juxtaposition of the poignant with the trivial! Yay!

Can we have female blue-balls be "clit-rage?"

TimOD -- I was randomly watching "Independence Day" this weekend, and at one point, I was looking at Bill Pullman's daughter and thought to myself "Is that... could it be...?" And it was. ANN VEAL.

I was so proud of myself for recognizing her at age 7.

"Dock Oceanwater", LoL. Thanks for the laugh, B-Side! I needed it this morning. :)

Dock Oceanwater reminds me of that episode of Full House when DJ and Stephanie call Joey's dad to get him to see his show in Vegas, and they use the names Janet Abdul and Barbie Dollandbear. Anyone with me on that one? Anyone?

(crickets)

Anyway, I really wanted Zach to stop talking about himself this episode. And even though he keeps saying he doesn't want a relationship, doesn't want to hurt her feelings, doesn't want to hook up drunk, cares about her a lot, and wants to hang out with her... sounds like a girlfriend to me, bud. I think she was crying after their conversation because she's sick of him dicking around with her; she's looking for a yes or no and he's giving her a maybe sometimes possibly sorta.

I think that, behind Zach's whole nice-guy routine, is a horny guy ready to bust out and start hooking up. But he doesn't want people to see him like they see John so he hides behind that whole " I don't want to hurt her" BS.

Did anyone else besides me and B-Side find it a little disturbing that they cut from sad and music and talk of Martin's dad dying, to club music and the Miss Hawaiian pageant. What assholes. They could have cut to commercial or something.

On The next episode, John and Janelle are supposed to be hooking up. I bet you they will because, and it never fails, every season two roommates either start dating or sleep together. I think it's written somewhere in their contracts.

b-side - "her?"

Zach is a douchebag.

I call people like Zach easygoing assholes. In reality, Zach is pretty much in the same league as Svetlana, and is just as shallow and self-centered - he just learned how to be understated and political about it- I'm guessing he's a product of boarding/country day-schools. I'll bet any girl he meets, who is not from a wealthy background - will never be more than a sexual diversion. Zach is a SNOB.

I could not believe Svetlana complained about her travel arrangements - what a bitch.

I'm female and I think Zach's whole thing w/not hooking up w/Crystal because she was drunk was extremely lame!!! I mean, I could respect it if they had just met or recently met and nothing had transpired between them. But they've ALREADY hooked up - so who cares if this time she was tipsy?!? I mean, it's not like she's going to do something she wouldn't otherwise do - she's alreaedy done it! (besides the fact that drunk sex can be pretty damn fun) I liked Zach until this episode. Now I just think it's another one of those guys who THINKS he's a nice guy, but really he's a creep.

BTW, how is Zach (and his hair) getting more action than John????

Ouch! The sting of RED GOD!
i loved that line.

i dont think zach is a snob. he said from the beginning he did not want a relationship. he is trying to be too nice to the point that its annoying to us and hurtful to Crystal. i hope when he watches this season air he will realize that he was being sefish with the way he led crystal. i like how mtv took that overhead shot when zack and crystal were talking. cystal is pulling away and zack is leaning so far in towards her.
i dont like long bus rides either, but i wanted to throw my remote when svetlana, 19 with no money of her own to pay for a flight, was bitching about having to take the bus...

I was frightened when I saw the preview for this week; drunken cast members in the ocean? Surely someone will drown! Luckily, I remembered that Janelle has two floatation devices to save her.

Zach sucks, and after watching this episode, I am utterly sick of listening to his self-indulgent pangs of conscience! He keeps saying he doesn't want to get involved, but he is clearly enjoying the fact that she is attached to him--he just wants the ego boost without the obligation to contain his attraction to publicity whores!

And Svetlana is so freakin' selfish--hello, his FATHER is DYING and next to that a ride on a greyhound bus hardly justifies flying into one of your infantile Russo-tantrums!

Thanks B-Side for the recap, I can tell it was pure boredom for you to watch but that meant a lot of funny in the recapt. You make the lamest episodes fun to read.

What's with the toy piano music? I found that really random, what gives MTV?

Let's hope that tomorrow's episode does not suck.

Zack is boring the everloving crap out of me. Zack keeps saying he doesn't want a relationship. I think he's assuring this as he exposes more and more of his bland-ass personality. Who would want to date him?

B Side, when you saw Ann Veal in Independence Day, did you say to yourself....Her?"

J-Balls, there are women everywhere who can not resist the seductive power of the jew fro. It's like chocolate and oysters rolled in OBSESSION for men. Oh, the power.

Zach's hair gets worse and worse with each episode. Latley it's starting to take on a weird sideways slant to the right....what's up with that??

yeah this ep was pretttttttty boring. When's Paula's crazy bf going to visit??

Svetlana continues her modeling career in the June issue of MAXIM.

Check around page 15 or so, you can't miss it.

Her favorite type is "thin".

anniedawg25-

I also have noticed the sideways slat of the jew fro! What is going on with that...get your haircut.

Hopefully tonights episode will be more exciting.