was this episode were katelynn goes out on a date with a drummer dude that she met in a bar? or was that another one? sorry it was the only interesting that happened during the nap that is the real world.

chickbomb you just slay me.

As I recall this is what RW used to be like pre-Vegas. Generally likeable people (usually) not being complete skanks and usually acting like human beings to each other. Have all these seasons of the equivalent of watching the monkeys hump and throw poo at each other at the zoo made us unable to appreciate watching civilized and normal-behaving people? Maybe so.

CB your recaps are way more entertaining than the show. You are an astute observer. Loved your observation about Dev and her great advice that she herself can't follow. We all have a friend like that.

To digress, does anyone out there think Devyn's sweater puppies are real? In that last scene where she's walking down the street with Baya they were up to her chin.

CB your recap is as usual hilarious and insightful. You should be a psychologist.

If I remember, this is what RW used to be like pre-Vegas, when most of the people were at least mostly likeable and mostly didn't act like total skanks, and mostly treated each other like human beings.

Have all these past 7-8 seasons being the equivalent of watching the monkeys at the zoo hump and throw poo at each other spoiled us from appreciating watching normal and mostly nice people interact? Maybe so.

To digress, does anyone think Devyn's sweater puppies are real? In that last scene where she's walking down the stree with Baya I swear they were up to her chin.

Sorry about that. Got an error message. Retyped my whole damn comment, then both turn up. ARRRRH!

I dunno, JasonR. Seattle, New Orleans and Hawaii all took place prior to the Vegas season and some crazy shizz went down on those seasons too. I think this one is just a snoozer.

Apparently MTV has decided that they only want to portray positive role models or whatever. That's why they moved 50 Cent's show to a midnight time slot before cancelling it. What was dumb about that was that although 50 is associated with gangster rap, he was actually empowering the people on the show. That dumb P.Diddy show was all about Diddy's ego and what they could do for him, but 50's show was about teaching them how they could succeed for themselves. Anyway, all this is going to accomplish is to make people turn the channel to VH1. I betcha that the next Real World season will take place on a bus following around a has-been rocker and include vajayjay shots. That may be the only way they could get back the viewers. Or wake them up. ;-)

I don't think Devyn was really acting like a dodo. I do believe Scott is just hedging his bets... he seems like the type of guy who doesn't have to do much to get female attention and let's it all come to him, but I don't really get the lying about the GF. Maybe a more spiteful version of Devyn will emerge when she does visit and she says that Scott lied about having a GF.

And, I kinda do think Katelynn should have let that date know, for the fact that it was on TV and he thought he was dating a natural born GIRL. If he is straight and has no bi-curious or transgendered tendencies, then its going to be kinda fucked to see how you were attracted to a lie on national TV.

If Ryan had taken the interview seriously, he wouldn't have played the tampon song. He & Baya will nail each other by the end of their time in Brooklyn.

And, JasonR, I don't think Vegas is so much a line of demarcation for RW. As Snootchy mentioned, this cast is just dull. The Sydney cast balanced interest and drama, as did Hollywood. And, I remember another cast that was similar to this one and that season was universally panned with the same boring label: London.

Points well taken. Just because this season's cast is more likeable/less offensive than most doesn't make them more watchable.

JasonR - I'm 99% positive that Devyn already confessed that her tots are of the silicone variety.

ChickBomb - it's a Dutch OveN! you've never heard of one?? oh man they're pretty gross (and when I say 'gross' i really mean 'hilarious' unless you're the victim!). It's when you're laying in bed with someone, and they fart and then cover your head with the blanket so that you're stuck inside a hot ball of fart stench! I bet Devyn can't WAIT until her & Scotty get to that stage of the BFF-o-meter (which i think is the LAMEST thing, by the way!)

This season is suuuuch a snooze-fest! Seriously. Where the F is the sluttiness, drunkenness, and people getting kicked out?? weren't there at least 2 housemates booted out last season?? Come on MTV. Get with it! (Thanks for still making the recaps hilarious though, CB!)

ChickBomb! This is one of the funniest things I've read all day: "Let me teach you a little something about body language. Boner=I like you. Anything else is just play." BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Amen for testifying on that score! That's EDZACKLY how I've always gauged mens' reactions to me, it is surprisingly simple to figure out where you stand with a guy that way (and if I'm getting boner from them, and boner isn't happening in their direction in return, then I tend to pull back so as not to tease, y'know?).

You're doing an awesome job making silk purses every week out of these ear-of-a-sow shows they keep handing you. I don't think that they have to be completely drunk dumbasses to be interesting or compelling television, but this stuff is just sooooo snoozy-woozy, I'm finding this season works better than Benadryl™ for putting me to sleep!

Love to you, girl, you rocked it out again!

love, J-Mo :) (a.k.a ChickGay)

chickbomb, ive been a fan of yours FOREVER and i love every recap you write...

but the F train?? c'mon now.. its slow as shit has entirely too many stops, (ave m, ave p, kings highway , ave u.. all right next to eachother!)
annnnnnnd it doesnt even have all the new technology that the 2,4, and 5 have had for years now..
not to mention it barely crosses with anything if u wanna transfer

i drive all over brooklyn! everytime theyre in the car i try to figure out where they are by looking at the background lol
thanks for a great recap

For any of those who are actually interested in Katelyn's boyfriend "drama":

Check out the 1st episode of this season (or maybe the casting special), watch her bf's reaction while she's talking to the camera in her audition tape. As she's talking about them missing each other when she goes or something, he gives this expression to the camera like "whatever. not really". I knew then this kid didn't like her and it was only a matter of time before they were over.

4th romantic entanglement in the house: Chet's obvious Bro-Crush on Ryan.

(Is Chet reminding anyone else of that really blond guy that Julie the Mormon had a serious crush on in the New Orleans season? Matt?)

I'm still reading the recap (gotta love multitasking!)...

Ryan thought he was slick by emailing Baya his feelings, but trickier RW producers typed out the text...but if you pause on the actual email, there's even better text the producers didn't type out! I'm such a nerd.

BlahBlah, I noticed that on the computer too! The only part I caught was something about doing other things while the cameras aren't around. Come on MTV, you should totally have that computer rigged with some spy gear and give us the real dirt!

BlahBlah...The VERY first thing I thought when I saw Chet was that he looked (and now see that he is quite similar in personality to) EXACTLY like Matt from the NOLA season!!

BlahBlah - You are on it! I also thought Chet looked like Matt! Same hair and everything. When Chet said he wanted to prove Mormons could be fun I thought, "Didn't Julie do that? She got kicked out of BYU and everything." So Chet set a dude's hair on fire, big whoop. Ha!
Anyhoo, and after I read your post I went back to the DVR'ed show and froze it on Ryan's email. How lame that he tells her he'll continue to flirt with her as long as the cameras aren't around since they BOTH have people back at home that they don't want to piss off.
Reading that gives a whole new view to her confusion as she walks with Devyn soon after.
GREAT JOB on this recap CB! I loved it! You noticed a ton of goodies and your insights were GREAT!
Lastly, to everyone who watched that season 1 show where Katelynn's boyfriend looked like he was about to get gone the second she stepped on that plane, I read elsewhere on the 'gasm that her boyfriend was also her friend in high school back when she was a boy! Methinks he's uber embarrassed to be dating a transgender and wasn't prepared to have that little ditty exposed on national tv. Too late since we've seen him, but he wasn't willing to continue in it. Poor Katelynn, she'll find somebody new.

My bad, I meant to say the 1st show of this season....not "that season 1 show". And I even previewed! "Ain't that a blip"? - Willona from Good Times.

Lady_Ace:
I believe they have it rigged but they're leaving out some of the juicy? Almost like they're trying to make this season boring. Hmm...

Tracy831 and Thatswhatshesaid:
Do you think RW producers know they're casting clones of seasons' past? Or are they too young to remember those earlier seasons? (Dang, I'm not even 30 yet but I feel like a senior citizen in MTV years) I agree that Chet's personality is similar to Matt's too...but Chet's a little funnier.

TWSS, thank you for noticing that about Katelynn's bf too! It did look like he was embarrassed.

Now I'm off to go set someone's hair on fire --->