And while the regular old casting department roomies were shuttled to the house in a cab and an old convertible, Prety shows up in a limo. He likes the extra attention of showing up last. The six roommates already there stand around in a cluster, offering their congratulations, and subtly acting like he's not really one of them. "Are you excited?" one of them asks him, like he's the newbie they're the old pros. "A little bit," he replies, baiting them all.
He earned this spot, bitches!
Sarah doesn't like this answer at all. They're all excited and jumping up and down, and Greg's not, and Sarah's bothered. How dare he not be jumping up and down when that's what Sarah's doing? He's also not nervous. Blondie thinks that either he thinks he's better than them, or he's shy. It's not shyness, but actually blazing insecurity that causes someone to act like Prety.
Super Dave has ever so kindly imported about ten bottles of cheap, well liquor from his frat house basement storage, and they all do a shot of something. Briana thinks they should all get naked and get in the pool. And she's not even drunk yet! We have our house ho! Blondie dances around like an idiot in her bikini, and then Dave runs in the girls' room and flashes them.
Some people get in the hot tub, but some people already have issues. Already. Surprise, surprise it's goody-goody Sarah who can not wait one more moment to confront Prety about his referring to women as "associates". Me, when I hear a dumb comment like this, I just do an eye-roll and an under the breath "ass", but not our Sarah. She's going to attack this affront to femininity head on.
While I'm reasonably sure the only reason Prety calls women "associates" is to irritate easily-affronted girls like Sarah, he just tells her that he doesn't want to be in a relationship right now. "Whatever," she says with a laugh, when she really should have said, "I'm going to beat this one to death until you respect women!"
So she keeps bugging him about what he calls his girlfriends, and what he calls his guy friends, and shockingly enough, the dude who pimped himself out in an online contest to be on a TV show that he is now acting like he's too good for, doesn't like to have friends. Or the other way around. Whatever. Either way, it's established that Prety's a loner, and Sarah doesn't like him. "I think you need friends!" Perky Sarah tells Prety. "I like my associates," Prety tells her blandly.
Come on, loosen up. Incorporate.
Then it's time to meet Briana's ex-boyfriend, Bobby. Bobby treated her like dog crap. He cheated on her a bunch of times. But she's still thought to bring the Bobby photo album, Volumes 1-4 for the rest of the roomies to see. Oh wait, it's cause he's still the love of her life. Sorry, I didn't realize. Carry on.
Also in Briana's suitcase is a pair of stripper shoes! Actually, they're like stripper lace up boots. "You're a....exotic dancer?" one of the guys asks, trying to strike the perfect balance of mind numbing excitement and political correctness. That's right, dolls, Briana is a stripper! And before you say anything, she wants you to know that she doesn't care what you think, and if you want to judge, she thinks that's stupid. Whatever babe, like I care what some stripper thinks.
Rick James is very excited about Briana. He thinks she's the whole package. He comes over to flirt with her, then immediately apologizes for getting in her space. Aggressive and non-threatening at the same time. Interesting strategy.
The crew heads out for their first night on the town. They have no idea where they're going, so they land somewhere on Hollywood Blvd. As they're walking, Prety makes some comment about how everyone's a peasant, which of course Sarah takes offense to.
When they arrive at whatever random bar they've found while strolling in a big, touristy clump down Hollywood Blvd., Sarah immediately sits down with Meathead, and tells him that Prety bothers her. He thinks he's better than everyone, and she can't stand him already. And speaking of being too good for everything, Prety sits down with the group to inform them that "This is probably the lamest spot in LA." Perhaps sweetheart, but I didn't exactly see you leading the charge to Villa.
Oh, that's right. You weren't at Mel's Diner.
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Comments (22)
Stripper totally does look like an albino. Her hair is exactly the same color as her skin. Ew.
1 of 22 | Posted by chickadee2586 | Posted on April 19, 2008 3:55 PM
Greg probably was just brought in to be the villain. Trisha stirred so much shit last season, they probably wanted to make sure they had a trouble maker in the house. They say he was "picked online", but I really don't remember MTV advertising about picking a Real Worlder online. I think they just said that to create a division between him and the others from the start. I mean, you know how manipulative reality producers can be.
As for the other roommates :
Joey : Seems like a nice guy, with an apparently bad temper. He says in one episode he had a "problem" and I'm guessing it steroids (which may have caused his upcoming rage fits).
Blondie (can't remember her real name) : Not a huge fan of hers. I think the comment she made about Will she comes from the fact that she's ignorant and hasn't been around diverse people. She may not necessarily be a racist though.
Briana : She's alright. I'm not judging her based on her job, because that's kind of wrong. But her mentioning being in the "Top 45" on Idol was a little lame.
Will : Don't have a solid opinion on him yet. Although I did think it was wrong for him to judge Briana for being a stripper, at least he did apologize afterwards.
Sarah : Again, don't have a real opinion of her yet. She kind of reminds me of Sarah from Philadelphia (and not just cause of her name). Kind of random, and I'm not sure why, but she does.
Dave : Who? I don't really remember much about him, but he didn't get a lot of camera time. Hopefully he won't be the token "who's that?" roommate that get no camera time, because they are always just wastes of space.
Love or hate him, at least we can thank Greg for making this episode pretty interesting (or shall I say "prety" interesting). The personalities of the others didn't come through all the way, but it is only the first episode. Hopefully, this will be a more tolerable, enjoyable season than the annoying, childish "Sydney" season.
2 of 22 | Posted by hollabackboy | Posted on April 19, 2008 4:54 PM
good call on the blondie/pumpkin thing
3 of 22 | Posted by kelseym13 | Posted on April 19, 2008 5:32 PM
just to claaaarify...
pretyboy was picked from an online contest regardless if you didnt know the contest was going on, doesnt mean it didnt exist...
the producers had nothing to do with it...
it was an mtv based contest. not a bunim-murray productions contest.
interesting recap... cant wait to see how the season progresses and if everyones lives up to their pegs.
4 of 22 | Posted by hollagirl2 | Posted on April 19, 2008 6:56 PM
#2:
I don't know why you're being so nice. These people are your typical 20-something idiots. All of them, maaaybe except for Sarah and Will.
Blondie's comments, though probably inspired by pure naivete, made me want to strangle my TV. Greg's "peasant" comments left me aghast and disgusted.
Dave and Meathead are just so f*cking stupid it hurts.
5 of 22 | Posted by kizik | Posted on April 19, 2008 7:19 PM
Oh how I wish this were ANTM, because Briana (sp?) is in desperate need of a makeover episode.
To be continued...
6 of 22 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on April 19, 2008 9:19 PM
I like Briana, although good call on her being a drama queen. She seems nice, though.
Funny how Will started out liking Ms. Albino then immediately switched to Sarah because he likes "the chase". So...because stripper = easy in Will's mind, he lost interest. When I first saw him, he was wearing biker shorts at the Real World Awards. Not cute. At all. But after watching this episode, I think he's a cutie. The hair gets in the way.
I started out thinking Prety was hot but...not so much anymore. Bad attitude destroyed his hotness for me. He's a total actor. The bored disinterested look is such a pose.
Sarah's ignorant and boring. Ditto Blondie (what's her name again?) and Dave.
Joey's a sweetheart who needs to cut back on the steroids..er..I mean protein shakes, yea that's it.
CB, your judgmental recaps are still annoying but at least you don't have Parisa around anymore for the cheap go-to punchline.
7 of 22 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on April 19, 2008 9:39 PM
"he's outside talking to the Stripper and Goody about how Prety's no tough guy, and better not talk shit to him cause he comes from a house where he got beat up every day. Oh, was he living with the Stripper? "- LMAO I loved it. Great recap CB :)
I think all the male roommates are cute, the only thing I didn't like about Joey were his ears and that he kind of reminds me of Dopey from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Greg is f*cking hot!!! and so is Dave IMO. Don't really like any of the girls, maybe what's her face Blondie. Briana is ugly and looks skanky, also what's up with her wardrobe? She went clubbing in those jeans and flip flops? WTF? ugh she's a mess. Anyways, this season looks promising,, let's hope for the best.
8 of 22 | Posted by MichyPr | Posted on April 20, 2008 12:18 AM
Blahblah, I second the comment about CB's recaps, but I am still 100% ready to give her a second chance this season because her recaps are still hella funny. This sounds really crazy, but I feel like you hate brunette's CB? First Parisa, and now Sarah? Maybe I'm crazy, but again I'm totally willing to give these recaps a second chance.
Greg is really annoying, but I agree with CB about him doing it for attention and it working.
Will is really hot, and that music producer thing is a lot more realistic than the normal "I want to be an actor" bullshit the rest of them have going for them.
I liked Sarah initially, but I'm not sure anymore.
Male and female Blondie are both just blah.
Joey... roid rage might be interesting to see on TV? Beyond that, they could have picked a cuter meathead.
I'm not judging Stripper because she's an "exotic dancer", I'm judging her because she seems like an abusive, attention seeking ho. She seems nice despite her orange weave though.
9 of 22 | Posted by HereKittyKitty | Posted on April 20, 2008 10:11 AM
What's with guys on reality tv and their wierd names for people?
Raheim on Paradise Hotel had his "government" and he was "secretary of defense", Bobby on Hell's Kitchen is a "four star general" or something stupid like that, and now Greg with his "associates" and "peasants". It's getting really annoying...why can't they just say people??
10 of 22 | Posted by lovepr | Posted on April 20, 2008 1:36 PM
ChickBomb, I just wanted to say the I LOVE your recaps. I don't know why haters even bother posting. You're my favorite TVgasm recapper.
11 of 22 | Posted by chickadee2586 | Posted on April 20, 2008 3:53 PM
for the record, Briana's hair is not a weave it's BRAIDS.
plus, I think she is going to make the season interesting
12 of 22 | Posted by nflow | Posted on April 20, 2008 10:39 PM
Weave or not, her hair still looks like plastic and matches her skin. I'm not saying that makes her a bad person or anything, but come on...don't strippers make good money? She should try spending some on a good colorist.
13 of 22 | Posted by leslie_pcc | Posted on April 21, 2008 7:26 AM
I love when people complain about a recapper being judgmental yet post quite a few paragraphs of their own judgments...hello irony!
And the Pumkin/Briana comparison is one of the most accurate observations ever. All these girls belong on Flavor of Love, and the guys (especially PretyBoy) should be on I Love NY.
HollaBackBoy - I was totally thinking the same thing about Meathead and the steroid thing too! I have a feeling A Very Special Episode About the Dangers of Steroids is coming up.
14 of 22 | Posted by VegasDarling | Posted on April 21, 2008 9:10 AM
" really don't remember MTV advertising about picking a Real Worlder online"
IS THAT POSSIBLE? MTV advertised it to death. They did special showing who was "in the lead," and everybody was a douchebag.
15 of 22 | Posted by bulletproofheart | Posted on April 21, 2008 10:03 AM
"i shall cut them with my plastic rolex" LOL
p.s. loved the justin bobby quote.
16 of 22 | Posted by naijababe623 | Posted on April 21, 2008 10:51 AM
I guess you guys are right. Maybe I'm just a conspiracy theorist. :]
But I honestly don't remember that contest being advertised, so I thought it was kind of suspicious. Because everything is not always exactly what it seems on reality tv
17 of 22 | Posted by hollabackboy | Posted on April 21, 2008 11:24 AM
anyone else think that dave looks exactly like wes, who looks exactly like abram? i know real world casts for stereotypes, but could we at least get some that don't look like long lost triplets?
18 of 22 | Posted by wormfood33 | Posted on April 21, 2008 11:30 AM
Looking forward to an entire season of judgemental hilarious bitchyness, Chickbomb, off to a fantastic start!
I don't remember all the advertising either, but will definitely take everyone's word for it! :)
19 of 22 | Posted by chelle | Posted on April 22, 2008 12:28 PM
The stripper does look like an albino....can we name her Albina for the rest of the season? LOL
20 of 22 | Posted by biji | Posted on April 24, 2008 4:19 PM
Stripper does look like an albino. That was my very first thought and thats all I call her. Albina should be her name!
21 of 22 | Posted by biji | Posted on April 24, 2008 4:21 PM
she looks like an albino because she is albino. When black people are albino they dont look as white as white albino people. Her skin is more yellowish white. And not all albino people have red eyes.
22 of 22 | Posted by preppyboy | Posted on April 26, 2008 1:16 PM