Naturally, this annoys Sarah, so she stomps away from the table muttering about how Prety is too negative for her to be around. Prety and Meathead awkwardly joke about it for a second, and then Meathead turns to the camera, all wide eyes and earnestness, and tells us that Prety reminds him of himself when he was twenty, and that he just needs to grow up.
On the walk home, it once again comes up that Briana is a stripper, and I guess Rick James hadn't gotten wind of that one yet, cause when he does, he is not happy. He shakes, like he's trying to shake the stripper skank off him, and then instructs Prety to tell him the next time a girl's a stripper, cause he needs to know about it. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm all for judging strippers, but a fellow who breakdances on Hollywood Blvd., and gives out free CDs? Back at home, he makes fun of "girls like that" he says. Dude, your office is your white boombox. And now, he says, he can't even look at her. Briana sits at the pool, with her trusty pack of smokes and, depending on editing tricks, may or may not be eavesdropping.
But the next day, it's morning in sunny So Cal. The roomies are awakening, brushing teeth, putting plates in the dishwasher. Meathead thinks that everyone's really nice, but he can see where some people might not get along. Then we cut to Dave and his Livestrong bracelet. Nothing like accessorizing in the moment. He's on the phone with someone back home and telling him that he's rooming with Prety. And here's what's shocking...the friend actually seems to know who he's talking about! Internet or not, people are already talking about him, so Dave better do something to get himself noticed quick! But remember, he still has no idea what he want to be sort-of famous for. He's sure got his work cut out for him.
And actually, it's not a Prety bashing, it's a montage of all the roomies gossiping about each other. Consensus is Prety didn't make the best first impression, but the Stripper thinks he's hot. Meathead has a great bod, Sarah's the nice girl with the boyfriend, Briana is a mad cool pole dancer, and Blondie is awesome.
No one mentions this lame beret homage.
Sarah is still stuck on her issues with Prety, and now I'm starting to think she must have the hots for him. She is way too focused on this. Anyway, he comes into the girls' room to offer to make them breakfast. The Stripper and Blondie take him up on the offer of free breakfast, but the college girl airily declines. You know that argument about book smarts versus street smarts? Well, the college girl sat around with no brekky, while the bartender and the stripper got fed.
Then Rick James decides to have a sit down with the Stripper. And basically tell her that now that he knows what she does for a living, he has a completely different opinion of her. At first, I'm like what the fuck? But then I think about it, and you know, at least Rick James is honest. Her ho ass grosses him out, and he's not going to be two-faced about it. On some level, I'm in awe. And of course, like every stripper out there, she gives him a whole speech about how it's just a job, and doesn't define her life.
"Really?" he asks. Well, it turns out she's actually running away from the stripper life, that's what the whole move to LA is about. Now, now Briana. Have you never seen the Lifetime movie of the week? That running away plan never works. It always catch up with you, dear. Always, always, always.
And sure enough, the next time we catch up with the Stripper, she's on the phone with some roommate back in Philly who's telling her that there was a notice under their door that she needs to report to the District Court that day. The time she was supposed to be in court has come and gone, but hey, it's okay, the dude back in Philly has a phone number she can call!
Hi, um. I'm on TV, k? This will have to wait. It's not like I killed anyone.
Why would a stripper be called to District Court, you wonder? She explains. "Simple assault and harassment," she sniffs, practically brushing it off with her hands. Maybe not so simple to the person who got beat up and harassed, honey. And that would be Bobby, the love of her life who treats her like crap.
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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