Brooke's mental instability is the most entertaining thing this season. I love it! She's like Frankie from San Diego, but (so far) without the maliciousness!

Ha ha ha! I'm so glad you recapped this one B-Side!

I said it in another post, but seriously these people are so freakin' INEPT! I really hope Brooke's parents come to visit this season, I want to see the pathological glue that holds Brooke together, and pays her incredibly CHEAP rent!

E. Colie is an idiot. I shudder to even consider what her GYN appointments must be like. "NOooooo! It's a PAP smear! It HUuuuuurts! I want my Mooooooommmmmmmy!"

I actually don't blame Brooke for freaking out about exposure to Mono, it sucks. Putting E. Colie in the main room of the house WAS kind of stupid - I would have been irritated too.

Brooke is my favorite, mostly because she screams a lot. I think it's funny.

B-Side, when you ran into her was she trying to get her nails done in the ghetto? Was she wearing shorty shorts, and did she explain about why she pooped in the middle of the campsite?

She actually was en route to her hair salon -- no joke. I wanted to ask her to recreate her lost-in-denver scene, but I didn't have time. (I didn't converse with her either. For that, you can watch Saul's MTV show: http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?name=shows&id=1548984&vid=126646 )

They live in LoDo, if she would've walked straight for 10 or 15 minutes she would have ran into a nail salon. Denver isn't that hard of a place to navigate.

*R.I.P Darrent Williams prayers to a fallen Bronco*

Yeah, I think I'm going to have to retract my "Brooke is hot" comments made earlier. She seems high maintenance to say the least. Not to mention here completely unappealing eyes. She's bringing the butta back to butterface. It seems the last two weeks were dedicated to exposing her neuroses as well as her general unattractive qualities. Thanks, MTV!!

Great recaps yesterday and today. Let's hit those Duel kids!!

Kudos to B-Side for plugging the aftershow.
As for Brooke, can we go one episode without her doing her crazy, over-dramatic scream? Three episodes is enough. She's really a pain in the booty.

and did anyone catch this? when the dr. told Colie she had mono she moaned out, "Not agaaaaain." yes, and it was too funny. not as funny as Alex giving her recovery tips from his mono experience. They're freakin gross and their families must be proud.

Yay! Holi-daze are officially over and now I have 3 Real World recaps to get cracking on!!!!

Thoughts on this ep:

1. Dayyyyymn Brooke turns into one hot mess when she gets upset. Secondly, I feel for her, it sucks getting cat called and all that other shit, but I (personally) would not feel at all comfortable walking in a strange city wearing short shorts, little heels, with cameras folling me.....by myself. She should have dressed a little more casual for her excursion. At least tennis shoes since she was trekking around the city streets!

2. Alex was sure to chime in with his mono knowledge..made me think that he really knew what he was talking about! Then in the next ep it was revealed that he in fact had mono once before. Then he gave it to Collie. Congrats Alex!!!! You are a walking cess pool!

3. I liked Brooke's mom giving her the verbal bitch slap about her rent/utilites.

4. Also, more MTV editing. In last week's ep when Jennifer got totally wasted, she and Brooke were walking with a pizza box and two bottles of booze. Talking about Jenn's problem. In this episode they were shown eating at the Pizza Place. Talking about Brooke's problem. Same event, two different episodes, two different issues at hand.

Great recap as always.

I have had mono before and I have no idea how Colie can say she will get better after a few days or weeks. It took me 6 months to get over it. Whatever.

I am a huge Brooke fan and can understand why the mono thing freaks her out. However, the reaction to the ghetto thing was quite funny even though I love the girl.

I do have to defend Colie calling her mom when she was sick. I think that when you are away from home and feeling shitty the only person you can really whine to is your mom.

But the whole IV scenario was ridiculous! Getting an IV is a tiny prick in your arm if you can even feel it at all.

And I have to agree with you Double fisting Marios is the most disgusting restaurant name I've ever heard!

i asked for it and i got it! good job!

Another RW "Ghetto" debacle. Does anyone else remember on RW Philly, when Karamo vindictively drove Shavonda and Landon "to the ghetto" so he could gain more of a black experience while in Philly?

Brooke's flame out was hilarously delusional, another thing she has in common with Davis!

Pretty good episode. I have yet to see the two new ones, though I started watching the second one and just got bored. I'll just have to read the recaps.

B-Side, your "But then something terrible happened." comment about Colie's malaise reminded me of Kristin's glorious understatement about the landslide on LB two seasons ago. Great recap as always.

anniedawg, I thought the same thing. It sounds bad to say that Brooke should expect to get those sorts of reactions when she's dressed that way, but... well, it's true. She should be allowed to wear whatever she wants, but she has to expect a reaction.

Colie is a drama queen. I couldn't believe her crying about the IV, which really is just a little prick. But then I heard her say later that she had blood drawn, so maybe that's what they did, and that's supposed to hurt a lot more. I don't know. I didn't think mono was that big a deal, but I've never had it, so I don't really know.

Colie said on the aftershow that before the woman put the I.V in there was a another nurse that was nervous around the camera and screwed up with the poking a couple of times, but it didn't get on TV. Kinda funny, now she comes off looking like a major wuss :D

Thank you B-side! I knew you would make me LMAO!

How does one person get that screwed up and why didn't she just take a cab?

B-side, I've missed you so. Welcome back, and thanks for being so prolific.

Far be it for me to correct a physician, but I have to respectfully disagree about mono being 'highly contagious'. It has the nickname 'the kissing disease' because you don't usually get it from sucking the same air, but by swapping spit. It's very unusual for more than one person in a household to get it at one time.

Mono can be really rough, and leave you feeling dragged out after, but just as many ppl have had mono and never even knew they had it. I just treated someone who had it for two weeks, missed two days of school, and won a basketball game the night before she came in. Everyone's experience is different.

Editing or no editing, I don't care how many times they stuck E. Colie, or how little they knew what they were doing, it still doesn't hurt. Minimal discomfort, an annoyance at best. If I was getting her blood or starting her IV, I wouldn't have been able to finish because I'd be doubled over laughing so hard at her silliness. Perhaps that's the real reason she needed to be stuck so many times.

But the best thing of all, will be watching to see how many tats and piercings our little needle phobic has in future episodes.

During Key West's run, there was a lot of debate about whether it was ethical to have the domestically violent anorexic on the show. I think it's questionable ethically to show Brooke wiping her ass in the center of camp. She's already fragile. Imagine what it'll be like to be her after this. That's going to be priceless though, Mr. Outdoor Guy telling her that wiping her ass in the center of camp 'is not okay'.

I think it's hilarious about her fussing over her makeup all the time, because it's not helping.

Thanks so much B-Side for re-capping this episode, I was a little sad when you said you wouldn't. This by far the best episode of the season. Brooke is "crazy - deranged!"
Man, I was watching the ep thinking, "dang this girl is crazy". I laughed hard when mom corrected her on what she was really paying for...that was simply priceless.
anniedawg25 I agree too, what the heck do you expect from men off the street if your parading around the streets looking like a hoe. Should have dressed down.

LOL I will LOVE watching this tomorrow morning! Sadly, I have missed this episode and the two new ones. Nothing like looking forward to some hungover Real World watching!

"Tylenol Bitch!" - Perhaps the FUNNIEST thing you ever wrote B-Side!! LOL I was laughing my ass off and gasping for air here!!

the combination of colie in hysterics last week and brooke in hysterics this week honestly made me want to cover my ears. i got mono right before i started law school. i spent 1 week on the couch, and then was back to studying late/partying late all the time. and as for the iv, holy crap that girl is a wimp. i was in the hospital about 4 years ago with a kidney infection. they actually stripped my veins taking so much blood over a week. and while i did cry a little, i didn't go crazy like e colie. i swear, these kids need to grow up a little.

Long time reader, first time writer.

I just wanted to say that I had momo in my formidable teen years and I was down for the count for two months. My face and neck swelled, I was in alot of pain and pretty much never left my bed. If I had lost any more weight my doctor was going to put me in the hospital.

Now along with that, I had about 25 vials of blood taken in total and I never had the reaction ecoli had! Too funny, I love the picture of it, now if only we can get that on Clipgasm in slo mo!

In addition to the fact that Brooke was wearing short-shorts and heels, she was also being followed around by a camera and a boom mike! As I've heard (and seen in past seasons), Real Worlders get the shit heckled out of them by locals when filming is going on, so I think Brooke should get off her high horse and realize they're probably yelling at her because of the cameras!

First time commenter here too.

As a Denverite, just have to 2nd COLO'RAD'O's opinion that there are probably 20 nail salons within a few blocks of where they live. The one she was trying to get to is pretty much on the opposite end of downtown and would have been quite the walk, so don't know how she chose that one. Plus, it looked like she was also walking northeast, which might mean that she had to pass the major homeless shelter in town. If that's the case, I can see how she might not feel entirely safe, but really she could have turned and walked one block south and been right back in the heart of Lodo. Plus it's even less normal to wear high heels and shorts while walking around in Denver--way more casual than most major cities, so she just stood out that much more.

In short, yeah, she's a total drama queen and the entire situation was SO avoidable.

Brooke reminds me of this horrible college roommate who had complete breakdowns about everything from my opening a window to the fact that she wasn't able to make photocopies at the exact moment she'd planned. It was so exhausting . . . I almost couldn't watch this episode because I was reliving the red-faced, gasping-breathed, teary-eyed moments (I watched it anyway, though, and it was awesome).

Love the title, "Ghetto Superstar" that nickaname should stick with her.

Brookie, use Google Maps. Double true, as they say.

Enjoyed that reference, B-Side.

I am entertained by Brooke- she may be neurotic and overdramatic but at least she brings the drama without having to pour 10 shots down her throat.

I loved this episode. I was literally laughing my ass off at this girl. I could not seriously believe she was turning so many small, stupid things into the mental breakdown of the year. Brooke has some serious issues. She definitely needs to turn to her psychologist parents for help. And the worse thing is that she seems normal and fine just looking at her for a few minutes (which was all we've gotten to do up until this point), but give her own episode or sub-plot and her craziness comes bustin' out. I loved the previews too where Brooke was hyperventilating on the phone and her mom kept yelling at her "WHAT?! WHAT?!". HILARIOUS.

Also, not as funny but kind of funny, was the self-proclaimed "kissing slut" Colie coming down with the kissing disease, aka mono. I wouldn't be surprised if she did catch it from Alex. Or from Jenn, during that little three-way kiss they had. Or from that guy she brought home to make Alex jealous. Or from half of Denver.

"My lower back and my throat hurt so BAAAAAAD!!!" Tylenol, bitch!

THANK YOU! My new response when my stupid roommate complains about her headache, her period cramps, her irratible bowels... She reminds me a little of Colie now that I think about it. I do not want to see her with Mono!

Anyone here from Denver- is Two-Fisted Mario's any good? I want to try it next time I'm in Denver just for the funny name! I hope they tried Chez Jose's while they were there that place rivals Chipotle! I wish they would open on here in the Springs.

oh man!
I hope they go to CASA BONITA on Colfax!!!!!

that place ROCKS!!!!!

Oh yes how could I forget Casa Bonita? It's been so long!! WHY does it have to snow every time I want to go to Denver???

I LOVE Casa Bonita!!! I was watching the South Park episode where they get to go to Casa Bonita for kyle's birthday and I thought it would be cool to see the real world people go there sometime, but then I had this image of all of them getting drunk and Jen falling off the edge and into the diving pool, I think they would scar that place forever.
And we're supposed to get more snow on Thursday, I can barely get out of my neighborhood now!

I love Casa Bonita too! It's so much fun. The South Park ep was DEAD ON, I loved it!

Ugh, I couldn't imagine what Jenn might do in Black Bart's Cave if she had a chance! ha ha

Hang in there Colo'RAD'o! If you get snowed in, then looks like you've got all the real world re-runs to keep you busy!

Thanks for mentioning Alex's floor nap - why was he asleep on the floor holding a basketball?!?! Is there a carbon monoxide leak in that house or something??

Casa Bonita is awesome as long as the olny food you want to eat is the unlimited sopapillas!
And yes, Two-Fisted Mario's ROCKS—best pizza in Denver in my opinion. Plus, it's attached to a really cool bar (Double Daughter's Salotto) that looks like it's the set of some Tim Burton movie, so you can sit in there, sip on a cocktail, and chow down on delicious pizza.
Damn, now I'm seriously craving.

Denver sounds like a great place. I cannot believe Brooke considered that part of town "ghetto". I wonder how she would react when she visits the bronx, or compton. She is pretty hot though, even when she's crazy, and the most normal compared to Jenn and Colie...but who knows the seasons not over, and Alex has yet to make out with Brooke, so...(You have to admit, Alex is a pimp. A heartless pimp, but a pimp non-the-less)...btw, B-Side is hilarious! Thanks for the great recaps.

"Next time, Brookie, use Google Maps. Double true, as they say."
I LOVE the lazy sunday reference :)

Colie's histrionics during the IV stick were so over the top...I wouldn't be surprised if the medical staff were annoyed by that. It's hilarious that Colie portrays herself as a socially conscious and responsible person, and yet she's obviously never given blood before.

And Brooke...endless entertainment.

b-side, i love your reviews (usually just read laguna and the hills). this was the funniest ever!!

#31 bexwrex: love the ad reference!