And just as Shannon's telling him she doesn't know who he's going to be able to trust, Goody comes walking in! And everything that I hate about her kind of disappears for a minute, as she tiptoes by the phone room and stage whispers, "Joey!" She knows the environment he's in now is the opposite of what he's left, she knows he needs someone and she wants to be that person for him. Of course, cause it's Goody she probably wants to be there for him less to actually be there for him, and more so she can prance around telling everyone how she's there for him, but I don't care and neither does Meat.
"Who else is here?" he asks expectantly. Just me, she replies, and he comments that he knew it would be her. Yeah, cause she doesn't party anyway. She gives him a hug and tells him she's happy he's back. He's happy that there's at least one person in the house who doesn't have to drink every night. Now if he can just train himself to wrap himself in blankets, sit on his ass and do nothing all day, this could be the start of a beautiful friendship.
And cut to the rest of the group, out at the bar and partying it up. Ugly Slutty Liar Reva is there whoring it up with the roomies, and they all seem pretty wasted. And then they head back to the house, drunk and carrying on like always. I know I should not be shocked at the insensitivity of Real Worlders, but I am anyway. They can't take one fucking night off? Perhaps Meat isn't the only one with a problem.
So now they're in the house with the usual cadre of hangers on and desperate hos with fake hair. Dolt's getting it on in one of the bedrooms, Blondie's yelling for Rick James, Ugly Slutty is parked on Prety's lap laughing her whore ass off - Stripper's the only one who makes a half-assed attempt to tell them to keep it down. But it doesn't matter, Meat's already woken up. "Well, I may as well just start my day now," he whines passive aggressively. Then he tells them they need to have a talk tomorrow, cause "this can't be happening." He's right, but as bad as I feel for the guy, he needs to go. His odds suck to start off with, but there's no way he can survive the constant party. And it's a bit unfair to turn the Real World house into the Rehab house. And when I say unfair, I mean unfair to me. I did not sign up to write about sober people.
Get a new house, dude.
The next day, it's time for Meat to return to the improv theater, and Charna's thrilled to see him. "Ah ha ha ha ha ha!" she yells like a feisty Grandma. She's proud of him for taking care of his problems. Finally, someone who's willing to play along! As they form a semi-circle around her, she tells them they have very important improv business to discuss. Prety looks like he's about to fall asleep. They are set to perform that very week! Goody is skeptical. Blondie tells us "We have to perform improv. In front of people." Well, just get on stage and say it like that honey, it actually sounded cute.
Rick James reminds us that even though it's a class, it's also a job and it needs to be treated as such. Charna makes sure they know that there is to be no more skipping classes or performances and yeah, that means you Prety. Then they jump into an improv exercise that seems like some free association kind of thing. It doesn't seem so difficult, but poor, dopey Meat is confused as hell. And he's already pretty far into the journey of self-pity, so this is just one more thing making him feel like crap.
I can't recall how the word association game started, but it ended with words like "wanna-be stars" and "addiction". Luckily, Charna has a little sensitivity, and saves what has become an obviously very uncomfortable improv game for Meat with a phrase that's had me laughing for days every time I think of it - "Let's invoke the doughnut!" I am serious. Ladies and gentlemen...the thought-provoking art of improv.
"Hot bread!" breathes Prety.
"Puffy dough!" yells Dolt.
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Comments (17)
ChickBomb, once again I thought you gave up on this season, although I still think this is one of favorite seasons in a long time. I was even going to comment on those Improv clips you guys put up, but I didn't know what to say.
First, I get tired of the petty drunken fights too, but if that's all MTV wants to show us, then that's all their going to show us. Will even posted something saying that him and Greg were the only ones actually trying to do something with their careers, but MTV only shows a portion of this while focusing the majority of the show on drunken fights and everything else, so blame MTV for their poor editing job.
I'm glad Joey's back, but I said it before he should've just stayed in rehab instead of going back to that house, signing up to be on the Real World in Hollywood when you have problems with alcohol was not a smart thing to do on Joey's part. I feel sorry for him in a way, but he should've known better even if he was trying to be an actor.
Now onto Greg, I'm glad Greg is gone. I don't buy this whole Greg being mature thing, Greg is not mature, he just doesn't give a shit about anything and yet he's shocked when people don't give shit about him. The show might be a little less interesting without him, but Greg's personality, oh wait Greg doesn't have a personality, he's so lifeless. That's why I never understood why he was on this hsow, oh yeah for trying to break into the industry which was the whole point of this season, but MTV hardly shows that.
1 of 17 | Posted by bigjr6633 | Posted on June 9, 2008 6:21 PM
Chickbomb-
Fab recap as always! LOVE that you and Flippy went to the improve!
XO - SM
2 of 17 | Posted by sidmonster | Posted on June 9, 2008 7:37 PM
drinking beer out of the side of the can is called shottgunning..lol im a college kid, its my job to know this
and i know for a fact that they're bringing in a new roommate, someone from my hometown actually.
3 of 17 | Posted by stina | Posted on June 9, 2008 9:22 PM
Great recap Chick. I can't even bring myself to watch an entire episode. I applaude you for being able to rehash it all out for us. You are a good American! I'm with you though, the petty fighting, the drunk debauchery...it gets old. Makes me miss the days of cowboy John from RR LA or hot Neil from RR London or big gay Dan from RR Miami. Those where the glory days of RR. The last few seasons have been laughable.
4 of 17 | Posted by taters | Posted on June 10, 2008 6:53 AM
Sucks that Prety got sent home but he asked for it sadly. I understand that he was trying to start his career that would span longer than his time in the RW house but he should have been smart enough to handle his RW responsibilities first (in order to stay in the house) and work on his modeling on the side. Was he a t the RW awards? I don't remember. Anyways, as for Joey, I feel for the guy and I really think he should leave the RW if he really wants to stay sober although who knows what's waiting for him back home. Poor guy and the roomies are really being insensitive jackasses.
5 of 17 | Posted by MichyPR | Posted on June 10, 2008 8:19 AM
Agreed, taters. Cowboy Jon, crazy Irene from Seattle, David from New Orleans (come on be my baby tonight.....) those were the days.
But my fave season had to be Boston: Montana, Genesis, Jason, Kameelah, Syrus, and HOT Sean... oh, and Elka, that was a good one.
These clowns are hacks. But I'll keep watching, I grew up on this show. Thanks ChickBomb!
6 of 17 | Posted by MargotTenenbaum | Posted on June 10, 2008 8:39 AM
Wow now that Prety's gone I really don't want to watch the show anymore. Say what you want to say about him but he was damn sure entertaining.
The only light at the end of the tunnel..was that in the last season, the new roomate was worst than the old roomate. Especially since all the roomates try to get along and have this family atmosphere, they definately ain't gonna like some new blood comin in there.
Here's hopin for drama!
*Cheers*
7 of 17 | Posted by Silk City | Posted on June 10, 2008 8:42 AM
I'm interrupting the reading of my recap to provide you with the phraseology for the drinking beer out the side of the can that Dolt, et al were participating in:
It's called a shotgun.
What can I say? I went to college once. I was in a sorority. LOL!
Okay. Going to go read the rest of the recap now.
8 of 17 | Posted by jennm926 | Posted on June 10, 2008 11:38 AM
I really feel bad for Joey. I understand that it's unfair to ask them to stop partying and drinking, but they could at least put it on hold for a few days and especially not bring it back into the house right under Joey's nose.
I don't think I'll ever like Kim. CB, even though you met her and she seemed nice..I don't think she really is.
I don't know if anyone seen the RW Hollywood marathon they were playing a couple weekends ago. Svetlana and that one guy who usually hosts these things were playing the episodes and showing some clips they didn't show on air. There was one clip they showed, it was arond the time when Will was flirting with Sara. And Sara was talking to Kim about it like if it's right for her to be flirting with him. Kim starts asking Sara stuff like, is dating black guys okay to be doing in Arizona? Would her parents say anything if she were to date a black guy. And Sara seemed a little weired out by what Kim was asking and she was like, 'yeah it's fine....it's just that I have a boyfriend.' And Kim was saying, yeah i'll flirt with black guys but i don't think i'll ever date one.
I know Kim is ignorant but you still shouldn't be saying stuff like that especially when there are millions of people watching you. Then Svetlana and that other guy called Kim so she can explain herself. The only thing she explained was when she called Bri 'ghetto' She said she wasn't saying it like a racial thing...it's just what her and her friends say when someone is acting out.
oh please. I'm not quoting her word for word. But that was basically what she was saying. And Svetlana wasn't buying it. If you look on MTV's website they might have that clip.
9 of 17 | Posted by jozeyg | Posted on June 10, 2008 12:05 PM
Why is it unfair to ask them to stop partying and drinking? Would be unfair to ask a smoker not to smoke around someone dying of lung cancer? I understand the analogies aren't perfect, but addiction IS life threatening. Period. Joey bears responsibility for his past decisions and his decision to re-enter the Real World house. Still, not drinking around him or not letting him know when you will go out drinking or not being drunk around him is just basic human respect for another person's life threatening situation.
To continue drinking or any other drug use in this situation goes beyond selfish to the point of being a personality disorder. They're literally saying it's more important for them to drink than it is to keep Joey sober, even though they know that if Joey doesn't stay sober, it could result in his death. Of course, if these people were this selfish and egomaniacal in the first place, they wouldn't be cast on the Real World.
Notice I haven't even mentioned the fact that Joey is a diagnosed bipolar, which throws even more complications into the attempt to stay sober.
As human beings, the actions of the rest of the house are inexcusable. And don't even get me started about Stripper's claim that she needs to go out in order to "network", when she hasn't done a damn thing for her "career" since she got to L.A. Then again, neither has anybody else still on the show except for Will.
10 of 17 | Posted by Alafos | Posted on June 10, 2008 3:02 PM
I am all for Joey getting better, but this is not the place to do it. I thought that first night they needed to go to the Improv for work. Otherwise I am sure Goodie would not have come back. I will give him that one...I think it would have been nice if the roomies came back early. I think it is selfish of him to ask all of them to change their lifestyles. While I do feel horribly for him, it makes for really boring tv when I have to see him sulking around all day saying how unhappy he is. I really think he needs to go home.
11 of 17 | Posted by yankeesfan | Posted on June 10, 2008 3:35 PM
I'm shocked no one has commented on this yet, especially since Real World Boston was brought up. I don't know exactly when the rules changed, but I guess they have. Montona from Boston got fired for giving ALCOHOL to a kid. Greg gets fired for missing work. Now by all means, didn't like the guy, wished they would have evicted him, Puck style. But having to leave for missing a "class" rather than violating laws, including endangering a child... hmmm lil bit strange, no?
12 of 17 | Posted by bentley1101 | Posted on June 11, 2008 12:06 AM
Bentley1101:
the rules of being in the real world house include participating in the job... whether you like it or not. If you get fired from your job, you must leave the house (all the castmates know this-- it's not like a surprise)...
Greg didn't just "miss" a class. He missed a few, came to a few late or left early, and missed a performance. He showed little to no effort in attempting to participate and was warned plenty of times.
I'm personally glad the pompous asshole is gone. If he's enough of an idiot to fuck up on showing up to an easy job that's less than 20 hrs a week so that you can have all the other perks of being in the house, then he deserved it.
13 of 17 | Posted by hollagirl2 | Posted on June 11, 2008 9:52 AM
Also, back in the days of Montana getting the kiddos crunk, the rules of the house were less strict. There used to be no curfew or no cap on the amount of people allowed in the house. I think a lot of rules were placed when the chick that visited the San Diego house got rape-happy.
14 of 17 | Posted by sardini | Posted on June 11, 2008 1:07 PM
sardini: I'm glad that someone else knows about that SD rape thing. Everytime I bring it up my friends think I'm full of shit. I'm not full of shit, I just watch entirely too much TV.
Anyone else think Joey is headed home? I felt like the previews were hinting at it. I wanna know what kind of half-ass rehab let him out after 28 days. Anyone with that many problems should be in at least a 90 day program.
15 of 17 | Posted by HereKittyKitty | Posted on June 11, 2008 2:52 PM
I don't know if you watch the Real World dailies on Mtv.com, but they provide a little more insight on what's going on that we don't see because of editing.
Also, you can watch Kim's audition tape there. I've never been so repulsed. It was absolutely disgusting and she doesn't deserve an ounce of credibility. She was clearly picked for the sole reason that she is ignorant and offensive.
16 of 17 | Posted by missk | Posted on June 11, 2008 6:52 PM
I agree with those of you that said it would be nice if the roomies would have taken a couple of nights off of partying. But, Joey can't expect these people to give up this once in a lifetime opportunity that they were given, picked over thousands of people. Drinking and acting stupid has been a staple of RW for years and that's what most of the castmates are there for. When you are an addict, you can't expect all of the people around you to change, you have to change the people that you are around. Joey is not going to find sober people in that house.
17 of 17 | Posted by tammy | Posted on June 11, 2008 7:37 PM