Well, Charlie's shenanigans 
cost the group their bonus, and chipper Jamie was incensed enough to curse in the confessional. But her anger was nothing compared to snippy Cameran who had lost valuable Mint Julip money. Charlie actually felt pretty badly and tried to clear things up with Troy, but a stuttering phone call to the bossman had no effect on the financial state of the house. Oh well. Charlie and Laura zoomed out of the hostile abode to get some sushi while Cameran decided to do her impersonation of Riverdance - on Charlie's guitar. Turns out that wood breaks, and even Cameran's petite foot was too forceful for the brittle, beloved, and not-meant-to-be-stepped-on guitar.
At first Cameran was going to flee the scene of the crime. After all, there were no witnesses, except the cameras recording a permanent record. Once again, Cameran regressed from her newly minted twentysomething age by rationalizing that Charlie cost her fifty dollars, so the broken guitar was a suitable punishment. Yeah, musicians are usually pretty chill about those sort of things.
Truth is that Cameran was being very tongue and cheek. She really did feel badly, and as she confessed to Charlie later, she tried her best to put on her sweet, cute "Who me?" puppy eyes, but Jacquese, roaring out of nowhere, burst onto the scene and scolded first Cameran for being so immature and then Charlie for letting her off the hook. And then as quickly as it had started, Jacquese disappeared back into thin air. I imagine he had some nookie spying to do elsewhere.
The guitar issue never really resolved itself, but Charlie sent Laura home and then scraped some letters off a sailboat the next day to make up for his occupational absence. As the show wrapped up, the roommates attended their last day of work and for once decided to put in a good effort. At least that's what the producers wanted us to think as they deluged us with stock footage of the cast members hoisting sails and winding cables. These images were no different from those earlier this season, but this time around the music was happy and triumphant, so surely everyone learned something. Well, at least Jacquese did. While everyone chirped about how the boat was actually really fun, Jacquese at least took the opportunity to be introspective and examine how the experience affected his outlook on life and himself. Ja, why the hell are you on this show?
The episode closed with the roommates hugging goodbye to Troy and then staring at a picture perfect sunset over the Pacific. As far as Real World images go, this one was actually pretty nice. Why, just thinking about it takes me to a quiet, serene place. If only Christopher Cross could sing about it...
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Comments (3)
That was hands down the funniest Ja has ever been.
Also, Cameran is still super hot.
1 of 3 | Posted by IndianJones | Posted on June 23, 2004 8:32 AM
I agree. Ja has always been funny, but that was ridiculous.
2 of 3 | Posted by b-side | Posted on June 23, 2004 9:42 AM
ja must have been the most boring cast member in a long time -- he was in about 2 shows (the racism one and the my-dad-left-me-when-i-was-too-young-to-remember one).
we're fortunate one of rand's boys cut this season short. otherwise we would have to suffer thru more "work" on a sailboat and complaining about waking up before 10am.
bmp forever.
3 of 3 | Posted by g4 | Posted on June 24, 2004 6:39 AM