Recap: Real World: Swimming is LIFE

**Editor's note: TreadingonMe has taken the summer off to get drunk and make out with chicks. Please welcome the talented, the lovely, HereKittyKitty!

I have a lot of love in my heart for MTV. They share my birthday, and have consistently given me shows that are such trainwrecks that I watch them for 14 seasons (see The Real World). This year, my tenth year of watching, they decided to give me the Real World Las Vegas Reunion. It's almost like my own little personal Back to New York, except it's Back to Las Vegas. Last episode we caught up with everyone and had what is sure to be the first of many dramatic fights. What can we expect tonight? Please tell me it's gonna be more of this:

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We're less than one minute in and we're treated to more product placement for The Palms Resort and Casino. We get it MTV. We got it five years ago; they are living in a casino. We are introduced to John Gray, a name you would forget if it wasn't mentioned every 3 minutes for the rest of the episode. He tells the roommates that they get to spend the week treated like high rollers. First up, massages!

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My weave doesn't feel good. :(

Trishelle complains about missing her massage and mani pedi because she is nauseous. What, pregnant already? Seriously though, take some pepto-bismol and deal with it. You only get free stuff while you're on the show, don't let a little morning sickness ruin it. Evidently, it passes because after massages we see her relaxing with everyone else around the pool. Brynn's baby shows up again and everyone oohs and aahs over him. Steven keeps joking that he's so cute that someone is going to steal him. Comedy is obviously his strong suit.

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Missing children are hilarious!

In the meantime, everyone gets good and drunk, which leads to Alton hitting on random women, and Steven dragging pool chairs with random women in them into the pool. Now in the infinite wisdom of the Real World editors, we don't actually get to see this happen, but luckily for us John Gray (told you we'd hear from him again) calls and fills us in. His security guards say that Steven touched a hotel member, threw a cup of ice on her, and is banned from the pool for the rest of the visit.

In place of drunken revelry we get to listen to Frank and Steven talk to this guy on the phone forever. I guess MTV forgot that the reason that everyone watched Las Vegas the first time was it was INTERESTING. Less talking, more threesomes!

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Alright you three. Put down the phone and do it.

We do get to listen to Steven moan for the next 15 minutes about how there is nothing to do in Vegas besides be at the pool. Uhhh, gambling anyone? I've obviously forgotten how important pools are to 10 year olds... who have lost all of their hair.

Steven lies down for a nap and Frank goes back to call John again. He cannot have his wingman imprisoned from the pool. I mean, they are celebrities! High rollers! It's blasphemous. I'm sure that's what Frank was thinking, but he was on hold for so long trying to talk to John that he gives up. He has a radical suggestion though... check the video instead of just asking witnesses. Frank, quit being rational, this is the Real World.

That night, everyone gets their own invitations to dinner... at three different restaurants. Clearly the directors over at the challenges have started writing for the Real World because that made no sense whatsoever. Steven and Frank are supposed to go to dinner together, Brynn and Trishelle and duh duh duh Arissa, Irulan and Alton. That wasn't set up to create drama or anything was it? Irulan immediately begins freaking out, yelling and screaming about how she CANNOT go to dinner with Alton. Frank points out that if she can't spend a night at dinner with her ex-boyfriend it might mean that she still has feelings for him. Again Frank, what is with this logical thinking?

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Dinner? Noooo! I can't take it! Waaaahhhh!

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Comments (17)

sweetjane [TypeKey Profile Page]:

while i miss treadingonme, this was a pretty good recap herekittykitty. welcome!
1 correction (although perhaps i was just confused)- i think the dinner dates were brynn and trishelle; frank, stephen and arissa; and alton and irulan. which was why irulan seemed to think it was a date and flipped (stupidest thing ever). b/c one of the guys was like "that's fine- we'll go to dinner with alton instead of arissa." but i could be wrong. just like with the rules on the challeges, sometimes i am confused with real world logic.

RachWho? [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Great job, Herekittykitty...
I enjoyed the recap! I love TOM also but in his absence (or even not in his absence) you are great!

Thanks for bothering to watch this garbage :)

Mrs.Meow [TypeKey Profile Page]:

sweetjane - you are correct on the dinners. Irulan was so freaked b/c the dinner was just supposed to be her and Alton alone.

Great recap - I'm glad to see it will be taken care of. :) The screen caps were pretty funny.

KatiesHole [TypeKey Profile Page]:

I can't believe most of these real worlders have not grown up. Tragic.

Irulan and that other bitch are truly pathetic. Alton ain't all that.

KH

Treadingonme [TypeKey Profile Page]:

I took a slight break from making out with chicks long enough (not from being drunk though) to read this recap, which is crazy, because I didn't even read my own.


This was a great recap and I'm glad to see that someone else can moderately stomach the antics of these "adults." Keep up the great work! Also, don't be afraid to be even meaner to this cast. They deserve it.

Lucy [TypeKey Profile Page]:

great recap BUT BUT BUT excuse me, Steven joking about someone stealing Brynn's kid??

Alton's little brother was kidnapped, raped and murdered in a very high profile case. It was discussed on the Las Vegas season. They'd just caught the pedophilic murderer and he trial was happening during the filming. Nice joke, Steven. Idiot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Sellers

mandymax [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Are we surprised that the next episode has Irulan wailing about wanting to leave? I'm guessing it's because she's being held accountable for something she did that she mistakenly and selfishly thought she could schmooze her way out of, just like during the real season. The girl can't handle taking responsibility. Kind of like the whole "Oh, I can't go to dinner with Alton!" thing this time around. You know, Irulan - if you don't want anything to happen with Alton, nothing says you can't JUST SAY NO to any suggestion he makes!!!! Be a responsible grown-up for a change!

God, I can't stand her. I forgot how much she irritates me. She's worse than nails on a chalkboard.

HereKittyKitty [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Sweetjane: Sorry about the dinner invitation thing. I rewound that scene like twice and I was still sort of confused. It's like listening to challenge instructions, thinking you understand them, watching someone win, and then hearing that blaring horn meaning they were disqualified.

Holy crap Lucy!!! That does indeed make Steven's joke even less appropriate.

I had honestly forgotten all about it. When I was that age I had to watch MTV after my parents went to bed or really early in the morning. Therefore I was usually listening more to if I heard my parents walking around the corner than to the shows sometimes. (Note: I'm pretty sure that my mom's hatred was directly the result of the slapping incident on Real World: Seattle.)

Treadingonme: Thanks! I've read your recaps for a while, so I'm glad that the creator of E.Colie thinks I've got what it takes. Enjoy your summer!

Leah3t [TypeKey Profile Page]:

This show is making me depressed that perhaps my life is this much more boring as well. These people are UNINTERESTINg.

bakismaki [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Brynn is seriously out of place. She's married and has a kid, everyone else in the house is still a kid!

Irulan has clearly not gotten over Alton yet. Try a little harder not to show it, hun.

bakismaki [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Oh and another thing, the blonde hair is not a good look for trashelle.

bakismaki [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Oh and another thing, the blonde hair is not a good look for trashelle.

m'low [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Great recap! I was worried that maybe a new author would require my actually watching the show, rather than just pointing & laughing throughout the recaps ... but bravo!

While a Vegas bachelorette party will make for good (hopefully) tv, after 2 kids, isn't it a little besides the point?

Will miss treadingnome, but keep up the good work!

TinkerbellAPixie [TypeKey Profile Page]:

I love your utter disdain for Irulan. That's going to make this a very fun season to read.

Mgasm [TypeKey Profile Page]:


You guys...I'm so confused. Did I miss something? Are Brynn's kid and husband living at the Palms, too? Oh...and Steven is worthless. I'm so happy about the reunion...no...make that estatic about the reunion, but I wish they'd do something skanky...at least for old times sake.

cincy_josh [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Sounded to me like Trishelle said, "Here's to being famous in Las Vegas together."

msu11y28 [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Irulan says that her man wouldn't be comfortable with her spending any time with her ex. He wouldn't be okay with dinner but he was fine her moving back into the same penthouse with him? Now that's the type of thinking that will keep you on the Real World, Irulan.

...LMAO!!
I really liked your re-cap, keep up the good work!

I think the producers probably had to work out some deal with Brynn that would allow her husband/baby to stay at the hotel in order for her to agree to do the show

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