03x09 - Collision Course

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Previously on the real world...

[ Puck ] in the "soap box derby", thing.

I mean this is, like, what I'm about.

[ Rachel ] I was the only one in the house

That went to the soap box derby.

[ Pedro ] when I first found out I was h.i.v positive,

I thought I was gonna die.

I know enough about a.i.d.s

To not go to pedro's functions,

'Cause he didn't go to mine.

You've been picking on that scab for half an hour.

Now, wait, wait, wait, wait.

And now, I'm gonna go wash my hands ?

And then you go

And put your finger in the peanut butter.

No, I'm gonna go-no, I'm sorry.

This is the true story...

True story...

Of seven strangers...

Picked to live in a house...

And have their lives taped...

Oh, lucy, I'm home...

To find out what happens...

When people stop being polite...

And start getting real.

Mtv's the real world, san francisco.

Give me a little kiss.

No, puck.

I'll give you a hug.

I don't want a hug, I want your kiss.

Do I have to hold you down ?

Oh, no.

Am I gonna have to pin you on the ground ? No.

[ Laughing ]

[ Pedro ] cory, uh,

She has been spending a lot of time with puck.

My little wonder bread kid.

My little wonder bread brother.

The other day she told me that,

You know, every time that she wants to do something,

It seems like puck is the only one around.

Because, of course,

Puck doesn't do much, to begin with.

You know what it is, you know what it is, you know what it is ?

What is it, what is it, what is it ?

I am "oscar madison", and you are "felix ungar".

No, don't even try it !

Yes !

Compare me to felix, I don't think so.

How can I not ? You're so clean.

And you're ironing, you're ironing, you're ironing.

No.my clothes are in a big pile.

We are the odd couple.

Yep.

[ Cory ] puck and pedro, that's a frustrating thing.

'Cause even though they're getting along better,

There's still that tension.

[ Puck ] I see pedro zamora as pedro zamora.

I don't see pedro zamora as mister A*DS-man, g*y activist.

Oh, no.

Oh, yes.

[ Pedro ] when I met puck,

The issues were not about me being g*y.

As time goes by, I'm beginning to believe

That he does have problems with my sexuality,

But he's not confronting that.

[ Puck ] I wanna see pedro for pedro,

But it's not there.

All he talks about is how heterosexuals are this and...

[ Fake spanish accent ] "I can make fun of heterosexuals because

You're a heterosexuals."

I told you we were the odd couple.

[ Pedro ] this whole thing with me and him

Being the odd couple.

And I really I hate it when he brings that up.

Well you know, there's a dirty guy and the clean guy.

An unconfirmed g*y guy.

What I really hate is this whole "g*y thing".

One guy's dirty, one guy's clean.

You tell me, are we fitting the bill ?

[ Puck ] I've had experience with g*y people before,

And it doesn't bother me if you're g*y.

It bothers me if it's all a.i.d.s, a.i.d.s, a.i.d.s,

g*y, young, a.i.d.s.

[ Gong-like sound ]

There's nothing else there for me, man.

You know, I tried to be nice.

I actually thought that his boyfriend was cooler than he is.

[ Pedro ] things between me and sean are really, really going well.

He asked me to marry him.

You know about this pedro engagement thing.

I know nothing, what do you know ?

That sean asked pedro to marry him.

Did pedro accept ?did pedro accept ?

He-they're working it out now.

Pedro said,"whatever" this morning,

I heard him, he's like, "whatever."

You think that's fast ? You think that's weird.

Oh, I thought it was really fast.

Pedro, really, he said "he really loves sean."

And he feels really comfortable with him.

And he feels like,

That the guy he lived with for three years,

He was kind of like married to this guy before, I guess.

But, um, pedro said that "he feels as close to sean

"As it took him like two years

Through that marriage to like, feel that close."

Consider that.

If he's got A*DS, he's got to think fast.

[ Pedro ] it feels like I've known him for a very long time,

And, um, it feels very comfortable.

My last relationship was

Entrenched in, you know, my needing this other person

To mirror how I feel about myself, back to me.

Pedro needs to talk to his family.

And he needs to figure out if he's gonna be able

To deal with, like, leaving his family.

[ Pedro ] I would definitely take him back home.

And, um, I'd have my family meet him.

A lot of the members of my family don't speak english.

And sean doesn't speak any spanish.

There will be that barrier.

Also, there's the racial issue.

You know, my family's very open,

But has not seen a lot of images of

White and black people together.

You cannot expect me to go

From an extremely h*m* and r*cist--

Wait, let me finish.

[ Chuckling ] I'm just asking, would you ? ...environment,

And then come to san francisco,

And go down the street,

And hold your hand

And feel totally comfortable.

I can't, and it--

Sean's really used to kissing pedro,

And holding his hand all the time in public, and just like--

Basically, kind of in florida,

It's like you wouldn't--

Yeah, you wouldn't be able to do that without fear of being like, harassed.

I am still walking down the street, holding your hands,

And still, part of me is looking behind

To see if the guy who I just passed is gonna

Come right back and break my head open

Right. Because I've seen it happen.

And it might still happen in san francisco.

[ Pedro ] I started saying,

"You know, if you could be here in san francisco

"Without having the pressure of your family in miami,

Would you say yes ?"

I said, "well, there's your answer,"

And I told him "yes."

And I think he was shocked.

I'm in process hell !ha, ha, ha,

See, this is the point where we go home.

Jump in bed...

Have wild, passionate sex.

I have nothing to do, honey.

I wonder if they're having loud love.

What the hell is that, woman ?

I got it from "the body shop" today.

Did you see her face ?

Show sean.

So are you guys engaged, pedro ?

Where are you going ?

What ?

What was that question again ?

Are you engaged ?

That's the third time that question's been asked

This evening.

That's not my fault.

[ Judd ] we want to know if we can make an honest woman of him.

[ Giggling ]

So, talk.

Yes, we are engaged.

[ Rachel ] well when I think of marriage,

I think of my parents, so obviously--

Sean and pedro, don't fit the mold.

[ Rachel ] so, who proposed, you propose to him ?

Of course.

What do you mean "of course" ?

[ Rachel ] he's the more gutsy, the more ballsy ?

The more-- go ahead, say it.

Go ahead.

[ Laughing ]

I think that since I've been here,

Just seeing them together, I think--

Getting used to that has made it

Really not that shocking.

[ Laughing ]

That's it, bye !

What are you laughing at ?

Nothing, I'm just sitting here.

Rachel just wants to know if you're wearing the dress.

[ Judd ] I'm really happy for him,

Then there's also this ridiculous,

Deep-bred heterosexual thing in me,

That still finds the whole thing kind of weird,

Which pedro even understands when I told him

That I still find it a little bit weird,

But I'll get over it.

[ Judd ] mazel tov !

But I'm not gonna be a bride's maid,

I don't care what you ask me.

Just go, leave us heterosexuals with our silliness.

[ Pedro ] see you later.

Good night, enjoy.

[ Sean ] good night. Bye.

[ Cory ] congratulations !

Thank you.

[ Puck ] two men getting married, kind of controversial,

Shock value. Kind of in your face.

I question their motives for actually getting "engaged",

I question their motives for that.

Hello.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Okay, all you guys, five minutes, man to breakfast.

Let's go, up there.

We'll have to start a crew here, I think.

Stop the presses.

You're funny, grandpa, you brought it all.

[ Puck ] I had my grandfather come over and cook us all breakfast

As a group.

We all had breakfast,

My sister, and judd, and all of us.

And cory's friend weaseled in there,

Because she got pedro's seat.

[ Grandpa ] okay.

Grandpa, you're the best cook in the world.

[ Puck ] pedro, instead of coming up, he cleaned the floor,

Which is kind of insulting to me,

That I invited him to come up.

It proved a big point to me.

Because i, on purpose went down,

And was way more than civil

To a guy that obviously doesn't like me.

I said, "hey, pedro, you know,

"My swedish, grandfather is here.

"I think we should all go upstairs

"And let's have some swedish food,

For breakfast."

And he was like, "no."

[ Grandpa ] looks like we're all doing okay.

Maybe he figures that I'm me

With the dirt under the fingernails.

And that my grandfather would cook dirty food.

[ Pedro ] I really like everybody in the house.

Isolating myself from puck, or staying away from puck,

I'm isolating myself from everybody else too.

And I don't like that.

[ Rachel ] pedro seems very content to spend his time with sean.

I'm on the right side of the street !

[ Woman speaks spanish ]

Where are you ?

Do you see where you are ?

The drivers need to exchange numbers

And get each other's insurance companies.

She's drunk out of her--mind,

How can you talk to a drunk person ?

To make sure she's a drunk person.

[ Sirens ]

She's getting booked.

She's obviously drunk, right ?

I don't know, I haven't checked her out yet.

But she's getting booked.

If I was you, pedro,

I'd be laid up with some fake whiplash,

But that'd be me.

You just said, "for him to fake whiplash."

You're not suin' for nothing.

But what am I suing for ?

There was nothing wrong with me.

You said this lady was a jerk.

No, I mean, she broke the law.

And we--the cops came and took care of it and-

Okay, I'm sayin' if it was me.

Yeah, but you got mad

Because cory was gonna get a fake i.d.,

And you said, "that was lying."

Faking whiplash is lying, too.

No.it's not ?

Nah.

'Cause I've had whiplash and let people go,

'Cause they were nice.

I'm confused.so am i.

Hey, my life is confusing, but I tell you, man,

There is an ethical play out here.

[ Rachel ] he always said that to me that, "you shouldn't lie.

A lie is a lie is a lie is a lie."

Well some of us have ethics

And we would not sue

Unless we were really, feeling whiplash.i wouldn't sue unless I was really hurt.

But there's no lie.

You're lying--

I didn't lie.

I said if I was you, I'd be saying, "I was hurt."

[ Judd ] it is a lie !

I didn't say I would lie.

Yes, you did.

[ Pedro ] I don't have any respect for him

Because I don't think he has any integrity.

I think his values and morality are very bendable

To fit, you know, pucks's needs or what he wants.

And I really have a problem with that.

That's what I don't like.

[ Judd ] you'd sue somebody-

I would sue the [ beep ] out of everybody

In the house before that.

'Kay, I gotta go for it !

God, I hate doing that.

Ohhhh !

Ohhhh !

Ohhhh !

See how they're all in a row like that ?

Yeah !

Owwwoo ! Whoooh !

[ Puck ] I like cory a lot more now,

Because I see a camper in her.

I see--i see a sensitive person,

I see somebody who cares.

Cory is just like... Hey.

[ Cory ] I don't think that everybody gets to see the sensitive,

Human, or, "human side of puck."

He always acts like, like he won't say, really,

"I'm sorry, or I was wrong,"

He says it by just like giving you a hug.

Or treating you to breakfast,

Or buying you a beer, you know,

The puck-ly ways.

I think it is true that because I'm a girl,

I can get along easier with puck than a guy can,

Especially, um... A g*y guy.

I'm really missing pedro a lot.

When we first rode over here together on the train,

We really were close, and we bonded quickly.

There's so much about pedro that I love.

I mean, he's one of the people

He treats other people very nicely.

You don't want to have kids ?

I want to have kids,

I just don't want to be pregnant.

Oh, you don't want to be pregnant ?

I love kids.

If I could have kids, I would.

[ Rachel ] I do, I feel bad.

Because while I have the most fun

When I'm hanging out with puck,

The person in the house

That I have the most in common with,

I mean, besides the fact that he's g*y, is pedro.

The other morning, they were singing,

♪ This man is my land this land is your land ♪

I loved it. It's the pledge allegiance--

I can't live like that, like if,

Feeling guilty if I hang out with puck,

Because I don't want to offend pedro,

Or talking to pedro,

And puck wondering if I'm talking about him to pedro,

Which I'm not.

Just stuff like that.

I just don't want to deal with that stuff.

I don't have to talk about this--i'm saying--

I just don't like the guy,

And he knows that I don't like him.

I know, but how could you not like somebody that you don't even--

I don't really think you know him very well.

I don't want to get to know him,

He's the opposite person than me,

And I don't have time to know a guy like that.

Well, don't you think you can learn from somebody who's not like you ?

I think it's exactly what pedro said.

"He doesn't feel that puck respects him."

And he's right.

Puck, does not respect him.

That's where all this started from,

His little pompous attitude, man.

I ain't taking it.

I don't care if he's on "oprah winfrey."

I don't care if "chris carnell's" cool, either.

He's gonna be an a*s[ beep ],

I'm gonna damn well tell him he's an a*s[ beep ],

I don't have to like him.

Puck's theory is "I don't have to give you respect,

You have to earn it."

I'm high-profile too, man.

I just see them both as very strong people.

Equally stubborn.

If I know I don't like him, rachel, I know it in three minutes, man.

You're a dork.

My stance is this...

[ Clunk ] uh-uh.

[ Cory ] we decided to put questions into a hat.

And have people pass them around,

And answer the questions about themselves.

[ Rachel ] cory, he's reading the first one.

Okay go ahead, go ahead, I'm listening.

What physical thing would you change about yourself,

And also, an emotional thing ?

Uh.

Emotional, I'd be more sensitive to other people's needs.

And, uh, my physical thing,

Gee, I'd get more tattoos.

[ Judd ] you made that fun.

This isn't an essay, it's a question, I answered it.

[ Laughing ]

If you could change anything-- oh no !

No !

[ Laughing ]

Do we have to be honest ?

[ Judd ] sure.

If you could change anything about our new living situation,

What would you change ?

Umm...

Anything.

I would wish that I could have better communication

With certain people in the house,

Which I don't.

How ?

If I knew how, it wouldn't be a problem.

Next question.

So, do you feel--

[ Rachel ] it was really a lot more tense

Than it may have appeared to be.

I got a pedro question.

I think, because I think it's his pen.

What aspect of yourself have you not talked about yet ?

Is that you ?

You're wrong.

You're very wrong.

Not very wrong, just you're wrong.

Ah.

[ Cory ] I don't know what pedro and puck need

In order to find that common ground.

How would you like people to remember you

After this is over ?

I think I want people to remember my struggle.

As a person, living with A*DS.

And, you know, crap that I have to go through just in my every day life.

[ Judd ] puck.

[ Cory ] look, he doesn't want to,

Don't make a big scene.

[ Rachel ] puck left with some chick he met at a bar the night before.

Thank you.

You are so welcome.

I was in my room.

And I could hear pedro and judd, talking about puck.

[ Judd ] it was pretty obvious to me what was going on with pedro,

He was really... Pissed.

I refused to go down to his level of communication.

I am not going--

For me to get along with puck,

I have to just suppress who I am.

I'm not gonna do it.

If I have to, you know, just start using signs,

I'm not gonna do it.

[ Cory ] I don't know how it happened.

But we all just started floating into judd and pedro's room,

And kind of listening to pedro

Voice his frustrations about puck.

I don't give three [ beep ] about puck.

I am not interested in his life.

Because he's only interested in himself.

You know, I could only be interested in you

When you're interested in me.

I could only respect you when you respect me.

He does not respect me.

[ Rachel ] it's just really good

To hear pedro's perspective on the whole thing.

Because I agree with pedro in a lot of ways,

But I'm always hearing puck's perspective.

I'm not justifying,

I'm trying to give you, maybe, his perspective.

What happened with the soap box thing,

He-- I mean, he was really hurt that nobody went.

And people tend to think that just because he is such an a*s [ beep],

And he is--

That that doesn't mean that he doesn't have feelings.

I'm tired.

I cannot sit there while I'm having dinner

And compete with puck.

I don't know how you guys can just sit back and not say,

"Puck, [ beep ] you !"

I do it though, pedro,

And I think that's why I can get along with him.

I mean, cory has seen me fight with puck.

I'm not afraid to confront puck at all.

But I chose not to confront him in front of other people.

I think the only way to get somebody like puck to respect you

Is to confront him on it.

But I think, he's confronted him a number of times,

And nothing's happened.

I think maybe what we should all do, hold up--

This is about confrontation

Is not about getting in your face.

To me, confrontation is about saying,

"This is an issue that is important to me.

And let's bring it to the table, and discuss it as human beings."

I don't-i refuse to get down to his level,

And get in front of his face

And be as much of an a*s [ beep ] as he is.

Yeah.you know ?

I'm from the east bay, I was born in oakland,

And then,

I was like, the only white kid for like a -block radius.

I got beat up all the time,

Couldn't have a bicycle.

And really white.

Oh god, I'm such a toad head.

I tell him,

I really wish...

That you wouldn't burp or fart

When I have a plate of food in front of me.

And he turns around and says, "I don't care."

But also, puck's about

Making you stir up your emotions.

I don't need him to stir up my emotions.

I have a.i.d.s...

I have sexuality, I have my family.

I have so many other things to stir up my emotions,

Without an a*s [ beep ] stirring things

That were stirring when I was six-years-old.

I got kicked out of a million houses.

For being nine and a half puck.

And now I've turned my act a little bit.

I'm learning, you know ?

But it hurts me, is that because of him,

I am isolating myself from you guys.

Puck dominates the scene so much

That other people don't really have a lot of time to connect.

What puck's doing is not allowing anyone else to talk.

And when that becomes a problem,

Then that's a problem for everyone.

Because then, I went into my confessional,

And the majority of the stuff I said,

"Was about puck this,

And what puck did over here, and he did that."

It doesn't take much for someone just to chime in and say,

"Puck, just step off" or whatever.

If we wind up ganging up on him,

Maybe that's okay.

I think we should individually all write out

Our different concerns down,

We should bring them all together.

I'm fine with puck.

I haven't had that many conversations with him.

But he is at his best, when he's one-on-one.

For pedro, it is a pedro-puck issue.

And we don't want to make it

A pedro-puck issue for all of us.

But for you--

I'm going to just say this for the last time.

Because of puck,

I'm isolating myself because of you guys.

It is a choice that I'm making.

I am isolating myself from you guys

As long as puck is around.

That choice hurts you.

That choice hurts us too.

Because for me personally,

When mohammed's in the confessional

Going on and on,

Going [ beep ] all I'm doing is talking about puck,

When I'm in the confessional,

All I'm doing is talking about you.

And it...

I don't want to lose that.

Real world...

[ Rachel ] on three occasions, me and puck kissed.

Obviously, I wasn't interested in puck as a boyfriend.

She made the decision to come into my room and kiss me.

I can't deal with it any more.

Puck is like so far out there, dude.

Right now, he's declared w*r on the house.