03x18 - Just Friends

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Previously on the real world...

[ Jo ] steve is...

A very, very important person in my life.

We also are roommates up in tahoe.

[ Judd ] rachel is a right-wing conservative...

I can care less if this whole house

Thinks everything I believe in is funny.

And I consider myself a real bed-wetting liberal.

This could get difficult later.

This is the true story...

True story...

Of eight 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.

Who sent you these ?steve.

Aww.

He's so sweet.

I don't envy you at all, man.

He's just so nice.

He's just too sweet.

He's a little too nice ?

No.

[ Rachel ] no, he's not too nice for her.

It's just that--

He's too nice for not being a boyfriend.

That's okay.

I like to get flowers.

[ Mohammed ] it won't be that.

There's a conference on tuesday

And if you guys are gonna go

I have to tell the lady tomorrow.

It's empower america, it's a conference.

Jack kemp's gonna be there, bill bennett

And jeanne kirkpatrick.

[ Pam ] they're just gonna talk about him or what is it ?

I thought it was a great opportunity for them

To gain a little bit of insight into who I was.

It would be kind of nice if you guys went.

[ Judd ] I could only imagine the scene there.

All these buttoned-down conservative types

And rachel coming through.

My hunch is that there are a lot of right-wing gentlemen

Who are more than happy to have her there.

Just call it a hunch.

If I understood why they were trying to get me to do this

I would say, "okay".

But I just can't understand why I have to read this.

Well, they just want you to spend

A little bit of time figuring it out.

[ Jo ] I have finals next week

And I've been slacking, basically.

I really appreciate steve as a friend.

He's like my big brother, my dad

And sometimes he's a little overbearing,

But, hey, I can deal with it.

I've got another poems to get through

And then I can start writing my paper.

Good.

After this one you'll have .

Who cares ? I can't sit here day after day after day.

The english was just too much.

I should give up the class and try it again next quarter.

Why are you so impulsive to give up ?

Talk her out of it, rachel.

Talk her out of dropping her english class.

She looks too mad, I don't wanna deal.

He's just so over-protective sometimes.

And I think he's a little bit more attached than I would like.

So how come you don't study at times like this ?

Look, just don't go on, please.

It's up to me what I do

And I'm choosing not to do my english anymore

Because I don't want to do it anymore.

I like having him there for his advice,

But yet, I've always been brought up to be

A very independent person.

And I just lost some of that, what I had before

And I want it back.

[ Jo ] even though I don't spend

That much time with my family, they're still--

They still mean an awful lot to me.

Rachel and I are becoming really close.

We've become more like sisters.

And I miss that sisterly comfort and so does she.

That's, why, y'know, I'm so close to steve.

'Cause like, I didn't have anyone else.

You know, I was just here with...

Like, nothing.

Mm-hmm.

[ Knock at door ]

[ Cory ] oh, rache,

What time do we need to be there tomorrow ?

We were just looking at--

Seven-- well, I'd like to leave around :, :.

Okay, 'cause I think we're gonna leave a little bit earlier

And take a cable car.

I didn't mean to interrupt, sorry.

But pam and everybody are asking about it,

So I just wanna tell 'em really quick.

[ Cory ] at first I was really hurt

By how exclusive jo's and rachel's relationship was.

[ Judd ] jo and rachel are practically

Sharing the same brain at this point.

They're sharing clothing, they're sharing ideas.

I felt like rachel and i, we were really good friends.

[ Giggling ]

We'd hang out in our bedroom and talk and, y'know,

Jump in bed together and giggle and...

Do the same things that her and jo do.

By himself, no one knew...

I was hurt by their relationship.

Rachel and I had a friendship that all of a sudden,

To her didn't exist anymore.

It's as if there's kind of like a wall

Between my bed and rachel's bed

And I just don't exist.

[ Giggling ]

[ Alarm buzzes ]

[ Cory ] I went to the empower america conference with rachel

To see what her political views are all about.

[ Judd ] it meant a lot to rachel

So for rachel I was gonna go.

[ Cory ] it looks like it's gonna be a beautiful day outside.

A good day to be sitting around with a group of republicans.

Thank you all for coming to what looks to be

A very exciting and informative day.

[ Rachel ] I think that judd and pam have stereotypes

Of the way they think republicans are.

[ Judd ] I stereotype them as white, upper-class americans.

And then I went to empower america and what did I see ?

White, upper-class americans.

[ Applause ]

We cannot conclude, therefore,

That there will be no more w*r,

That there is no need to defend ourselves.

I don't think empower america

Displays any kind of new concept.

What they are doing is gussying up the old.

[ Rachel ] I consider myself a good representative

Of republican youth in the s.

Ah, rachel, how are you ?

Nice to see you.

It was just... Amazing to me, jack kemp,

Because he's totally my hero.

... Wear my name tag, I'm cory.

I saw you sitting over there.

Hi, joanna.

Nice to meet you.

Judd.

I do feel a certain amount of respect towards jack kemp.

Run for governor.

Oh, okay.

I guarantee you'll win.

Could I vote for him ?

Not if you tied me down in the desert,

Covered me with honey and put red ants on me.

No, I don't think so.

I didn't invite you to attend

So that you could rip me to shreds.

I need to lie down.

[ Judd ] what'd you think of those welfare reform cats ?

I think that there are reasons for people to be on welfare.

I think that there's a lot of abuse.

And I think when you talk about welfare reforms

I think it should be making the system such

That people will learn to get off it,

That it doesn't become a vicious cycle.

Well that's what I'm saying, a little more involvement--

You're saying more bureaucrats will make it--

I'm not saying more bureaucrats,

I'm saying that no one is willing to do the work,

No one's willing to get in there and actually do it.

When you have that many people on welfare

You have to question whether or not those people

Are really down and out.

That many people need that much help.

So once again, black people brought it upon themselves.

They didn't say it, he did not say--oh, they didn't say it,

They didn't put it on a t-shirt, they didn't wave a banner.

But that's what they're sayin',

They're saying black people brought it upon themselves.

This is not what he's saying.

He's not saying that black people brought it upon themselves.

I think that, um...

One, that I'm not on trial.

And two, sorry if you don't agree but,

That's the way I stand on it.

I'm not knocking you so much as I am those...

Four really r*cist, sexist--

I think that's a very, very, very unfair statement.

You throw that word around way too loosely.

And it's something that as a minority I don't take very lightly.

If I'm gonna call somebody a r*cist

I'm gonna be damn sure that that's right.

And I'm not gonna throw that term around.

And I've seen you throw that term around several times

And I think it's very, very, very unwise

And it's not fair. I've gotta get going.

I'd love to continue this discussion, but I have to go.

[ Rachel ] I was completely flabbergasted and offended that

Judd said the r*cist thing.

[ Pam ] god...

I get scared to say anything.

[ Cory ] me too, I was like, "ahh !"

[ Rachel ] I was really shocked,

I really didn't expect that reaction.

It wasn't intended to be the spark

To start a big political debate.

That's like the one that one chick had.

I guess I'm going to get a tattoo.

On either my ankle or my hip, I haven't decided.

All right.

How long is it gonna take ?

About a half hour, minutes.

I think there's a lot of stereotypes

About what a republican female is like.

Very laura ashley,

Preppy, I don't know what people think.

That's not what I'm like.

She feels like her lifestyle is sort of rebellious,

But then her beliefs are kind of...

Conservative, and sometimes she feels bad.

I don't know, I can't--

I have a hard time resolving it.

I was-- I was very surprised

To find out her beliefs were that conservative.

Because to me, rachel does not project

Someone who's that conservative at all.

[ Artist ] red rose ?

Red.

[ Electric buzzing ]

The belly button was nothing compared to this.

I thought that it would be really cool

If I could get a really cool gothic cross

And have the thorny rose wrap around it.

[ Jo ] that's huge, rachel.

I know, that's why I'm so--

You don't know how close I was to getting it on my ankle.

Can you believe it ?

It was really painful.

[ Pam ] let's see, girl.

Oh, you did it up here !

Yeah, I decided to do it there.

Can I pull this back ?

Yeah, go for it.

It's beautiful.oh my god, wow.

Do you like it ?

Yeah, I do.

[ Jo ] so now you're officially the girl

From the aerosmithvideo.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Waaah !

[ Pam ] I find it very difficult to understand how rachel can

Resolve her very strict religious beliefs,

Her very strict political stance

Along with the rest of her life,

Which is open and free and running around.

Rachel's lifestyle is pretty alternative.

Not the way I would think about

A stereotypical republican or a conservative catholic.

Hey, jeff, do the bike trick !

[ Rachel ] ian and jeff are these guys that do bicycle shows

And they're just like the little skateboarder dude

I used to hang out with in high school.

Okay, okay, okay.

Quick, rachel, quick !

Woo !woooo !

Oh my god !

Rachel and I decided

There wasn't much going on in the house.

So we decided that ian and jeff,

We would like them to come over

And have a slumber party with us.

[ Humming ]

Drink some more, c'mon.

Look at that stance !

[ Laughing ]

[ Jo ] that was the pose if there ever was one.

[ Cory ] it doesn't really make me uncomfortable

That they're there just because, y'know,

I went out with jeff a few times or whatever.

But it does kind of feel weird because it's like,

They're jo and rachel's friends now.

And I kind of feel like I'm on the outside.

[ Laughter ]

Oh no, whose is this ?

I'm sleeping under protest.

Gotta be official.

[ Rachel ] we ended up drinking a little too much

And we kind of all just crashed.

[ Jeff ] good night.

[ Phone rings ]

There's been a lot of friction between steve and i.

He feels like I'm not being a good friend to him.

[ Steve ] I told you I was calling between and

If you could make yourself available.

I don't have time to call him

And I know that he's going to call me every day.

You've got no need to take that tone with me.

I'm sorry I missed your call.

I don't know why you even bother phoning me

Because every time you phone me you're gonna be rude to me.

I feel like I'm just...

A little stifled right now by our relationship.

It's like a [ bleep ]-ing yo-yo.

"I'm your friend, I'm not your friend.

I'm your friend, I'm not your friend."

You gotta just keep remembering that steve--

You wanna be steve's friend,

But steve doesn't just wanna be your friend.

I'm still having problems with my studying.

I'm getting very distracted

And not finding the right kind of time

Or the peace in the house.

[ Phone ringing ]

[ Steve ] as far as taking the final like,

Late that week,

Is there any way of working around your schedule

To come take the test ?

There's no way I can come up and do that lab.

It's like, I have to come up to do that lab.

Because if you wanted to

I could pick you up around wednesday night

And bring you back to tahoe with me.

Okay, well, I really appreciate you calling.

Bye.

I have to go up to tahoe, I'm bumming.

'Cause I didn't really want to have to rely on steve

To come and get me and take me up there again, but...

It's like--you have to go up there for sure ?

Yeah.

He just wants too much of my life

And I can't give that away.

Tomorrow I'm gonna be discussing

A lot of different things with him.

About our relationship.

I hope that we can be adult about it

And come out good friends still.

[ Cory ] I feel like I've totally been excluded from your life

Even when I'm in the room with you and jo

It's as if I'm not there.

Y'know, I was the best you had in the house before.

So it was like, "okay, well, I'll hang out with cory or whatever

"And I'll talk to her.

But now that I have jo, it's like, forget it." You know ?

It's like we don't even talk at all anymore.

And that's what totally hurts me the most.

Even when I'm in the room with you guys.

Or like, when jeff and ian was over the other night

It was you, jo, jeff, ian, and that was it.

It's always like you, pedro, judd and pam.

And I've always felt on the outside of that loop.

Always.

It's not, it's not like, because jo's here

I don't wanna do things with cory.

It's just that, there's things that

I like to do that cory won't do with he.

I really think that

It's important for you to have someone to do those things with--

Because I know, even when we used to talk

You used to say, "I like to go out more, I like to"-- you know ?

So...

[ Phone rings ]

[ Jo ] this is just incredible, I can't believe what's going on right now.

I'm just totally blown away.

You don't belong in tahoe anymore.

You don't think so, huh ?

No.

Steve wants different things than you do

With your friendship

And it's just not gonna work.

But now I don't know what to do, rache.

He keeps saying that I'm ungrateful and stuff.

All I can do is say "thank you" and be your friend.

We were in tahoe and we ended up talking.

He was trying to start an argument with me.

He was saying really hurtful things.

It blew me away.

I think he's done it intentionally.

He did all these things because he thought

You were gonna be his girlfriend.

I know.

And you're telling him "no matter what you do

I'm not going to be," so he's angry.

Some of the things we said to one another weren't very nice.

Take care of your business and get out of tahoe.

I will.

It ended up with me moving out of the house.

As soon as you find out about the greyhoundthing

Call me back 'cause we may need to get you from the station.

Okay, thanks.

Okay ?i'll call you guys back later on.

Hey, take care, rache.okay, bye, hon'.

I feel like I can get on with my own life

Without feeling like I have somebody

Watching over my shoulder,

Which is how I feel right now.

Bus station...

There it is.

[ Judd ] how you doin', jo ?

Good, thanks for picking me up, judd.

No sweat.

What a nightmare.

So, what happened, dude ?

I don't know, he's like,

"You totally take advantage of me all the time and..."

He's just like, totally flipping out

And I'm like-- "okay, fine, I'll leave."

I'm like, "I'm not coming back.

Don't expect me to move back in 'cause I'm not."

I don't know, I figured, like when I heard about it

That it's probably better for both you and steve.

You're not in love with him

And I think that having you live there

Is probably really hard on him.

I think it's better for the both of us

And I think I'm gonna stay single for a while.

[ Cory ] perfect !

Perfect, perfect, perfect !

I love it.it's great.

It's so rad, it's so perfect.

So perfect, has a little yellow u.f.o. It.

It's a sunflower.

From me and pam.

We knew that you were feeling a little bummed.

Girls...

Sunflowers are my favorite.

It's organically grown too.

Is it, really ?

[ Laughter ]

[ Jo ] it's very important to me

To be spending time with people of my own age right now.

Like I said to steve the other day,

"I'm and I want to act like I'm sometimes."

[ Cory ] I really do think that jo and rachel

Have a very special friendship.

That's what life's all about, is having fun

And finding people you connect with and enjoying that.

Whoa !

[ Cory ] all the way down the beach, you guys...

Ohh !

Oh, I'm dizzy, I'm dizzy !

[ Cory ] I can't see anything !

Play the guitar, rache, while you do it.

Nrrr ! Nrrr !

De-ne ne-ne-ne-ne !

On the next real world:

[ Pedro ] me and sean intended to get married.

What started out as something private

Evolved into a fairly large--

I mean, you're sacrificing a lot.

Why you can't be a little bit on his side also ?

[ Pedro ] I'm a nervous wreck thinking about doing it.

Ready, go !

[ Woman ] if puck looked at me like he looked at his soap box car

I could ask for nothing more.

[ Rachel ] ma.

Tell me something.

Do you have a tattoo ?huh ?

Do you have a tattoo ?

No.

You'd better not, rachel.

Who told you that ?

Well, patrick just confessed to me that he's got one.

Oh yeah, pat does.

I saw it when he came down.

How come you didn't tell him that that was awful ?

Well... Well, what ?

I thought it looked kind of nice.

That's the problem with you, rachel.

You're too weak, you don't have a mind of your own.

It's a symbol of stupidity,

Low class, low iq, you name it.

Okay.