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16x23 - Who's In Jail?

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Real World". Aired: May 21, 1992 – August 29, 2019.*
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Seven to eight young adults are picked to temporarily live in a new city together in one residence while being filmed non-stop.

16x23 - Who's In Jail?

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[theme music playing]

-[Wes] This is the true story...
-[Lacey] Yee-ha!

-[Lacey] ...of seven strangers...
-[Rachel] ...picked to live in a house...

[Nehemiah] ...work together
and have their lives taped...


[Johanna] ...to find out what happens...

-[Danny] ...when people stop being polite...
-Shut up.


-[Melinda] ...and start getting real.
-[all laughing]

-[all] The Real World: Austin.
-[music concludes]

[mild-tempo music playing]

[Melinda] So, on the Internet it says
that these stairs have a history.

If you walk down once it means
that you'll fall in love.

And if you walk twice, you get engaged.

And if you walk three times,
it's inevitable that you'll get married.

-[Danny] Oh.
-[Melinda laughs]

[Melinda] I'm surprising Danny
and taking him to Mt. Bonnell

which is the first place
that we met on the first day.

I think it's gonna be something
that's kinda romantic.

It's gonna definitely
bring back a lot of memories.

[laughs]

-[Danny] Wow, this is, like, flashback.
-[Melinda laughing]

-[Danny] You were sitting right there.
-[Melinda laughing]

-Hi.
-Hi.

-[Danny] Danny.
-Nice to meet you. I'm Melinda.

So cheesy. [laughs]

[Danny] The first time I saw her

and I tapped her on the
shoulder and she turned around

I was absolutely blown away.

You know, my knees
buckled and everything.

And still, I think the best
feeling in the world

is four months later
to go up there with her

and still feel the same way.

[Danny] You gonna come back
to Boston with me?

Yeah.

-Danny] You sure?
-Positive.

[Melinda] I'm gonna go home
for a few days

and then fly to Boston
for Danny's birthday.

From then on, we're gonna have
a little apartment together

and be all cute.

-I love you.
-I love you.

[rock music playing]

[Johanna] Packing day.

-Rachel, I don't wanna move out.
-I know.

I wanna stay here forever.

[Nehemiah] I really don't get
sad when moving because I know

that I'm moving on with my life
and I like moving on with my life.

This right here is just
another chapter in my life

and now it's time to move on
to the next chapter.

Fill in the pages
and then move on from there.

[Rachel] We're gonna go out to dinner
as a family on our last night.

[Wes] You remember all the crappy stuff
that happened to us the first night?

-It's our time...
-[Wes] You made out with Danny.

I almost got in a fight
for defending my hermana.

-[Rachel] Oh, yeah!
-We went to the sleaziest club, like...

Well, tonight, we can make it all better.

And I won't make out with anyone.
And you won't get in any fights.

Unless it's with
your hermana. [laughs]

[rock music playing]

[cheers]

[Melinda] I want to go out
tonight and drink and have fun,

and just kind of have a roommate night.

I wanna leave this house
on good terms and know that

we're all friends and that
we're gonna leave here friends.

I just want a classic happy ending ♪

-What you want me to tell him?
-To [bleep] off.

-Why?
-Wes is this big. Wes is [bleep] nothing.

[Nehemiah] Wren is saying
"Wes is this small to me.

Wes is this. Wes is this.
Wes is this,"

without even telling me
what's going on.

I've got three girls in front of me.
Three girls in back of me,

and we're dancing,
we're having a good time.

Wren comes up and basically hits me.

-[Wes] What the [bleep] are you doing?
-[Wren] Are you kidding?

What the [bleep] do you
think I'm talking about?

-I have no idea!
-You're nothing Wes. You're nothing.

Oh, what the [bleep] did I do?

[Wes] Wren is spouting off this
really, really harsh language.

I know by looking into her eyes
I did something wrong.

Your roommates come up to me
and tell me that you're telling lies.

And that they don't
even believe them.

I hooked up with Wren
and it was a big secret.

I confided in a couple
of roommates what happened,

and told them it was a big secret

and it was none of their business
to tell anyone.

Shut up. You're this big.

And I would lose a lot of respect
for whoever leaked it.

[tense music playing]

[Wes] Swear to God I'm gonna k*ll 'em.

Out of deducing who it could be,

I think that it is either
Johanna or Rachel.

Where's Rachel?
I gotta talk to all the girls right now.

I'm gonna k*ll her.

-[Danny] Why?
-I'm gonna k*ll her.

[Danny] I've seen Wes angry,
but right now

I think he's more hurt than angry.

[Wes] Yeah, I'm calling each
and every one of them out.

I just know I have a feeling
that something bad is gonna happen.

Where is she?

Hey! I heard Wren saw you tonight.
You talked to her?

I said, "Hi."

-This is how it went, "Oh, hey, Wren!"
-[Rachel] Oh, my god.

I won't talk to you because
you [bleep] Wes. [gasps]

And then I walked away.

[Rachel] She didn't... What's happening?

[Wes] Rachel!

Hermana!

[Rachel] Hermano, I talked to...

-[sputtering]
-Wren?

[Rachel] I talked to Wren.
She says she hates you.

Really?
Hey, what'd you guys talk about?

-[Rachel] She says she hates you. [laughs]
-Why?

I don't know.
She said she hates you.

-Oh, yeah?
-Times a million.

She told me what you said, Rachel.

[Rachel] Told you I said what?

Said what?

Why are you acting
like you're PMSing?

He is. He's taking my Midol today.

-Hey.
-[Rachel] Oh, my gosh!

How many guys can get
their period at once?

[Danny] It's obviously Rachel.

Without a doubt. Obviously her.

[Wes] You think so?

I'm gonna k*ll her.

[Rachel] I hate his guts.

I never wanna hear
his name again...

[Wes] Tell me the truth,
word for word, right now.

Wes can be a very aggressive
drunk sometimes,

so I'm not really surprised
that he comes and finds me in the kitchen.

I got slapped tonight.
She told me why I got slapped.

And I go, "Where'd you hear that?"
And she goes, "Rachel."

[Rachel] Wren told me she hated you.
And I said, "Oh, you hate him?"

And I said, "Yeah, he told
me you had sex with him

and it's stupid 'cause I didn't
believe him at all."

Oh, you get slapped?
That sounds like poetic justice to me.

Justice? Is it justice, 'cause supposedly
I told you something that happened?

No, 'cause you slapped me
and she slapped you.

Big [bleep] deal. Deal with it.

[Wes] I didn't slap you. I touched you.

-She decked me.
-Oh, are you hurt? Go cry in bed.

[Danny] What Rachel did was a mistake.

She needs to learn that
you do not do something like that

to a friend or someone
that she calls a brother.

[Johanna] Wait, what happened?

Nothing, he's wasted and he's being
a [bleep]. Wren's a nice girl.

-So [bleep] off, [bleep].
-All right, fine!

In private, I [bleep] Wren.

Off camera.
Now, you bring it up on camera.

It's not [bleep] off camera anymore
if you bring it up, you stupid [bleep].

-Think about it.
-Okay, you know what?

Wes, you're getting out of hand right now.

No, she's wrong
and she doesn't understand.

She's either stupid or she's a [bleep].

I thought you brought another girl
to a date two days ago,

and you got upset
because she was crying.

So, obviously you don't care
that much about Wren.

No, go...

[Lacey over phone] Yep,
Danny's holding Rachel back.


I don't care. I don't care.

-What is she talking about?
-No!

Tell me what's up?

Shut the [bleep] up. What did she say?

Nehemiah's drunk
and feeling aggressive,

and he starts getting in the middle
of Wes and I's argument.

-Till the very end.
-[indistinct shouting]

-Now, Nehemiah's yelling at her.
-[Ryan over phone] Oh, man. I can't wait...

I love giving the play by play
through the fish tank. [gasps]

I hear Rachel already yelling at Wes

and then all of a sudden
saying "Hit me" to Nehemiah.

And I just knew
it was about to go down.

-[tense music playing]
-[indistinct shouting]

-Put your hands on me, [bleep]!
-Yeah, come fight me!

-Put your hands on me, [bleep]!
-[Melinda] Stop it! Stop it!

-Put your [bleep] hands on me.
-Stop it!

Put your hands on me, [bleep]!

-Put your [bleep] hands on me!
-[screaming]

-I'll k*ll you, [bleep]!
-[Rachel groaning]

-[Rachel groaning]
-[Nehemiah] I'll k*ll you, [bleep]!

Nehemiah, stop it! Please!

Put your [bleep] on me again!

-[bleep] you guys...
-What the [bleep]...

-I'm serious, you guys. Don't. Stop.
-Give me a break!

[Rachel crying, speaking indistinctly]

Stop it. Stop it. Come on.

-How could they say that?
-Come here.

-[Rachel] It's the worst thing. [sobbing]
-Stop it. Stop it.

-She threatened me.
-She's a girl, dude.

-She's a [bleep] girl.
-Put your hands on me, [bleep].

[Danny] It scares me the way
the guys come at Rachel,

and I do not
want to let a girl get hurt.

[Rachel crying]

How could somebody say
I didn't do anything...

[Melinda] Two guys should
not g*ng up on one girl,

regardless of the situation,
who's in the wrong, who's in the right.

Nobody should act like that,
nobody should react like that.

[Rachel crying]

-[Danny] Guys, come on, end it.
-I hate her!

-[Danny] Hey, it's over.
-I hate her!

[Danny] Wes, come on, man,
you're better than this.

-[Nehemiah] Listen. Ay, no, come on.
-[Danny] you're better than that, Wes.

-Come on.
-[glass shattering]

[Rachel] I'm not gonna go back
in that house if you paid me

a thousand dollars, Johanna.

Look at me. Get yourself together.
You're better than this.

You're not that drunk,
and I know you're not...

[Rachel] I know I'm not.

I know. Then stop crying.
Get yourself together.

You look like a [bleep] idiot, okay?

Listen to me!
Look at me. Please.

I know how much it hurts you,
and that's for you

to keep inside your heart
and nobody else to know.

-[Rachel] No, no. Not for this.
-Okay.

-Rachel!
-Johanna, I can't take it.

Johanna, I would rather
sleep on the street.

Look at me in the eyes.

[somber music playing]

[cries, sniffles]

Remember how you thought
there was a lot of drama at my house?

Well, tonight it got
a hundred times worse.

-[Erik over phone] What happened?
-[Rachel] Wes was, like, screaming at me.

Then Nehemiah started getting in my face.
It had nothing to do with him.

He's, like, "You're such a wh*re,
you're a scumbag" like just yelling at me.

I'm like, "Whatever,
I may be all these things,

but at least I didn't go to jail."

And then he said, "Well,
at least I didn't go to Iraq

and claim I did stuff
when I really didn't do anything at all."

And I freaked out on him.

[Erik over phone] What'd you do?

I started trying
to claw at him and stuff.

And Mel was holding me back.

And I was, like,
"I tried so hard out there.

I saw people die,
but I did everything I could."

You know I tried, right?

[Erik over phone] Babe,
I was there with you.


You were a good nurse.

I thought, yeah,
I'm gonna tell the world

you know, what it's like
being me and having fun,

but still be the young veteran,
and instead, I just get challenged

the whole time I'm here
and insulted, and.

I don't know,
but, I mean, mark my words,

I'm never gonna speak
to Nehemiah again.

[somber music playing]

[Melinda] I just don't understand people.

I didn't understand tonight, either.
I don't even know why that happened.

It's, like, they put me in,
like, a psych ward.

But you know what, though?
I'm grateful you're here.

'Cause if you weren't here,

I wouldn't have been able to
get through a lot of things.

I feel the same about you.

I just need a break.

Well, you got it, okay?

You're gonna go to bed,
you're gonna wake up,

you're gonna finish your packing...

-[Melinda] And then...
-[Danny] ...and then you're gonna leave.

[mild-tempo music playing]

[Danny] You know, it's the last day,
we're leaving,

and there's so much tension
between everybody in this house

that it sucks.

It's tough... it's tough
to leave the house like that.

[Rachel] I am very excited
to move on with my life

and live with people I choose to live with

and never associate with people
like Nehemiah or Wes

for the rest of my life.

[tense music playing]

Rachel's not talking
to Wes or Nehemiah.

And Nehemiah and Wes
could care less.

We're leaving.
You can't really change things now.

-[Danny] Rachel.
-Is it for me?

-Yeah.
-[Rachel] Thank you, Lord Jesus.

I'm not gonna say
goodbye to Nehemiah and Wes,

because at this point,
I'm so mad at Nehemiah

you wouldn't be able to get me
to say goodbye to him

no matter what. And I don't
even see Wes glance my way.

So, I think, I'm not gonna make
the effort if he's not.

[Wes] Rachel, basically, defied
my friendship with her last night.

And I don't know how I can forgive her.

I knew she made a mistake,
I called her out on it, and...

I got her back, I made her feel bad.

She deserved it.

Good riddance.

-I'll miss you, baby. I love you.
-[smooches]

[Rachel] I'm really excited to start out
a new part of my life.

I can't wait to be
with Erik and Reese again.

And I think through this whole thing,

I've really come
to appreciate him a lot more.

♪ Took some time for self inspection

♪ I felt it was time to move on... ♪

[Nehemiah] Well, you know,
it was nice meeting you guys,

and you'll probably never
see me again.

-[Wes] 'Cause you'll be in jail.
-[Nehemiah] Probably.

[Nehemiah] I'm staying here in Austin
to appear in court

because of the fight that I got into.

I never thought I would like
a White person, as much as I liked you.

[all laugh]

[Wes] I am proud to be Nehemiah's friend,

because strength and loyalty
are the biggest things

that I look for in a friendship
and he's given me that.

-See you later, Nehemiah.
-[Melinda] Bye, Nehemiah

[Nehemiah] If you think that
you're gonna come in here

and leave the same person,

then you're completely wrong, 'cause,
I'm sure that every single person here

has been affected by the situation.

And, you know, it may affect
some people positively,

it may affect them negatively,
and I think it's done both to me.

[instrumental music playing]

-[Danny] And then there were five.
-[doorbell ringing]

Shh.

-Shut up!
-[Brian laughing]

-[Melinda] Oh, my God!
-Happy birthday.

[Melinda] Oh, my God, how cute!

[Lacey] It's great to know
that I have a boyfriend

who is willing to follow me
anywhere and...

just wants to be supportive
of me.

Brian's always gonna be there.
and I'm so grateful and lucky

to know that he feels the same way.

Yeah, seriously,
you're making us look bad.

I know! I'm never gonna be able
to pull a move like that now.

-You do that yourselves, man.
-[all laugh]

[cries, sniffles]

-[Wes laughs]
-Aw.

[Lacey] I'm gonna miss Johanna a ton.
She's, like, my best friend here,

and I thought in the beginning,

like, if I walk away from this
with one friend, I'll be happy.

And I'm definitely walking away
with a friend in Johanna.

It's okay, Jo.

[Lacey] Bye, guys!

[Johanna] The memories.

[Wes] The past couple of weeks,
Johanna and I

have been getting a lot more...

close.

[Danny] Hey, Big Wes!

[Wes] She's a beautiful girl,

and I am leaving the same way
that I came here,

and that's with a crush.

Oh...

-[Danny] All right, big guy.
-Sad, man.

Oh, my husband.

[Johanna] I'm gonna miss Wes a lot.

He was definitely, like, my buddy
throughout this whole experience,

and I had a great time with him.
We had a lot of fun.

-All right, bye, guys.
-[Johanna] Bye.

[Wes] I am no longer part of a group
called the "Seven strangers."

I am part of a group called

"seven people that have gone
through something that no one else has."

[all] Oh...

[Wes] And I am going
to forever remember them

and... love them for it.

[sentimental music playing]

[Danny] This sucks.

-I'm not ready to go home.
-[Melinda] I'm gonna miss you, Joey.

[Johanna] Me, too.

[doorbell ringing]

[Melinda] My heart just dropped.

[Johanna] There's no doubt in my mind
that I'm 100 percent sad to be leaving.

-Tell your mom I'm moving in with her.
-Okay.

I like breakfast in the morning.

-And at night.
-[laughs]

[Johanna] The best part
about this experience

is... [chuckles]
...meeting the people I did.

[laughs, sniffles]

Just meeting my roommates.

[Danny] Bye, Jo.

[Melinda] Me and Danny are
the last ones in the house.

We were also the last ones
to get to the house.

But now we're the last ones
to go.

-[Melinda sighs]
-[Danny] You all right?

Yeah.

And I'm not ready to say goodbye.

[country music playing]

[Melinda laughs]

-[Danny] I'm gonna miss this room.
-[Melinda laughs]

Here's to seven new friends.

[all] Aw...

[overlapping chatter]

[Melinda] Where we spent all of our time.

Not all of our time,
just the first 12 hours of the day.

[laughs]

[Danny] Old times' sake?

[Melinda giggling]

[doorbell ringing]

I'm not gonna go get it.

[Melinda] The best thing I'm taking away
from this experience is Danny.

I definitely feel that I met my soulmate,
and I love him so much.

Later, Tex.

[sentimental music playing]

[Melinda] It's so weird that, like,
the first time we were in this cab,

I was attracted to you right away.
[laughs]

And now you're my boyfriend.

And I'm gonna move to Boston with you.
To be with you.

[Danny] If not for this experience,
we never would've met.

So, I think we were put here
for a reason.

And I think that reason
is to meet each other.

And I'm very, very grateful.

-[cab driver] Guys, here we are.
-[Melinda] Thank you.

[Melinda sighs]

-[Danny] You all right?
-[Melinda] No.

-No?
-[Melinda] I just don't want to...

wake up tomorrow
and you not be there.

Me, too.

Mel, I am so head-over-heels
in love with you,

and you've been there for me
more than anybody ever has.

I'll walk you over.

♪ I'll wait and wonder ♪

♪ When our next time will be ♪

[Danny] I want you to know that
you are my angel and...

you know, I... I... leaving you
is one of the hardest things

I've ever had to do.

I don't wanna say goodbye to you,
so I'm not gonna say goodbye.

I'm going to say see you soon,
and I love you.

Bye.

-[Melinda] I love you.
-I love you, too.

♪ I'll be all right ♪

♪ Have no worries ♪

[Danny] Coming out here,
I really thought that I was

a very, very strong person
and I could deal with anything,

and you could throw anything
at me,

and I could, you know, just handle it,
and by myself.

But going through some of the things
out here that I went through,

I realize that
you do need help in some situations,

and you do need to lean on people,

and people want to be there
for you.

And you have to trust people,
and you have to let them in.

♪ Oh, would it be all right ♪

♪ If we didn't say good-bye this time? ♪

[Nehemiah] That was my journal,
why don't you read it?

-You want me to read it?
-[Nehemiah] If you want to.

It's nothing personal.

[Melinda] I love your descriptions
of everybody.

Especially this one.

"Rachel was cute at first,
but I don't know what happened."

[both laugh]

She's been bad since day one.

[all laugh]

[Melinda] I won't continue the rest
of the sentence.

[Wes] Hey, what's mine?

[Nehemiah] That is way too good.

"Wes is cool.
I think he may be the drunk."

-[all laugh]
-[Wes] Right on the money.