17x08 - John's Got Game

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Previously onThe Real World:

The next step is talking

about our timeline.

In days we're supposed to be open.

You and me.

Ow!

I find women attractive

and I don't think that makes me g*y

to say so.

Do you really think she has it in her?

To do what, be l*sbian?

I thought she was the closeted bisexual chick from day one.

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This is the true story...

Gorgeous, man.

Of seven strangers...[laughter]

Picked to live in a house...

Work together and have their lives taped...

Whoa!

To find out what happens...[gasping]

When people stop being polite...

And start getting real.

ALL: The Real World: Key West.

How many nights a week do you guys work?

Five. Well, she, she actually is moving next week.

Have you ever done summer...?

It's amazing.

Kelly... it's awesome.

I really noticed how adorable this chick is.

That's your gorgeous color already.

But I think you look amazing.

No offense to John,

but he comes across

as very obnoxious and, like, "That guy,"

so other girls, they would rather speak

to somebody a little calmer

and a little more on their wavelength.

JOHN: I began talking to a waitress.

Paula comes over

making a wholehearted effort to cut me out.

[indistinct conversation]

PAULA: I love her, too.

Let's have a threesome.

I think he just doesn't want

to own that not every girl wants to talk to him.

Oh! Hey!

[groaning]

[squeals]

Don't run too fast.

Whoa!

Unfortunately, when Paula begins to drink,

she no longer is Paula.

Uh, her alter ego, Paula Walnuts is born.

Are we going to be okay?

No, we're not.

What's the matter, baby?

You shot?Yeah.

You going to go to bed?Yeah.

You're whispering.

I can't understand what you're saying.

[whiny]: You're not listening!

Baby, I physically cannot hear what you're saying.

Babe? Paula?

Hello?

[dial tone]

♪ One of these will bring you down ♪

♪ Till you're stuck in the...

JOHN: I want to be here for people.

I want to help people.

I hate seeing people upset.

♪ One of these can get you high ♪

I think when Paula flips out like she does,

she needs someone there.

She needs to be consoled, she needs to be comforted.

♪ One of these can get you high ♪

♪ One of these will bring you down. ♪

ZACH: Did we tell you yet what our plans are for the,

for the grand opening?

We have a -person marching band.

A hundred and ten.

We're gonna, we're gonna close off the street

from yea to yea.

Key West High School

Marching Band to perform right in front of us.

That is awesome.Closing the street,

we're going to be handing fliers that say,

"Come watch your Key West High School Marching Band."

Right.

Our opening is going to be a huge success.

I cannot wait to get everything accomplished

and we can start tanning the people of Key West.

Somebody's traveling, going somewhere-- Where?

We have to meet the choir group before they're finished...

How are you getting there?

We're driving a car.

Okay. Who else needs to go somewhere?

I need a car for things...

We're coming back! We don't have the time.

It just seems like we need

to resolve this car issue.

We have talked about this.

But we need to resolve it.

Yeah. Step outside.

Motorcycles?

We all walk outside, and what do we see?

A brand-new Mercury Milan.

[all cheering]

A Mercury Milan.

Be gentle with it.

This is not a car to go out at the nightclubs.

As long as you're conducting

business, you can use this car.

When he said, "Step outside, I was, like,

"I don't even know that."

I thought I was going to be kicked out, dude.

Thank you so much.

You're welcome.

[phone rings]

Hello? Yes.

It's Ricky. Get my message?Ricky.

Dude, I don't, I don't know what to tell you, that, uh...

What is our contingent plan on if we don't open by Wednesday?

Why will we have a contingent plan

if we're not opening Wednesday?

The plumber cannot start until Monday.

Then you have to get all the other inspections.

I don't think the city will allow anybody

to come into your business until it actually

has an occupancy permit.

It is a very serious

thought that we may not be able to open.

I want you to think of "What can I do

"if a hundred people show up on that day

and I can't let 'em into our building."

ZACH: A lot is riding on our opening.

People will look at me and say,

"Well, Zach, you're the manager, and you [bleep] this up.

Jose, we have to talk, man.

Our worst fears.

Plumber?No plumber.

Damn, dawg.

So my executive decision is

hope for the best.

What else?

And then start planning for the worst.

I mean, the last thing I want to do is cancel.

No, we can't cancel. It's too soon. It's too soon.

We just have to wait and see what happens.

It's really nuts. What a low blow, you know?

[sighs]

It was going too smooth.

Welcome aboard,

I'm Steve. I'm your captain.Johnny Bananas.

It's been a long week. We get the day off.

And I'm looking forward

to cutting loose for a couple days now.

You folks ready to get going?

ALL: Yeah. All right, let's go.

♪ With the cops on your lips

♪ It's a holy routine

♪ If you stop all your tricks

♪ You could see what I mean

Let's go.

Oh, I'm ready.

[shrieks]

There's no way that I'm going in with that.

♪ Ooh, leave it up to me

Are you sure there's no sharks?

♪ It's a known disease, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Keep it in your fleece

♪ Don't worry about the custom police ♪

Whoo!

♪ I'll tell you just how good it can be ♪

It's really fun for us to just kind of

be like kids in the water

with all the hard work that we've been having.

♪ And I've been holding out for love ♪

PAULA: I'm not so bothered in the sun.

I'm having so much fun with everyone

This is the best day.

MAN [over radio]: ...Emergency Management has ordered

a mandatory evacuation for visitors and residents.

The Bar Bridge to Key West will be closed today.

Residents in the low-lying areas

should prepare now for possible evacuation.

That's it. Hey, folks,

if I can have you attention.

We're going to wrap things up here.

Looks like we got a little tropical depression-hurricane

coming our way.

A tropical storm

developing in the Caribbean

and it's supposed to be moving through Key West.

"A mandatory evacuation for all Keys."

Tourists, not residents.

Look at that [bleep]. It's spiraling.

You know what? It's nothing.

[thunder crashes]

Evacuation parties are going off right now.

No one's here, they've already evacuated.

They're all right here. They're all the hurrican people.

It's all hurricane forest springs, man.

That's not projecting our path.

That looks like Tuesday morning, Tuesday evening.

We're right in the cone.

We are in the cone, man.

We're going to ride in jet skis in the hurricane

if you want to go.

Jet skis, hurricane,

we're going to ride against the wind.

PAULA: I don't think John has the mindset to respect women.

He just treats women just like a typical guy

treating a girl in a bar.

And... I don't know, it's just, it looks so... tacky.

Have you met a lot of girls in Key West?

No, not really a lot of pretty girls in Key West.

You know what, that's true.

It truly is.

The ratio of guy to girl here...

And they're all, like, old,

like, biker chicks.

I think John's just a very simple...

guy.

Guess what? I got stung by a jellyfish today.

No, you didn't.Yeah.

PAULA: That's such not a good line.

It's not a line.

You're, like, "Oh, I'm gonna sound so cool."

JOHN: It's crystal clear to me that Paula

is running interference.

I just don't know why.

♪ ...must get up

♪ Look around, everybody see what's going down ♪

♪ Ladies in the back if you know you're hot ♪

♪ It's all on you...

That-a-girl!

♪ Push it up, look around

♪ Everybody see what's going down ♪

You're hot, there's nothing on you.

No, I blew some... No way! You don't have any

of that stuff on your nose.

Take it off.

He's really drunk, she's probably not.

She's acting like... okay, put it this...

He's an idiot, she's a human being.

Behave.

ZACH: Paula's behavior

is becoming more and more erratic.

Yo, do you want pizza?

Floppy kind?

Floppy, as floppy as it comes.

I like this.

You would actually work for that.

JOHN: The fact that

Paula is trying to [bleep] block

is kind of at this point boggling my mind.

She loves, honestly, insulting my manhood.

Why? I don't know.

I don't understand why.

And it even gets worse from there.

Why don't we make it a better night,

and I swear to God,

we can have a fun night

where we, like, all have a slubber party.

JOHN: It goes from Paula

basically sabotaging me to her then

inviting this girl over to spend the night.

She does, she has to get to work early.

Are you seriously inviting yourself over?

I was.No, I didn't.

You are... he's so...Abrasive.

ZACH: Paula's inviting the girl over

and John has no say, it's just kind of like

it doesn't make any sense to me.

JOHN: To my dismay, I come outside and I see

the girls doing calisthenics together.

I have never done a pull-up in my entire life.

Well, you did, like, nine of them now. That was awesome.

Things just are getting weirder and wierder by the minute.

Okay, she's coming home with me. Great.

Top it off,

I'm willing to say

good-bye to this girl, trying to bow out gracefully.

You know, tell her maybe another night would be more appropriate.

We're gonna have a slumber party another night.

Who's we?She invited me.

Paula wants to hang out with the girls, okay?

You're not invited. You can watch.

Paula...

I'm really pissed off at Paula right now.

Paula, one of us is not gonna leave

at : in the morning.

If you guys didn't want to come back, that would've been fine.

Paula, listen, it's his date.

It's not your responsibility to take care of her.

That's why he's mad.

They treat girls like hell...

it's easy enough to get a girl to come back with him!

And it's not even about coming back with him.

It's about just treating people with respect.

John's mad 'cause I steal his girls.

Are you serious?Apparently.

Apparently.

This b*tch over here is a [bleep] l*sbian, dude.

And, honestly, Paula,

you-you-you really get on my [bleep]

nerves sometimes, dude. See?

No, don't say "see" anything.

Hold on, just let me, just let me

lay something out for you real quick.

First girl I meet, whatever.

You get drunk, you make out with her at the bar.

Right? I... okay, I did.

Second girl I meet, [ bleep ]

you're all over her a*s, too.

I meet this girl, Paula's all over her.

You know what? That's great.

I'm just gonna start meeting girls for you, how's that?

It's actually a shock that you can't keep a girl's attention

and she's straight?

I don't understand this [bleep].

That they just want to be talked to like a human being.

This is what Paula does.

We're sitting there hanging out.

"Oh, yeah, every [bleep] girl that John goes up to..."

Like you're making out like I'm a [bleep, bleep] head, dude.

You're talking to her with the intention

of sh**ting me down...

I don't...which is [bleep] up!

You have no [bleep] idea what I said to her

when you weren't there.Put yourself in my position.

She said when you weren't around,

"So what is he like?" I'm like, "He's a really nice guy,"

yada, yada, yada, and I'm building you up.

And you're being a [bleep] b*tch about it, Paula.

So kiss... I was there!

kiss my a*s! What'd you say?

When I was there, what'd you say? Kiss my a*s!

I don't even give a [bleep].

You are what you are,

I don't have to make you out to be any way...

Why would you say something like that?!

All I want to know, why would you say that

unless you are in...

You call me out every time

in front of anybody that I'm ever in front of.

When have I ever called you out in front of anyone?The whole population!

I am [bleep] the joke of every time I am in public!

I never have, dude.

She's [bleep] making [bleep] up now.

ZACH:It's like she's trying be some protector

and thinks you're some evildoer, you know what I mean?

She's trying to, like, save these girls,

but then at the same time, there's, like

this pseudo-attraction that she has for these women.

I'm now thoroughly convinced that she's into chicks, dude.

And I didn't realize until tonight.

It's just, like, revelation, dude.

It's like this light bulb went on in my head,

and all this [bleep] that's happened before

and that I've heard and that I've observed,

all just at one time

just all makessense.

[crying]: My life is none of anybody's business.

I don't do or say anything for a purpose.

The fact that you people

have the right to talk

all this [bleep] about me and you have no [bleep] clue.

Help us out then,Paula.

Help us out, tell us why...

The fact that you blame me

on taking your girls that are supposedly straight

should just show you the caliber

of your excellence in the womanhood of life.

You can call me a l*sbian

if that makes you feel more like a man.

Actually, I am a l*sbian.

I am a l*sbian, and the fact is,

I can take any one of your girls any day of the week.

Whatever... Whatever makes you feel better.

Consider me absolutely done in this house.

[groaning]

This is why, this is why I hate people.

You bring it on yourself.

You talk all this ... all the time.

If you had these issues

you should have just ... said it at go.

If you have these issues, you should have said it at go.

ZACH: When Paula gets extremely emotional,

she begins to have panic attacks.

She can't breathe.

These are signs... These are not healthy signs.

It was happening the first day... weeks...

[crying]

I'm too not ready for this house.

[knocking]

Hi, I'm Mayor Jimmy Weekley.

Hi, how are you?

SVETLANA: We have a meeting

with the mayor, um, because of the weather outside.

As you know, we're under a hurricane watch.

The governor has ordered

a mandatory evacuation of all our residents,

so we're asking all the residents

to start securing their homes.

And you may want to take precautionary measures

of putting sandbags in front of the store

in case there is any flooding.

So you need to leave

no later than probably : this afternoon.

[car alarm beeps]

JOSE: Ricky calls us and tells us that he needs some help

at the store, so Zach and I decide to take off

and go help Ricky.

We're leaving everything unresolved.

Everything. I know.

Like, Paula.

We'll be shipped off to West Palm Beach Marriott

and stuck in a damn room with these frickin' people.

ZACH: Paula is breaking down,

and I'm scared-- last night, I was scared.

Paula is a major concern

in my life right now, and in the lives of other roommates.

I was, like, that's not Paula

when she's up there hyperventilating .

Her life right now, the way she is living, is unhealthy.

Try to stay positive there.

I'm positive that it's not gonna work out.

I mean, it's just...

It's just that I have to prepare myself to, you know,

feel like an outcast, and it just sucks.

Hunkered in at the house?

We're supposed to take everything out of the window

in case something breaks, then we're gonna move our sign.

ZACH: I don't how we're gonna clean up the store

if it gets destroyed.

If water damage goes in there,

with the carpeting we just did, the painting we just did.

I am so foolish to think

that the only thing in our way is the plumbing

and our training, and Rita b*tch slapped me and just said,

"Excuse me, but I am coming to town."

See, this is some wind.

This is... and it's, like, miles away.

Do you look at me like I'm a fragile, weak person.

Sometimes I do.

Like, last night.

Everyone in the house

thinks Paula's a drug addict or...

bi-polar or...

I just think she needs some attention and love.

She has a very low self-esteem

which is the root of all the problems.

I was the happiestperson

in the world yesterday.

I had fun, I played outside, I looked at the water

and I was, like, "I am a lucky girl."

Then last night, and I wake up this morning

and it's back to, like, less than zero.

It's like I'm negative.

This whole situation has forced me to do,

really focus and care about myself,

'cause nobody's gonna do it for you, obviously.

The greatest love is the one you have inside yourself.

How can anyone else love you

if you can't love yourself?

I've just been trying to figure this all out by myself,

and, you know, it just kind of,

I think, did more damage than good.

Before, I was, like, what professional is gonna tell me

anything that I don't already know?

I just want to talk to somebody who can

offer me some kind

of intelligent advice,

go forward, something.

So once Rita gets out of here,

actions will be taken, 'cause they speak louder.

TYLER: She has an eating disorder.

She's, you know, suped up on uppers and downers.

You have to take all this into account.

I have spent more time with her and talked with her for longer,

defused more problems

with her than anyone else in this house.

She needs, like, positivity.

What did I do wrong last night?

I don't understand what the point is

of lecturing John right now.

She is purposefully,

basically trying to [bleep] sabotage me.

I have been stabbed in the back

by someone that I thought was my friend.

At this point, there's really nothing that Paula can do

that could ever set things straight.

Hey, you guys, let's go pack up

because we have to get [bleep] out of here.

JOHN: Because of what happened last night,

it's gonna be a long a*s ride.

ZACH: Good luck, Key West. Good luck, Florida Keys.

Take care, we'll see you soon. We hope.

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On the nextReal World:

It's so windy out here.

Seven people in a room, I don't care

how big the room is, it's gonna be intense.

We're on evacuation from Key West.

John has been extrememly offensive,

so I choose to throw a drink at him.

That is [bleep].

...stuff in the past.

Think of the worst case scenario,

and that's what I've been through.

What happened?

JOHN: Janelle, you got look sexy

when he's hosingyou off.

There you go

Did you get it?We got it.

That's not sexy, bro.

Yeah, you got to look sexy.

I don't have your body to be sexy.

Janelle, get in a little further.

A little closer.

[laughing]

All right,my turn.

Oh, that is delightful.

[laughing]