12x08 - In the Spotlight

[bunniefuu]

♪ MTV ♪

[siren wailing]

[male voice]
♪ Don't this hit make my people wanna ♪

[male voices] ♪ Jump, jump ♪

[male voice]
♪ Don't this hit make my people wanna ♪

[male voices] ♪ Jump, jump ♪

[Alton] I'm having a lot of fun dancing.
The girls are beautiful. The music's hot.

Like, the whole scene
is really vibrant and alive.

[male voice] ♪ Act a fool
You better watch out, uh-huh ♪

♪ Hot [bleep] be bringing the cops out ♪

♪ Come on, street soldiers is ringing
Them [bleep] out ♪

♪ Short circuit and blacken the blocks out
Now open up the garage ♪

♪ And pull the drops out
Rockin' the fur coat ♪

♪ Bringing the blue fox out
Diamonds light up the block ♪

♪ Bringing the blue rocks out ♪

♪ Wildin' till all of my crew knocks out
Come on ♪

-[male voice 1] ♪ Pass the Courvoisier ♪
-[male voice 2] ♪ Everybody sing it now ♪

-[female voice] ♪ Pass the Courvoisier,
-[male voice 2] ♪ Whoa… ♪

My life here in Vegas is a lot faster.
You know, I'm partying all the time.

Dude, the only reason why
I've even been trying to like

be discreet
is because of my ex-girlfriend.

Because I'm thinking like,
"Oh, we might get back together."

I still love her.

♪ Hey, clap your hands ♪

-[song concludes]
-[upbeat music playing]

[indistinct cheering]

-[Arissa] This is the true story…
-[all] True story…

-[Frank] …of seven strangers…
-[Trishelle] …picked to live in a casino…

[Alton] …work together
and have their lives taped…

-[Brynn] …to find out what happens…
-[Steven] …when people stop being polite…

-[Irulan] …and start getting real.
-[all] The Real World: Las Vegas!

-[Arissa] Baby, yeah!
-[all laughing]

[pensive music playing]

I love Melissa. I love my ex-girlfriend
more than I can even say with words.

Honestly, we're not together though.

So, I'm like, "Okay, Alton, you be you."
But at the same time, like,

-I haven't had sex with any girl here yet.
-Why?

Because I do hope to marry this girl.

It's so crazy. I can't believe that

I have an ex-girlfriend
that isn't in love with me.

My true feelings of Melissa
are coming back up.

'Cause I totally kinda…

-Okay--
-I didn't talk to her at all.

-But really before my--
-Do you think

maybe this is one of those things,
where you're kind of emotionally starved

-for a woman…
-Yeah!

…and you're thinking…
All you're remembering is the good times

-y'all had and not the bad times--
-[Frank] That's what most times…

-Well, the thing is with--
-That happens a lot!

No, that's what 99% of the times

-we break up with a girl, that's it.
-Honestly, there were, like,

very like… The bad times with me
and Melissa were few and far between.

When we were together,
all the time we were together…

-Well, why'd you break up? She cheated--
-Because she cheated on me.

Melissa cheated on me basically.

And that's the reason why we broke up.
But regardless of that,

everything in my body is like,
"I'm gonna get back together with her."

Our friendship was so far ahead
of our relationship.

Well, that's just how I looked at it,
you know.

When she may have seen it differently.

With me though, like,
I'd have to literally be, like,

remember,
"Oh, yeah, this is my girlfriend."

Because she was like my best friend.
You know what I mean?

And when I call her I feel so good.

[soft music playing]

[Alton] Hey.

How you doing? I miss you.

[music continues]

-[Melissa]
-What made me call you?

[chuckles] I don't know.

-Maybe I love you still or something.
-[Melissa laughing]

I miss her. I hear her voice
and I'm just like, "Oh, my God."

"Can you just come here?
Can I just make love to you?"

To be honest, like,
I have a bunch of girls' numbers

and a bunch of girls
that I could talk to if I want to.

But I just love you.

It kinda sucks.

'Cause

I love her and I feel that I shouldn't.

Have you hooked up with anybody
since we last talked

about the last guy you hooked up with?

[Melissa]

Because homie you cheated on me.
I don't know where you're at with.

I don't know where you're at
with your hoes.

It's like, I don't…
I don't know where you're at.

I feel like you had sex with that dude
and you still haven't told me.

I know that something has happened
and she's just not telling me.

I don't know if you guys
are freaking sleeping together.

I don't know whatever you guys are doing,

but I feel like you [bleep] him.
And you're like, "Oh, I kissed him."

But I don't believe it. I don't. [laughs]

[music continues]

[automated voice over phone]
Your current balance is overdrawn

Twenty-eight dollars and 89 cents.

-I am broke.
-[automated voice] Overdraft charge.

Twenty-two dollars.

-[coins rattling]
-[Brynn] Do you know where Jean is?

Oh, he told me to come pick up
my paycheck.

We promote, produce, and perform at Rain.

Thank you.

I don't like the job.

I absolutely, uh, hate the job.

I look at my paycheck and I think,
"This is not enough money."

♪ Can you pay my bills
Can you pay my telephone bills ♪

♪ Do you pay my automo-bills
If you did then maybe we could chill ♪

♪ I don't think you do
So, you and me are through ♪

[Brynn] I am not satisfied
with the amount that we get paid.

I could make this in three days
at a different job.

♪ Oh ♪

♪ With a little bit of
And a little bit of ♪

When I've had something to drink,
I become like sexually charged, wild man.

♪ I was like good gracious
a*s is bodacious ♪

♪ Flirtatious tryna to show faces… ♪

While we're at this Ra,

they have this bikini strip contest
or whatever.

And there's
like seven, eight girls up there.

♪ With a little bit, let it hang all out ♪

End up meeting up
with this girl who won first place.

♪ Fall out, I like it when you uh, uh
Girl, baby make it, uh… ♪

[song concludes]

-You won a 1,000 dollars tonight.
-[man] That's banana. Can I have a dollar?

-Yeah! [laughs]
-Sure!

Machela, she was up there
just doing her thing like…

[imitates music beat]

Just shaking it all up,
and I was like, "Damn."

There you are, doll.

-Get a little bite of the fry--
-Okay.

So, I was just looking up there
like, "Damn, I wanna get down

with someone African."
You know what I mean?

[man] That one is-- Guarantee,
she's gonna eat that sexy as hell.

-Look, oh…
-She was just like…

[man] That's sexy as hell.

[female voice] ♪ I am getting so hot
I wanna take my clothes off ♪

[male voice]
♪ Oh, it's getting hot in here ♪

♪ So take off all your clothes ♪

[female voice] ♪ I am getting so hot ♪

-♪ I wanna take my clothes off ♪
-[male voice] ♪ Let it hang all out ♪

Alton has some sketchy a*s [bleep]
who came into our house wearing

a bikini top and nothing else.

[dramatic music playing]

[groans]

I just know that Irulan
and Arissa don't want me with this girl.

-[Irulan] You're done for, Alton.
-I don't really care.

-[Alton and Machela laugh]
-[upbeat music playing]

-What are you doing, dog?
-[Irulan laughing]

Why-- Where's her leash?
Why are you letting her walk around free?

[Irulan laughing]
Did she have a bikini top on?

-Yes, dog! It is not summertime!
-[Irulan laughing]

Alton just misses the dark-skinned ladies.

He's like,
"I just want a beautiful Black chick."

[music turns dramatic]

[Arissa and Irulan giggle]

-She got in naked.
-She's naked?

-[Irulan] Next to our [bleep] room--
-She's [bleep] naked?

-No, she's naked?
-[Irulan shushing, whispering] Shut up!

[music continues]

I was brought up
to not do [bleep] like that.

Not have sex in a communal shower.

Not do or have sexual acts
where other people have to be.

I'm disgusted, Irulan,
like to the point where I'm like,

"You are so gross to me."

Why would you bring
some skank into the house,

two feet from my bedroom?

And if they weren't having sex,
then they are now.

[music continues]

[music concludes]

[mellow music playing]

Casual sex is something
that I've never been into.

All my friends are really into it.
I've never really respected it.

It's a side of me
that I didn't even know I possessed.

-All right, baby.
-[Alton] Gonna miss you.

-It was nice to meet you.
-All right, baby.

I don't believe in hooking up
with a bunch of girls

or being like that casual with intimacy.

It's kind of contradictory
to what I believe in even.

Irulan and Arissa
are gonna be pissed off, you know?

I know there's gonna be
some repercussions or apology,

at least from my side,
and then hopefully some understanding

on their side.

[upbeat music playing]

Uh, go straight ahead
and go in studio B.

[Brynn] I've never go-go danced before.

But I knew coming here,
that I wanted to try

to get a job doing it.

["Without Me" playing over speakers]

♪ So everybody just follow me
'Cause we need a little controversy ♪

♪ 'Cause it feels so empty without me… ♪

[Brynn] The girls that I'm up against
in the audition are really good.

-[man] Thank you.
-[auditionees cheering]

Damn.

I'm… very nervous.

One, two, three!

[Brynn] I think that everyone else
has had go-go experience

and this is my first time ever.

-[woman] Here we go, here we go.
-["Move It Like This" playing]

♪ This Baha men
And we gonna kick it like this ♪

♪ We're going to keep you movin'
On the dance floor ♪

♪ Move it, man ♪

[male voices]
♪ Can you move it like this? ♪

[female voice]
♪ I can shake it like that ♪

[male voices]
♪ Can you move it like this? ♪

[female voice]
♪ I can shake it like that ♪

[male voices]
♪ Can you move it like this? ♪

[female voice]
♪ I can shake it like that ♪

[male voices]
♪ Come on, ladies, rock the party ♪

[male voice]
♪ Shake your body, everybody… ♪

-Okay, that's good.
-[auditionees cheering, applauding]

[Brynn] I am out of breath
and relieved that it's over.

-I don't think that I'm going to get it.
-[pensive music playing]

[music continues]

[Irulan] It's his house too,
I can't hate on him.

And even last night when you were,
like, "Are you okay?"

You know it's, like,
I don't feel comfortable

but you know that's his business--

[Arissa] I felt like
I wasn't comfortable in my own house.

It has nothing to do
and it won't with bringing people

in the house because granted,
that's gonna happen.

I am not comfortable
with being uncomfortable in my house.

You know what I'm saying?

Why couldn't you
[bleep] get naked in her tub?

She doesn't have to share it
with six other people.

[Irulan] I mean,
I didn't feel comfortable either,

and you're totally valid,
and entitled to those feelings

-but I don't--
-[door lock clicks]

I don't know.

[Alton] You guys ready to holler?

It really doesn't matter
who I bring home to the house.

It doesn't matter how beautiful she is.
Doesn't matter if it's like some random…

As they call it, skank [bleep].

It's just, like,
even though they say they don't care.

I know they care.

First thing I wanna say is
that it has nothing to do

with me hating on you.

It has to do with the fact
that I was not comfortable

in my own house.

I was brushing my teeth
and I saw her a*s up in the air.

Hearing [bleep] that is none
of my [bleep] business was not cool

and that's what
the problem that I had was.

The fact that that is a community space.

That it's not even like there's a curtain.

You know what I'm saying?
The fact that in order to get from point A

to point B,
I still had to go in that vicinity

to even get into my [bleep] room.

And that [bleep] is not cool.
And I don't feel that my comfort

should be compromised,
if I don't compromise yours.

That made me lose mad respect
for you last night-- this morning,

'cause I was just like,
"Dog, do you know that I sleep here?"

-I'm sorry about that.
-Like, right here.

First, I want you to know that like
I do apologize for having gotten naked,

which is like nothing planned.
I wasn't like, "Yo, get naked now."

You know what I mean? She just, like…

She had her bathing suit on
and I was like "Cool, whatever."

Regardless of being drunk,
that's no excuse.

I mean, if it made you feel uncomfortable,
I'm sorry about that.

And I will… And I will, you know,
change or mold myself again

-to make it better.
-Alton recognizes how I felt.

Not necessarily that he even did anything
that was too wrong,

but just how my comfort was compromised

and how all I say is just,
"Do to me like I would do to you."

It's just so weird that like…
'Cause I am not a player.

I'm just not.
Like, the last three and a half years,

I had my girlfriend Melissa.
And I've never cheated on Melissa.

You know,
I've never cheated on her at all.

[tense music playing]

[Alton] I call Melissa
'cause I want her to know

some ill stuff is going on with me,
you know?

I'm not some perfect angel or whatever.

Just waiting by… waiting for her.

What's up, man?

[Melissa over phone] Nothing.
What's up with you?

And I was like, "Well, with me
telling you everything that I just did,

me coming clean,"

I was like, "What about you?"

"Did you have sex with him?"
I asked her again.

She's quiet. Then she tells me, "Yes."

If I didn't tell you
that I had sex with some girl,

you wouldn't have told me anything,
and you would've kept me thinking that,

"Oh, Melissa's some really good girl

who messed up by kissing some guy,
and we broke up because of it."

But that's not the [bleep] case,
and it wasn't the case

from the very [bleep] beginning, homie.

I look at you as way more
than a girlfriend.

I look at you
as way more than an intimate partner.

You're like my best friend.

And if you're my best friend
and you can't [bleep] tell me

the [bleep] truth,
then you're not my best friend.

[Melissa] So why are you telling me that?

Because I was feeling like [bleep]
for the last couple days.

Because I've been talking to you,
telling you I love you.

I haven't felt comfortable
telling you that, "Yes, I've had sex."

[Melissa] Well, it's a brick off
my back to tell you also…

Why didn't you tell me
from the very beginning though,

Mrs. Brick-Off-Your-Back?

[Melissa]
I'm sorry that you're so mad at me.

So, the fact that you tell me
five months later,

it makes it all okay now
that you finally decided

-to tell me after I--
-[Melissa] It doesn't make it--

-And only after--
-[Melissa] I didn't say anything was okay.

I'm sorry I [bleep] did it.
I've already--

-You're not sorry, yo.
-[Melissa] Because I care--

-You're not--
-[Melissa] The reason that I--

-[phone beeps]
-[call stops]

You're stupid. She's stupid, homie.

She's burnt out.

[music concludes]

-[upbeat music playing]
-[telephone rings]

-[Brynn] Hello?
-[Jean over phone] Brynn?

-[Brynn] Hi.
-[Jean] What are you doing tonight?

-Um, tonight?
-[Jean] Yeah.

-Nothing.
-[Jean] One of the girls is sick,

you can come to work tonight.
I want you to fill in for her.

-Where?
-[Jean] For the go-go.

-At Rain?
-[Jean] Yes.

Okay.

I'm really excited about being chosen
to be a go-go dancer.

I think that I may have underestimated
my capabilities.

-Bye. [cheers]
-Working tonight!

[Brynn] I get to go-go tonight!

♪ What I need
Is the simple life solution ♪

[Brynn] Yes! I get to go-go down at Rain.

♪ To pick me up and away
From all this confusion… ♪

The money is good
and it can be lots of fun.

♪ So let me tell you again
My friend that there's ♪

♪ Nothing you can do ♪

♪ And all the answers
That you have now ♪

♪ Are for questions of no use ♪

When your best friend betrays you,

you feel like basically
the whole world is against you.

You feel like
you really don't know who to trust,

'cause if these are your friends,
then damn

what are your enemies gonna do to you,
you know?

-Arissa.
-[Arissa] What's going on?

I called her and I let her know.
I was like, "Yo, I had sex."

Like, I knew exactly what I was doing.
I knew by me telling her what I did.

Honestly, from my heart
she was gonna tell me,

"All right, well, I had sex with him."

you know what I mean? Whatever.

And it was exactly like
I thought it would be.

But I… What do I do yo?
I cut her off, huh?

-[soft music playing]
-Snip. Cut it off.

She's not my friend.
She doesn't care about my future, right?

[Arissa] Is that what you felt right now?

[Alton] That's what I feel.
That's exactly what I feel.

Will you be comfortable
with this decision in five months?

[Alton] I will be comfortable
in this decision for the rest of my life.

[Arissa] Well,

it sucks that you were lied to.

And it sucks that she could only tell you

only after she found out what you did.

-[Alton] Yeah.
-But that is normally how it happens,

you have to understand that,
that people do make mistakes.

People do cheat.

There are moments of weakness
that sometimes you cannot control.

[Alton] Homie, I've had so many…

-I mean, this dude was ugly as [bleep].
-That's you…

-It doesn't mean--
-[Alton] He isn't even intelligent.

-I've heard the way he talks--
-Right.

He talks, like, mumbles
with a fist in his mouth.

That was her decision.

-[Alton] Well, I quit.
-Figure out if the relationship…

is worth it.

-[Alton] It's not.
-Then let it go right now.

[music concludes]

["Booty" playing]

♪ Oh, my baby when you walk
I whisper what I'm thinking in your ear ♪

I'm like, "Whoo!"

♪ But after all this time away ♪

♪ I just can't keep both
Of my eyes off of your rear ♪

Brynn's hot.

♪ You're so fine, you're so fine, girl ♪

♪ You've got that booty
On my mind, wasting my time ♪

♪ Oh, you know what I like
When you ride it like a bike ♪

♪ It looks so nice ♪

♪ You've got that booty on my mind ♪

It's fun. 'Cause, like,
you're on top of the world.

-Like, everyone sees you.
-[Frank] This is Brynn's calling.

She should be a go-go dancer
for the rest of her life.

[song continues]

-[laughter]
-[indistinct chatter]

I think Brynn has done really great
for her first night go-go dancing.

-[Brynn] Look it, I'm counting it.
-[Irulan] Ooh!

-There's fives in here, b*tch.
-[Brynn] I had fun dancing.

I need the money
and I get a workout. [chuckles]

-♪ You've got that booty on my ♪
-[both scream]

♪ Mind ♪

[Alton]
What's like the sloppiest, cheapest,

dirtiest drink
that you can get me right now?

["Drift And Die" playing]

♪ Forgotten ♪

♪ Thoughts of yesterdays ♪

♪ Through my eyes I see the past ♪

I'll never understand
how shady people can be, yo.

-[man] I go through it every night.
-[laughs] He said every night.

It feels good though.
I mean, at least I know, I'm not alone.

You know I'm not alone,
not by myself so…

♪ I believe, I believe
I believe in the truth ♪

♪ From inside ♪

Thanks, brother.

Dude.

♪ Ignorance spreads lies ♪

♪ As I drift and die ♪

I'm lost.

I will not be in love again, I tell you.

-I've learned from my mistake.
-It's 'cause you're young.

Women can do all kinds of stuff.

What's wrong with them?
I thought we… I thought I was bad.

No, I really did.
I thought I was like… a bad guy.

-Like, that's who--
-I'll tell you one thing.

You'll never be able to figure out women.

[Alton] I'm very sensitive as you see.

And I'm very like
in touch with my heart as you see.

I was raised by my mom and my aunts.

And like, my mom told me one thing
that I will never forget.

She's all,
"Alton, most people will mistake

your kindness for weakness.

But if you don't give them
enough kindness,

they'll think
you don't possess uniqueness."

To be kind
is to be very unique in this world.

And I didn't know that…

I honestly did not know that,
until I came to Las Vegas.

Funny, huh?

I let myself get so vulnerable with this.
I might as well have been like

some edible food on her plate.

I feel so angry and I'm so mad.

[sniffles, sobs] I'm so mad.

♪ And die ♪

♪ As I drift and die ♪

[song continues]

[loud banging]

[Steven] I don't know what's going on.

Apparently, Alton's girlfriend
did some pretty bad stuff.

[Alton] Steven, you were right.
You were right.

I was wrong. I protected her.

-[sighing]
-Just sleep, dude. Go to sleep.

We'll talk about this
when you wake up, okay?

He wears his heart
on his sleeve and that's…

that bites you in the a*s sometimes.

-I'm sorry, man. I'm sorry.
-[Alton sobbing]

♪ As I drift and die ♪

[song concludes]

[thunder rumbling]

[Alton] I'm so bad
when it comes to relationships,

because I think that
if you respect somebody,

that person's gonna respect you.

I feel if I'm honest to other people,
then they'll be honest to me.

But I respected Melissa with all my heart
and I wasn't respected.

The difference between
me having sex and her having sex

is that she didn't sleep
with me after I had sex.

Whereas, with me, I slept with her

and I slept with whoever this dude was.
You know what I'm saying?

Alton is dealing
with his own male ego and just…

You know, different things
about being lied to

and trust issues with Melissa.

When you least expect it,
somebody will come,

and all of these feelings,
and everything will be erased.

And I think that Alton hears me.

And I think that he sort of thinks
about the things that I say

in terms of Melissa.
And hopefully it helps.

[Alton] Irulan's friendship
means the world to me.

It means everything.
It's like she's my foundation here

in Las Vegas, you know?

-Oh!
-[Alton] Glad you're here.

[soft music playing]

[music fades]