02x09 - Is This Group Bonding?

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[male narrator] Previously on "The Real World.."

[Jon] 'I know it started out as a joke.'

[screaming]

David!

- That was a joke. - It was not funny!

I'm not a perverted, dangerous, psycho-mania thing.

My position stands.

We want him to leave.

All of you feel that way?

I don't feel safe with him here.

You know what, I don't like to hurt people.

I don't know.

[Dominic] This is the true story.

♪ True story ♪

[Tami] ...of seven strangers.

- Picked to live in a house.. - Beth!

[Beth] ...and have their lives taped.

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

[Irene] ...when people stop being polite..

[David] ...and start getting real.

[male narrator] The Real World, California.

[Irene] 'Tonight is the night that we get to pick our new roommate.'

[Dominic] 'Well, we're gonna choose one guy from, uh, three.'

Similar to a kangaroo court or supreme court

or whatever type of court you like.

Well, it's going to be as bad for us as it is for them.

What right do I have to pick someone?

I'm not gonna play, I have no right to play God

and act like I'm better.

"Oh, you're worthy of living here with us."

because, I mean, look at us.

Yo, should we wear a little nametag?

"Hi, my name is.."

Yeah, no sh*t, I was telling Jon

is that we should have you go down there

just you by yourself, start talking

and all of a sudden break out into an epileptic seizure.

Start freaking out on the ground.

Then I'll run downstairs

shove my wallet in your mouth.

And go "It's-It's okay, he does this all the time."

Aaron took it upon himself

I guess, to, uh, organize

how we were going to interview this person.

[Aaron] 'Just have like one or two people down here'

to meet the guy at first

and then have, and then have

all of us here at the same time.

No, I mean, just to show the guy

at first he doesn't feel like he's totally overwhelmed.

'Cause I mean if you walked into this place.

'this is like, Hollywood Central.'

We'll then just have like, we'll just kinda kick back

and two of us can walk out at a time.

[Tami] 'The only reason why I disagree with that'

'is because this person has to live with us'

I don't feel like we should baby the situation.

Uh, we could all take turns askin' him questions.

I think one way we can avoid makin' him feel uncomfortable

is if we don't just sit down and, and--

[Irene] 'Start drillin' him with questions.'

He actually wanted to sit down

and talk with people on a one-on-one basis

but we kinda outvoted him on that.

It's just an idea.

sh**t it down, don't worry about my feelings.

Don't worry about it, I just thought about it all day.

'Don't worry about me. Don't worry about me at all.'

In ways, we were almost playing God with someone.

I think, we really should do my idea.

- Tonight? The epileptic fit? - About--

No. About not going down there, all at the same time.

- Oh, really? - Awesome.

That'll make it easier.

And yet we've all got--

We've all gotta know what the guy says though.

- I mean, what if he's-- - Oh, it's only for ten minutes.

What if I get down and he says I want you

I want you, I want you.

And then you just won't believe me if he said that.

I think the type of person we were looking for was someone

who is, um, outgoing.

And someone who wasn't gonna k*ll my cat.

And we just needed someone that was gonna be able

to fit in very easily

and not cause too many complications.

[doorbell rings]

- Hi, I'm Beth. - I'm Ed.

- Nice to meet you. Come on in. - Nice to meet you.

How you doing?

[Jon] He wanted to be the first person to meet him.

"Hi, I'm Aaron, I'll give you a tour of the house."

- So, where are you from? - 'I'm from New York.'

- Oh, really? - 'Yeah.'

- Where in New York? - 'New York?'

- Um, originally, Brooklyn. - 'Okay.'

And, uh, now my parents live in Long Island, in Hempstead.

Cute smile, very cute guy

I really like that in him.

He's, uh, training to be a track..

You know, a track runner in the Olympics.

- Where do you work out at? - Uh, UCLA.

- He goes to UCLA? - 'You go to UCLA?'

- No, I went to Arizona State. - 'Oh.'

I tra-I train at UCLA.

Oh, really, my buddy, uh, was on the track team there.

- 'Jay. James Oliver?' - 'Oh, oh. Jay.'

Yeah, you know Jay?

- 'Yeah.' - Yeah.

- Small world. - 'Isn't it a small world?'

- You're half Irish too, right? - 'Yeah.'

[Dominic] So, you spend every day at the track, do you?

[Ed] Every day. Every day, that's, that's work for me, I guess.

[Irene] So are you like training for the Olympics

or something, is that your goal?

- Oh, yeah. - So, what do you run?

Well, I specialize in meters, I used to.

Now, this year I'm gonna run the meters

and that's gonna be my specialty.

Do you have a girlfriend?

- Yeah. - You do?

- Yeah. - 'Oh, that's nice.'

You're okay, Jon.

We were just wondering if you were g*y or not.

Oh, no.

Well, you realize the situation we're in, by the way?

sh**t it.

- Well, this.. - 'This is for..'

Alright, and we've gotta call each and every one

of yous tonight, regardless.

- Alright. - 'Hey, man'

- You've gotta help me out. - Where to?

- It was good meeting you. - Alright.

My first impression of Ed

was that of being a-a warm person, uh..

When I found out he was an athlete, that was good.

He didn't seem like he had anything to hide.

I just had made the prediction, even though he was the first one

that he was gonna be our next roommate.

I mean, we gotta talk about this, you know..

No, he seems really cool.

He seemed like a very nice guy.

He was nice.

[doorbell ringing]

- There's another one. - 'Is that the door?'

- 'I'll get it.' - I got it.

♪ Rock ♪♪

How you doin', man?

I'm Dominic. Kevin?

- Yeah. Come on in. - Yes.

- I'll be your.. - 'Tour master.'

Yeah, I'll be the tour master.

- Whose cat? - It's, uh, Beth's cat.

This is our one night a week that we're all together

and we get all hyper about it.

- So.. - 'So, Kevin, how old are you?'

I am .

- 'Twenty-six.' - Mm-hmm.

[Aaron] 'You're older than Irene, that would make you'

'the oldest person in the room.'

[Dominic] 'You know, we'd all be younger than you.'

- I guess that's true. - 'Would that bother you?'

No, I don't think, uh

how old you are is-is very important.

[Tami] 'Where are you from?'

I was bo-born in Queens

but I've been here for four years.

- So what you do? - No, I didn't do that.

I work in a shelter for homeless kids.

- Oh. Oh. - Did you leave it here?

I work in an A*DS health care center.

- Do you really? - Yeah.

[Jon] So, you work at a shelter for homeless kids.

What do you do?

I've done a lot of things that they sent me out from New York

to-to be one of the people who started the place

'to design the program.'

So, I-I rode, uh, these vans around the streets

of Hollywood for three years.

Talking to kids, handing out sandwiches

and finding out what they need.

They just changed my job a few months ago.

You get kind of burnt out on that.

You got burnt out?

Is there anything you're curious about

what's going on here as far, I mean

what we're doing here and any questions you have regarding us?

If you've done or said one thing that you regret

since you moved into the place, what would it be?

Dom, you wanna take that question?

[Beth] You're not more important than anybody else

in this house, although you think that you are.

[Aaron] Say what you have to say, Jon.

Big deal, I'm cleaning it up now!

[Jon] Yo, don't-don't yell at me like you're my father

you're as screwed up as anybody in this house.

[Dominic] No, hold on. It was really stupid what you did.

[Tami] I mean it, that's what I'm sayin'.

Whoever it was, I mean it.

[Irene] You know what David, leave!

- 'What?' - Leave!

I think we had some personality conflicts.

[Tami] First impressions on Kevin.

He was not intimidated by the situation at all.

Do people who smoke bother you?

No, in fact my mother, she smoked all her life.

- Umm.. - 'She still alive?'

No, she died, she died of lung cancer.

[all laughing]

Beth, Irene, and I wanted to know if he was g*y.

We...we didn't know how to come out and ask him.

We didn't want to just say, "Are you g*y?"

So I was trying to think of how I was gonna phrase it

so I asked him, "Do you have a significant other?"

Do you have a significant other?

It's been a while since I had a significant other.

This is a very big building

and, um, and, if, uh..

...if after I walk out the door

it was hit by a, by a major earthquake

and-and you were all, um..

...trapped in here and left for dead

and-and you weren't going to be rescued, uh

who would you eat first, and why?

- Who would I what? - Eat first, and why?

[Tami] 'Who would we eat first and why?'

I would probably eat Dominic, 'cause he's had a lot of beer

and he's probably pretty plump.

[Tami] 'We'd eat the damn cat.'

Hey!

[all laughing]

I love the fact that Kevin, uh

popped off at Dom right away.

Alright, Kevin, I'd just, like you to know

the situation that's going on here,like

there's three guys coming in

and we're interviewing.

No. Yeah, I know. I know the deal.

I mean, as Aaron says, we're nothing special

we just happen to be here, and they've just told us to..

And so, when we call..

You know..

- I'll think about that. - 'Okay.'

[indistinct]

[all laughing]

- Nice to meet you. - 'Bye.'

- 'Bye.' - Cool.

He didn't take it from y'all. He was like, "Shut up."

- 'Not like that.' - It was great.

He was very, very open and very direct with everyone.

Dominic and Aaron were really thrown by this guy.

I'm lookin' for someone that's, I'm looking

for someone who ain't gonna bother me.

Aaron was trying to tell us how to choose

you know, our next roommate

and it shouldn't be a decision that Aaron makes for us

it was, it should be a decision that we all made for ourselves.

Let's go through a process of elimination..

What? We can't do that yet.

I think it's the smartest thing to be do. I'm honest to God.

Because it's fresh in your mind right now.

And I'm totally serious.

Well, Aaron that's best for you.

'Well, I think it's best when it's fresh in your mind.'

I thought he was a great guy, I did.

- I did too. - But I-I like Ed better.

[Dominic] 'Well, you decide Ed..'

[Jon] 'Don't try to decide for us.'

I'm not trying to decide for you, shut up!

- You know what I mean? - Just chill.

- Anything wrong? - You shut up, Jon!

You piss me off when you start pulling that crap.

[Jon] 'Anybody who, anybody who said something to Ed--'

You're twisting what I said. No, don't do that.

Shut up and let us decide for ourselves.

[doorbell rings]

- 'Hi, there!' - What's up man?

- How you doing? - How you doing? Aaron.

- Hi, I'm Glen. - Nice to meet you.

- How you doing? - Hi, Glen.

- How you doing? - Nice to meet you, man.

Nice to meet you.

- Hello. - Hi.

- Hi. Nice to meet you. - Hi. How you doin'?

Where did you come from?

Uh, Philadelphia.

- What do you do? - I guess I'm a bum.

No.

No, I work at a record store for now.

I was like looking for a job, but, you know

for what I wanna do, like film and video

and all that stuff, it's really tough.

And at like at nights, and at like nights and everything

I play in a band just for the hell of it.

[rock music]

[shouting indistinctly]

I brought the "Hello, my name is tags," but..

Do you guys have a pen?

Actually, put them on different people and get me confused.

Here you go.

- 'How old are you?' - 'How old am I?'

[Glen] 'I'm . What's your name?'

[Irene] 'Irene. But I'll be leaving soon.'

- 'What do you mean?' - 'I'm getting married.'

- You are? - Mm-hmm.

You've heard a lot about California.

Is there something you want to want to experience here?

- 'That you couldn't--' - The women.

- 'The what?' - 'Second question.'

[Irene] 'Do you have a girlfriend back home?'

No.

No, I was dating like four different girls

or five, but that's no big deal.

- That doesn't mean anything. - 'No, of course not.'

- Irene? - 'What?'

- 'Four different women?' - That's fine!

- 'Beth?' - Hmm?

My God, Beth's dead!

Beth?

Beth, get off the floor!

And I guess, what are you doing now?

I'm a bum.

Good. I like you.

I'm glad you're my roommate.

What do you do, you just sleep in or whatever?

- Pretty much. - 'He's on a sabbatical.'

Then I hear it from all these people.

Are there clubs around here, or just outside of here that--

Not for an -year-old singer.

Do you have a demo tape at all?

- 'Keep talking. Keep goin'' - 'No.'

We don't, we don't have a demo tape either

and we've got plenty of shows.

Do pigs annoy you?

I mean, pig-like, yeah, no, pig-like people.

You know, I believe that people should do their dishes

like after they're done.

[screaming]

- Dom? - I called it.

[Aaron] 'Yeah, God Save the Queen!'

Would you be able to handle living with a cat, though?

I don't mind cats, I have a cat.

- I have a cat at my house. - 'I thought you hated cats.'

I do, but I have a cat.

What am I gonna do about it, my dad has a cat.

[Jon] 'Are you a very religious person?'

I believe in God, but I'm not..

I'm catholic, but it doesn't mean that..

I have friends who are Muslim

'and everything else.'

'It's tough to say which religion is right.'

I-I'm really, I'm really close to God, I think.

I don't know, I just feel

that's like my best friend, basically.

And that's where, I mean, I-I always think, like

if something bad happens

something good's gonna come from it.

- 'Right.' - That's my whole idea in life.

What if there was an earthquake..

[all laughing]

- Who would you eat? - 'I mean, which one of us..'

[Irene] 'And this-this we're like trapped in the house, okay?

- No food. - No food.

Who would you eat first?

A-Actually, I wouldn't eat anybody, I'd probably die.

He was a really nice guy.

I thought he had a good sense of humor.

He just seemed to hit-hit it off real well with everybody.

[male #] Survival of the fittest.

We can maybe vote and see

how it turns out and then talk about it.

The questions they asked were fair.

No..

Did you go out and get drunk last night?

[Glen] 'Actually, I didn't.'

Now you're subjected to your peers.

[screeching]

All my friend told me was, "Be yourself."

Ah!

We should do pros and cons.

and talk about it, whoever wants to pro

like pro on someone, say what they really

someone they really like.

So how are we doing this, just write down

the one name of the person you like the most?

[Irene] 'You said it, baby, here's your little piece of paper here.'

[Irene] 'Hell, there's.. got the hat.'

'We're gonna throw them in the hat.'

[Aaron] 'Oh, we're gonna vote?'

'I think we need to talk about it for a while.'

- Well, Hang on, here. - 'Oh!'

'It's not that I dislike--'

- 'Okay, let's-let's just vote.' - Well, it's majority rules.

Beth, you didn't say, which one did you like?

Did you like number three?

But I think that one and two were more mature.

[Dominic] ''Cause I think some people..'

[Tami] 'Didn't you like them all?'

- 'I like them all.' - 'I like them all too.'

- 'You just said..' - 'Did it get in there.'

[Aaron] 'We should have all of them live here.'

'A couple guys can live downstairs'

'on the couch.'

- 'Jon could..' - 'One can move under my bed..'

[Jon] 'I like all the guys, but I think--'

[Beth] 'I liked them all.'

It wasn't a case of disliking people

it was just a case of, I think

this particular individual would fit in

better in our environment.

This has to be.. I cannot believe somebody did this.

What?

They put a one with a three on top of it.

- Tami? - I did.

It's looks like a D. You can't do that.

I can do what I want.

- She can do what she wants. - She can do what she..

I think, uh...

...Ed would like to hear from you.

- No. - I'm serious.

No, I'm not calling anybody.

[Jon] 'Hey, Aaron, you said'

'"I'll call you." that's the last thing--'

I think they would like to hear a woman's voice.

- 'No.' - I'm totally serious.

Actually, you know what, that's a good point.

I'm totally serious.

Listen, I didn't want to call any of the guys

and tell them, you know..

"We like you, you ain't moving in."

Okay, I'll do it. No. I'll do it. I don't care.

[Tami] 'Call him.'

Okay, give me the phone.

[beeping]

[phone ringing]

- Hello, Ed, how you doing? - Hey, Aaron.

Hey, uh, you know, we wanted to thank you for coming by

'but, uh, we don't think it's gonna work out.'

Okay. Alright, man.

Okay, man, uh, I'll, uh

I'll definitely see you at UCLA, though.

- Take care, dude. - Okay, dude. Later.

No dice, baby.

- Back to the track. - Not gonna work out.

You said that, why did you say that?

- You said that? - What did you want? Oh, yeah?

Get the hell out of my face!

Ed was a cool guy. Umm..

It seemed like he was gonna be really easy to get along with.

But he was too much of a yes person.

Okay, Dominic, you have Kevin and I'll talk to--

- No. - Yes, you do.

No, I'm not..

You get the last word with that guy.

Good.

This is Kevin, how can I help you?

Kevin, how're you doing, this is, uh, Aaron.

Oh, hi, how are you doing, man?

I am breathing.

Uh, we mostly wanted to tell you

that we completely appreciate you coming by

and, uh, everybody liked you

but, uh, we just decided on another roommate.

Fine, fine. Well, it was nice meeting you.

Yeah, good luck, uh, with everything you're doing

and, uh, hopefully we'll hear

from you in the future.

Yeah, take care. Bye.

- See, that was good. - That was, that was good.

[Jon] 'Ed deserved better.'

Kevin was a very direct

and to-the-point person.

He just seemed rather intense

and...had a tendency

to ignore people in the room I thought.

I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna kind of mess with him.

- 'Oh!' - It'll be good.

[phone ringing]

Hello. Yeah, this is him.

Hi, Aaron, how you doing'?

How, uh, how'd you feel about everything?

It was, it was great, it was neat. It was really easy.

Simple, compared to what I thought

like I've seen on the way out.

It was, it was really hard for us to decide.

We, uh, you know we talked a lot and..

[Beth] 'We understand you came a long way.'

I mean, yeah, we understand

how, you know, you came out a long way

'and everythin' and, came out to Philadelphia'

and, out from Philadelphia and we just, you know

you know, we totally appreciate you coming over

and, uh, we would just like to see

if you wanna be our roommate.

[laughs] You suck.

Oh, man, you just had me go through rejection twice.

[doorbell rings]

What's up, dude?

Glen, buddy!

[Dominic] 'Look, Jon's gonna introduce you to your room.'

- Okay. - 'We're gonna talk about you.

Alright.

♪ I've gotta make is show ♪♪

[Glen] What's gonna happen now in my life?

You know, what's, what is there

this opens so many doors

and how do I start gearing up for different things?

I'm just beginning a totally new life.

We'll let you move in if you clean the dishes.

Did you play sports at all?

[Jon] 'Uh, not for school.'

But do you like playing, like, basketball and stuff like that?

- 'Yeah, you play basketball?' - I love playing basketball.

'Cool'

We're gonna go play basketball.

See, Aaron likes to argue.

He doesn't get mad at people when he argues

but he likes confrontations

and he likes to get his point across.

Right.

I still kind of feel like, you know

Aaron and Dom are-are real good friends.

And, uh, you know

of course, when they're together

there's really no place for me.

My life is such a..

[laughing]

[dog barking]

Woof! Woof!

Oh, my God!

♪ Slam ♪

♪ Da-da-da da-da-da ♪

♪ Let the boys be boys ♪

♪ Slam ♪

♪ Da-da-da da-da-da ♪

♪ Let the boys be boys ♪

♪ Slam ♪

♪ Da-da-da da-da-da ♪♪

My first impression of Glen

was, you know, again that he was really nice

easy to get along with

really excited about what was going on.

My predictions for Glen were, are very good.

Glen has a great personality.

Don't do anything I wouldn't do.

♪ Today I saw somethin' in the sky ..♪♪

Going to see Inspiral Carpets was really cool.

Uh, I was, I was very glad

to go with Dom and Aaron.

Uh, that, when we went backstage it was really cool.

[Dominic] What is, it was like a small unannounced show

not very well-promoted, but that was

the purpose on behalf of the record company

and it was for the new album, so..

Glen expressed an interest, I knew everyone would have fun.

[Glen] I observe bands and what they do

and how people react to them.

You know, I-I take down notes, what I liked about a band

whether or not I didn't like a certain thing.

I think it's-it's great for, uh, musicians

to do that, or any, any profession.

You got to study what you're doing.

[Dominic] Yeah, I have a certain

protocol and behavior

that I like to carry on when I'm backstage.

[Glen] Dom's great around bands, um

he's very professional, he taught me some tips.

I knew most of them, um..

He mentioned to me, just, you know, just stay back

don't bother them, let them get off stage.

Uh..

And he was very friendly, we talked to them.

They were friendly back

and, uh, I'm sure he, uh

got the respect that he deserves.

[instrumental music]

After the Inspiral Carpets show

Dom and I were talking with Aaron

about whether or not you tell a girl

if you love her just to have sex, I guess.

That's what I understood it for.

You've been in bed with some chick

she says, "I love you, Glen"

and you'd say, "Well, you know

I think you're kinda cool too."

I think if I was with a girl and everything

I wouldn't say that just to have sex or anything.

- 'I'm not saying--' - If she said "I love you."

[Dominic] 'Would you listen to what I say.'

- 'I never mind--' - 'Dominic doesn't see.'

[Aaron] 'The fact is, Dominic does that'

and he just ♪ ♪ ♪.

Never talked to a girl in my life

and says, "I love you."

It's always been just a reciprocal statement.

Where they say, "I love you," what are you supposed to say?

[Glen] 'I think you don't understand, I think--'

[Dominic] 'Oh, I guess, I don't.'

'Okay, you know, I don't--''

No, then maybe I don't either, but the deal is that

I don't mean to harm anybody.

But I take everything, I try to listen to everything you said

every word you've said, I've hung onto it.

It's in my.. It's in me, right?

But, the fact that you're getting so upset must--

[Dominic] 'No, that's not..'

'Glen, you know what I'm saying.'

[Glen] 'Oh, shut up, you've said that like a million times.'

Who are you, Glen?

[Glen] 'I've been here for two days, damn it!'

Twenty eight hours!

Dom said that my tone of voice

was very hostile towards him.

Especially after him trying to be

so nice to me for two days

and then I dare, uh

talk in that tone to him.

No, if I, if I pissed you off, fine, I mean.

I just won't even deal with it.

[Aaron] 'Shut up. Seriously.'

'You starting to sound like the guys at the playground.'

'I'm gonna kick your a*s right now.'

[Dominic] 'I'm gonna tear your a*s apart.'

How are you gonna do it, violently, like, physically--

No, I won't do it violently.

But don't, Glen, do not say

what you said to me two minutes ago.

'What'd I say to you two minutes ago?'

You said to me, "Oh, drop it already

you already said that two times."

I was having a ♪ ♪ ♪ conversation

with someone here in me car.

- 'What do you mean--' - And do not accuse me.

You're saying that I said, "Drop it?"

[Aaron] 'Fight number one.'

- 'There it comes.' - 'I'm tellin' you.'

[indistinct]

[male narrator] On the next "Real World.."

We're going on a weekend trip together.

- Where are we going? - Joshua Tree!

No sex, no drugs, no Rock 'n' Roll.

[Tami] 'Oh, my God.'

[grunting]

[Tami] 'There's nothing for me to grab onto.'

[Beth] 'I'm really afraid of heights.'

[male #] 'Go up on it!'

'Fire it!'

[screaming]

My singing group "Reality"

met with a stylist

and she suggested

that I get these wonderful extensions.

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♪ Asymmetrical shroom ♪

♪ Banji girl ♪

♪ I'm going back back ♪

♪ Back to my roots ♪

♪ Where my love can be found ♪

♪ And my heart rings true ♪

♪ I'm going back back ♪

♪ Back to my roots ♪

♪ To the time and the place ♪

♪ Coming back to you ♪♪