03x01 - Planes, Trains and Paddywagons

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Ing ]

[ Screech ]

[ Horn honking ]

Messengers get a bad rep,

Because they have to tell a car what to do.

My name is puck rainey, I'm a bike messenger in san francisco.

If I was gonna guess who the other people were

I was gonna live with,

I would say that they're gonna be

A wide variety of people,

None of which are gonna be like me.

This is the true story...

True story...

Of strangers...

[ Laughing ]

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...

[ Screaming ]

And start getting real.

Mtv's the real world, san francisco.

Five minutes.

Hi, my name's cory.

[ Train horn blowing ]

Here it comes.

There you go.

I feel weird.

I feel strange because

My whole life is gonna change

For the next four and a half months.

[ Father ] dear lord, we just praise you

And we thank you for all the blessings that we have,

And we ask that you watch over cory

On her trip up to san francisco.

That you watch over us in the coming days.

Bless this food in jesus' name, amen.

[ All ] amen...

I think I'll miss most about home,

Knowing a family so well that I can just come home and just...

Be me or just say nothing and have them understand me.

Good luck, kiddo.

Thank you dad, I'm gonna miss you.

If I had to guess what my other six roommates would be like,

I don't know, I'm gonna be a little bit worried

About how they're gonna react to me.

And hoping that they're gonna be open to who I am.

And hoping that I can be open to who they are.

[ Both giggling ]

My name is pedro and I live in miami.

I'm originally from cuba.

So what am I supposed to do, cut the cake ?

Now your song !

[ All singing ] ♪ for he's a jolly good fellow ♪

♪ For he's a jolly good fellow... ♪

I feel pretty excited, but I also feel kind of like,

I'm leaving my family.

You... [ Spanish ]

There we go ![ Laughing ]

You stay away from my dad, he's mine.

I'm a little bit of being afraid of being away from them and, uh,

I've never been away from them for more than a few weeks at a time.

I love you too.

So, it's gonna be tough to say goodbye.

[ In spanish ]

[ Woman ] have fun.

All aboard one, please.

I love you.

I'm flying to los angeles and in los angeles

I'm gonna be meeting one of the roommates.

And then we're taking the train

And going up the coast to san francisco.

And I have no idea if it's a girl or if it's a guy or...

Who it is.

I'm sorry !

[ Giggling ] coming down the ramp.

I was really, really nervous because

I was going to meet my first roommate

At the union station in l.a.

Hi.

Hi.

I'm pedro.pardon me ?

I'm pedro.

I'm cory, nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

So you're my new--

One of my new roommates, right ?

Yes.all right.

My first impression when he came up to me was, I think, his eyes.

He has really pretty eyes and big eye lashes.

Wait, wait, wait, are we going the right way ?

Oh, this looks right.

She really was a lot of what I expected.

I knew in my heart that it was gonna be a girl.

You know in the way she is and the way she speaks,

And the way she asks questions after questions after questions.

Where are you from originally ?

Cuba.cuba, okay.

I'm cuban.

I didn't have a lot of expectations,

But he really made me feel comfortable.

How long have you been here ?

Years.

Um, I came over in .

My parents were against the revolution,

They didn't believe in the revolution.

And, in , when the mariel boatlift happened,

, Cubans came over to the united states.

I remember asking my mother why she wanted to go to america.

And she talking to me about opportunity.

And I give thanks every day that I live in america.

I live in a place that I could say who I am,

And say how I feel without being reprimanded.

Some people are not gonna agree with me,

But I could still say it.

So are you ready for this ?

I think so.

Five more people to meet, right ?

[ Train honking ]

[ Honk honk ]

Yeah, you honked yourself

Right into a red light, didn't you, man ?

Yeah, I'm my own boss.

I've gotten so many scabs, and delivered enough stuff

To where I'm now kind of at the pinnacle

Of being a bike messenger.

I'm about where you get where you make the most money

And you get the most free leisure time.

I'm ready for a vegetarian sandwich.

There you go, squeeze, it paid off.

Oh, yes !

He's a straight up cheeto dog.

Yeah, right-- mm, mm, mm, mm.

Bike messengers are pretty revered

As a high thing here in san francisco.

Bike back, bike back, thank you.

A lot of people all over the world

Pretty much know who we are and what we do,

And that it's a pretty radical thing to do 'cause, y'know,

There's a lot of traffic.

Bike messengering is dangerous,

But I have no fear at all, I'm right in.

The only thing I fear is the door, I swear.

[ Crash ]

[ Siren blaring ]

[ Honk ]

Um, oh no, I have to make another decision.

Okay, I decided.

And you decided wrong.

Oh my goodness gracious !

I think when we sat down and we started playing cards,

I knew that we were gonna get along.

Oooohhh...

What did you get ?

I knew she would do this.

What is it ?

It's a crucifix and, um--

Oh, how beautiful.

From who ?

My sister gave that to me.

And that is a crucifix that my mom, um--

My mom passed away.

And when she passed away she was with the crucifix.

Then my sister kept it.

So now every time me and my sister do something we--

You pass it to each other. We pass it on, so--

Oh, that's so neat.

It's real pretty.

I had an incredible time talking to him on the train.

Have you, um, been in a relationship ?

The longest relationship I've ever had is a year and a half,

And I don't know, I don't think I've ever--

But I don't really think that I've ever been in love.

Now, did you have to leave a girlfriend to come here this time ?

No, no, I've been dating.

She's very inquisitive and, um,

She knew how to ask every right question.

What did you do down there ?

What did you do in florida before you came here ?

I used to go around the schools

And speak about hiv and A*DS.

A*DS education, I thought you said "ace".

No A*DS, A*DS.

So I told her that I did A*DS education,

Then changed the conversation and it didn't come up again

Until we went to the observation deck.

So now how did you get so involved in your work ?

Ummm...

I thought for a second of how can I go around

And I said, no, forget it.

I'm hiv positive.

When pedro told me he was hiv positive, I was just like,

No, not him !

I like this guy and I don't want him to have to suffer.

When I found out I was hiv positive, i, uh...

About months later I started doing A*DS education.

Every time I tell somebody I'm hiv positive,

It's just as hard.

It's as hard as the first time I did it.

So I'm still concerned about, y'know, meet people.

And I don't know how they going to feel about me being hiv positive.

Horn honking ]

I don't think I really had a concussion,

I think I just knocked my head.

Then the cops show up.

They run my name and I had like, a $, bench warrant

For not signing up to drunk driving school.

I knew they were gonna arrest me

And it caught up with me, of course, on,

The day I moved in with all my roommates.

I'm from long island, new york,

I'm going to meet one of my roommates who's coming from phoenix.

Hi, how are you ?

Hi, I'm judd.

Rachel, what is it ?judd.

Judd, nice to meet you.

I knew that one of my roommates was waiting for me,

And, I kinda had a feeling that it was gonna be a guy.

What do you do ?

I'm a cartoonist.

No way.yeah.

You lie, who do you work for ?

Well, no one yet.

What you do ?

Just graduated.from where ?

Arizona state.okay.

Rachel seemed very friendly from the get-go,

I liked her instantly.

You better be strong, I have a lot of luggage.

Do you need more help ?

No, me accommodating now.

So you're gonna do the job search thing here.

Yes. So am i.

What are you looking to do ?

I have a little-- I have some connections.

I used to be involved with college republicans.

Quickly I felt like, hey, hey, I've been suckered here.

There's this very attractive woman gets off the plane that I'm going to live with,

And I'm thinking certain thoughts.

I say oh, we're gonna get along great.

And she talks about young republicans,

And I consider myself a real bed-wetting liberal--

This could get difficult later.

Get to the point, judd.

The only thing, I think, that's going for us

Is that we both want to like each other.

Seeing san francisco for the first time was like seeing "oz".

It was a beautiful, crisp day, it was blue sky,

And we were both excited, bopping up and down, it was great.

It felt like the land of opportunity.

I could really do something.

[ Trolley dinging ]

Mom, we're home !

It's so cute !

As soon as we walked in, I was like wow, this is really cool.

I really like the place.

Hello ?

I think we're first.

This is pretty cool--

Yeah, I guess we're first.

Does that mean we get to pick our room first ?

Hey wow, check this out.

Oh, I want this room.

Unpack.

All right.

I wanted the single room as soon as I saw it.

I felt that since we were the first ones there,

That we should just pick the room we want,

And if nobody says anything, then that's cool.

Not going in, just accessing rooms right now,

That we just like go all loose and go run in there and take it.

This the first impression you want to make on everyone:

Hi, how you doing ?

I got the single, that one's mine.

Hello ?

Hello ?

Hi !hi !

I'm rachel.i'm pam.

Nice to meet you.

Pam came in next-- I like her clothes.

Great house !

First meeting pam,

She wasn't quiet, but she seemed really sweet.

So what do you do ?

I'm a medical student.

I've been an over-achiever all my life.

Come on, give it a try.

I am a perfectionistic.

I have not failed at anything in my life.

[ Shutter clicks ]ooh !

That's it.

[ Laughing ]

I'll call you when I'm there.

Bye.

My name is mohammed bilau.

Hello ? Hi.

Hi.hi.

Mohammed seemed really friendly and warm

From the first moment I met him.

They got a pool table in there, oh !

So what do you do mohammed ?

I have no idea, but, we're gonna figure this one out.

I don't mean pool table, I meant life.

Oh, what do I do ?yeah.

No, I'm a musician, actually.

[ Rapping ] ♪ goes as I groove, move me, made in the shade ♪

♪ Of my mother and my father further than I thought ♪

What's it called ?midnight voices.

Oh, midnight voices ?yeah.

[ Tires screeching ]

Never in a million years

Would I think I'd be living on lombard street.

Lombard street is the crookedest street in the united states,

Which I find kind of interesting,

Because I pretty much do not want anything straight in my life.

-- This is our house !

[ Giggling ]

Look at these bedrooms !

Awesome-- it's beautiful !

Hello ? Hi.

I'm judd.i'm pedro.

Pedro, how you doing ?

Nice to meet you.good to meet you.

[ Judd ] when cory and pedro came in,

It seemed that they were this close coming through the door.

[ Cory ] okay, your name is ?

[ Laughter ]oh, I'll slap you.

Was it pablo ?

You can't make jokes like that,

'Cause you'll mess up the rest of us right away.

[ Judd ] so let's keep our names straight.

[ Pedro ] judd, pamela, mohammed,

Corrine, rachel, pedro.

Oh, we're missing someone still.

Law enforcement, double thumbs up.

[ Horn honking ]

Hey, relax.

Okay, see you later, spot.

Not the two of you !

We're doing these solo pictures

And we put your names on them, so we can tell each other apart.

Hi.hey.

Hi.

I am the puck.

Hi.i'm rachel.

Hi rachel.nice to meet you.

I had a very trying day today,

I went to jail and got hit by a car.

Okay... In the opposite order.

Okay, we're gonna keep an eye on you.

He's here.

[ Cory ] he's here !

Puck-- never seen anything like it before.

I'm... Cool...

Oh my gosh.

Number one !

[ Puck ] are we picking rooms ?

I really want to set all this stuff down, it weighs like--

Let's go look at the rooms.

Let's go look at the rooms.okay.

Ah, this has puck all over it.

[ Cory ] you want the single ?

I want the single. I want the single.

You want it, you want it, you want it ?

[ Pedro ] the process of selecting the rooms,

It was frustrating because,

I didn't know how these people communicated.

[ Cory ] pedro and I were talking about maybe rooming together.

A guy and a girl--fine with me--

Whoa, who's the one who's doubling up there ?

[ Laughter ]

We decided who was gonna be who's roommate,

And I felt really sketchy about that,

I mean, that's a big decision you have to make.

I don't know, it doesn't make any difference to me.

I've roomed with all kinds of people.

I'll room with you.

Puck was like, okay, well,

I guess I'll stay with you, y'know,

You seem like the coolest one anyway.

The only problem that we might have is my girlfriend.

[ Puck ] your girlfriend's coming over ?

Yeah.uh oh !

And you think I don't have some ?

I didn't say you didn't !

I'm just saying, I'm just saying.

It won't be a problem.i'm not with you.

I'll crash on the couch.

They kept being distracted like, I wanted my room.

I wanted to know exactly where I was gonna be,

Which one was gonna be my bed.

'Cause I felt like until I did that,

I couldn't feel at home.

Let me just say my take on it--

I basically made my case for wanting the single.

Which is that I'm really busy, and I have really long hours.

I'm in school.

When had I first got in, I was like, damnit, I want the room.

But then once she explained that she was a medical student,

There was no way I could have fought for it 'cause, y'know,

'Cause I can sympathize with school.

I was really surprised about getting the single.

I'm first in the single, the single's out of it.

Three doubles are left.

I mean, the green room's cool.

Two of the, kind of, the craziest, oddest ones,

Kind of got they own room.

So now everyone else, I think,

Felt a little bit more comfortable.

You just spilled beer on your--

Ah, just the wave of the future, my friend.

[ Laughing ]

Aah !

I want my bedroom !

Pedro and I had talked about maybe rooming together,

'Cause he was saying that he was a little bit uncomfortable rooming with guys.

I felt it would be better if we didn't go co-ed.

'Cause it's just problematic later.

It kind of worked out that pedro and judd

Just ended up in the smaller room.

And rachel and i, in order to get the bigger room,

Had to agree to cook them dinner once a week.

You two get the big, nice room.

It's like, exactly my size.

Mom, this house is in-credible.

You take pictures of your injuries ?

Oh, I have such a collection of scab photos.

Incredible !

You're not gonna believe my roommates.

Cheers to our new roommates.

[ All ] cheers...

[ Pedro ] I was very concerned about

How they were gonna find out that I was hiv positive,

And how they were gonna react to it.

Wait, what were you saying though, about,

That you have A*DS not hiv.

What do you mean ?

I thought...

A*DS is a clinical diagnosis.

So you're not hiv symptomatic, you're--

I have A*DS.

You have A*DS right now ? Right.

Ooh.

Alright, if I beat you,

I'll show you my scrapbook.

And if I beat you ?if you beat me--

You'll show me your scrapbook.

The reason I brought the scrapbook was because

It was gonna make it easier for me

To let them know that I was hiv positive.

Oh sexy man, got his shirt unbuttoned.

Woo hoo hoo !

He's a super poster child.

When they opened the scrapbook

There's this picture of me that says "I am living with A*DS."

[ Judd ] he's my roommate and I have no fear of getting A*DS.

[ Mohammed ] I was pretty familiar with the disease.

Living in san francisco, you have to be.

They reacted very, y'know, good about it.

These are posters.

Those are great posters.

Yeah, this was on the front page of the "iowa news".

Gosh !this is in iowa.

You must be so proud of your work.

Rachel kind of just--

I don't know, she kind of, like, kept away.

She sat down with the group and then just got up and left.

I wanted to ask some hard core questions

About how it affects him,

How it's gonna affect us as his roommate--

None of those things were discussed.

Everybody else was just so much in adoration of his, y'know, accomplishments,

That me asking a question at that point

Would have made me, like, y'know, the b*tch.

This season on the real world...

Waaaaaa !

[ Puck ] yeah...

All right !

[ Rachel ] puck does crazy things.

We have so much fun together.

My heart just pumps big love.

Pa, pa...

I like romance.

She's from arizona, so she's a desert flower.

I can't believe you !

Do I plan on getting married ?

Maybe.

[ Laughing ]

[ Screaming ]

The soap box derby thing,

I mean, this is like, what I'm about.

I've never felt so white in my entire life.

That sounds like the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

[ Cheering ]

We're going to hawaii.

Wooooo !

It's looks like a big ride !

Oh my.

This is exactly who I did not want to live with.

[ Burps ]

[ Jamaican style ] but him no got no lovin', without love,

Him a thug-- bling bling.

Them kids don't really know the plan-- plump plump.

Divide and conquer motherland-- bling bling.

Them kids don't really understand-- plump plump.

Divide and conquer human man.

Then muslim man, him part of a crew.

Then jewish man, him part of a crew.

Then buddha man, him part of a crew.

And also, yes, the christian, him also part of a crew.

Goodnight.

You're just freestyle king, bro.

Yeah.

What up !

That's cool.