04x02 - Moving in London, Part 2

[bunniefuu]

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

- What do you do? - I race cars.

Oh, my God!

Look at this place.

- I'm Neil. - Hi, I'm Kat.

First impression, he looks mean.

And we got Mike.

- Mike, where you from? - Saint Louis, Missouri.

- Lars. Berlin, Germany. - Mike.

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

- Jacinda. - Jacinda.

Jacinda, I like her.

I just really hope that we all become friends

and stay friends for the rest of our lives.

[Sharon] 'Oh, aye aye to that!'

[instrumental music]

[Kat] This is the true story..

[Neil] Of seven strangers..

Seven strangers..

[Jacinda] Picked to live in a house..

[Jay] And have their lives taped..

[Lars] To find out what happens..

[Mike] When people stop being polite..

[Sharon] And start getting real..

The Real World, London.

[instrumental music]

[Jacinda] 'Oh, the sun's coming in.'

[Kat] 'Sun in England, no way.'

[Kat] I'm so thrilled to be in London right now.

I never thought I'd actually be here.

[Jay] It's the first morning and I think about the nicest thing

was waking up this morning and, uh, just taking a look at

the place with the lights off.

What time is it anyway? I don't have a watch in my room.

When it's : here, it's, no, it's : in Germany

that means it's : here, correct?

[Lars] The people are a lot different from me

but still we get along really great.

Where all are you pierced?

There's one here and there's two in here.

[Sharon] We're all so different, I mean

having a racing car driver living with a fencer

living with a model, living with a DJ

living with a singer, living with a playwright.

It's just...amazing.

It really is amazing, I just think it's fantastic.

Likethatlittle bit?

Spread that little bit, out.

[music continues]

Oh, don't. Chew it up.

Oh, no, no!

'Let Kat try it, too.'

'Kat, do you want to taste the vegi-mite?'

[Kat] 'No thank you.'

- Oh, my God! - Isn't it great?

[instrumental music]

What part of London do we live in?

[Mike] My first full day here was

very uncomfortable for me because I like to be

in a very comfortable situation

and I really didn't like that uncomfortableness

of not knowing where I was, and not knowing

how to get anywhere.

[Mike] 'W means West.'

W-C means West Central?

- 'Yup. - What's S-E?

- South East. - 'So this is like..'

London's like, bam!

[instrumental music]

[Sharon] We're living in an area of London called

Notting Hill Gate

which is known for being being very trendy

very quite arty, very forward-thinking

there's loads of veggie restaurants and coffee shops.

It's got a Bohemian, kind of youthful

I'd say it's quite a young area of London.

Then we have the Porta Bella Road, which is a very

famous shopping region in London.

- Yeah. - No?

[Sharon] 'No, we're talking -year-old golfer.'

[instrumental music]

♪ Get it in and turn it on and cope with your attitude ♪

[music continues]

[Jay] I've already started to fall in love with London 'cause

there are so many thousands of places that you can see.

Everything here is smaller and it's more intricate

and detailed and interesting

so there's so much to explore.

[both laughing]

'What's a "Tom?"'

- 'I beg your pardon.' - A "Tom"?

- Uh, a tomato. - Wow.

'I thought it was like a meat or something.'

Looked like barbecued brisket

or something, not a tomato.

'Yogurt. No ranch.'

They don't have any ranch dressing, I mean, no ranch.

God, you're doing much better than I am.

[Jacinda] 'What are you after?'

[Mike] 'I don't know, they have no ranch dressing--'

Because "Ranch" is American

'and we're not in America right now, there we go.'

They also have no American cereals.

I know what French dressing is

is ranch dressing something for salad or..

I'm gonna find something frozen and easy.

Have you ever lived by yourself before?

Yeah.

[Kat] Mike is the man who

sayshe's never going to change.

He's going to wear shorts for the rest of his life.

I can't live without ranch dressing

I mean that's like, lifeblood, you know.

Well, maybe you're just gonna have to give in

and try something else.

Call dad and have him ship some over.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

I'm gonna ship some over.

[door creaking]

This is dramatic.

[Jay] Bruce is the head of the theater department

uh, at the high school that I've just graduated from.

But I've worked with him since I was in the seventh grade

so he really takes, he's more of a mentor really

than just, you know, a high school teacher.

Alright, what show can we do here? "Camelot" or something.

- You can play King Arthur. - Alright.

Come meet everybody.

[Jay] Bruce was here for a conference

of international teachers.

I teach theater, I'll be teaching at

the Munich International School.

- You speak German? - No, I'll learn.

- Okay. Good. - Ja. Nein.

This was when he was in "Music Man." He was a junior..

Bruce is just kind of Bruce

I mean you can't really describe or whatever.

You just gotta kinda sit back

and just kinda try to take it in.

[instrumental music]

Some day I want to come to London and I want to see

"Bill K. Right presents Jay Frank.

"in an an original play by Jay Frank

'directed by Jay Frank."'

No, actually it could be directed by Bruce McDonald.

[Jay] Bruce took me on a walking tour through

all the theater district, the West End

through Piccadilly Circus, and I feel so lucky

to have him to show me around.

[Bruce] 'Have we got our eye on Jacinda and Kat and Sharon already?'

- No! - They're cute.

I think they have their eye on you.

I think Jacinda has her eye on you.

What'd you say?

You know, that girl's a supermodel.

She's too old for me, she's like .

[Jacinda] Except for Neil everybody's without

a boyfriend or a girlfriend.

Jay has a girlfriend, but it's back home.

And there's been these big jokes going around

about everybody needing to get some.

[both panting]

[Sharon] The place is sexually trashed

everybody's got too much sexual energy.

I'm giving you a head massage.

They all need to shag basically

I don't wanna be crass but they just need

to get it out of their system.

I don't date that much, I just get one or two psychos

a year and I attract like--

[Sharon] 'The "Psychos", I love the word!'

No! I mean..

Okay, I-I've dated some very nice guys

but then I always seem to get the ones that are like

"Don't worry, I'll fix everything"

and that's annoying

because I know I look young

but it does not mean that I can't

take care of my own life, and then

the other kind is the ones that are just like..

[Mike] 'The lost ones, huh.'

You know, "You are the goddess incarnate."

Kat's the person I think I associate with

the best with so far, I mean

when I'm in the house, I look for Kat.

Relax, relax your body. Five..

Relax your arms, let me move it. Five, five..

For some reason, Kat and I just click when we talk.

- It's okay. - I feel a little light in my--

[Neil] She seems to have a brain on her shoulders.

Which is nice.

She seems to sort of emote

and intellectualize at least to a certain level.

That's quite attractive I think.

[Jay] 'What are you attracted to?'

I don't know.

A different kind, I guess.

[Mike] I think the girl that I'm really gonna like

I'm not gonna meet her at a bar.

I'm not gonna be set up with her on a blind date

it's just gonna be random chance, you know.

Jacinda, she's a model girl from Australia.

[Alicia on phone] 'Oh, yeah, she sounded really nice.'

Oh, she is, she is really nice.

'Don't get any ideas though.'

[laughing]

[Jay] Alicia and I have talked plenty about

what things will be like between us, you know

with me being on the other side of the planet.

I think the best thing is to give it time

if you rush into a decision

you're not gonna know it.

As long as we stay honest with each other--

Yeah, number one, most important thing.

[instrumental music]

♪ I'm a heterosexual ♪

♪ Heterosexual man ♪

♪ I'm a heterosexual ♪

♪ Heterosexual man ♪♪

[Sharon] We were all sitting around in this bar

and, uh, we were asking everyone, you know

had they seen anybody while they were out

that they were kind of attracted to.

[Mike ] Of all the girls I've seen

since I've been here there's one girl, I mean I didn't like

stare her down, I just looked once

and it was like, you know, that girl's cute

and so then we'd get home that night..

'The one girl I found so far that was'

just kinda like, do I find, you know, kinda like

was the girl in the cafe in the very back.

And I just kinda looked at her I was like--

[Sharon] 'Do you mean the one in the pale blue suit?'

With a pale blue or gray something like that in the--

- 'That was a guy.' - 'That was a guy.'

- 'That was a guy, man.' - 'That was a guy.'

- 'That was a guy--' - 'Holy!'

[Sharon] 'It was a guy!'

'That was a guy!'

[laughing]

Alright!

[Sharon] 'It was a guy, he's a transsexual!'

[all laughing]

Mike's got a woman.

[continuous laughing]

Oh, Mike, come on!

- Mikey.. - That's not funny.

Hey, hey, hey.

[Mike] 'That was not a guy.'

No! He was..

It was a guy though..

'He was a transsexual.'

[Mike] There must have been some mistake

because the girl, I mean, looked like a girl to me.

♪ Heterosexual man ♪♪

[Neil] Mike needs to get laid more than any man

I've ever met before in my life.

- Do you think so? - Not quite.

- But not far off. - May be you can help him out.

What, you think I should have sex with Mike?

Yeah.

[instrumental music]

Hello, good morning.

- You're looking very smart. - Hmm?

- What's the occasion? - I'm going to school today.

[Kat] When I came here I kinda looked into

universities and schools and..

Yeah, I know what to expect of school in America

I don't know what to expect of school here.

So it's gonna be kinda strange.

When's your little appointment?

My "Little appointment" is at :.

You got a good five hours. I think you'll make it on time.

Oh, I think so, too.

'Sure you don't wanna leave now, just to make sure?'

'I have to figure out where it's at, and I'm kinda'

nervous about that, I'm really nervous about it.

[Kat] Neil showed me the way the first time.

Okay, it's in that little square somewhere but it's not there.

The look on his face is just like

"She's never gonna get there."

[train whooshing]

Do I look that scared?

Yeah, so it must be, uh, over there.

He's so afraid I'm gonna drown in London.

I think he's just terrified I'd end up

some place really bad.

I'm a sucker for people in distress.

[Kat] I think he's just sentimental.

[music continues]

'Is there anything you can see that my grades'

vary depending on the classes I'm taking?

You have a very respectable GPA here, Kathleen--

The last "D", my boyfriend broke up with me

the night before the final.

[laughing]

- I was like, oh.. - In which class was that in?

Theism, atheism and existentialism.

[laughing]

And he broke up with me the night before

I could not think aboutSartreat all.

I'm not surprised, Post-Modernism

will sort you out, okay?

Let me introduce to you Alison Ruben.

- Hi, we met. - Nice to meet you.

Alison is awesome. She works front desk.

She's an RD, resident director. We just clicked.

We're on Young Street, this is, um, Hair By Mineo

all my friends are in there, they're really nice.

She obviously loves it, she loves what she's doing

and I don't know, just talking to her

makes me more enthusiastic about the school.

[Kat] 'Neil took me yesterday to make sure I got there.'

Oh, isn't that lovely?

He thinks I'm gonna getso lost.

Like he's somean, sometimes, like..

- Oh, yeah. - You know what I mean?

Like he looks like he'd be mean and then he turns around--

'He's a real softy then.'

Yeah, he is.

[Kat] 'I like that one.'

[Neil] 'Check that out, that's me when I was .'

'"Lay your punkie, space age love on me like, right now."'

You had a lot of women, didn't you?

[Neil] 'That was from a bloke..'

Well, you've had a lot of womenandmen.

- This is definitely a girl. - No, no, this has to go away.

- Why? - I don't wanna start with that.

Let me see who that's from, first.

[Kat] He has lived a different life from me and he seemed

willing to talk about it, willing to share.

Showed me his scrapbooks and pictures of himself.

[Neil] All sorts of strange things in there from my past.

I just saved everything from that period of time.

This is my personal journal, so..

[instrumental music]

- What's that? - It's a Jeff note.

It's a "The" note.

'Go on, let's see, how did he do it?'

Jeff broke up with me.

I would not say that he dumped me.

He broke up with me.

I told him that I wished he had written me

a letter and sent it instead of doing it

in the middle of finals.

In retrospect, it was the right thing

and we're still really, really good friends.

He should've known what he was getting into.

- What, with me? - Hmm.

- 'Why?' - I've only known you two days.

And it's reasonably obvious what you're like.

What do you mean, and what am I like?

'I'm not gonna tell you what you're like.'

- 'Why?' - No. It's not the deal.

- It's not the way it works. - "It's not the deal.

It's not the way it works," we're not allowed

to be honest with each other?

- Nope. - No.

Particularly after two days, no way.

What I'm like.

He has me all figured out after two days, I'm insulted.

- Completely. - Completely?

Backwards and forwards, huh?

[sighs]

[instrumental music]

Excellent.

[Neil] Chris is my girlfriend

of five years now.

- Sharon, this is Alice. - Sharon.

You've been with someone for five years

you know them pretty well.

- Who's the first one? - Jacinda.

- Jacinda. - She's Australian.

She's a model.

And that's Kat, who's Kat, what's she do?

Um, she's American and she's young.

- 'Do you know anyone here?' - 'No.'

I have relatives, um, somewhere.

[Chris] 'Well, hey, we have to show these people a good time now.'

- Hmm. - 'Hmm.'

'That's really you'll be forced to go out with Neil and me.'

'Terrible fate.'

Oh, I give him another week with us

before he starts getting tired of it.

[both laughing]

♪ I can't speak ♪

♪ I can't lie ♪

♪ I can't go anywhere to hide ♪♪

It's, uh, :, but my watch might have stopped.

[Mike] Are they really serious or are they just..

I mean Neil made it sound like

[imitating Neil] "Hey, girlfriend, kind of," you know.

But then when she was around it's kinda like, you know

seemed like it was a little bit more serious

'then Neil wanted everyone to know.'

[Kat] I respect Neil's relationship with Chris

it doesn't mean that it isn't hard, when you, you kinda have

a crush on someone and they're kinda with someone else

but that's the way it is.

[Neil] I think Chris is unhappy about

the situation I'm in at the moment.

She saw it as me moving to London

and being closer to her.

Whereas in reality, I've moved to London

and I hardly ever see her.

- Bye. - See you later.

[Neil] 'It's gonna cross fifth anniversary in a month.'

- 'Oh, my God.' - 'Five years!'

Yeah, tell me about it.

I don't think if you add up all the girlfriends

I've had in my life, I wouldn't have five years

'going out with somebody.'

That's longer than most marriages last.

[chuckles]

Shut up.

[Neil] Girls and relationship, I don't know.

I mean, I'm not looking for anybody

and Kat's like, "God, I'm just looking for somebody so bad"

and I wanna meet somebody and I wanna meet a nice guy

who likes me and we can walk hands in the park

and talk to the butterflies.

[Kat] 'So far, in the last few days, I've had people say'

"I'm not afraid of you, you look like you're "

and "I have you completely figured out."

Like, yeah!

[Jay] 'Who said they had you completely figured out?'

- Yeah? - Neil.

Neil said he had you completely figured out?

Yes.

- Neil's full of it. - I said thanks!

[Mike] 'Neil hasn't even figured himself out.'

'Look how many times he has changed his hair'

in the last two years.

And what.. That doesn't mean anything.

[Mike] That's a weird deal.

That little deal. Whatever the hell that is.

I mean, like tonight when they were cooking

it was kinda almost gross in the kitchen with her

"Oh, yeah, you cooked it.

You cut those peppers so well. Oh, yeah."

I left that.

♪ Hey jealousy ♪

♪ Listen to my heart ♪

You know, I wanna go see some noise.

You guys have fun. You go on your little date.

- You're so cute. - Mike, you stay with us.

♪ Hey jealousy ♪

[music continues]

[folk music]

I foretell something in the..

No, I do not foretell but, um

I think maybe two people in the house kinda like each other.

One of the younger people and one of the older people.

"Just arrived, -year-old busty blonde

ready, willing and able."

- 'Who is she?' - That's her!

'Nineteen-year-old busty blonde.'

I was in this telephone box, was actually trying to call Kat

and I saw this little sign that said

"Pop, blonde, year old, just arrived."

[Mike] 'Wow, man, I should call them up.'

Cut off the number and I put a little note to Neil

and put it under his pillow.

"Dear Neil, I'm thinking about you, honey

Love, Kat. P.S., meet me tonight at the goldfish bowl."

He left a little note besides Kat's bed.

I mean, that was just a joke.

They both thought that was funny.

[Kat] What's up with me and Neil?

That's like the house question.

People aren't allowed to be just friends.

[both chuckle]

[Neil] 'Hey, Mike.'

[Mike] I thought I was clicking with Kat

but all of a sudden she has kind of gone the other way.

Just trying to help you guys.

[Kat] There's a physical attraction.

We have like this great flirtatious f-friendship.

Well, see you guys later.

[music continues]

[instrumental music]

[telephone ringing]

[Sharon] 'Good morning. It is.. Hi, Chris, yeah.'

'Actually, no, stay here, I'll just wake him up.'

Alright. Okay, have a nice time.

Okay, bye.

[music continues]

[indistinct chatter]

Hm! My God.

- Chris phoned. - Oh, right.

Um, to meet her at Notting Hill Gate station

at :, if you wanna go.

Um, you don't have to go.

[music continues]

Oh, I'm such a--

Did she say where she was going?

No, she said if you wanna go..

- 'So I assumed by that she..' - 'Well, I--'

But she said absolutely doesn't matter if you don't wanna go.

Well, I did, but I didn't know.

Can we phone the station? Let's phone the station.

No, I can search without it.

[music continues]

Oh.

♪ Am I in heaven here ♪

♪ Or am I in hell ♪

♪ The crossroads.. ♪♪

[Kat] 'I wish him to get into this pattern.'

I get older men with serious girlfriends.

[Alison] 'We dated the same men.'

They've different faces, different names

but they're the same.

They don't spend any money on us

they always have girlfriends

they treat us like crap and then they never stay around

long enough for the sex to get good.

[screeching]

[Jacinda] 'So you haven't had any action'

'since you've been here, have you?'

Well, not with anyone else.

What you mean not with anybody else?

He means other than himself in the bathroom.

- Right. - 'Yeah, um..'

[Sharon] 'I had a discussion with a Lars a couple of nights ago'

and I talked to him about something that I'd observed

and now, I don't know if he's gotten on to that--

- 'Wait a minute.' - Oh! Look at him now, perky!

Oh! Whoa! Now, it got his attention, didn't it?

- Tell me. - No.

[Mike] 'That's like saying "I've got the funniest story"'

'and then not telling it.'

- Oh, no, that's worse. - 'That's what you just did.'

I hate you guys.

[Jacinda] 'I know what it is.'

What is it?

She thinks you got the hots for Kat.

[Sharon] 'Oh, you guessed it, too?'

[Jacinda] 'Whoa-ooh!'

[Mike] Actually, I lust after her and I dream about her all night

No, no, not at all.

No, I don't like Kat.

'I mean, I never like, liked her like'

'but I mean, I like, I've always liked her'

since I first met her.

And we always clicked, I mean, I think, like

from the first day the two of us clicked better

'I clicked with her better than anyone else.'

I don't think there's anything more than that

at least not from this side.

[Sharon] 'Right.'

And so she's in love with Neil and she--

She is not in love, she is not inlove with him.

And then I was like, shh, shh, be quiet!

You guys..

This can't get out because

Chris is gonna find out

that they're getting together.

- 'There goes that little..' - 'Secret.'

Mike doesn't always have a sense of discretion.

That's exactly it.

I'm irritated with Mike

because he's making comments about Neil and I

and I don't think that that there is any

reason why I shouldn't be friends with someone

and I don't think that there need to be comments

made about it.

- Mike was talking about me. - What did he say?

He was just like "Oh, Kat's in love with me.

and I'm not," it's just--

He, he, he was joking.

I don't mind if people think things

it's just that he, he's, like, hurting my feelings

with the comments he makes all the time.

[Sharon] 'I think he's joking. I don't think he means to.'

'I really don't think he means to, I think'

'he needs to talk to you alone.'

[Kat] I have before, and he's just like

"Well, you shouldn't be ashamed of anything you did"

and I was like, it's not what I'm doing, Mike

it's what you're insinuating.

And it's just, I don't like being insinuated

that I'm a puppy dog, I mean, yeah, I know.

Neil is older and male, so why can't I be friends with him

without being a puppy?

[Jacinda] 'You mean, Mike's jealous.'

I'm just his friend. That's it. That's what's going on.

I'm an affectionate person. I'm sorry if I am.

[Neil] My concern is for everyone involved

I don't know what's going on in my relationship with Chris.

So I just have to be very careful.

Come on, we're all roommates here

we're all living together

we all know what's going on.

Why are we keeping these secrets?

It is just how it is.

I'm really tired, and it actually hurts my feelings.

♪ But something's always wrong ♪

♪ Something's always wrong ♪

Bye, boys!

[Mike] 'Where you guys going?'

Kat?

'Kat?'

You wanna start this dishwasher?

[indistinct chatter]

But I don't know if it was full or what you guys were doing.

[Mike] And I felt so uncomfortable talking to Kat now.

I mean, 'cause Kat and I, the first two or three days

hit it off really well.

See you, have fun.

Now, it's like, people are like

splitting apart, you know.

[music continues]

[door thuds]

[Sharon] On the next Real World..

[Jacinda] 'You sound so American.'

Be aware that the people in England

are gonna notice you as an American.

[Mike] I'm American and if they say

I'm American, I mean, that's great.

Aah!

[Neil] Today's Valentine's Day

this morning I received a pig's heart

with a nail through it from my girlfriend.

I was a bit disturbed by this valentine.

Oh, like in "Casablanca."

Do you know that's one film I've never been able to sit through.

'It appeals to my sense of romance.'

'But what I can't stand is the fact that they'

don't get together in the end. You see me, I..

And this is completion for me, there's not ultimate happiness

because I always like to see the couple get together.

if the couple aren't together, to me, it's just like

well, they went through all that pain and struggle and toil

and then there's nothing to produce in the end of it.

Yeah.

Some people are only ever happy in the the chase

when it actually gets on to the real thing

the potential for...everything they can't deal with that

'they're just into the chase and then they're on'

'to the next thing and you're never gonna be'

'ultimately happy like that.'