09x02 - Triangles

[bunniefuu]

[theme music playing]

[Jamie] This is the true story...

[Matt] ...of seven strangers...

[Melissa] ...picked to live in a mansion...

[Kelley] ...work together...

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

[David] To find out what happens...

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

[Jamie] ...and start getting real.

-The Real World...
-[Julie] ...New Orleans!

[theme music concludes]

[upbeat music playing]

[Julie's father]
Did you make it to church today?

[Julie] Yes, Dad.

[Julie's mother] So, you met Bishop Udall?

[Julie] Um, actually, he was out of town,

-but I met everybody else.
-[music concludes]

They all knew me. [chuckles]
Thank you, Dad.

[Julie's father] Who's your roommate?

Um, his name's Matt.

-[Julie's mother] No, seriously.
-[Julie] No, seriously.

[Father] We need
to have a little talk here, Julie.

Why?

From inside Belfort Mansion
I had, like, this incredible feeling

of, like, I can say anything right now
and they can't do anything about it.

-[Julie's mother] Matt is your roommate?
-[Julie] Yeah.

[Julie's father]
Gonna buy you a big wall.

-[Julie] "A big wall?" [chuckles]
-[Julie's father] A wall of Jericho.

Put it right down the middle of your room.

[chuckles] "Wall of Jericho."

Dad, it's a king-size bed. We're fine.

[Julie's mother] Don't you
even say that to him.

[Julie] What?

I just... I guess I just ask
that they understand

what I'm doing
or at least try to understand

that I'm going to do what I'm doing.

[soft music playing]

Since we're in New Orleans,
we probably should learn some blues stuff

now, that I'm... I've never played any...

Oh, I love the blues
'cause I got plenty of those.

You can put a mad beat to that.

I'm sitting there looking at her
and as she's singing, you know,

what's going through her mind.
Does this song mean something?

It's almost as if we're having
a conversation

but I'm not saying a word.

[Julie] I kind of felt bad
that when I first saw David

I kind of wrote him off right away,
like, "Oh, we're not going to get along"

and, um... I realized that maybe I do that
too much with people.

[music concludes]

[funky music playing]

-[Danny] It's getting hot in the hot tub.
-Yeah!

All right, so, we got some action tonight.

Right now my feelings
about romance are totally open.

You going out on the town
to get some action, or what?

A girlfriend is a commitment
that I just don't want in my life at all.

I'm either looking
for companionship or physicality.

[Danny] I'm attracted to Jamie and Kelley...

big-time. [chuckles]

But that's just purely physical.
I'm not going there.

[Jamie] I think women are for two reasons.

[Kelley] This should be good. Go ahead.

-[Danny laughs]
-They're for companionship, all right?

-[Kelley] Uh-huh.
-And friendship

-and all...
-[Kelley] Mm-hmm.

...and then they're for, like,
libidimous satisfaction.

-No, you just didn't.
-[Jamie] I'm talking about relationships.

For you, they are worth that.

My teen years,
and then I look at my 20 years

is the time when, like, I can truly be
with my boys and just exist with them

as a fraternal-esque type of relationship

that only guys
can have with each other, you know?

Since you like to hang out with your boys,
why don't you just become g*y?

Then you can have both at the same time.

-[laughs]
-[Kelley laughs]

He sort of goes both ways
with that as far as the flirting goes

and, uh, I don't know,
he's flirted with me a little bit.

[Danny] It's true.
You get the both, the best of both...

-But I love women, though, I really do.
-[Danny] I'm just kidding with you.

[Jamie] He's a very joking thing.
He knows that I'm not g*y,

so when he makes little side comments
or whatever, it's funny.

He might find me attractive
but it's just, like, done,

just like I find a hundred million
women attractive.

I don't act on anything, you know?

Dan, will you please be straight?
Why can't you just be straight?

[Danny] That's the only thing
I figured out in my life

that's right so far, okay?
So, leave it alone.

[music concludes]

You got to scoot over 'cause Jamie's going
to sleep in here, too.

-He's coming in here?
-Yeah.

-I told you I'd fulfill your fantasy.
-Um...

-[chuckles] Just kidding.
-[pop music playing]

[Julie] I've never slept in the same room
with a boy. Oh, my gosh.

-[Danny] You haven't?
-Oh, my gosh.

-Yeah, this is like so...
-[Kelley] Not even your brother?

-Well, my brother's not a boy.
-[Kelley chuckles]

Hey, in Arkansas, that counts, honey.

[all laughing]

At B.Y.U., I always feel like
the bad liberal girl,

like, everybody's got this opinion of me
like I'm so wild and radical

and here, all of a sudden,
I'm Molly Mormon again.

-Is he really coming in here?
-Yeah, but it's a slumber party.

Oh, no...

Wait, have you ever slept
in a room with two guys? [laughs]

-[Julie] Oh, my gosh.
-Not just one but two.

[Julie] You're rocking my world too much.

Tonight's gonna be great.

I don't know why you won't join us.

I just, uh... I have to work tomorrow.

Yeah, I know.

Like my mom said,
you don't even have to worry

about abstinence with a g*y guy,
'cause they're the safest thing

you can have in your bed next to you.
So, that's what I'm doing. [laughs]

-Safer than Jamie. [laughs]
-[music concludes]

Danny, but if you wake up straight

-I'm going to be really worried. [laughs]
-[Danny] If I wake up straight? [laughs]

I don't think I'm that good, but whatever.

[Danny]
I've never woken up straight for 22 years.

[upbeat music playing]

What do you think
Julie would be like in a relationship?

-Well...
-Do you think she's a relationship type?

[Matt] I think she would be sensitive

and I know from her upbringing,
she's got to be...

you know, she's... Understands
what it's like to be selfless

-and to be giving.
-Hmm.

She's got the music thing going on.

She's sweet and innocent
and stuff like that,

-so, I'm like, I wonder.
-[music concludes]

Our whole lifestyles
are completely different.

Completely different, but...
maybe that's the draw, I don't know.

[soft acoustic music playing]

I'm feeling the temptation
to hook up big-time.

-[Paul] Hello?
-Hey, baby.

[Paul] Oh, God, it's you.

What's up?

I needed to call Paul
and talk to him about where we stand

before I go and do anything stupid.

[Paul] I had a lot of time to think
when I was alone.

-What did you think about?
-[Paul] You.

Me. Oh, I can see your body, too.
You don't understand how frustrated I am.

[Danny] I haven't, like, promised him

because... I don't know.
I don't know what's going to happen here.

I'm going to get very lonely.

Like, me being here and you being there.

I would love to say that I'm, you know,
I'm not going to see anybody here.

-[Paul] Yeah.
-And I don't really want to, but...

I was like, "I'm not going to see anybody.
I'm not going to do that," you know?

'Cause, you know, I'm all about you, kid.

-[Paul] I know.
-And when this is over, I'm coming to you.

-[Paul] Oh, I know.
-But I don't know. It's just so hard.

[music concludes]

[instrumental music playing]

[Julie] Look at your bumper sticker
you got here.

[David] Yeah?

[Julie] You're always talking
about your women and stuff,

do you think you're a player?

-I know that I just love... experience.
-[music concludes]

If experience is the key to life,
am I not experiencing?

-Am I not living life?
-[laughs]

-You've got to admit.
-So, wait, I didn't get to hear

your first impression of me
when you got on the trolley.

-[chuckles]
-[David] You just all smiles.

And you just...

♪ Welcome to my trolley
Welcome to my trolley ♪

-I could see you busting out like that.
-[laughs]

-Just fresh like the snowflake, you know?
-[laughs]

And I was, like, "Oh, Lord,

-I'm going to corrupt this child."
-[laughing]

[David] You know what I'm saying?

-[soft music playing]
-I get this connection as if, like,

for a minute, we're meshed
and I can see into him

and he can see into me.

[David] I'm like that dirty snow

-you don't want to, you don't step into...
-[chuckles]

-...that slush?
-That yellow snow?

I don't think you could ever see yourself
with a person like me, you think?

I mean, that's a bold statement.

I guess I'd say, put a question
like one of those questions at the end,

I don't think you could ever see yourself
with a person like me?

-There you go.
-[laughs]

[chuckles] I don't know.

-[laughs]
-[David laughing]

-Julie, Julie, Julie.
-[laughs]

[music concludes]

[humming]

I told Julie I was writing a song for her.

[humming]

She thinks her style of play
is dramatically different than mine,

which it is but, at the same time,
that's what makes the best music.

[beeping]

I'm still making the song
for Julie. Yes, I am.

-[upbeat music playing]
-[Julie] So, you're going

-to fly down who, though?
-[Matt] I wouldn't mind flying Tammy down.

[Julie] Who's Tammy?

-[Matt] My former girlfriend.
-[Julie] Mm!

[ba*ls clacking]

I have a block

that prevents me from noticing
when girls are interested in me.

So, if one girl in the house
was interested in me,

I probably wouldn't have a clue.

Yeah, I thought about flying my,
uh, my friend John down from school.

But... I don't know.

-[Matt] Do you have a crush on him?
-No.

I really would like to find
somebody I can love,

even if it's just a friend,
a really good friend.

But, no, I definitely will marry
my best friend, though.

That's how it'll be.

Like, we'll know each other forever
and we'll just, like... It'll just be right.

[Matt] You'll live happily ever after.

-Shut up.
-I'm all... Hey, I'm into it.

-[whistling]
-[music concludes]

This Matt guy drives me absolutely crazy,
'cause, like, he's so perfect. [chuckles]

[Tifani] Does he always
have the right words to say?

-Yeah.
-[Tifani] He looks good every moment?

Oh, shut up. Yes.

You know. Like, he's so perfect
that it pisses me off.

-[rock music playing]
-[Julie] I really do think he is awesome.

He is just such a wonderful person
and you just don't find that every day.

-[music concludes]
-[Kelley] So, what's up with Paul?

-Paul? Very cute, huh?
-I totally want to see him.

-[soft music playing]
-Yeah, he's really cute.

He's got a good smile. That's good.

Every time I walk into my room
and I see his pictures, it's hard.

The minute I met him we were together
for three days straight.

I mean, it's crazy,
'cause we just met each other

-and we didn't talk about this stuff.
-[Kelley] Like, how long ago?

-I met him, like, three weeks ago.
-[Kelley] Oh... oh, for real!

Yeah, like, I just met him,
but I'm serious,

from the second I met him,
it was like, electric. [chuckles softly]

-Oh, God.
-Insane.

-That's the best thing in the whole world.
-Yeah, it's like,

-"I don't want to go."
-And even if it doesn't last

-for a long time, it's like...
-Even that moment...

-It doesn't matter, you know?
-[laughs]

Because you're living large

for just that period or moment in time
and that's what counts.

[Danny] This kid has got a heart of gold.

-Right on. Cool.
-I mean, he is just as whipped as I am.

[music concludes]

-Hello?
-[Paul] Hey.

-Hey, what's up, kid?
-[Paul] How you doin'?

-I knew it was going to be you.
-[romantic music playing]

You know,
I just got through talking about you.

-[Paul] Did you?
-Mm-hmm.

[Paul] Hey,
I might have a surprise for you.

[Danny] Yeah?
What's the surprise? Tell me.

[Paul] I've decided
to come to New Orleans.

You're going to come down here?

-[Paul] Yeah.
-[Danny] You can't. You can't.

I want you to come bad.
But you can't come.

You can be g*y and in the military,
but you can't be out.

It cannot be spoken that you are g*y.

Today. I want to see you so bad.

But at the same time,
I'm not going to compromise you,

your job, your life.

If it does come out that you're g*y,
you're immediately discharged.

His best friends are in the military
and they don't know

and his family doesn't know.

Can I just kiss you for an hour
and then you go about your way?

He is putting his entire life on the line
and it means so much to me.

[music concludes]

[lively music playing]

[David] The main thing, sweetie...
is I want to invite you...

-You know what I'm sayin'?
-Uh-huh.

I don't want to say to my world
'cause it's your world too.

You understand what music can bring.

Come with me to Loyola for an hour.

-[Julie] Uh-huh.
-Chill.

Come next door to the piano lab
and whatever.

Just say, "Dave, let's just jam
for a little bit, dude."

-"I feel like, you know, talking."
-Uh-huh.

-[David] You know? Hey.
-Yeah.

I know you want to do your music thing.

I don't know, I feel that's the way
we're going to connect.

-That's cool. [chuckles]
-You know?

I try to connect
with Julie but the thing is,

she doesn't want to do that with me.

That's cool, that's great,
but the invitation is there.

I'm not going to sit around and wait.

The party is going to go on.
If you don't R.S.V.P.,

-that's your problem.
-[music concludes]

[upbeat music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

[girls cheering]

David is a player.

He didn't give any of the girls
in the house a chance.

I guess none of us

-were cute enough for him.
-[music concludes]

-[Kelley laughs]
-[cheerful music playing]

[Kelley] Look, we can watch Paul
walk up to the door.

-Go ahead. [chuckles softly]
-[chews]

Paul's going to be here in, like... so soon.

I'm excited that I'm going to see Paul,
but at the same time

I'm afraid for him for coming
into this situation.

Is that him?

Yeah, it's him. Look out. [chuckles]

[laughing] What are you doing
hiding over here?

[Danny] Kinda chilly.

[Paul] Can't believe I'm doing this.

-[smooches]
-[Paul] It's okay, Danny.

-[Danny sobbing]
-[Paul] Don't worry about it.

-It's okay.
-Hi, Paul.

[Paul] Hello. How are you?

[Kelley] It's so nice to finally meet you.
I've heard a lot about you.

Paul's really cute.

I understand his fear,
and I think that's part of the reason

that I would want to be
the one to try to talk to him

or make him feel
slightly more comfortable.

Don't be freaked out. It's all right.

-[Paul] I know.
-Let me show you around.

-[music concludes]
-[David] I got mad game.

I got more game than Monopoly
and that's really all I got to say.

Shea is a girl I met down
the way at a little dance party.

It's just a happy-go-lucky
little thing going.

[blues music playing]

[music fades]

[gentle music playing]

[whispering] I'm Shea. What's your name?

-[Julie] What is it?
-[Shea whispering] I'm Shea.

-I have no voice, I can't talk. [laughs]
-That's okay.

-[Julie] Oh, where are you from?
-Illinois.

-Oh, really? I'm from Wisconsin.
-Yeah.

Oh, are you? Where?

-Um, Milwaukee.
-Oh, really?

Yeah.

-I'll see you later.
-All right, bye.

[smooches]

-[Julie] Who's that Shea girl?
-[chuckles]

[Julie] Who's that Shea girl
that you picked?

-[David] Um, she goes to Tulane.
-[music concludes]

You just like...
you just chilled with her all night?

-[tense music playing]
-I met her at a club a couple nights ago.

-[Julie] Mm-hmm
-You know, just chilled with her.

[Julie] Wait,
did you just find her this morning?

I didn't know if at 4:30, you got up

and got them and maybe
you saw her there on the way.

-That'd be some quick game. On a Sunday?
-[Julie] "Hey, what's up?" [laughs]

It's starting to bother me
that you call it a game.

I feel so bad for these poor players.

I'm not out to offend nobody

'cause the girls that chill with me
are players themselves.

I don't care if you think
that they are the "player type."

No woman deserves to be the player type.

[Jazz music playing]

[Danny] It's hard enough for anybody
to meet somebody

that they just really dig
and especially in the g*y world

where it's such a small community
and you're so limited to your choices.

-Can I be really, really, really blunt?
-[indistinct chatter]

-[Paul] Yeah, go ahead.
-You totally don't have

-to answer my questions.
-[Paul] Okay.

[Kelley] Would it hurt, say,
if he kissed somebody?

[Paul] Um, I don't think so
'cause I know what he's thinking.

What if it was
just for physical, no feeling?

-No feeling? There would be no...
-[Kelley] Zero.

[Paul] I don't know.
I want to be with this guy...

[Danny] If it means that much to him,
then it can mean that much to me.

So, I decided I'm not going to...

I'm going to try not to see anybody
while I'm here.

[Kelley] So, you both realized

after being away from each other
how much it probably is real?

[Paul] Yeah.

[Danny] Yeah, 'cause I knew
I was crazy about him before.

[Paul chuckles] I never had more faith
in anything in my life.

You're way too sweet.

[Kelley] There is no question that Paul

is completely and utterly in love
with Danny, and vice versa,

although Danny is a little... sexpot.

-[Danny] Good.
-[Paul] To a good friend.

I'd better be in the wedding,
or whatever you decide to do.

I'm just concerned, you know.
I mean, you can live,

and you can live, and you can live
and never really feel that love

as you are with these women,
but I wonder if it's cheapened.

-[soft music playing]
-We long for sex, we want sex,

and regardless of whether
it happens or not,

those that choose not to, yeah.

Okay, maybe their will not to have it
is stronger than their will to have it,

but the desire is still there.

I understand what you're saying is that
we do all have a sexual drive in us.

But maybe what Julie is saying is that

giving in to every desire
or passion isn't a good thing.

-Did I say that right, Julie?
-Yeah. Nail on the head.

-Thank you.
-So, sex is not a good thing?

-That's not what he said.
-What I'm saying is this,

is that sex is an amazing thing

and it's something
I plan on doing quite often,

but it's not going to be until I slip

-a ring on some girl's finger.
-[David] Well, then, that's all you.

[Matt] And I'll tell you something,
it's not easy standing in these shoes.

That's cool. That's all...
that's love. That's great.

You know, but... I love sex.

And I'm good at it.

-I've got my virginity to give to my wife.
-[David] Mm-hmm.

And I have a feeling

-it's going to be a mutual exchange.
-[music concludes]

-[rock music playing]
-[Julie] Having Matt in the house

does help me stay more true to myself.

He's totally a strength to me,
whether he knows it or not.

I'm having all these emotions
and all these things just coming at me.

And right now, I can't even digest it.

I would love to be Matt's girlfriend.
That would be so fun. That'd be cool.

But I have never been attracted
to anybody that's not Mormon.

This is not supposed to happen.

Like, uh...

-[toy beeps]
-...you need to wake up now.

Don't give me your cold shoulder.

Yeah, there you go.
You're the only man I need in my life.

[chuckles] Yeah, come on.

[toy beeping]

[laughs]

[music concludes]

[Julie] Like,
when you were talking to Matt,

did you talk about anything else?

He has never done anything
with the genital region.

Okay, I didn't probably need
to hear that, but... [chuckles]

[Melissa] Well, no, he's only ever kissed.

That's the whole extent
of his sexual life.

I would hate to see you two together.
Just a fumbling mess.

-[Julie] Whatever [laughing]
-That would be so funny. [chuckles]

-[Julie] You're cruel.
-I would crack up.

Probably wouldn't know
what the hell you were doing.

You'd think you were watching
a really good pornographic movie,

but it'd be the bloopers,
and then, at the end, you'd be like,

"Oh, that wasn't the bloopers,

-that was the real thing."
-[Julie laughing]