17x09 - John and Paula's Fight

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Previously onThe Real World:

JOHN: I'm going to say good-bye to this girl,

you know, tell her maybe another night

would be more appropriate.

We're gonna have a slumber party.Who's we?

Paula wants to hang out with the girls, okay?Actually, you're not invited.

You can watch.

I'm really pissed off at Paula right now.

PAULA: John's mad 'cause I steal his girls.

This b*tch over here is being a [bleep] l*sbian.

You're being a [bleep] b*tch about it, Paula.

Kiss my a*s!

[thunder crashing]

The governor has ordered a mandatory evacuation.

MAN: The message for folks in the Keys

is this has the potential to be the worst hurricane.

JOHN: Because of what happened last night,

it's going to be a long-a*s ride.

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Gorgeous, man.

Of seven strangers...[laughter]

Picked to live in a house...

Work together and have their lives taped...

Whoa!

To find out what happens...[gasping]

When people stop being polite...

And start getting real.

ALL: The Real World: Key West.

[siren wailing]

Whoa, it's so windy out here. Whoa...

JOSE: Rita will be coming

to hit Key West, so we go to West Palm Beach

for the next couple days.

Kind of ride out the storm.

ZACH: Seven people in a room.

I don't care how big the room is, it's going to be intense.

TYLER: I'm not looking forward to spending three or four days

in one room with all seven of us.

Especially after last night's outburst.

ANNOUNCER: Tropical storm Rita is strengthening and deepening.

Forecast track has moved it closer to the Florida Keys,

with the eye predicted to be

just off Key West tomorrow evening.

It can bring us mile-an-hour winds, and...

The wind gusts in Key West are now about miles an hour.

TYLER: It hasn't really hit, though, yet.

No, it hasn't, absolutely not.

TYLER: That town's gonna be flooded.

It's moving pretty fast.

TYLER: Can you turn it up?

MAN: ...an indication to us that Rita is strengthening, folks.

JOSE: It's finally a hurricane.

I can eat anything.

Any place we go, I can find something to eat.

SVETLANA: Can I have like a few roasted thingies?

Thank you.

MAN: Then, we want to... we push from Florida Bay

back up against the northern side of the Keys.

I never hold grudges. I'm holding a grudge, because I'm not wrong.

I don't want to be stuck in a hotel room with John

when he is obviously in

a pissed-off state.

I need to like remove myself from that situation

and calm myself down.

And I talked to him, I was like, "John, don't yell.

This is what I mean."

He's a very simple person.Yeah.

And he's very forgiving. No, you pull him aside

and you talk to him.

SVETLANA: All Paula needs to do

is just take John aside and say, "I want to put this

behind us. I'm sorry about what I did."

But that's not the point. He should learn to do the same.

Like, no matter what, in his head,

this whole thing is my fault. He was drunk.

I wasn't drunk. I had three beers.

Apparently, now I'm a l*sbian and, um, I [bleep] block him.

I'm frustrated, because everything I do

or say just comes out bad or the wrong way.

Do you know how hard it is

to be a bulimic, anorexic l*sbian?

That is a full-time job.

Bulimic, anorexic and l*sbian.

You have to shift off your days and clock them in

when you decide to be the other person.

I could start my own g*ng. That's a good...

Like hungry, really pissed-off people.

That's a K if I ever heard one.

WOMAN: Of course, we continue to track Hurricane Rita.

MAN: It's now a Category Two hurricane

with sustained winds.

And you can see some of the wind gusts

and some of these bands-- look at Key West.

mile an hour with just under hurricane force...

Not bad. Once again, dude, we're getting spared.

Watching the TV reports

about the hurricane, you really pay attention.

You have a lot more at stake, because you know

the places that are being hit or you know the people.

Right now, Miami... look at that.Yeah.

ZACH: But I think we could be okay. Right now we have

the strongest wind gusts.

JOSE: What is it, category one still?

Two.It's a two? Wow.

What's going on?

Okay, we need to be out of here

in minutes. Can you be ready in minutes?

JOHN: I think everyone's getting a little bored

of the same night life.

So I think it's going to give the seven of us

kind of a taste of what else

is out there.

Guys, how much more fun is West Palm Beach?

JOHN: From what I've heard, West Palm Beach

is supposed to be a really good time.

Kind of hip, happening city.

[techno music playing]

Rita's what made this happen...

What's your name?

Tyler. Tyler?

So where you from?

Right here.

Well, I'm from Philly, but I live down here.

What are you doing here?

We're in evacuation from Key West.

The only person that makes egregious amounts of g*y jokes

is John.

John is being extremely offensive--

making inflammatory g*y remarks to me.

So I choose to throw a drink at him.

And he chooses

to throw a drink back at me.

Am I glad I did it? Absolutely.

It gets his attention.

He finally realizes that he's crossed the line.

I decide to leave

because the situation is escalating, and I know that

if he were to get physical with me

I would defend myself.

There's never an excuse for violence.

♪ Don't tell them what comes next... ♪

[indistinct voices]

Order room service, b*tches.

Fitz over here, dude.

[Svetlana shrieks]Oh, no!

No, it's just... I'm not gonna compete for attention.

All right, all right. Can you talk to me?

Yeah, I'll talk to you. I'm just not gonna...

Why don't you... Sit down, bro, please.

I feel that Johnny gets away with saying

a lot of inflammatory statements.

He makes so many g*y jokes. He does.

He uses the word "f*g" more than anyone I know.

And what makes me so angry

is that I let him get away with it.

TYLER: I'd chosen not to set a limit

on g*y jokes and comments about my h*m*

amongst the roommates

because I didn't want to be seen as the sensitive g*y guy.

But it crosses the line when the word "f*g" is used.

Tonight was the breaking point.

I was, like, "[bleep] you, dude."

I can't handle it anymore, you know it?

ZACH: I know. I think it's time for you to say something to him.

Ty, if you want my support, you know you have it,

and I wish you knew that from the very beginning

'cause I'll always have your back on those issues,

and I know Jose's on your side, too.

I don't think John's a bad guy.

I love John, but the kid's stupid sometimes.

Just gets too much sometimes.JOHN: Tyler, just listen.

If you have a problem, dude...

these are the wrong people to be talking to.

You got a problem, please, just talk to me, dude.

I'm not mad... I'm mad at myself.

If you're upset, dude, please, man.

We'll talk tomorrow.

All right, we'll talk tomorrow.

I'm mad at myself.

That's what I'm talking about.

All right.I'm mad at myselftonight.

All right.Don't worry.

I think we're going back tomorrow, guys.

Oh, yeah, for sure.

People are going back today. Yeah.

The Keys are lucky, 'cause they always have

the coral reef there.

Helps disrupt the system.

I honestly don't even know what happened.

All of a sudden, I just see that Bobby dude leaving, right?

About, like, two minutes later, champagne all over me, dude.

Right? And then Tyler's like this, looking the other way

like he didn't do it.

So I had a whole drink in my hand

and I just turned around, I threw it right in his face, dude.

I was, like, "Dude, Tyler, that was [bleep], dude."

That's what I told him 'cause it was.

Last night he talked to us and he wanted

to know how to approach you on a certain subject.

And... I know what subject it is.

Thinks that, like,

I'm just too loose when I say

like "f*g" and "g*y" and [bleep].

Everyone is, though, dude. It's not just me.

JOSE:Nah, but you're the only one in the house

that makes those comments to him, and he doesn't like it.

John does a good job of kinda convincing himself

that he is always right, but, uh, he's not always right

and he was wrong that night.

He's concerned that he's allowed you

to use certain terms around him

that are offensive to the g*y community.

If we're going to start censoring what we say

all the time, then we got to do it across the board, dude.

We can't do it just because Tyler's here

and he's, you know, whatever.

"g*y" and "f*gg*t" and "h*m*"--

these words should not exist in this house.

And I know Tyler takes offense to it, and he should.

This is what I'm saying is what happened last night,

I think Tyler knows that what he did was wrong, dude.

Throwing... I mean, he knows he's wrong, dude.

And I think somehow he wants to find a way

to turn it around on me, dude,

which is what he has done.

You know what? It was a bad move on my part.

But you know what? I was drunk

and I was pissed off, and that's what came out, dude.

TYLER: Does he think

he did anything wrong last night?

When he called that a [bleep],

he did use that term in a way to hurt you,

but he did feel bad about it.

You know what? That's okay.

And like, when you say he really wants to talk to you,

like, I feel no urgency because I think the anger

is, was last night on my part, self-based.

That I need to confront him

when it becomes a good situation.

I know like you... well, being like, Mr. Peacemaker all the time,

and, like, your ability to kind of not be peacemaker, but, like,

see things from all perspectives...

Tyler, please, would you just tell me what

you want to tell me now, dude?

Please, Tyler, if there's something going on,

will you please tell me, dude?

I always feel like I'm in the other room,

and everything that's going on in the other room is about me,

but I can't be there, dude.

I have been mad at no one but myself,

because I need to set limits...No, but it's not...

...and communicate, you know? Communicate.

It is partially me.

I think, I think it's mutual.

I like Tyler. He's a great guy, man.

The last thing I want to do is lose that friendship

or have him or anyone else think

that I feel a way that I really don't.

It's like, you know, Johnny's so damn charming.

He's my little damn brother.

He's annoying, but I love him.

I'm not a... little brother.You are.

TYLER: Can I get a hug?

You're the man, dude.

Good night.

There's too much love in this room.

I need to go to bed now.

I don't like people like that.

At least Tyler got an erection, dude.

No, I didn't.

Alex is fun enough to talk to at the time.

It's nice to feel as if guys want to be around you,

even if it's not the guy that you want to be around.

I'm so happy for them.

They're so cute.

Draw a... big...No, no, Paula...

She's so beautiful. I can't take it.

I have to go away, she's making me look ugly.

I have to look pretty by myself.Paula.

PAULA: Svetlana's the type of girl who

wants to be the center of attention and be

the only girl that every guy likes.

What happened to you all of a sudden?

People look at Svetlana and they're, like, "Oh, my God!"

And then I'm second best.

Stop thinking Lana's prettier than you. She's not.

Stop thinking Lana's better than you. She's not.

I don't know what it was that made you so upset.

You say there's stuff from the past, like, what happened?

Think of the worst-case scenario,

and that's what I've been through.

I have an ex-boyfriend who wasn't a nice guy.

It's just hard to let people know the reality.

It would make a lot of other things make sense probably, but

it's just one more thing that people

won't know how to deal with.

He's your ex. Why is he your ex?

He beat me up.

He abused you?

He put me in the hospital.

[phone ringing]

SVETLANA: Hello.

MAN: Hi. Is Paula there?

It's Keith.She's waiting for the pizza.

So, as soon as she gets up, I'll tell her to call you.

I don't want her to call Keith,

because I don't want her speaking to him

because he is a huge part of why she's so sick.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Than before?

Oh, yeah.

I hope so.

You were talking crazy last night.

[knocking on door]

It's a walnut.

Yes!SVETLANA: You didn't bring any food?

PAULA: It's hard not to talk to him.

Like, he is my problem, but he helps make me happy,

and gets me back to a good place.

Unfortunately, he's the reason I'm in a bad place.

So, after we went to the bathroom,

she's bawling her eyes out. So I'm, like,

"Let's go outside and talk."

We're talking about all this, like, deep...

JOHN:Like, what? Like, deep what, dude?

Her boyfriend used to beat the [bleep]

out of her for three years.

Put her in the hospital, like, five times.

Yet she still talks to him and, like, is is love with him.

How do you love somebody that beats the [bleep] out of you?

JOHN: She has issues

because of what has happened with her ex-boyfriend.

Honestly, I don't know what happened.

I didn't even ask for it.

You understand? It's not you, bro.

It is not you, man.

PAULA: I realize that

I want to make every guy pay for

anything bad that I've gone through.

I was subconsciously

trying to protect every female that ever existed

by protecting them from

John, and he's not even

a bad guy to these girls.

Anyway, I want

to go to bed.

[foghorn blows]

ZACH: The hurricane passed, and now we can go back to Key West.

Oh, my God, dude. I feel so disgusting, man.

TYLER: Maybe for these two sluts right here.

SVETLANA: Oh, my God.

Did I drop something?No, please.

Oh, my God, dude.

I'm pretty anxious. I want to get home, and I want

to see what kind of work we have to do.

I'm not that concerned about extensive damage, but I am

interested to see what exactly happened

in Key West.

So, like, how much longer do we have?

We're close. Like, probably, ten miles out. miles.

♪ Will it still be there when I open my eyes? ♪

♪ 'Cause I'll keep them shut, if that helps ♪

♪ Did you know this could be the beginning of the end? ♪

♪ Well, I guess it could be something else... ♪

JANELLE: Oh, my God! Look at our gate.

Oh, yeah. [bleep] damage!

Our gate is broken.

Got some damage.

Oh, that job's all gonna suck.

What happened?

Dude, no, the hinge broke.

What is that?

JOSE: No power.

TYLER: Where are the lights?

This place is spooky. Oh, there's lights here.

PAULA: A lot of the lights aren't on.

The air conditioning wasn't working,

so it's, like, stuffy, but

nothing is flooded, and,

basically, we get off really, really lucky.

♪ Will it still be there when I open my eyes? ♪

♪ 'Cause I'll keep them shut, if that helps ♪

♪ Did you know this could be the beginning of the end? ♪

♪ I guess this could be something else... ♪

Oh, the shingles.

Here's a piece of the roof.

[laughing]

PAULA: It's just that I'm at such a transitional stage right now

that it's so hard.

JOSE: Paula is a girl that

has a lot of issues in her past.

I can kind of relate as far as

things that she's been through.

That's why I reach out to her.

You think being out here is benefiting you

or helping you in any way?

I think it's just making me realize

that I'm not where I thought I was.

If nobody forces you to deal with it,

it's kind of, like, oh, it's not...

Yeah. Exactly. You got it.So, now I'm just, like...

Well, you know what? If you weren't here,

you wouldn't have ever faced

those issues, so it could be a good thing.

PAULA: Me and John leave

West Palm Beach still not speaking to each other.

And, as much as I don't want to start this conversation,

I know that it needs to happen.

So I'm, like, here goes.

Basically,

I just wanted to, like, clear the air. I wouldn't, like,

intentionally try to do anything to, like,

get in your way or, like, have a bad intent

or anything like that.

It's almost like... like... like...

you are a guy like trying to[bleep]block me, dude,

and it is such a weird...

it's such a weird thing to try and deal with because

it's, like, I... I don't know what to do.

It just seems like,with me,

it's like you have something against me

to be upsetwith me.I know. It's not you.

That's what I'm telling you. It's not you.

That's why I don't know how to act.

'Cause it's just stuff that nobody knows.

So... so... so enlighten me, dude, will you, please?

At least...It's not that...

like, not that I don't like men,

but I hate them. I don't know.

'Cause ex-boyfriend

was really, really bad.

Okay.

He put me in a hospital bed. So...

That's not directed towards you.

It's... it's, in general, I'm just mad at myself

'cause I still talk to him.

I hate men for that-- for, like, disrespecting women,

and it's, like, I... it's 'cause I disrespect myself

by letting a guy treat me that way.

That's not disrespecting yourself.

That's not disrespecting yourself.

Still talking to him...

You're... Listen, Paula,

you're blaming yourself for something

that you aren't responsible for, dude.

Like, I thought that I was light years ahead,

and this place, I was, like...

I know. It's totally turned your world upside down.

It's, like, here, you don't have

to be that person, dude. None of us

know who you are. None of us have any... You could...

Seriously, it's like a breath of fresh air because it's, like,

it's like, you know, starting a new semester in school.

You start off clean slate.

John lets me know that who I was back home--

anything that, you know, I've gone through--

doesn't have to define who I am now.

It gives me such freedom to hear that.

You know, it's easier for me, like,

to deal with that, you know,

because it's, like, I don't know.

I can see, in a way,

why you're doing what you're doing, you know?

Me and Paula have a much better understanding for each other,

and where we're both coming from.

Hopefully, from here on out, we can work together

and not against each other.

♪ Can I lead the way into my own side? ♪

♪ To get right on my own ride, so much life ahead...♪

Well, I should get to bed.

It's tiring out here.

♪ And you'll pretend she's real pure ♪

♪ And you meant well, I'm sure

Come here. Thank you.

♪ And now I'm free.

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ZACH: Crystal is really cool.

That chick wants you

in relationship mode, like, ASAP.

I don't want that.JOHN: I don't know if

Zach knows what he's getting himself into with Crystal.

[screaming]

Paula, you're going to Walnuts.Really?

Oh, well.Kiss my a*s!

When Paula gets

to a certain point drinking,

you really can't look at her

as the same person.

We can't get into Rallying.

No, dude. It's a nice place.

Guess what. I'm going to christen it.

How you doing?How are you?

Johnny Bananas.It's a pleasure.

Jose.How you doing?

Good to meet you.Nice to meet you.

Svetlana. John.

Tonight you're not bananas.

You're a souffle. You're a fine...

You're an expensive dessert.

I know you're used to eating at, like, TGI Friday's,

and, like, drive-in... like, drive-thru Burger Kings.

But, like, can we have one semi-nice meal?

Sake bombs, por favor.