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17-19 2006.07.11 |
Mainly On The Plain The kids go to Spain. Svet whines a lot. |
| 2-16 Recap |
Group Bonding is Stupid
The Question and Answer Game - Glenn acts like a total jackhole and then forces his roommates into a group bonding exercise. It allegedly brings them all closer. Like that's gonna last. |
1993.02.16 2001.06.06 |
B |
Jessica |
| 2-15 Recap |
Sweet Home, Kentucky
The Show About Nothing - Jon tries out for a part in a movie, with disastrous results, and then goes home to Owensboro to see his fans! Aaron goes to school. Best of all: no Beth! |
1993.02.15 2001.04.18 |
C |
Jessica |
| 2-14 Recap |
Wired!
Body Issues and Bad Jobs - Tami thinks she eats too much, so she has her jaw wired shut. Also, she and Beth hate their jobs. And we all learn about safe sex. |
1993.02.14 2001.03.27 |
C- |
Jessica |
| 2-13 Recap |
Almost 85% Snark-Free!
Irish Eyes are Crying - Dom returns to Ireland to make peace with his sickly father. Jessica can't make fun of that! |
1993.02.13 2001.01.15 |
C+ |
Jessica |
| 2-12 Recap |
Meet Beth Anthony!
She's a Lesbian! - There once was a girl named Beth A. Her roommates find out that she's gay Dom, Jon and Glen think it's cool Aaron, I guess, is at school And Tami doesn't think it's okay. |
1993.02.12 2000.11.28 |
C |
Jessica |
| 2-11 Recap |
Wedding Bells, Schmedding Bells
Wedding Bells, Schmedding Bells - Jon explains that Irene is getting married that weekend, and it's been so very, very hard to bid her farewell forever, but he did help her load her car. Wow, Jon, here's a cookie. |
1993.02.11 1993.02.11 |
D- |
Jessica |
| 2-10 Recap |
Issues, Schmissues
Issues, Schmissues - Actually, this is a pretty serious episode; like, issues are discussed, and shit. It's like the Bizarro Real World, only not completely, because Beth is still a pain in the ass, and Dom isn't a twelve-stepper. |
1993.02.10 1993.02.10 |
D- |
Jessica |
| 2-9 Recap |
Outward Bored
Outward Bored - Eric Nies dances topless in front of Mary-Ellis Bunim, who idly slips a quarter into his Speedo. As Nies's stomach muscles undulate, it comes to her (insert your own Eric Nies Sex Joke here. I can't bring myself to think about it anymore). The ultimate torture: Outward Bound. |
1993.02.09 1993.02.09 |
D- |
Jessica |
| 2-8 Recap |
Enter Glen
Enter Glen - Dom plays Basil Exposition for a second, explaining to the camera that the roommates are going to interview three men, and pick one to be David's replacement. |
1993.02.08 1993.02.08 |
D- |
Jessica |
| 2-7 Recap |
And Take Beth With You!
And Take Beth With You! - David gets the boot. |
1993.02.07 1993.02.07 |
D- |
Jessica |
| 2-6 Recap |
The One You've Been Waiting For
The One You've Been Waiting For - This is the ultimate episode of this season of The Real World. The infamous "rape" episode. So many histrionics, so much screaming and yelling, so much Jessica Wakefield-esque posturing from the loathsome Beth. |
1993.02.06 1993.02.06 |
D- |
Jessica |
| 2-5 Recap |
Mommy, Aaron and Dom Are Mean!
Mommy, Aaron and Dom Are Mean! - Tami explains that she and Kenya, her Studs Bachelor #1, are "cheating." Not on one another, but on Studs, in an attempt to fix the show. It's just like the Twenty-One scandal, except Robert Redford would never make a movie about Tami's classless attempt to score a free chaperoned trip to Jamaica and $600. |
1993.02.05 1993.02.05 |
D- |
Jessica |
| 2-4 Recap |
We Hate David
We Hate David - David leans into the camera and tells us that Tami "is very moody." Ya think? |
1993.02.04 1993.02.04 |
D- |
Jessica |
| 2-3 Recap |
City Mouse vs. Country Mouse
City Mouse vs. Country Mouse - As Irene straps her gun on, she states the obvious: "I'm a female, and I'm a police officer." Thanks for clearing that up. |
1993.02.03 1993.02.03 |
D- |
Jessica |
| 2-2 Recap |
Meet and Greet and Moan and Groan
Meet and Greet and Moan and Groan - There's this horrible thwack-thonky music playing as we see the Winnie carrying Dom, Tami and Jon across America to their "swanky" pad in Los Angeles. |
1993.02.02 1993.02.02 |
D- |
Jessica |
| 2-1 Recap |
Welcome to Hicksville
Welcome to Hicksville - Remember early 1993? Kurt Cobain was still alive, the AIDS epidemic was, arguably, at its height, and Jessica was wearing flannel and reading Sassy. She'd say it was a happy time, except for the fact that it totally wasn't. |
1993.02.01 1993.02.01 |
D- |
Jessica |
| 1-13 Recap |
This is the End... The End of the Beginning
This is the End... The End of the Beginning - THE VERY LAST EPISODE! Kevin and Julie hug and make up. The crew makes fun of Eric Nies. |
1992.01.13 1992.01.13 |
D- |
Manimal |
| 1-12 Recap |
Who's Afraid of Heather B.?
Who's Afraid of Heather B.? - Heather and Eric get in a big fight, and Heather really manages to pierce Eric's glossy surface and hurt all two of his feelings. Andre and the "band" make a video. |
1992.01.12 1992.01.12 |
D- |
Manimal |
| 1-11 Recap |
Raging Bullshit
Raging Bullshit - Kevin and Julie have a Really. Big. Fight. The lofties then throw a party where some bitty asks for a cup, and she and Heather B. get into a little altercation. The bitty accuses Heather of assaulting her. Heather B. gets semi-arrested. |
1992.01.11 1992.01.11 |
D- |
Manimal |
| 1-10 Recap |
It's a Family Affair
It's a Family Affair - The roommates find a hideous little dog, and eventually, the owner. Julie's mother visits, and Julie experiences that classic condition Dysfunctiona Minora. |
1992.01.10 1992.01.10 |
D- |
Manimal |
| 1-9 Recap |
Politics and Strange Bedfellows
Politics and Strange Bedfellows - The gang gets all political and votes and goes to rallies and stuff. Norman finds a not-boyfriend. Julie plays at being homeless, and later tells her mom she's not coming home right away; Julie's Mom Decides to Pay a Visit. |
1992.01.09 1992.01.09 |
D- |
Manimal |
| 1-8 Recap |
Booty Call!
Booty Call! - The girls get sent to Jamaica with one mission: FIND MEN, i.e., hot, foreign slabs of love-flesh. Unfortunately, the men in Jamaica are mostly vacationing dorks from the U.S. or native sleazeballs, so Becky sleeps with a Real World director instead. Oh, and she and Kevin get over the whole fight thing. |
1992.01.08 1992.01.08 |
D- |
Manimal |
| 1-7 Recap |
Race Relations and Other Practical Jokes
Race Relations and Other Practical Jokes - Heather meets Larry Johnson. The girls get free tickets to Jamaica, and the boys get bubkes. Kevin and Becky have a fight over race relations. |
1992.01.07 1992.01.07 |
D- |
Manimal |
| 1-6 Recap |
Like a Virgin
Like a Virgin - Kevin's really, really concerned with Julie remaining a virgin. The loftmates all get together and play a nasty joke on Kevin and pretend they're what they're not. Kevin wigs. |
1992.01.06 1992.01.06 |
D- |
Manimal |
| 1-5 Recap |
Play it to the Bone(heads)
Play it to the Bone(heads) - Eric and Kevin fight. Then we get to meet Eric's anorectic girlfriend. |
1992.01.05 1992.01.05 |
D- |
Manimal |
| 1-4 Recap |
My Roommate, He Wrote Me a Letter
My Roommate, He Wrote Me a Letter - Becky is a tramp. She's also a self-righteous, irritating twerp whose really undeserved sense of superiority comes from being maybe four or five years older than some of her housemates. Eric and Kevin get freak-nasty on each other, and Kevin writes Eric a mean letter that makes Eric very, very angry. And when Eric Nies gets angry... people DIE. Of boredom. |
1992.01.04 1992.01.04 |
D- |
Manimal |
| 1-3 Recap |
Playin' at the Talent Show
Playin' at the Talent Show - Cut to Andre strumming his guitar. (Not a euphemism -- he's actually strumming his guitar.) |
1992.01.03 1992.01.03 |
D- |
Manimal |
| 1-2 Recap |
White Men Can't Jump. Or Rap, or Dance.
White Men Can't Jump. Or Rap, or Dance. - "I'm Too Sexy" plays as Julie and Becky leaf through various pictures of Eric in water, Eric with his shirt off, Eric with his shiny, hairless man-titties a-gleam, standing in water, Eric looking like a towel boy for a gay bath house, etc., etc., etc. |
1992.01.02 1992.01.02 |
D- |
Manimal |
| 1-1 Recap |
If You Can Make It There...
If You Can Make It There... - I had forgotten how whiny, awful and horrible a lot of the season was. |
1992.01.01 1992.01.01 |
D- |
Manimal |