No Most Awesome Thing this week. I'm having ongoing laptop problems that can't possibly be a result of my laptop being from about 1993, right? Who knew computers weren't meant to last twelve years with no mechanical problems? And that it would be impossible to get replacement parts for such an old computer? Anyway, on with the recap.
The roommates pack to head to Fiji. MJ notes that they're going to be on the plane for more hours than they usually work in a week. A flight from Philly to New York would take more hours than they work in a week. Karamo gallivants about, happy to go on vacation. Sarah doesn't think she'll ever get all her clothes to fit in a suitcase. She has three bathing suits. I have never owned more than one bathing suit at a time. Well, actually, right now I own two, but that's only because I bought a new one, forgot I ever bought it, and bought another one. And have worn each of them about five times ever. Shavonda asks MJ if he's down for skinny-dipping when they arrive, and MJ agrees. Shouldn't skinny-dipping be a little more spontaneous than that? It seems kind of lame if you're planning it, like, weeks in advance.
Shavonda talks to Shaun on the phone, and he says he misses her. Shavonda interviews that she knows Shaun misses and loves her, and that she feels the same, but that she's trying to live her life on her own, not as part of a couple. Shaun tells Shavonda to have the best time she can in Fiji. Shavonda asks how he would feel about her going skinny-dipping, and he immediately asks her not to do it. Oh, come on. First of all, why does she need his permission? And second of all, who cares? It's not like they'll show it unblurred on TV. Shaun asks why she would want to, and Shavonda says they're all doing it. Shavonda interviews that she's been honest with Shaun, so she won't feel guilty when she gets home. Shaun says he'd feel better if "they" didn't see Shavonda naked. No idea who "they" are. MJ and Landon? The viewers? The crew? Don't know.
The morning, a shuttle bus pulls up and the roommates excitedly head out. I was really looking forward to recapping this episode, mostly because I knew that there would be a lot of filler travel scenes, which are probably second only to the musical montage scenes in terms of easiest to recap. Landon interviews that he's open to anything happening in Fiji because "what happens in Fiji stays in Fiji." Can we retire the "what happens in _______ stays in ________" phrase from the lexicon now? When a tourism board uses it in a campaign, it's no longer hip. Karamo yells out goodbye to their house, and Willie jokes that this is the first time Karamo's not late for a road trip. Everyone applauds. Karamo laughs and jokes that "people of color can be on [their] own time sometime, but not for a free trip." Melanie interviews that she doesn't know where Fiji is, and apparently had no access to a map, or a book, or the internet. Wouldn't you want to know where you were going?
Sarah heads back outside for Conquest #2. She interviews that she knows she's being out of control, and that she gets like that sometimes, and she just doesn't care. She's awfully defensive for someone who doesn't care. Shavonda interviews that Sarah wants to hook up with one of those guys, and that she doesn't really care which one it is. Sarah takes the guy back to her bungalow. Shavonda, horrible friend that she is, knocks on the door and asks to come in. What does she need that is so important it couldn't wait fifteen minutes until Sarah is finished? Sarah is all, "Uh, hold on." Sarah lets Shavonda in, and the guy runs out the door while they're not looking. Sarah and Shavonda both crack up. Shavonda cries, "He ran out like a squirrel! He escaped!" Sarah wonders if British people are incapable of having sex.
Landon and Shavonda hang out by the ocean. Landon notes that the moon is lit from the bottom. Shavonda tells him what happened with Sarah and the guy who ran out. Landon asks which guy it was, because Sarah was with more than one guy that night. Shavonda doens't know his name. Shavonda interviews that Sarah thinks they're leaving tomorrow, but they're actually staying another night. Shavonda thinks Sarah might go for a trifecta.
Sarah hangs out with a guy named Alex. She interviews that they made out but didn't have sex. Okay, here's my criterion for whether or not a woman's sexual behavior is inappropriate. I ask myself how I would feel if a man did the same thing. And if a man tried to hook up with three different girls in one night, I would find it pretty goddamned skeevy. I can support Sarah's wanting to hook up on vacation, but I think she should have thrown in the towel when the first attempt didn't work out. Because now she looks predatory at worst, and desperate at best. Neither one is a good look.
Speaking of people who reek of desperation, Landon is trying to get Shavonda to make out with him. They lie in bed together. Landon says that he likes her, and that he would think of it as more than a hookup. He wants her just to tell him if she doesn't feel the same way. Shavonda says that she's starting to think it might be a possibility. Oh, just make out with him already. Jesus. Landon says that the location is beautiful, and that he just wants to kiss her. He asks what she wants, and whether she wants to stay there tonight. Shavonda interviews that she's attracted to Landon, but that she's not ready to hook up yet. Landon interviews that he wanted things to be romantic, but tha it's not happening.
MJ and Landon sit in the pool and discuss Landon and Shavonda's hookup. Landon says that nothing happened right away. There was kissing and "heavy petting," like, who says that? MJ says he woke up and heard slurping. Too much information! Landon interviews that he and MJ both bet that Landon and Shavonda would end up having sex, but that it didn't happen. Hey, the trip's not over!