Wednesday, June 22

Real World: Austin

From Television Without Pity:

Here's the rundown on the roommates for the new Austin season. Danny is from outside Boston, and he's blue-collar all the way. Nehemiah is from California and he's the black one. Or at least that's how his roommates see him. Rachel served in Iraq. Wes, from Kansas, is the small-town boy who likes to party. Johanna's mom is from Peru, so she's exotic. Melinda is the pretty one with a boyfriend, and she's absolutely sure that she's going to be faithful to him. She's probably wrong. Lacey is a hairdresser, and is also sure she's going to be faithful to her boyfriend. She's probably right. They check out the house, scream, and declare each other best friends for life.

Melinda and Rachel make out, but not because they love attention or anything. When they all inevitably get drunk and go out, Johanna kisses Danny, but he seems more interested in Melinda. Nehemiah and Johanna vow to become friends, although Nehemiah seems interested in a little more. All of the guys ogle Melinda's ass as she bounces around the house in her underwear. Because that's how she always acts, and it's totally not for the cameras or anything. The roommates go out again on the second night, and Johanna gets really drunk. Nehemiah tries to intervene, as Johanna asked him to, and Johanna goes crazy and starts grabbing him and throwing glasses and whatnot. The other roommates miss the whole thing, so they run outside to look for Nehemiah, who wisely vacated the premises.

Somehow, the search party turns into a street fight and Danny gets sucker-punched in the side of the head. And somehow Wes and Danny decide that it's all Nehemiah's fault. Danny goes to the hospital to get his black eye checked out, and finds out that he has a severe fracture of the eye socket and will need surgery. Johanna sort of tries to apologize to Nehemiah, but he's not really interested in her apologies.

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