12x06 - Hey, Jealousy

[bunniefuu]

[upbeat music playing]

-[Arissa] This is the true story…
-[all] True story…

-[Frank] …of seven strangers…
-[Trishelle] …picked to live in a casino…

[Alton] …work together
and have their lives taped…

[Brynn] …to find out what happens…

-[Steven] …when people stop being polite…
-[Irulan] …and start getting real.

[all] The Real World: Las Vegas!

-[Arissa] Baby, yeah!
-[all laughing]

["Addictive (Remix)" playing]

♪ He's so contagious
Returns my pages ♪

♪ He's got me anxious
He's what I've waited for ♪

♪ He keeps me guessing
Spontaneous ♪

♪ He's so persuasive and I'm his lady ♪

Steven and I have this, like,
really, really weird connection.

It's like there's nobody else
in the room.

It's just like it's me and him.

[Steven] Not only is she beautiful
and smiling,

but she has, like,
this positive aura around her.

And her breasts are always
on my mind.

Brynn is jealous that Steven is showing
so much affection toward Trishelle.

They keep on grinding with each other,

and Brynn feels like they're rubbing it
in her face.

♪ He makes me hot ♪

♪ I'm all that he's got
And he's all that I got ♪

♪ He's so contagious ♪

♪ Returns my pages
He's so persuasive ♪

♪ And I'm his lady ♪

[Trishelle giggling]

-[Trishelle moans]
-[Steven whispers]

[Brynn] They don't even talk
during the day.

[Brynn] It's just, like, every night.
Like, relax.

-[Brynn] Um, kids.
-[Trishelle whispers] Stop!

[Brynn] What are you doing?
'Cause I'm about to ruin it.

-I'm a little jealous.
-Why?

Because someone's getting action,
and I'm not.

I'm a very jealous person.

I get jealous when people get things
that I want.

This is an action-free zone.
We're just going to sleep.

Seriously.

I am jealous of Steven and Trishelle

because I'm not the girl
that he hooked up with off the bat.

I feel really bad that Brynn
is uncomfortable with Steven

and us, like, being in the next
bed from her.

[rock music playing]

[rhythmic music playing]

[Frank] When people have sex in my room,

the only thing I don't like about it
is that it wakes me up.

When it wakes up Frank,
that's when he gets upset.

-Did the moaning wake you up, baby?
-It's just…

-He's like, "I just want to sleep."
-No, like, the slapping woke me up.

-Oh, sick. I'm trying to eat.
-[Brynn] Ew, ew!

[Frank] I was trying to sleep.

[Steven] You wanna go
into a different room?

[Trishelle laughing]

I need to take a shower
or something right now.

[shudders]

[indistinct chattering]

[Trishelle laughs] I'm drunk!

[Steven] Sorry, Frank.

[Irulan] Now they're going to flood
out the confessional.

Keep it in your own room!

-[Steven] Well, I'm trying to give Frank--
-Ugh!

[tense music playing]

Brynn is the kind of girl
who's very much used to being the top dog.

The situation with Steven
and Trishelle challenges her,

and makes her feel like she's second best
or not even second best.

You can come and sleep in my room
if you need to.

[music fades]

[elevator dings]

-[Brynn] It's so nice out.
-[Trishelle] I know,

this weather is perfect.

Perfect. Our lives are perfect, almost.
[laughs]

Close.

I have to admit when I walked
in the bedroom last night

and I saw you
and Steve together, I was like…

Why? 'Cause you're having to sleep
by yourself?

No, 'cause I was like, I was hoping to…
[laughs]

-[Trishelle] You still haven't hooked up?
-[Brynn laughs]

-[Trishelle] Aw!
-[Brynn] Yeah, that's done with me.

I'm afraid that Brynn is mad at me
because I hooked up

with Steve last night.

But I asked him.

I was like, "No, maybe
we shouldn't or whatever

because Brynn." He was like,
"What are you talking about?"

Yeah, 'cause he doesn't know.
He has no idea.

-[Trishelle] That what?
-That I would even think anything of that.

-But, I mean, do you?
-No.

[suspenseful music playing]

-Honestly.
-No, no.

[Trishelle] It's not
that I don't trust Brynn,

I just want her to be cool
with everything.

And she's saying that she is,
but in my heart,

I feel like she's not.

[upbeat music playing]

[Frank] Brynn is really pissed off.

Trishelle told her that I might be
in a room with her.

[Frank] After you told me,
I was like, "Steven was talking

to me about moving,
switching rooms…

-Okay, yeah.
-…with you."

Because they're having sex now,

I suggest Steven switching beds
with Brynn.

She's pissed off
because you're not with her.

You're with Trishelle.
And now she has to, like,

move all of her stuff out
and move into another room.

Brynn's been jealous
for a really long time

and it's finally erupting.

Yeah, everyone is getting along
pretty well,

but you can see, like, little blisters

that are going to develop
into huge open wounds.

[Brynn] Trishelle can move
into your room,

-but you can't move into mine.
-That doesn't make any sense.

Well, it makes perfect sense to me

because you're the one that's having sex,
so you can move it into your room.

[Steven] Why are you saying it to me
like that?

'Cause that's the way
I'm saying it to you.

[Steven] No, but you're saying it,
like, rude.

Like it was just my idea.

-Deal with it. Sorry.
-[Steven] You're crazy.

Steven and I haven't ever actually
really been cool with each other.

[Steven] What's wrong with you?

Every time Brynn opens her mouth,
she's been being rude.

She needs to cool it and leave me alone.

[dramatic music playing]

-Why are you being a b*tch to me?
-Something's going on.

[Steven] You know I didn't do anything.

[Frank] I'm on the phone for a while.

I'm standing there, and Steven's like,
"You're [bleep] stupid," he said.

I have to go, okay?

I hear yelling and screaming.
I don't know what the hell's going on.

[Steven] Frank, did you hear
what happened?

She comes in and she's like,
"Why are you laughing?"

Then she just went off
like, "I just don't like you."

I was like, "Why, what is your reason?"

'Cause you're [bleep].
Yes, you're being a b*tch to me.

I got in his face and I go,
"Don't [bleep] call me a b*tch."

And I was eating spaghetti with a fork
and he's like,

"You're [bleep] stupid.
You're [bleep] this and that."

I [bleep] the fork. I threw it at him,
it hit him in the arm.

She threw a-- She threw a fork.

The fork, like, hits right here.

That could have easily been
right in the face,

right through his nose, right to his eye.

It was like… [imitates crashing sound]

She threw that fork
with some malice force.

[Brynn] I wasn't even aiming
at his [bleep] head, I hit him in the arm.

Nobody needs to touch anybody, period.

The first thing I said to her,
I'm like, "You just assaulted Steve."

[Brynn] He's threatened by me?

Like, what can I do to him?
I can't go in there. [sobs]

I can't talk to her
like a normal human being

because she won't [bleep] have it.

[Irulan] Don't go in there.

[Steven] She comes in here
and singles me out.

-You don't touch me.
-[Alton] Leave it alone, yo.

-[Arissa] Don't go out there.
-[Trishelle] Steven, Steven…

[Arissa] Don't, don't, here. Don't, don't.

-[Brynn] I'm not singling you out.
-[bleep] you. Yeah, you singled--

[bleep] you! No, [bleep] you!

-[Steven] You stupid b*tch.
-Don't [bleep] call me a b*tch!

You push me again?
You're gonna [bleep] touch me again?

-You're gonna touch me again?
-I'm not a [bleep] b*tch!

Yeah, you're a little [bleep]
slutty tr*mp b*tch!

I said I'm a [bleep] sl*t,
but you're a [bleep].

-Come on.
-Yeah, I [bleep] said it, b*tch!

What? What? You gonna [bleep] me again?

You laid your hand on me three times,
you stupid tr*mp.

You [bleep] wh*re!

[tense music playing]

Tracy, if I would have thrown a fork
at her, that would have been it.

If I would have touched her in any way
in anger, that would have been it.

And I think we're kidding ourselves
to say anything different.

I never had anyone degrade me
like that, ever.

You don't hit people.

We cannot have this double standard
in this.

My mind is made up. I want her gone.

[tense music playing]

[elevator bell dings]

[Brynn] Trishelle,
you think I should go home?

I told Steven I didn't know, and… no.

I think that Steven is wrong
by calling Brynn all the names

that he did, but Brynn was also wrong
in pushing him.

So two wrongs don't make a right.

And, you know, she could have
very well just walked away

and been like, "Screw you," you know?

"I don't care what you say, whatever."

That's what should have happened.
But it didn't.

I think that we would all
have to agree on it first.

I don't know if just one person
can make that decision.

[Brynn] No, I think one person makes
that decision,

and that person's gonna be Tracy,
and I'm gonna be going home tomorrow.

[tense music playing]

[Steven] You don't hit people.
I am not gonna take that.

And you can't even ask me to do that.

[Tracy] I do not make this decision.

This is something that you
and your roommates

will all need to decide.

[tense music continues]

Okay, y'all want to talk
about this right now?

[Arissa] Yes.

Yeah, we're gonna talk about it right now.
Yeah, let's go in the living room.

We have to talk about this.

Okay, we have to talk
about what we want to do about this.

If she were to jump me
or do something like that to me again,

and, God forbid,
I did pull back and slap her

or something like that in the future,
I'm done.

I'm done for the rest of my life.
For the rest of my life,

I'm a guy who hit a woman
no matter how many times she hit me.

For the rest of my life.

I want her gone.
Now everybody can have a chance to speak.

Honestly, this is a situation
that can be worked out.

This is a situation
that most likely would not be repeated.

-I think it ultimately falls upon you.
-What do you think?

[Frank] I think this is Steven's decision.

I can say I don't agree
with where he's going,

but it really doesn't matter
because I'm not in his shoes.

[Steven] Go ahead.

[Arissa] Everything that you're saying
is valid.

Do you feel
that if you sleep on it tonight

that you'll feel the same?

-[Steven] I will.
-[Arissa] Okay.

Do you want to even try
to sleep on it tonight?

Do you want her gone tonight? I mean--

[Steven] I can't have the liability.
You guys have to respect that.

I cannot have the liability
because this is the rest of my life.

[Arissa] This is ultimately your decision.

[Irulan] Can I just say something?

I see where you're coming from,
I hear that you feel violated,

I don't think that she was right
in putting her hands on you,

but I honestly think that you are being
a little bit overly cautious,

and I think if you had some time
to sleep on it,

and to talk about it tomorrow
that you would feel differently.

[dramatic music playing]

You think it's my decision.
You think it's my decision.

You think it's my decision.
What do you think?

It didn't happen to me.
I think it's your decision.

Okay. My decision's made.

The only person in the house
that wants to throw Brynn out is Steven.

No one else wants her out.

The problem is that everyone else
does agree that it's Steven's decision.

They can't really speak for him
because they're not in his shoes.

She's not sad because she feels bad
what she did to me.

-She's sad because--
-Have you asked me?

It's her sister--
You won't ever talk to me, Brynn.

I try to talk to you so many times.
This is not the time.

I really don't even want
to hear it anymore, Brynn.

The way that I deal with things
is that I don't talk about them

-until I am ready to talk about them.
-So in the meantime,

I'm supposed to just take your [bleep]

-the entire time?
-I'm not trying to give you [bleep].

How-- Brynn, you have been giving
me [bleep] for a very long time.

Steven, do you want to really,
honestly know why I don't like you?

Why? Why do you not like me?

I know… I know you don't care, okay?
Maybe because I do like you, okay?

And then you were doing this
with Trishelle, and I am jealous, okay?

And that's the way that I deal
with things is that I get pissed off

because it's something that I can't have.

And I haven't said anything
because I'm not trying to hurt her,

because I know that she likes you.

[sobs] And I'm just trying to be
a friend and…

[sobs] It's because I like you. Okay?
That's why I've been being this way.

Brynn, this is not elementary school.
I want you gone.

This is not elementary school.
I do not take that.

I do not take that as a valid excuse.
I knew that that was what's going on.

And I appreciate that you actually
came clean and said that,

but if I hit you back,
you know that would have ruined

-my life.
-And this is ruining mine.

You ruined your life. You did.
I want to hear you say it.

Did you ruin your life?

-[Irulan] That's--
-Steven.

[Irulan] Can you stop?

If you're gonna send her home,
don't degrade her before you do it.

[Steven] I want you gone.

-["Soul Searchin'" playing]
-♪ Nobody knows ♪

♪ The trouble I'm in ♪

♪ Nobody cares where I've been ♪

-[Steven] I'm sorry.
-[Frank] Stop apologizing.

[Steven] But either way,
it's gonna be screwed up.

♪ You can run, but you can't hide ♪

♪ Soul searchin'
Nothing inside ♪

[cries] Mom, I think I'm coming home.

-[sobs] I think I'm gonna get kicked out.
-[Brynn's mom] Why?

Because I threw a fork
at one of my roommates.

I don't think that I'm a violent person.

I just know that holding in
all the feelings,

sometimes they're just… It's too much.

He called me a b*tch

and then he called me a wh*re
and he called me a sl*t. [sobs]

-[Brynn's mom] Your roommate?
-Yeah.

I just want to come home, I guess.
Make it easier.

[Brynn's mom] Brynn, it's not like you
to give up.

Mom, there's nothing I can do about it.
He wants me out of the house.

[Brynn's mom] Calm down.

Mom, this is like, my life.

♪ You can look but you won't find ♪

♪ Soul searchin' ♪

♪ Nothing inside ♪

♪ Inside ♪

♪ Nothing inside ♪

[rock music playing]

Now the point is,
how are you gonna rectify this?

[Brynn] I just have to accept the fact
there's nothing that I can do about it.

The reason why I'm going home
is because of what I did.

Just my life will be forever changed
because of what happened.

I want Steven to know that I'm sorry.

The way I reacted
is because that's the only way

that I know how to react.

[rock music playing]

[Brynn] I left my job. I left everything.
I have nothing.

I thought this was my chance

to finally do something
besides get pregnant and have kids.

[sniffles]

And I guess that's… [scoffs]
…what I'm gonna have to do.

[Arissa] This does not make
or break you.

And it doesn't mean that you got to go
and get knocked up

-and be barefoot and pregnant.
-[Brynn] No.

I had a really good time. [sobs]

[Arissa] I really don't want to see
Brynn go home.

You know, Brynn can drive me crazy,
but I believe

that she deserves this experience
just as much as the six of us do.

[music continues]

I think you should talk to her. I do.

Just for your own decision.
Hear what she has to say.

Take some time.
I'm not gonna change your mind.

Arissa asks me to talk to Brynn
before I make my decision.

I think that sounds pretty rational.

-I think I made some amazing points.
-[Arissa] You were rational.

You make your points.
What you feel is valid.

[Steven] Mm-hmm.

But just so that nobody says
anything about snap decision…

I can make the same decision
in the morning.

I think that Arissa thinks
that if I talk to Brynn,

she thinks that I would back down.

But I think I'm putting up
a very valid argument

about why she should go.

-[Arissa] Think about…
-Thank you.

[Arissa] Okay, honestly.
Just do that for me.

I don't think it's asking too much,
so I'm gonna oblige Arissa.

[mid-tempo music playing]

Arissa asked me as a personal favor
for me to hear your side.

Let me hear your side.

I already know no matter
how much that I sit here and tell you,

no matter how much I sit here
and apologize to you,

no matter how sincere you think that I am,
that ultimately, I'm going home.

What happened today happened
out of jealousy.

I am jealous
of you and Trishelle's relationship.

I didn't know how to approach
you and tell you,

"Steven, hey, I'm a little upset

for the fact
that you're sleeping with Trishelle,"

because I didn't want you
to feel uncomfortable

and I didn't want her
to feel uncomfortable.

So my way of dealing with it
was to not talk to you about it…

because… [sighs]
God, it's so hard to explain.

[somber music playing]

I don't know if she's being genuine.

I don't know what Brynn's
going through right now.

I know it doesn't make very much sense…

but I have a really hard time
expressing myself to people.

The last thing on earth was to ever make
somebody feel threatened or scared by me.

Because I come off
a lot more of a hard a*s than I really am.

And a lot of people don't know that.

And I don't know how to express
the other side of me

as a softy, because I'm afraid
if I'm a softy,

then I'm gonna let people in
and I'm gonna get hurt.

[Steven] When you don't let people in,
you just go dead inside.

And that makes it that much easier
to say mean things.

And when you let people in,
even if you get hurt,

I mean, at least you're feeling.

[Brynn sighs]

[somber music playing]

I'm finding out so much more
about myself,

and that scares me.

My biggest fear is knowing
who I really am,

because the last person
I want to be is like my parents.

I don't want to go through rehab
like my mom did.

I don't want to have to go through
somebody hitting me or beating me.

I want to be different.

[somber music continues]

[Steven] You are me when I was 20.

You've got, like, misguided anger
and hostility.

I've been to 26 schools.
I've been through five marriages.

I've seen when my mom’s get hit.
I know exactly where you're coming from.

I think this is your rock bottom.

[Brynn sighs] Trust me.

I think this is your rock bottom, and--

[Brynn] I think I'm past the rock bottom.

I think I'm in the [bleep] core
of the [bleep]-damn earth.

[Steven] Everything Brynn is saying
is reminding me

of me when I was, like, 18 and 19.

She's just a young person that's mixed up.

It took me up until your age
to, like, realize

that I'm not gonna use all that
as a crutch.

-[Brynn] Did you have help?
-I… I met my wife.

She made me want to be a better person.

[Brynn] Do you not think
that you could do that for me?

[somber music fades]

[techno music playing]

[Frank] I don't know
how they could be talking this long.

[Irulan] Work it out.
It would make it so much easier.

Yeah, you would see them hug.

[Steven] You made a really good point.

[tense music playing]

[Brynn] Steven, you've been there.

I know, I know. And that's why…
I mean, no, I can't.

-Now maybe he's changing his mind.
-Oh, please.

[Steven] Can't be a big hypocrite
after what we've talked about.

-Now you have to stay.
-[Frank] Is she laughing?

[Irulan] He's laughing.

I don't even know what I'm saying.
Think I'm talking in circles now.

She's like me four years ago.

So I'm really not even letting Brynn
stay. I'm letting the old Steve stay

and hoping to change the old Steve.

["Life" playing]

♪ And how many times have your friends
Let you down? ♪

Look at them, they're hugging. It's over.

♪ Just open up your heart ♪

Yes! Whoo!

[Brynn] Hug me more than that. [grunts]

-[Alton laughs]
-Like the [bleep] Super Bowl.

-[Brynn] I'm sorry.
-I'm sorry too.

♪ And how many times
Does your face lift away? ♪

♪ Well, is anybody safe? ♪

♪ Does anybody pray? ♪

[Brynn] I'm glad that Steven
took the opportunity

to sit down and talk to me.

I have learned that if I have a problem
with somebody

that I need to talk to them about it.

See, nobody in the house
should be hooking up.

-[Alton] Where we at?
-What's going on? You're staying?

[screams]

♪ And how many times have you wished
You were strong? ♪

♪ Have they ever seen your heart?
Have they ever seen your pain? ♪

[Steven] I'm hoping that Brynn
will just treat me like everybody else.

-That's all I want.
-We're just gonna go buy plasticware.

[laughs] Sorry, I'm not eating
with any silverware ever again.

I think this problem has definitely
let us look

at ourselves a little bit more.
But we're not perfect right now.

There's still gonna be other problems.

[Trishelle] I'm proud of you.

-[Steven] You're proud of me?
-Yes.

It's kind of warped, but I think
this was all kind of good.

I'm glad I could partake in the [bleep],
bringing everyone close together.

[all laugh]

♪ Your life is waiting for you ♪

♪ It's all messed up but we'll survive ♪