I’m not gonna lie: the latest episode of the The Real World totally caught me by surprise. For forty-five minutes, it seemed to be dwelling in Sarah’s awful, judgmental behavior (with occasional bland detours into the world of Briana) when suddenly, out of nowhere, the specter of cancer up and KILLED a person on the show. What the? Poor Brandon, who served as a mentor to Nick, was gone before we knew him, sadly succumbing to the disease he had apparently battling for quite some time. He only first surfaced on this episode, but his passing was still remarkably powerful, what with his dying wishes for Nick to carry the torch for him in entertainment. I’m not gonna lie: I was a bit misty-eyed (and then some).
However, as tragic as the last ten minutes of the episode were, we simply cannot overlook the rest of the show, which truly featured Sarah at her worst. She may be smart, but her bitchy, prudish attitude has been reaching new heights (or lows) of obnoxiousness  as evidenced by the way she literally tattled to Charna about Nick’s alleged loudness the night prior. Oh, and then there’s the way she addresses the camera: narrowing one eye, tilting her head, dismissing whoever it is she’s talking about, etc.. She’s become fairly awful  to the point of hilarity â€â€Ã‚ which is why it was so wonderful to see Sarah first fail at her hosting gigs and then get wasted, fall over, barf in her hair, and then devolve into an incoherent mess of tears. Perfect cosmic justic; although, I should note that she wasn’t entirely incapacitated  she did have enough wherewithal to hurl a lightly racist comment at Nick; so that was pleasant and everything.
Photocap after the jump…
B, The last few minutes of this episode really blindsided me as well. Great photocap, but I looking at the first picture I have to ask when did Michael J. Fox join the cast?
B, this episode totally blindsided me as well. You get so used to everyone getting so worked up over trivial shit that when something truly tragic happens it has that much more punch to it. Great photocap, but after seeing that first picture I have to ask, when did Michael J. Fox join the cast?
B, this episode totally blindsided me as well. You get so used to everyone getting so worked up over trivial shit that when something truly tragic happens it has that much more punch to it. Great photocap, but after seeing that first picture I have to ask, when did Michael J. Fox join the cast?
JasonR. I really like the MJFox comment…
dead on and I didn’t see it until you pointed it out!
JasonR. I really like the MJFox comment…
dead on and I didn’t see it until you pointed it out!
JasonR. I really like the MJFox comment…
dead on and I didn’t see it until you pointed it out!
I think we need to give Sarah a break as she did attend Arizona State, which is the party capital of Colleges.
And did this season go fast or am I just nuts?
Not much has happened other than peole leaving.
Does Greg have any updates?
He has to have a blog out there complaining about how EVERYONE ELSE was messed up and not him….?
D’oh! Frigging typekey!!11
Probably shouldn’t post a comment three times, probably shouldn’t make fun of someone for posting a comment three times. (Sorry I had to.)
Score! I was waiting for this photocap. Oh Sarah. How hilarious was it when Nick wandered in awkwardly to take that picture? “This is a moment.” Maybe Charles Barkley has some poor reputation as a photog that we’re not aware of?
I like how every roommate had to point out, “Sarah’s normally the one who judges everyone. See, she’s not perfect!” WELL. So that’s that. Bri can just go on stripping, Kimberly can continue to get drunk and make an ass of herself, and Dave can go to work smashed again. Good job everyone.
I couldn’t believe it when Brandon ended up dying! So sad, and I totally didn’t see it coming. I was then expecting a “Dedicated to Brandon” at the end of the show, but instead (in typical Real World fashion), we saw a fade to black, and NEXT WEEK ON THE REAL WORLD “Mexico! A Foursome! Yay!” Thanks for bringing me back to reality, Real World.