Real World: Atlanta Episode 9

Previously on THE REAL WORLD…
Vlad and Cailie do some karaoke and all seems right with their relationship again. They walk hand in hand to a cab, make out a bit in the cab and arrive home. They walk by Kevin and Carly, snuggling up on the front porch, next to the fire pit.
“Dude, you don’t have any hard feelings that I hooked up with Carly last night?” Kevin asks, half bragging.
“You hooked up with Carly last night? You mean sex?” Vlad is a little slow to catch up.
“She didn’t mention it this morning.

“You didn’t say anything to Cailie or Vlad this morning about last night?” Kevin asks, almost hurt.
“I’m not going to brag about what I do. We Do. Kevin. It is none of their business,” Carly explains. Would I be seen with you right now like I am if I was ashamed?” Carly asks. “PS, you were a monster last night. We are doing that again.”

Carly, Cailie and Vlad are trying to come up with two characters for the Tyler Perry show “WHATEVER! I don’t care!” Carly shouts as she throws her hands up.
“F-This. Fine. WHO CARES CAI. New, old, whatever. Let’s go with it,” Carly says

This is the TRUE STORY, of Seven strangers (you’re a rapper?), picked to live in a house (ATL BABY!), and have their lives taped (get the F*** out my face!) to find out what happens when people stop being polite (say it again, I DARE YOU!) and start being real. The Real World: Atlanta!

Shots of the Westin, the Hilton, and the state capitol are shown. We see cars stuck in traffic and the roommates are in a car on 85 near Turner Field.
“Freaking traffic,” Todd says from the backseat. “We should have left earlier.”
“We’re gonna be late,” Dani adds.
“Just shut it. There’s traffic. We’ll get there when we get there,” Jimmy barks from the driver’s seat. “But maybe we should have left a littler earlier..” he cuts a glance at Carly.
“Whatever, we had to get our data together to do this stupid presentation that you guys aren’t helping with,” Carly says.
“Well we COULD have helped if you guys had helped last time,” Jimmy singsongs back.
“Hey, let’s can it!” Kevin says as he is trying to defend his new girlfriend. Dani and Todd roll their eyes.
“I can honestly say that I don’t think any cast has EVER hooked up as much as this one has. Way to go guys!” Jimmy congratulates. A shot of Todd and Dani, Kevin and Carly, and Vlad and Cailie is shown. Cailie is embarrassed.
The Element pulls up to Tyler Perry studios and Vlad, Cailie and Carly file out and head towards the conference room. Dani and Todd are right behind them as Jimmy holds Kevin back.
“Dude, just so you know, you have to watch out for her. She flirts with anything that moves, and I don’t want you to get your heart broken,” Jimmy warns.
“I won’t. We’re just having fun. Plus have you seen her? I am the luckiest dude in the world right now,” Kevin responds.
“You can’t think like that man. She’ll sense that and take advantage of you. Stand up for yourself man. Let her know she can’t walk all over you. Because she will. I know girls like that. They will. You can be happy, but get out when you get unhappy. Promise?”
“Yeah man.” They bump knuckles and we possibly see Jimmy as a real human being and not the puppetmaster.
In the meeting, Carly pitches her idea for a white character as a younger Sunday School teacher. She goes through and predicts that this character will draw in viewers that may not typically watch Tyler Perry’s work. “I mean this is the only character I could identify with,” says Carly. Next Cailie and Vlad pitch the granddaughter character who is taking care of one of the main characters. She is forced to go everywhere with the older lady. “She would also bring in some of the younger viewers,” Cailie offers.
“And she would be attractive,” Vlad throws in.
They show charts of how casts of ONLY older people don’t do well with the younger demos PTV and TBS are after and even reveal several potential plots that the characters can get into. They wrap up the meeting and ask Chris the producer for feedback.
“Uhh, yeah. Carly, it is clear you don’t watch Tyler Perry shows and I get the feeling you aren’t 100% interested in this project. We need people 100% in and those that aren’t need to at least fake it……”

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“We need people 100% in and those that aren’t need to at least fake it,” says Chris. “That said, Carly, what you pitched was perfect!” a surprised Carly raises her eyebrows and breaks into a smile. “You are the person we are trying to reach as an untapped market and a character like this is perfect. You can help develop this character because I think she will be the type of character that could potentially get us one Carly per neighborhood. And if we get that, we a successful show. Vlad, Cailie, I love your idea for a younger hot nurse too. These two characters are probably the two best that any of our creative team has come up with and I know they will be excited to begin working on this. As for the rest of the presentation, WOW. Great job breaking down the demos and the plot ideas. Todd, I know you spearheaded the other work, you will need to certainly incorporate this into what you are doing or let these guys take this part of the assignment. Guys, this is a great job. Let’s meet back in two weeks to begin with Episode two. I’ll send you guys the pilot and you can bounce ideas of where the show should go from there. THANKS EVERYBODY!”
Carly, Cailie, Vlad and Kevin are all smiles. Todd is clearly stewing and Dani rubs his arm a bit to cool him down.
On the car ride home, Vlad and Carly are laughing and Cailie and Jimmy are starting to talk about the show. Todd doesn’t say a word, even when Kevin asks for his input. “Whatever,” is all he can muster.
Todd and Dani exit the car and head out to grab a bite at Nickymoto’s but fail to invite anyone else.
“Well I guess he didn’t want any input just yet,” Carly says with a sarcastic head bob. Cailie laughs and Jimmy says congrats to Vlad. Kevin is standing in the kitchen when suddenly Carly sneaks up behind him and wraps her arms around him. It kind of takes Vlad and Cailie by surprise but then Carly asks if the two of them want to go on a double date with Kevin and Carly?
“umm, sure,” Vlad says, nodding his head in approval at Kevin.
“Alright boys, tonight, 7 p.m., Garrison’s. Pick us up. You know where we live. Come on Cai, let’s go get ready.” Carly and Cailie head to the other room.
“Wow. I didn’t realize you were serious?” Vlad says.
“I guess we aren’t just fooling around,” Kevin replies. A smile breaks out over his face.

At Nickemoto’s Todd and Dani are eating and Todd is pissed. He slams his glass down. “Oh, Todd, maybe you should just have Carly do that part of the assignment,” Todd mimics Chris at TPS.
“Todd, I am sure he didn’t mean any disrespect. He was probably trying to just boost their egos to get them more involved with the show.”
“And their characters? They are exactly the same. OK, one is a young white girl and one is a young black girl. How about you combine the characters and have a young white nurse. You freaking KNOW no old black ladies are going to go to a Sunday school class taught by a young white girl.”
“Todd, just relax and we can work this out. Don’t worry. Let them do the boring stuff and you can do the creative stuff. It will work out,” Dani reassures but Todd is still kind of pissed.

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The house is shown and suddenly the doorbell rings. Cailie heads to the door as Carly is still blow drying her hair. She opens the door to find Vlad and Kevin at the door. They laugh and Vlad compliments Cailie on her outfit. She gives him a kiss and “invites” them in. Carly comes out of the bathroom and after a quick drink they head out.
At dinner, Carly and Kevin are in their own world, just as Cailie and Vlad are. They make small talk about the Tyler Perry show. They discuss Jimmy and his split personalities and they discuss Todd’s relationship with Ray and Dani. “I think he has a thing for chicks with guys’ names,” hypothesizes Vlad.
The group decides that Todd NEEDS to put everything on the table with Ray. They also think that Jimmy is an alright guy that likes to cause mischief when bored. “Let’s just keep him away from the drama and not let him get bored,” Cailie suggests.

Back at the house Todd and Dani are back and Jimmy is in the kitchen fixing some chicken.
“Hey guys, thanks for asking me to go out with you for dinner. No really, I’m fine. It’s date night, but I’m cool,” Jimmy pokes.
“Sorry, I was a little steamed from the meeting,” Todd admits.
“No, it’s alright. I’ll just eat here, BY. MY. SELF,” Jimmy mops.
“Actually, you know why we didn’t ask you to go with us?” Dani finally says after rolling her eyes. “Because we are still mad at you because your girlfriend in a bitch.”
“What?” Jimmy is surprised.
“Jimmy, she was a little rough on both of us. We didn’t appreciate it that much, Bro.”
“Stop being nice Todd. She was a freaking bitch,” Dani cuts Todd off.
“She was just speaking the truth. Not sure how that makes her a bitch,” Jimmy tries to hide his anger.
“She can have her opinion, but why is she throwing it in our face?” Todd asks.
“You should ask her,” Jimmy says, turning away from the two.
“Actually if I EVER talk to that bitch again, I’ll punch her in the face,” Dani threatens.
“Well sorry she isn’t a dy*e like you. She’s a lady,” Jimmy fires, but Dani throws a plate over Jimmy’s head and then slaps him before Todd can pull her back.
“&uck you, assh0le. Go to hell @$$hole!” Dani shouts as Todd is carrying her back to the room. Jimmy is standing there tending to his nose, which is bleeding.

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A replay of Dani slapping Jimmy is shown. Jimmy heads to the white phone and calls a producer. Will the Producer shows up and goes over Jimmy’s options with him. Jimmy can have Dani sent home, Dani can stay but go to anger management, Jimmy can leave.

Meanwhile Randall the Producer tells Dani to pack her bags at least for one night. Her fate will be up to Jimmy to decide. Dani starts to cry and begins to pack her bags. Todd comes in and asks her what Randall said. She explains that she must spend the night out of the house. Todd offers to come, but she says she will be fine.

Todd walks Dani to the door and into the van, then returns to the house. Jimmy is waiting there and Todd asks if he is OK.
“Yeah, I’m fine. She had a mean slap there though. A little slow on the rescue there,” Jimmy says.
“Sorry man. I don’t think that anger was intended at you initially. It was probably meant for Abby. But then you set her off with the d-word,” Todd tries to stick up for Dani.
“That was probably out of line, but she hit me man. And you don’t talk about someone like that after it is clear that it is upsetting,” Jimmy finally says.
“Maybe Abby could follow that advice,” Todd counters. “So where is your head right now?”
“I don’t know man. I’ll ask around and get everyone’s input,” Jimmy answers.
In confessional Jimmy predicts that Dani is GOING HOME.

When everyone returns, Jimmy and Todd explain what happened. An informal vote is taken and Vlad, Carly, Cailie and Kevin all vote for Dani to stay. Jimmy is a little put-off that no one is taking his side. The meeting ends with Cailie and Carly consoling Todd while Vlad asks Jimmy if he is OK. Kevin says that Jimmy shouldn’t have called her that. “Dude, you baited her into that,” Kevin opines.

The next day Randall and Dani return and Jimmy brings everyone together.
“Listen everybody. I’ve been thinking about this. Our contracts say we aren’t allowed to hit anyone, lest you go home. I think that Dani was a bit provoked but she said some nasty things to me about Abby and I managed to restrain myself.”
Dani starts to say something, but Jimmy waves her quiet.
“No Dani. You spoke last night with your hands. I talk now, otherwise you go home immediately. OK? Shut up.” Dani bites her lip and Jimmy continues.
“Like I said, I may have provoked you, but you provoked me and I wonder now if you’ll hit me again. Will you hit Carly if you ever found out she called you the same name? Would you hit Kevin if you knew he thought you were never a lesbian to begin with?”
Dani looks around and Carly is looking at the ground. Kevin seems mad that Jimmy is spilling dirty laundry.
“So my decision is….”
CREDITS

NEXT time on THE REAL WORLD: ATLANTA.
Todd is on the phone with Ray. Kevin and Carly both have beef with Jimmy. Jimmy is on the phone with Abby and is pondering leaving. And the big decision on Dani: will she stay or will she be sent home?