He couldn't find anything better than an '88 Camry?

I don't care if he's gay or not gay. Keep your hands to yourself, and leave the Camrys alone.

The Camry theft is a lot funnier than it should be.

So I guess he was, after all, "a homo"

Really? I was only twelve when this aired?

At that time, and still to this day, I continue my belief that this was the best real world ever.

Oh wow, I had totally forgotten about that! That was one awesome episode. I kinda thought the Lyme Disease excuse was kind of bullshit, but no doubt Irene kind of lost her marbles. Don't forget that Stephen also took her favorite teddy bear and threw it in the river!

Wow, if he really is gay, all that "you should know who you are and not be fake and shit" talk is ironic. I don't remember watching this season, but from this clip, he comes of as a total ass.

"A marriage between you and I would never work, Stephen. Because you're a homosexual."

OH SNAP!

I will never forget that scene...

My bitch ass sister-in-law has Lyme Disease (allegedly), but Lord knows she doesn't need any more excuses for the vile, obnoxious, attention-seeking butt plug she already is.

@TripLetz: me too! but boston was a close 2nd.

PS: If some bitch outed me out on television I'd slap her (and throw her dogbear in the river) too.

And then remember the other guy, David, left because he was in LOOOOVVVEEE with the RW producer? And they had that huge dramatic fight where he was screaming "I LOVE YOU KIRA! I FING LOVE YOU!" Good times.

Wonder if they stayed together?

Wow. Remember when the real world was allowed to have ugly cast members???

I'm surprised no one slapped her before because of her whiny voice.

i also find it disturbing that the age limit for RW is/used to be "18-24"...meaning i'm two years from being completely ineligable. and i used to think they were all SO OLD and mature.
*sigh*

@titania1285: LOVED Boston. When my out of town friends come for a visit, its a must-see, along with John Kerry's house and Cheers. Luckily they're all within a five minute walk from each other! (p.s. I volunteer to give Jezzie tours of Boston. It will involve lots of pub stops. But they'll be historical, so completely acceptable.)

@LagunaBitch: AMAZING scene! When they were in that pick-up?? I'm gonna put money on them NOT being together anymore...

@PinkSoxHat: lol. i went to emerson. i know the area well :)

@LagunaBitch: The worst scene with that guy was when he chewed out his female roommates for allegedly trying to defile his "character" and making him look bad to his military academy. Uh, dude, you already shot yrself in the foot on-camera 50 times.

A friend of mine's law firm is in the pier building where the RW loft was in Seattle. I think they got rid of the rats, but also the hot tub.

@debbieglibson: So much drama! And when I was 15 I thought he was criminally hot, with the one blue eye, one green. Not too shabby...

@PinkSoxHat: Real Cheers, not the fake one? Next time I come to Boston I want your tour!
@ThaKadinskyPapers: I joined Facebook just for the Jezebels and today my sister-in-law friended me. So I can no longer say things like "vile, obnoxious, attention-seeking" in case she finds them. I'll just enjoy your comment.

I'm pretty sure this was the last season I watched, I guess after 13, 14 I was too mature for it, haha. I seriously loathed Irene, though. My 13 year old self knew even back then that Lyme Disease was a total bullshit excuse for her to act all Mr. GrumpyPants. Shut up! You're lucky all you got was a weak slap in the face after you outed someone like that.

*sigh* I just wanna go back to the good ol' days of seasons 1-5...

Nothing screams gay like prostitution and vehicular criminal activity.

@LagunaBitch: The producer chick and I have the same name. I remember watching this and thinking "I wish someone would love me that much and yell that." Cut to 10 years later, and having someone actually do that with me in their car, I realize how pathetic/psychotic that was. I still think David was hot, though.

@LagunaBitch: this was one of the most CLASSIC moments in RW history! "IT'S TEARING ME UP, KIRA!!!!!!!" good times !!

I loved this season. I remember when Irene first started going crazy because the lights were to bright and she would walk around with a hoodie on. Also, they made her a cool birthday cake, but didn't have icing so they used ketchup. Funny stuff, but it would never work on the The Real World they've got going now.

@titania1285: Seriously, I remember watching reruns of San Francisco and thinking they were ancient adults. Funny that we've aged, but the roommates have gotten stupider and more immature.

I remember Boston being one of the uglier seasons. Right? Mostly weird-looking cast?

Didn't David make a big fuckin' deal about working at a fish market?

@LagunaBitch: No, I remember reading that they broke up a few months later because they're relationship didn't work in the "real world". He was HOT and from Boston!!

I'm in for the Jezzie pub crawl. Can we avoid Tequila Rain at all costs?

i know that irene was being a bitch, and outing steven is way harsh, but i also know that if anybody threw my bear into the ocean i would never, ever, ever forgive them.

@Cam/ron: Yes! I remember visiting Seattle a couple years later and half expecting to see him still throwing fish around and screaming "KIRAAA!"

What was the name of the other guy? He was cuter, but seemed to have a bit of a crush on Irene, which was icky.

@athertonmerriweather: Tequila Rain doesn't exist. Not in PinkSoxHat's world. The 21st Amendment, on the other hand, certainly exists. As does Bukowski's and Deep Ellum. And now I've gone and given away all my best places...

@Cam/ron: i think that, in the opening credits, he got to hold the "real world" inscribed fish at the end. probs because he was so insanely hot.

Awhile ago on some dreadful E "Reality Stars: Where are they now?" clip show they showed some footage of Irene doing standup at a bar somewhere in upstate NY (i think); definitely not funny, and she definitely worked at least part of her routine around appearing on the RW and the slap, but you could hear a pin drop in the room...too bad, before she went loco I thought she was really clever and one of the best cast mates from any season.

@PinkSoxHat: Thank you! I'm scared of that place and the creatures that lurk within.

@brendahamLincoln: Was it Nate? I think he and David went to military school together right?

@LagunaBitch: oh girl. I was abso-fucking-lutely convinced that it was impossible for anyone in the world to love David more than I did.
It hurt-ed me how much I loved him!! Srsly, I cried and agonized and made the biggest stinking fuss over that boy. If I had been just a little more unstable and had access to a credit card, things might have gone a lot differently for me that's all I'm sayin'.

Actually it was the first time someone laid a hand on another cast member aggressively on-camera. During the L.A. season, Unfunny Comic David alledgedly beat up Country John off-camera. Gold Digger Tami brings it up during the discussion after the blanket incident when the girls are trying to convince the other guys to kick David out.

Also, Seattle David actually didn't leave, but Kira did get fired for hooking up with a cast member (which also happened to a producer during the original NY season who hooked up with Becky). I'm pretty sure they are no longer together.

My favorite line: "It's tearing me up, Kira. YOU DON'T EVEN KNOOOOOOOOOOW!"

As for the Irene slap, totally not cool, but also not cool outing someone on televison who is struggling with his sexuality. Not her place. But I guess that was part of the crazy.

@athertonmerriweather: @PinkSoxHat: Never mind all that, if I come to Boston - will we find David???

@brendahamLincoln: NATE! He was the military guy from Virginia (I think?) with the girlfriend and stuff.

The Real World completely jumped the shark with the first Las Vegas season. Before then, they were actually interesting (although slightly insane) people. Now it's just skanks and manhos.

My favorite character EVAR though, was Flora from Miami. That bitch got some crazy going on. Wonder whatever happened to her.

@meaverly: The only thing I remember about Boston was Jason, who was SO HOT!!! I can't even remember who the other castmates were. JASON!!!!

Scenes with Puck please..

@ThaKadinskyPapers: I was the same way with Boston Jason. He's lucky they moved out of that house before the show aired, because I would've been out there with his crazy girlfriend writing in chalk on the streets of Boston.

He could have totally played that off like a joke.

And you can tell she was struggling with her decision to say it, which is funny/horrible. She's like, "should I share his most difficult emotional struggle with everyone who watches MTV or be a grown up for a minute?" We see what she chose.

This aired in 1998, not 2000. I can, sadly, remember every RW season by year.

@pinkhearts: We're kindred!

@ThaKadinskyPapers: Yes, dust off your old files and track that man down.

@athertonmerriweather: @AnastasiaaBeaverhausen: Nate! Thank you! He was adorable.

@jbaudanza: I second that. I could go for some peanut butter snot rocket action.

I worked in a comic book store up until a few weeks ago, and every time I saw Judd's name on a book, I'd smile just a wee bit. Thinking about him hooking up with that cute doctor chick made me happy.

@athertonmerriweather: Oh man, he was the hottest cast member. I wonder what happened to him? If the rest of the cast in Boston was unattractive, he totally made up for it. Danny from New Orleans was super hot, too (but not straight).

@brendahamLincoln: His name was Nathan. I can't believe I remember that.

@pinkhearts: danny! cutest rw roommate EVER, plus his relationship with blurry-faced military man was oh-so angst-ridden and topical.

@blondegrlz: oof. You get my sympathy on that one. If your SIL is anything like mine, that means she also tried her damndest to ruin your wedding day, stole the wedding night from you and your man, upstaged your Dad right before his toast and returned the Christmas gifts (unopened) that you sent to her children. Oh, and she would also act as though this is perfectly acceptable behavior and her parents will ignore it rather than deal with her fat, 40 yr old ass.

OMG, ladies, I loved batshit insane Irene!!

@pinkhearts

You mean you don't remember lantern-jawed Montana who cheated on her boyfriend Vaj (WHOOOOORE! WHOOOOOOORE!!!) and got fired from her job at the youth center for giving wine to a little kid?

The Boston season was soooo good. Montana and her stupid boyfriend Vash, Elka the virgin who hooked up with the long-haired guitarist and got an eyebrow piercing, Genesis the lesbian who had inappropriate crushes on drag queens, when Montana got fired from the community center for giving one of the kids a sip of wine... Good times.

I am in my 30's now but if they brought back a RW the way it USED to be, I'd totally watch again.