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And is it really possible to snort everything in sight during college (except you, Harper) and still maintain the grades needed to land these high-profile, high-paying jobs?

Oh I did, but it still didn't quite gel for me. But then honestly I wasn't really all that invested in his and Harper's story to begin with.

I'm still trying to figure DVD out too, but this I appreciated, because it was my first indicator of who he is other than a corporate mouthpiece. I don't think it was just the sweeping it under the carpet that was upsetting, though — Adler was DISGUSTING in his assertion that the issue of something as horrific and sensitive as possible systemic sexual harrassment in his company was beneath him and not worth his time and how dare you, and the fact that DVD retreated to the bathroom with the urge to vomit was something I could absolutely sympathize with. I do wonder if I was always extremely naive to think that any company out there might genuinely care about its employees, though. Having done the corporate thing for many years, I've never had a DVD/Adler-type moment but there's been plenty that have come pretty close.

Me either. It's more likely that they'd just deliberately run themselves into a plate glass wall over and over again until they bleed. Is it really so common these days for that many young hires to not only do that much drugs but also just snort whatever any stranger offers them without worrying one iota about whether it might, oh, I don't know, seriously harm or even kill them?

While I thought their final scene was well done, the brother seemed to be — whether justified or not — behaving like someone who had been convinced (brainwashed?) by others that his family was 100% toxic, and that he should have nothing to do with them ("I need to get back to my life," the phone call, etc.). And I was surprised that I really didn't care all that much. I'm not sure that any of it gave me any sort of additional insight into Harper or made any connections with the rest of the story.

I guffawed when Eric referred to Rishi as Kendall Roy. Spot on.

(raises hand) Which makes it even harder for me to totally buy how she not only seems to know how to play the game so well while only having been in the trenches for such a short time, but also how everyone with much more experience gets so taken in by her.

I wish I had a deep real-world understanding of the finance-speak on this show, so I could get more of a sense of whether 1) Harper is as smart about the business as she (or Eric, or Jesse) thinks she is; 2) if she IS that smart, WHY she is that smart (esp. given her apparent lack of higher education). At the least, she needs lessons in improving her fake smiles, because I'd think clients/potential clients could spot them a mile away...

I'm a bit late to the party but catching up with eps fast... I'm glad someone else is confused by Yasmin's timidness for most of season one...unless she really was just that insulated as a rich girl growing up and never experienced misogyny or being surrounded by (crude) white men running the show? I guess it's possible. Re: the new girl, it's very convenient for her that she gets post-pandemic Wyndham and 12-step Kenny to deal with. I highly doubt she'd be demanding (or getting) the same level of respect if she'd started the same year as Yasmin.

The clip from RW where Dominic said to Tami all those years ago to please not bring someone else into the situation says it all. She's not a high school girl who needs her boyfriend to come beat someone up who is disrespecting her. That was just RIDICULOUS. I feel bad for the other castmates having to be subjected to all that unpleasantness.

I thought about this same thing. Before the NY Homecoming show revealed that Eric wasn't there, I was thinking how great it would be if they could send all of them somewhere fun to make up for the Jamaica trip that the boys didn't get to enjoy back then. Oh well. At least Heather brought an entire bar along with her. :-)

I have my VHS tapes too, LOL! But have no fear... it's on YT :) Just look up "Real World Reunion 1996 MTV with commercials" Re: Beth, she said "You know what, Tami? You should know that you should never believe anything that you see in print." With a smile on her face, too. ETA: See the attached proof of said VHS :-) #oldschool

I just posted above about the reunion special they did in '96 on MTV; in it, Tami confronts Beth about remarks in the press that Beth supposedly made insisting that Tami married her husband for money. 😆 Which Beth, of course, denies, but not very convincingly.

I know, I know. But still. I just hate seeing my favorites miss out. Especially on top of BeckyGate. I hope they all eventually were/will be able to reunite with Eric. So here's something interesting: all this nostalgia made me go hunting for the recording of the reunion they did in 1996 on MTV with the first 4 casts. In that special, Tami and David saw each other for the first time since living together, and they talked and made amends. They made up! By the end of it, Tami was even standing with her arm around him. And while I remembered a lot about that special, I'd completely forgotten all about that part. So I wonder now, why was it treated on Homecoming as if their making up never even happened? (I get that back then, Tami still hadn't disclosed her body dysmorphia, but still.) And the other cast members were there as well (except for Dom and Aaron, of course), so they knew what took place and they also had the opportunity to speak with David and spend time with him. Did that reconciliation somehow go POOF by the time Homecoming came around?

Yes yes! This, 100%. I think that's why people don't trust her (it's probably only been a couple of people, but why does it feel like dozens have stated "I don't trust Beth?" LOL). Even if they think she's being genuine, there's just something about it that rings the alarm bells in the back of your head to give you pause.