Okay, this episode begins with Coral clowning Mike. Okay, the world did NOT take this the way it really was. It WAS funny. Coral was being very playful. Sure, at the time, she and Mike were not the best of friends, so I'm sure there was that sting of enjoyment in teasing him, but it was NOT meant to torment him. We were all like that with each other. It seems as though the audience took this as Coral being a bitch, and that's so annoying because she really wasn't.

This is an issue that sort of bothered me this whole season, this Mike-is-a-victim thing that the storyboard people conjured up out of thin air. Now, let me preface this with how I feel about Mike now. I love him. Mike is a fantastic individual who has a heart of gold. All he wants in life is to have a good time and have everyone around him just as happy as he is. He's a team player. He is kind and fun. He deserves everything good that comes to him. I believe this whole-heartedly, and I'm the first to defend him to anyone who doesn't know him and assumes the worst; HOWEVER, there is a side to him that I'm not crazy about, and I don't feel bad about not thinking he's perfect. Mike can be annoying. (well, we all can be annoying.) What I mean is that his energy level is 5000% all the time. This is great when you're in the mood to be energetic. I like to sit around and be calm just enough that Mike's energy can be unnerving. He's always trying to make you laugh, which is sweet and admirable, but have you ever had someone try to make you laugh all the time when you're not in the mood to laugh? Yeah, well this helps to explain our relationship with Mike a bit. Also, the victim theme is that Mike is lonely and isolated in that house. I think that is genuine, and I do feel badly he felt that way, but I was bothered by this plotline because we all felt that way. Malik wasn't D.J.ing as much as he loves, I wasn't singing. Rachel, Coral, Nicole - they were all out of their element. Everyone was. I think we all felt that lonely, it wasn't just Mike.

Sometimes his trying to make you laugh can be offensive. Well, it was at the time. I don't get offended by him anymore, but at the time of the show, I admit that I was frustrated and embarrassed sometimes. For example, one time in the subway, a homeless man started making fun of us and giving us shit because we were a bunch of red-cheeked children in our warm and vibrant sweaters being followed by a camera crew. Mike started to defend us to the man. We were telling Mike to shut up and let it go, but he wouldn't. His intentions were good; he didn't understand why this man was so angry, but Mike didn't realize that each person has a history, some histories much harder and sadder than others. He couldn't except that this man was angry, and Mike didn't believe that it was fair to be clowned by this guy. Life isn't fair, so let it go. Mike tries to make anyone sitting beside him his friend, even on the subway. Some people like it and talk to him, others are quiet and weirded out in hopes that Mike will leave them alone, but he doesn't. Are you getting a feel for what I'm talking about with Mike?

Anyway, I applaud the storyboard for the cut of Mike saying he won't let Coral change him and then he's sitting at the salon getting a haircut. Brilliant and hysterical.

Nicole and Malik in a romance? Um…this is TOTAL bullshit. This is where editing comes into play. "Nicole and I are really attracted to one another," Malik says. Are you listening to the cut in sound? That shit was all chopped up.

Nicole and Rene? Whatever. That was one day, and we never talked about it after that day. No one, especially Nicole, can believe that made TV.

Okay, now this scene with all of us in the kitchen, the Black History Month scene, people got all upset watching this, again calling Coral a bitch. Are you kidding? This scene had me cracking up. I was cracking up when I was there in that kitchen, and I was cracking up when I watched it on TV. Here's something that edited out a bit: WE WERE ALL LAUGHING. It was funny. She wasn't being mean at all. I was sitting right beside her in tears because I was laughing so hard. Another fucking Mike-as-victim scene in the eyes of editors, well, NOT IN THE EYES OF THE ROOMMATES. Well, again, Coral doesn't really like Mike much at this point, so I guess Mike can't see it as playful like we can. That's all I have to say about this episode.