rewind, recap, regurgitate: wes and casey are wearing me out

Will the Johanna and Wes drama never end on "The Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat"? I thought for a second that this episode might be about something other than how Wes is totally evil to people in general, and women especially. I believed this when the episode began, okay, with Johanna doing the confessional thing but then there's what appears to be a costume party involving all the castmates. And when I say "costume party", I mean "drinking in underpants or cleavage revealing garments". Seriously -- Eric was showing some major ass crack in his hillbilly costume.

Whilst Tonya unravels, much to partner Johnnie's chagrin, Johanna insists to Evan that she will hold out. Evan tells her to suck it up and talk to Wes first, if she really cares. But has he not been paying attention to the abuse Wes has been hurling? What kind of girl would Johanna be to withstand it?

Whoever that girl is, she's gotta be some sort of masochist. Johanna reconciles with Wes, who doesn't even have the decency to get out of his bunk bed when she appears, in tears, to talk. Does she yank his ass out of bed? No, she crawls right in. It's pretty clear to me who wears the pants in the relationship, and his name rhymes with "Les".

Morning finds Wes and Johanna packing their bags, joking like they are a healthy couple. By this point, I've stopped paying attention. I'm going to wait for another person or couple to enter the picture. Fortunately, the "Rolled Oats" challenge comes up -- each team races to carry as many rolled oats in their bathing suits and deposit them in a container, with the heaviest container winning -- and we see that there are in fact other couples on the show. In fact, the Tonya/Johnnie tension tease from earlier in the episode is given a push when we see them totally choke on the challenge. And is it even worth mentioning that Coral and Evan won again?

I thought not.

Naturally, the castmates vote Jesse and Johanna in, though Tonya and Johnnie totally came in last. And I'm hoping that Jesse and Casey dump their respective partners and team up with each other for Exile, but alas, no. On the way to the start of the course, Wes and Johanna totally make out while blindfolded. It was gross.

Jesse and Johanna were about 40 yards away from winning when they realized that neither of them had grabbed the flags. So while Jesse goes back, Wes and Casey tromp past. Naturally, they're in the middle of a gigantic fight with Wes hurling abuse at Casey who lamely tries to deflect. Who does she think she is, Johanna? Johanna, watching this going on, doesn't stick up for Casey. As a fellow girl, I think she should have stepped in, if not at the beginning of his ranting then at least when he screamed at Casey and called her "a fucking bitch". Isn't this the kind of language and behavior that usually gets a "Real World" or "Road Rules" castmember booted off the show?

After she loses, Johanna tells Wes that he should care, and that he shouldn't talk to Casey that way. Wes, being a total dick, says he may or may not try. Johanna, accepting this, leaves without much protest.

Casey decides to grow a pair and yells at Wes but good before they head back to the house. I find this development promising. Is this the start of Bad Casey? Will she and Wes switch roles? Will she cut her hair into a mohawk?

Oh I hope so.

Next week: bad stuff between Tonya and Johnnie. But then, when has stuff with Tonya ever been good?