LAST WEEK: Everything came crumbling down for Janelle, as Shanae was able to get the entire house against her in one fell swoop. And all it took was for Janelle to announce that her weave costs over $1,000 and everyone in the house was a "broke 'ho."
As with (almost!) every season of "Bad Girls Club," there comes a time for the girls to go on a special trip to someplace other than their man city and mansion, where they'll be encountering new cultures, new ideas, invaluable....no, it'll just be an excuse to drink, fight and hook up in a slightly different but no less party-friendly locale, and that's the theme of this week's episode, as the Bad Girls are heading to Key West!
PLUS, we'll get some old school bad girls in the mix, as Raquel "Rocky" Santiago (season 10) and Zuly Ramos (season 9, now a couple) are paying them a visit.
Outside by the pool, all of the roommates sans Janelle discuss...well, Janelle, and how even after Tiana poured water on her in bed, she didn't try to fight her or anything. Because according to Bad Girl philosophy, you're pretty much required to "pop off" when someone disrespects you. Oh, how the Ambers from season 3 would have suffered with these new sets of rules...
But I digress. Teresa decides to stand by her friends despite having bonded with Janelle. Speaking of Janelle, she calls her friend to recall the latest fiasco to her. Last time we saw her, she was being cornered by the girls as she tried to phone the producers, so I assume we missed the part where they talked her out of leaving.
The editors get cheeky and respond to Janelle's claims of not being malicious by showing a clip reel of all of the s**t she's talked about her roommates.
As Janelle puts it to her friend over the phone, "Who's going to want me to the face of their product if I'm fighting over orange juice?" Well, that's one way of putting it.
Again, the editors are really doing the most this episode, as they add a little montage about an orange juice called "Bougie Juice," featuring a picture of Janelle on the cartoon with oranges for boobs, of course!
So the girls, sans Janelle, again, head off to a stripper dance class, and Teresa is excited to show off her skills and knowledge on the subject. Tiana is hilariously graceless on the pole.
That evening, GiGi hooks up a VIP section at a club (I refuse to name it only because Oxygen is so keen on promoting it), but is intent on keeping Janelle out of it, seeing as though Janelle (indirectly, mind you) called her broke. As the girls get ready to go out, things are awkward for Janelle, as no one is willing to have anything to do with her anymore. Still, she's going to the club, calls them all "bobbleheads" in her talking head, and decides to enjoy herself regardless of what the other girls think.
At the club, GiGi continues to act incredibly rude to Janelle, telling her she can't come into her VIP section. Whatever, girl, VIP is never that great. GiGi acts really snobby about "her" VIP section, and gets unreasonably annoyed at Janelle dancing nearby.
Back at the house, Shanae continues to aggravate me. She really dislikes Janelle, but as I've said in previous recaps, she seems to be doing a lot of projecting onto her, as her dislike is so strong and intense, and she gets so much glee out of putting the girl down and rallying the roommates against her. She's so sanctimonious about it all that I can't really stand her right now, and I just want her to go back to being awesome and stop worrying about Janelle.
Being the mature person that she is, GiGi approaches Janelle once they're back home and Janelle is alone in her room, getting ready for bed. She gets in her face, claps in her face, and it's enough to set anyone off, really.
Aggravated to no end, Janelle gets up and tells GiGi not to slap in her face, and then hits her from behind as she's walking away. Uh-oh.
A fight between them ensues, and Shanae immediately jumps in to try and break them apart. Teresa also jumps in and yanks Janelle by her $1,000 weave. Jaz commends her roomie for fighting for her girls in her talking head.
Janelle then makes another mistake by announcing that she got jumped, which she didn't, to be fair. Shanae starts screaming at her, flipping out at how she punched GiGi, who was walking away.
Downstairs, Teresa punches Janelle's video screen picture until it's more or less destroyed, while Janelle calmly goes into the confessional.
It's pretty funny, because as the girls are meanwhile flipping out, Janelle is in the confessional talking about how pretty and amazing she is, and how she refuses to remain in the house with such jealous, evil people. She holds up a pair of earrings and deliciously muses, "I wonder whose earrings these are..." before snapping them in half and going, "Oops," and the other girls continue to freak out and overreact among themselves and it's amazing.
Security has to hold the girls back from breaking into the confessional, and Janelle, hearing this, makes this amazingly subtle half-smiling face at the camera.
Outside, Jaz listens to Teresa talk about how in the morning, she's going home, because when she's in attack mode, apparently nothing can stop her.
It's so funny, because even as the girls cool off and go to bed, Janelle is still in the confessional, preaching to her audience for hours about how she tried to turn the other cheek, and she says she's the star of the show, and I just love her so.
The producers take Janelle to a hotel for the night so she feels safe. She predicts people will see her as a kind of Wonder Woman.
The next morning, we get a shot of the utterly destroyed video screen that Teresa broke, and see that she's been called downstairs to speak to the BGC producers about her behavior. But it's not the video screen they're concerned about, of course, it's how last night, she almost kicked Janelle in the face, so she's going home.
GiGi feels a bit guilty since it was her fight, and the roommates are all mostly sad to see her leave...except Janelle, who will likely be happy, and surprisingly Shanae, who is excited to take advantage of the opportunity to move into Jaz's room, away from Janelle. It rubs Jaz the wrong way because of how she just invited herself up there. Steph calls the now-empty bed a jinx.
Janelle comes home and resumes being flawless.
The girls decide not to be sad and head out to have fun at a club, and things are about to get even more amazing, because here come Rocky and Zuly!
Janelle is super excited to see Rocky, as she thinks the two have a lot in common, and they start to chit-chat in the club. Janelle tells Rocky about what happened with GiGi. Tiana gets miffed and tells Rocky more or less to mind her business...pretty much instructing her not to be nice to Janelle.
All GIFs courtesy of the Bad Girls Club Official Tumblr
In the limo, Tiana starts to antagonize Janelle for apparently looking at her some type of way, and Janelle tries to be rational, asking her to take her word that she's not doing that. She correctly guesses that Tiana is mad at her for bonding with Rocky, who (yay!) is coming to the house with Zuly!
Rocky points out the broken screen and calls it the cutest picture. Haha.
After taking shots with the girls, sans a lonely Janelle, Rocky and Zuly go upstairs to her room and offer words of encouragement. Shanae and GiGi spy on them, of course, with smirks on their faces. GiGi pops in to tell Rocky that Janelle is fake, and Janelle resolves to stick it out, using Rocky as inspiration. Man, if anyone knows about taking tons of s**t in the house, it's Rocky.
The next morning, a pair of curious drag queens arrive the house to tell the girls they're headed to Key West for a drag competition!
The girls pack and head out, and since these kinds of contests and competitions on the show never interested me much, as they've always felt like nonsensical filler, I won't get into TOO much detail. However, first the girls arrive at their colorful Key West digs, and they're pretty excited and eager to pick rooms. Surprisingly, they seem to be getting along fairly well with Janelle.
The next day, the girls head to a local club to meet Kyle, their drag coach for the competition. He decides to pair them in competing teams of two, and the winner will receive $250. However, the girls can't pick their own teams...they have to randomly select their partner from a grab bag with matching keys. Steph gets paired with Janelle and isn't too happy about it, but decides to make the best of it.
Kyle shows them some drag make-up and gives them some money to buy drag outfits. At the store, Janelle complains about her weak ankles, and Steph is bummed. The girls go out to eat, and again Janelle is complaining, only this time it's about the food she's refusing to eat. But later that night, as she and Janelle prepare for their performance, Steph notes that Janelle is doing well, even if they're not friends.
Ultimately, Steph and Janelle win the drag contest and the money!
Even though the girls put the drama aside for the weekend, GiGi decides that once they get back to the house, she's going to prompt Janelle to fight her.
But OH MY GOD, plot twist! A new, leggy blonde is coming to the house in a hot pink dress, and even though she's greeted by an empty home, she's ready to drink the second she walks in the door.
Once they arrive home, the girls race to see her new picture, and I'm so very sad to say that's where our episode ends this week. But I'm excited, because apparently the new girl tries to start drama right away! Can't wait for someone to finally break up the alliances...it should be interesting.
NEXT WEEK: The roommates are rather put off by the new girl, who seems wonderfully weird (it doesn't help that Oxygen is refusing to reveal her face yet), and she decides to team up with Janelle! YES! She also puts hot sauce in the girls' juices, and this is seriously so great that I can't wait for next week. I'll be back next week to watch so you don't have to, and as always, I'll tell you all about it!
