Playoffs Serial:
Just the Worst
written & directed by Laura Wiley
I just...hate drama.
Ep. 1 assistant directed by Jon Tosetti
Ep. 5 directed by Tim Kopacz
6 Episodes
Original Run: 6 eps, 10/27/18 - 12/1/18
Playoffs Run: 1 ep, 4/13/19
Summary: We meet a group of strangers in the "Real World" house. Becca and the very gay Michael are disdainful of sorority girl Tiffani and Jersey boy Anthony. Tiffani and Anthony flirt; Anthony is obsessed with going to the gym, and checks out other guys - he says it's to see what he needs to work on, but he's clearly deeply closeted. He claims not to be happy to have to live with Michael, and sings a musical number, "No Homo, Bro," to explain how he keeps his same-sex attractions heterosexual... in his mind, at least.
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Photos by Jessie Bias
Summary: We meet the rest of the housemates - the very Christian Caroline, the handsome musician Dustin, and the happily dorky Steve. Nobody's paying any attention to Steve except to tell him to shut up; she and Tiffani are competing heavily for Dustin's attention while passive-aggressively insulting each other while hoping Dustin doesn't notice (musical number: "Passive Aggressive"). When they leave, Steve remarks how nice everybody is here... and he takes out a knife and creepily brandishes it.
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Photos by Jessie Bias
Summary: It's a night of ill-advised hookups as a drunk Tiffani jumps Anthony - who needs help finding her vagina, never mind the clitoris - and Becca, who's had too much whiskey, sleeps with Steve. The next morning, Anthony sings unconvincingly about how much he likes "Vagina Stuff." Both Tiffani and Becca sing about how drunk they were and how much they regret and are in denial about the previous night ("I Didn't Fuck Anyone, Did You?"). Becca tells Steve to forget it ever happened - and then kisses him again. As she does, she finds his knife - and says that if he's going to kill someone, he should kill Anthony first...
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Photos by Jessie Bias
Summary: Caroline tells the confessional camera that she slept with Dustin, but thinks god will forgive her this one sin since she's convinced they're going to start dating and eventually get married. She's horrified when it turns out that Dustin has no intention of dating her at all. Everyone in the house - including new gay housemate Brandon, who is dancing with Michael - gets raging drunk at a party. Enemies Becca and Tiffani start making out... as do Anthony and Michael. Suddenly, Dustin slumps into the room - dead.
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Photos by David Rodriguez
Summary: The show's producer tells the housemates that not only will they be questioned about Dustin's death (and none of them actually realized he was dead), but that they'll soon be getting a new housemate, per the show's rules. Also, Caroline and Becca have both disappeared. Everyone but Steve leaves... and we learn that his dimbulb persona is just an act; the producer had hired him to kill Anthony. So why is Dustin the one who ended up dead... ?
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Photos by Jax Ball
Summary: New roommate Shawna joins the housemates to replace the late Dustin; she's a black woman, and experienes clueless, casual racism from everyone.
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Photos by Jax Ball
Cast
| Tim Kopacz | Anthony (Eps. 1 & 3-6) |
| Tiffany Asta | Tiffani (Eps. 1-6) |
| Gino Marconi | Michael (Eps. 1 & 4-6) |
| Jessica J'aime | Becca (Eps. 1 & 3-4) |
| Kim Dalton | Caroline (Eps. 2, 4 & 6) |
| Juan Lozano | Dustin (Eps. 2 & 4) |
| Jon Tosetti | Steve (Eps. 2-6) |
| Amir Levi | Brandon (Ep. 4) |
| Cj Merriman | Producer (Eps. 5-6) |
| Katherine Washington | Shawna (Ep. 6) |
