by Matt Anaya

 

Things got a little crazy this week on The Real World: DC, as Ashely and Erika fought nearly the entire hour. The two of them argued about silly things and caused more harm than good to each other.

 

It all started with the girls sitting down and talking about how Erika has battled depression a lot during her life. Ashley connected with her because she too has battled depression, but things got weird when Ashley became jealous of Erika's support group.

 

Ashley did not have a family to lean on when she battled her depression but Erika did and she strangely became very angry and called Erika a spoiled brat. Ashley left the room but the two of them later talked and opened up to each other. After they sat down and let each other know how they felt they became closer ... for about five minutes.

 

The two continue to fight about how Ashley is jealous of Erika's support system and neither seemed to care about either's depression any longer. The argument spirals out of control the rest of the night while the group is at dinner and into the next day before they go laser tagging.

 

After a few days of bickering, the girls' anger boils over into another screaming match in front of the group. After a 15-minute fight, the girls cool off and once again talk it over but nothing is accomplished.

 

Ashley apologizes to Erika for constantly snapping at her and says she gets frustrated and says mean things when she fights. It is admirable Ashley admitted to her faults and she is very sincere and starts to cry. Erika quietly takes offense to Ashley crying because she thinks she should be the one crying after getting picked on by Ashley the entire season.

 

It got very selfish towards the end and what started with them being mature and trying to talk about their problems, quickly became more about themselves and about not caring for each other.

 

Later in the episode, Erika pulls a Snooki and threatens to leave but it talked into staying.

 

Also in the episode, Mike continues to struggle with his sexuality, as his new buddy Eric is 100% gay and is frustrated with Mike who is non-committal to his sexual preference. It is an interesting topic and Mike is clearly having problems in his life being honest with himself because his family does not know he is gay or bi or whatever he is yet.

 

Next week should be interesting as Mike comes out to his family, making for some great reality TV.

 

 

The Real World: DC airs Wednesdays at 10/9c on MTV.

 

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