Sometimes they will show clips that I SWEAR we have never seen before. Sure, they may have happened, but they still didn't air. This week was no exception. I find this process frustrating. It would be like me referring to the time Kevin mooned the roommates. It never happened. Or did it...? Frustrating, right? Ok, I've made my point, moving on...

"Bobby sent me something!" screams Nicole. "Nicole turns into a totally different person when somebody says the word Bobby," says Coral. Well, who is this Bobby you ask? It's the latest object of Nicole's affection. Unless I inadvertently missed it, I never heard how or why she is so into Bobby or even how she met him. I also don't know why, but the fact that his name is Bobby irks me too. Who is named Bobby these days anyway? Bob maybe, Robert I'll take, but Bobby? I just keep picturing the kid on the Brady Bunch.

But back to Nicole's Bobby. It seems the Bobster has sent her a gift, a skirt to be exact. Nicole reveals, "The only thing I don't like about him is that he doesn't like me." Aww, come on now! That's Lori's job! But seriously, one would think he might like her back, buying her gifts and whatnot. Otherwise, that boy is just playing some messed up game.

Nicole is on the phone with Bobby asking him to come visit. He teases he could come next weekend but Nicole warns, "Bobby doesn't always keep his word."

Coral meanwhile has done some soul searching and is talking about her impatient streak. She also admits she knows she comes off as intimidating and really strong, but that she really doesn't want to. "I just wish I could be nice to people and treat them like I want to treat them," says a crying Coral. And yes, I actually wrote that sentence followed by the word "crying." Believe it baby.

Don't think the other members of the house are oblivious to this change in Coral. Oh no. Mike for one is excited about the new and improved Coral, "Like today, she came up and gave me a hug for no reason...that's AWESOME!" Kevin resolves to talk to Coral to try to find out more about her past. He feels that is the best way to understand who she is today.

Bobby's coming! Bobby's coming! Lori and Nicole brainstorm over how to seduce Bobby when he visits. Nicole says he's shy. She thinks she is going to have them both drink and then she'll make a move and blame it on the alcohol. Ahh, the old "I was drunk I didn't know what I was doing trick." An oldie but a goodie. Not.

Next we actually see shots of a dripping faucet and an empty toilet paper roll. At first I thought this was a precursor to some fight that was blown out of proportion, but it seems it really bared no importance to anything. Ok, then. Coral is saying, "We gotta get Nicole some booty. Mission Impossible." If I were Nicole, I don't know how I'd take that. Not that it matters; she wasn't in the room at the time anyhow. Coral quickly follows it up with, "He better give her something, besides attitude." Oh, so she is just watching out for her girl. I suppose that's cool then.

Close up shots of Nicole getting ready. I really wonder how long it actually takes. I would like a time clock on the bottom of the screen but it never happens. Nicole heads off to the airport and is very nervous. I mean she even almost forget her earrings and we all know that Nicole never goes ANYWHERE without her earrings!! On the way, Nicole touches up her make up one last time. For the love of God, will somebody PLEASE take away the compact from that woman! I swear she is gonna use that stuff as a weapon one of these days.

We finally meet Bobby and all I can say is, "Eww!" Bobby says he's staying in a hotel while Nicole insists he's not. Back at the house, Coral confesses to Kevin, "It's hard for me not to think somebody's attacking me or coming after me." Kevin puts on his sympathetic face, which is only alternated occasionally with the sedated smirk. (Each look sold separately.)

Nicole and Bobby are at the house, dressed to the nine's, and popping open a bottle of champagne. Umm, bad rap video anyone? Bobby toasts to things like, "Good health and prosperity," while Nicole simply says, "To US." Bobby politely laughs and says, "Ok." Hmm, not a good sign. "I've tried the non aggressive approach and so I'm trying the aggressive approach to see if that works," says Nicole as she gulps her champagne.

Nicole and Bobby climb into a cab as, "Why Don't We Get Drunk And Screw" plays in the background. Not literally, just in the warped, MTV edited version. Lovely. At a club, Nicole oozes, "It felt so good to touch Bobby. I just want to grab him and eat him up." Ok, I'm calling it...NO MORE DRINKS FOR YOU MISSY!

Obviously by this point Nicole is the drunkest she's ever been and they start walking home. What happened to the cab you say? I have no idea. Nicole pukes- something red- while Bobby looks on, eating a hot dog and grinning. Whatever. Nicole's dress keeps getting shorter and shorter, the poor girl. Finally the cab arrives.

Back at the house, Nicole's a mess and calling for Coral. Bobby plays pool and tells Coral, "She needs some help right now." Umm, ya think? "The whole drunk thing isn't very sexy," interjects Coral as she reapplies Nicole's barely smeared make-up. Yeah, cause scoring still seems like a viable option at this point! Believe it or not, Nicole and Bobby scamper off. Coral says, "Be good!" and then mutters, "Or good at it."

In the drunken segment that never ends, we see Nicole and Bobby sitting somewhere. Obviously they didn't go far because Coral is still around. Nicole gets sick again and by this point, I can't figure out if Sponge Bob is comatose, indifferent or merely drunk too. Coral again comes to the rescue, encouraging Nicole to swish some toothpaste around in her mouth. "He's never going to kiss you if you keep throwing up!" Coral warns. I think it's a little too late for that lecture.

Rachel (welcome back, Rachel!) surmises that Bobby's flying to see Nicole for one night only has to mean something. Perhaps if she has stayed sober we would know what that was, but now we never will. Cut to Bobby seductively applying lotion to Nicole's back but then saying he's "Not ready yet."

In a random and awkward segue, Coral, Mike, Lori and Kevin take a trip to Central Park for a, "fun day in the sun." Coral feels she missed out on being free and spontaneous growing up and is trying to make up for it now. Coral tells a story about why she never learned to swim. It sounds really familiar before I realize, it is familiar, she told this story on the casting special when she freaked out over serial killer in training, Duncan pushed her in the pool. Well, at least we know that story must be true.

Coral had a change of heart where Mike is concerned too. "At a certain point I realized Mike actually became a person instead of a symbol...it's just really, really difficult and consuming to hate someone. Besides, Mike's the perfect guy to have fun with!"

The morning after, Nicole cleans up and they discuss why Bobby didn't get drunk too. Bobby explains, "That's because I drink slow...I do everything slow." And I guess that is the closest we are getting to an answer from Bobby.

Nicole takes Bobby to the airport but is quick to add that she feels her search has ended and that she has found her mate. In other words, she is willing to wait for Bobby. Aww, that's sweet. Good luck with that.

Coral is pissed Nicole didn't get any. She also thinks that Bobby is playing a game because Nicole is insecure and thus, the perfect candidate. Nicole disagrees and she says she respects where Bobby is coming from, "Most of the time we complain about guys being jerks and wanting too much." Well put Nicole. That's why we often wonder about the ones who don't. Are they gay or what? There has to be a catch right? Something tells me it doesn't matter anyhow since I highly doubt any of us will see Bobert ever again.

Janet Branagan is a freelance writer and pop culture lover from New Jersey.

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