I can get the MySpace thing — I remember what it was like to be 14 on MySpace — but to continue to be in contact with someone for eight years and not see them in real time? Why do we care about this detail?
Will it come up in the future?! Of course it will. Regardless, she seems to fall for every excuse this guy gives her. Nevax warns her about what they might find out about Derek. The classic Image Search and Facebook stalking turn out well — Derek seems to be who he says he is.
LeVourne pops up. And a trike. Wait, wait, wait. Who the hell is R. He has also warned Lauren to be guarded with Derek if not for herself then for Mason as well. Nevax shows Lauren their results. Oh God, Nev calls Derek. This may be my favorite episode of Catfish this season. Lauren finally tells her father, Jeff, and stepmother, Melinda, the truth about Derek.
She was living in Texas, while he was living in Maryland. Miles apart, all efforts to meet each other along the eight years of friendship had failed. But they kept talking, and deep down in their hearts, Lauren and Derek started having feelings for each other.
And life went on. Derek kept seeing other people, and so did Lauren. She got pregnant from her boyfriend, and little Mason was welcomed with much joy. She needed to give him a chance before she committed to something as important as a marriage. When we first met Lauren in their Season 2 episode, she was a single mother who had been chatting with a man she met on MySpace named Derek.
But this wasn't just a fling. The two had been talking for eight whole stinking years before meeting face-to-face, or at least talking through video chat. Whenever Lauren wanted to meet up, Derek always came up with an excuse for why he couldn't show up.
While Nev and Max were digging around to see who this guy really is, they found that his phone number was registered to some dude named R. It was like every red flag you could possibly imagine went off that Derek was actually a catfish. And then, he actually was not.
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