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Real World - Road Rules Challenge

Ep.	Title	Air/Pub'l	Grade	Author
Mondo Extra	Master of Reality The Jonathan Murray Interview - Reality TV's godfather and the executive producer of The Real World, Bad Girls Club, and Keeping Up with the Kardashians, gets real about casting the perfect Puck, working with tabloid celebs and what viewers actually want to see.	2008.04.29	N/A	Daniel Manu
15-9 Weecap	The Finale The Finale - Eric proves too unwieldy to drag around for a few miles in the Final Challenge, especially while in a coma from heat stroke, so he goes to the hospital and even though the Vets finish first, they don't win, because of some stupid teamwork requirement.	2008.03.19 2008.03.20	B+	Drunken Bee
15-8 Weecap	Cold-Blooded Cold-Blooded - The Vets implode, and CT punches a cactus.	2008.03.12 2008.03.13	B-	Drunken Bee
15-7 Weecap	Don't Make Me a Target Don't Make Me a Target - Coral screws her team masterfully, and the Rookies keep losing.	2008.03.05 2008.03.06	B+	Drunken Bee
15-6 Weecap	All Alone All Alone - The Rookies continue their losing streak despite the producers' blatant attempt to hand them at least one challenge. Nice try, Bunim-Murray!	2008.02.27 2008.02.28	B	LuluBates
15-5 Weecap	Match-Up Of The Century Match-Up Of The Century - Coral wins! Ryan wins! All is well.	2008.02.20 2008.02.20	B+	Joe R
15-4 Weecap	It's Not Fair It's Not Fair - New father MJ tags in while the Key Westies keep dropping like flies.	2008.02.13 2008.02.14	B-	Drunken Bee
15-3 Weecap	Less Is More Less Is More - The Rookies manage to lose enough players that they're able to win a "Who has the fewest players?" contest. The epic romances of Ev and Brooke and Johnny and Casey are dashed.	2008.02.06 2008.02.07	B-	Joe R
15-2 Weecap	Gauntlet III Episode 2 Gauntlet III Episode 2 - Tyler and Angel go home as the Rookies continue to flail.	2008.01.30 2008.01.30	B-	Sars
15-1 Weecap	Once More, With Lack Of Feeling Once More, With Lack Of Feeling - CT's back, and he's numb from the booze. Coral's back, and she's not backing down. Danny and Melinda are back, and their relationship is as compelling as ever. And Alex is...not going to be a problem.	2008.01.23 2008.01.23	B+	Joe R
14-16 Extra	Blazed and Confused: Top 10 Moments of Inferno 3 Blazed and Confused: Top 10 Moments of Inferno 3 - Ace is Cara's butt boy, Alton and Janelle got it on, and other revelations from the season past.	2007.07.10 2007.07.10	B+	Sars
14-15 Weecap	The Big Five The Big Five - The Bad Asses take it to the house in what might be the most uneventful final challenge ever.	2007.07.03 2007.07.03	C+	Joe R
14-14 Weecap	Team Girl Squad Team Girl Squad - Everybody hates Susie. The only person who doesn't understand why? Susie. Also, Aneesa goes home.	2007.06.26 2007.06.26	B-	Sars
14-13 Weecap	Hook Me Hook Me - Derrick and Abram go feral. Joe R goes fetal.	2007.06.19 2007.06.19	B-	Joe R
14-12 Weecap	High Voltage High Voltage - Cara and Janelle get shocked; then everyone else gets shocked by an Inferno twist.	2007.06.12 2007.06.12	B	Sars
14-11 Weecap	Match Point Match Point - Is there anything dumber than a box of hammers but also cuter than a box of kittens? We submit to you: Ace and Johnny, having an argument.	2007.06.05 2007.06.05	B	Joe R
14-10 Weecap	Workin' On The Railroad Workin' On The Railroad - Aneesa's knee gets its SAG card, and everyone does a lot of pumping.	2007.05.29 2007.05.29	B	Sars
14-9 Weecap	Pane In The Glass Pane In The Glass - Timmy Retires With Dignity. And you thought you rolled your eyes at Falwell's eulogies.	2007.05.22 2007.05.22	B-	Joe R
14-8 Weecap	Bouncing Back Bouncing Back - Everyone hates 1) Tonya and 2) Aneesa's knee.	2007.05.15 2007.05.15	B	Sars
14-7 Weecap	Walk This Way Walk This Way - Colie sucks; Colie sucks again; Colie goes home.	2007.05.16 2007.05.15	B-	Sars
14-6 Weecap	Sour Grapes Sour Grapes - Tonya's off her meds. And it's making her awesome!	2007.05.08 2007.05.10	B+	Joe R
14-5 Weecap	Off The Wall Off The Wall - Or, "Like Henna For Assholes." Nice "tattoo," Danny.	2007.05.08 2007.05.08	B+	Joe R
14-4 Weecap	Kicking Ace Kicking Ace - Ace sucks, then redeems himself. Danny sucks, eats like a pig, gets mad, and sucks.	2007.04.31 2007.05.01	C+	Sars
14-3 Weecap	Playing The Game Playing The Game - Susie hatches a plan. And she won't shut up about it.	2007.04.24 2007.04.24	B-	Joe R
14-2 Weecap	The Good Guys Strike Back! The Good Guys Strike Back! - And the Bad Asses have 'roid rage. Danny, Ev, seriously: inside voices.	2007.04.17 2007.04.17	B-	Sars
14-1 Weecap	Welcome to Africa Welcome to Africa - CT punches Davis in the face. Bye-bye, CT!	2007.04.10 2007.04.16	A	Joe R
5-16 Extra	Inside the Inner Circle Inside the Inner Circle - The final six teams reunite to reminisce and answer some non-softball questions.	2002.05.27 2002.06.04	B	Kim
5-15 Recap	Grand Finale Grand Finale - In the final challenge, the two teams have to compete in a multi-part relay-type race.	2002.05.20 2002.05.23	B+	Kim
5-14 Recap	Soap Opera Soap Opera - The teams wrestle in a soapsuds-filled ring while bound together. A recipe for hilarity? Not quite.	2002.05.13 2002.05.17	C	Kim
5-13 Recap	Blockheads Blockheads - Emily and Timmy finally win a competition, and money-sharing plans are discussed.	2002.05.06 2002.05.08	B	Kim
5-12 Recap	Reality Game Show Reality Game Show - The contestants are asked questions to find out how much they know about their partners. Turns out Mike and Coral, who have known each other the shortest length of time, know the most.	2002.04.29 2002.05.02	A	Kim
5-11 Recap	He's the Miz and He Lives in Oz He's the Miz and He Lives in Oz - Mike loses another competition and then gets drunk and gets a little crazy.	2002.04.22 2002.04.26	B	Kim
5-10 Recap	Daddy Needs a Car Daddy Needs a Car - Sean and Elka get the star treatment during a competition that involves driving cars around.	2002.04.15 2002.04.16	B-	Kim
5-9 Recap	Round 'Em Up Round 'Em Up - The contestants have to round up cattle on horseback. More importantly, Chadwick sends Emily and Timmy mean emails.	2002.04.08 2002.04.08	C+	Kim
5-8 Recap	Ladder of Success Ladder of Success - The final individual competition takes place, and two final teams are eliminated.	2002.1.001 2002.04.01	B-	Kim
5-7 Recap	Upper-Body Strength Upper-Body Strength - Tara is worried that she'll screw up her team's chances for winning the big money, due to her scrawny biceps. And we get to hear about it over and over and over.	2002.03.18 2002.03.18	B	Kim
5-6 Recap	Anticlimax Anticlimax - Eight people get voted off, including Stephen, Flora, and Belounatic. Now where will the drama come from?	2002.03.04 2002.03.07	B+	Kim
5-5 Recap	Crushed Nuts Crushed Nuts - This week's competition features Stephen crushing his nuts while climbing a rope. Do you really need to know any more than that?	2002.02.25 2002.02.25	B+	Kim
5-4 Recap	Timmy Grows a Pair Timmy Grows a Pair - The RR team finally gets the opportunity to get rid of one of the Wicks, and it all hinges on Timmy's vote.	2002.02.18 2002.02.19	A	Kim
5-3 Recap	Getting Better All the Time Getting Better All the Time - Piggy and the Wicks catch Emily misrepresenting the truth. Stephen's weird behavior intensifies.	2002.02.11 2002.02.13	A	Kim
5-2 Recap	Rock You Like A... Rock You Like A... - A hurricane hits Cabo San Lucas, and the Challenges are cancelled for the day. The contestants are all stuck inside, and things start to get a little crazy.	2002.02.04 2002.02.07	B+	Kim
5-1 Recap	World's First Reality-Show Mobile World's First Reality-Show Mobile - Thirty-two B/M veterans return to compete for $300,000 and, more importantly, to stab one another in the back.	2002.01.31 2002.02.02	A	Kim
4-18 Extra	Cease Fire Cease Fire - Now that the season is over, the Real World and Road Rules teams come back to reminisce and answer some questions.	2001.05.30 2001.05.29	N/A	Kim
4-17 Recap	Race To The Finish Race To The Finish - It's the final challenge. Will James lose and then cry about it? Will Kameelah mention the sponsors as much as possible? Will it be extreme? Yes, yes, and no.	2001.05.15 2001.05.15	C	Kim
4-16 Recap	True To Himself True To Himself - In probably the worst mission ever conceived, the team members go before Judge Mills Lane. Even the Road Rules team is too embarrassed to do it.	2001.05.08 2001.05.08	C-	Kim
4-15 Recap	Downward Spiral Downward Spiral - The teams participate in the Gross Out Games. Wait, I thought that was last week?	2001.04.31 2001.05.01	C	Kim
4-14 Recap	Good Intentions Good Intentions - The Road Rules team intends to win this week. Julie intends to whine as much as possible about a Famous Couples Fetish Fashion Show. Kim intends to tell Julie to shut the hell up. Which two out of these three things will actually happen?	2001.04.24 2001.04.28	C	Kim
4-13 Recap	Grudge Match Grudge Match - Julie and Emily finally get to go head to head in a mission, and Julie cheats. As if you expected anything else.	2001.04.17 2001.04.18	B	Kim
4-12 Recap	Tough Love Tough Love - Susie claims to be doing it for the money, but then she realizes that her feelings run deep. It's kind of like Pretty Woman but with more mud.	2001.04.03 2001.04.08	B	Kim
4-11 Recap	Scariest Mission of All Time! Scariest Mission of All Time! - Despite the apparent hyperbole of the title, this mission actually is scary. Of course, count on Bunim-Murray to make it way more dramatic than it needs to be.	2001.03.27 2001.03.28	A-	Kim
4-10 Recap	Leader of the Pack Leader of the Pack - Dan pisses his team off during a cheerleading mission. Emily overcomes great barriers to do a stunt, or so they make it out.	2001.03.20 2001.03.20	B	Kim
4-9 Recap	Yes, Sir...I Mean, Yes, Ma'am! Yes, Sir...I Mean, Yes, Ma'am! - On a submarine mission, James refuses to respect Emily's authori-tay. Plus, lots and lots of water.	2001.03.13 2001.03.17	N/A	Kim
4-8 Recap	Love and Foosball Love and Foosball - James and Rebecca. Are they in trouble? Will James pick Dan over Rebecca? Will James ever stop blowing?	2001.03.06 2001.03.06	C	Kim
4-7 Recap	Wrestling With the Past Wrestling With the Past - Julie quickly becomes even more annoying than Annoying Amaya. You didn't think it was possible. Oh, but it is.	2001.02.27 2001.02.27	B	Kim
4-6 Recap	Ayanna's Departure Ayanna's Departure - Christian says something offensive. Ayanna gets medieval on his ass. Ayanna leaves the show.	2001.02.13 2001.02.14	B-	Kim
4-5 Recap	Keep Rollin', Rollin', Rollin' Rollerball Redemption - The teams compete in rollerblading competitions while paying a visit to the set of Rollerball. John McTiernan looks sad to see that he started out with Die Hard and ended up on this show.	2001.02.06 2001.02.06	B-	Kim
4-4 Recap	The Laugh Factory No Laughing Matter - The teams compete in a comedy competition, and the results are just sad. James is still a poor sport.	2001.01.30 2001.01.30	B+	Kim
4-3 Recap	Lobster Boys and Girls Budding Romance - The teams compete in the Fishermen's Games in Maine by eating lobster, running on lobster traps, and sliding on greased poles. I'm not too sure what that last part has to do with fishermen.	2001.01.23 2001.01.24	B	Kim
4-2 Recap	Stormin' Mormon Blimp Water-Skiing - Julie manages to get kicked out of BYU and be named the MVP, all in one week. And there's water skiing. Behind a blimp.	2001.01.16 2001.01.16	B-	Kim
4-1 Recap	Balls To the Extreme - The inaugural episode of the new Challenge features a lot of balls. Deflated balls. Water-soaked balls. All kinds of balls.	2001.01.09 2001.01.09	C+	Kim
3-12 Extra	Sixteenth Minute The Real World/Road Rules: The Afterlife - A smattering of folks from The Real World and Road Rules give you an update on their "lives" since their seasons aired.	2001.01.02 2001.01.04	B-	Kim
3-11 Recap	End Game End Game - Heather listens to the clue, which says, "You made it this far, but for your final mission, you need to hit the bullseye in order to get the prize. Geronimo, baby!" Let's see, they're at an airport, and she said "Geronimo." What could it be?	2000.04.07 2000.04.06	N/A	Kim
3-10 Recap	One Flew Over The Piggy's Nest One Flew Over The Piggy's Nest - Over on the Real World bus, Annoying has gotten the latest clue. She keeps babbling about "the blank envelope" and should she open it, and does anyone want her to see what's in the envelope until Heather yells, "Amaya, come the hell on!" and everyone laughs. The clue tells them to "meet Dr. Bob at Nova Southeastern University" in one hour.	2000.04.03 2000.04.02	N/A	Kim
3-9 Recap	I'm A Los-er, Baby, So Why Don't You Kill Me I'm A Los-er, Baby, So Why Don't You Kill Me - Veronica reads the materials aloud to the group, and reveals that they will be participating in a homemade bikini contest at the Hog's Breath Saloon in Key West, Florida.	2000.03.17 2000.03.16	N/A	Kim
3-8 Recap	Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers - David tells us that we have "six kids that are losing dough" and they want to "exact some unconscious [sic] revenge on the other team by playing a sick joke on them." So are they going to knock the other team unconscious? Or are they going to plan the joke while unconscious themselves?	2000.03.13 2000.03.12	N/A	Kim
3-7 Recap	Swamp Rats Swamp Rats - The two teams arrive at a park for a "swamp buggy mission." Yes tells us it's going to be "wet, dirty and ugly," and that he's ready to race. Remember when I said that everything Yes says sounds like sex? Still applies here.	2000.03.02 2000.03.01	N/A	Kim
3-6 Recap	Mud Mask Mud Mask - The two buses pull up and Yes pulls out the cow skull from the baggage compartment saying that it is "a legacy." The RW team sees this and Annoying says, "Oh Lord, they are absolutely ridiculous." The two teams walk onto the football field where two players from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are waiting for them.	2000.02.25 2000.02.24	N/A	Kim
3-5 Recap	Pork Sausage Comes from Cows, Right? Pork Sausage Comes from Cows, Right? - Mike tells us they are going to be doing "something with pigs." Heather continues to read: "Make sure to wear your overalls." Piggy tells us that it "sounds like rip-roaring fun," and that there might be "country music in the background," and they will "get to say 'Yee-haw' a lot."	2000.02.22 2000.02.21	N/A	Kim
3-4 Recap	Bored of the Flies Bored of the Flies - There will be three rounds, with each team of two running through the penned-in area and gathering snakes in a bag. The snakes they are collecting rarely bite, but they will need to worry about "the other snakes."	2000.02.11 2000.02.10	N/A	Kim
3-3 Recap	Highs and Los Highs and Los - The buses arrive at a training facility for a company called "Excalibur Productions." You'd think with a name like that, the gang would be working at a Renaissance Fair or something. The teams walk into the building and meet the two men who will be training them for their wrestling matches.	2000.02.02 2000.02.01	N/A	Kim
3-2 Recap	Pinky and Fonzie Have Got Nothing on Kat and Amaya Pinky and Fonzie Have Got Nothing on Kat and Amaya - The show opens in Las Vegas, presumably the day after the bungee jumping took place in the previous episode. We see establishing shots of the Las Vegas skyline, and then Niketown. The teams are meeting Roy Jones, Jr., and a box on the screen informs us that he is the Junior Light Heavyweight World Champion.	2000.01.28 2000.01.27	N/A	Kim
3-1 Recap	Maybe the Cord Will Break Maybe the Cord Will Break - This week was the premiere of the Real World/Road Rules Challenge, or as they seem to be calling it, Challenge 2000. The show starts with a shot of two helicopters flying over an unnamed city, in a total rip-off of Apocalypse Now, but instead of playing "The Flight of the Valkyries," they are playing some MTV crap.	2000.01.20 2000.01.19	N/A	Kim