Episode Recap: Beauty and the Geek - Season 3, Episode 8 REUNION SHOW

Episode: Beauties and Geeks Reunite Original Air Date: February 21, 2007 Ah, the memories. It seems like it was just last week... Wait, it was just last week! Yet, for some reason, CW expects us to waste an hour of our lives mostly watching old clips from this season of Beauty and the Geek. Probably 80% of the "reunion" show is spent reviewing footage we've already seen. For crying out loud, there were only seven episodes! What, have we all suffered short-term memory loss? It would be different if most of the show were spent filling us in on what the contestants have been up to the past six months since they finished taping this season. But maybe ten minutes at the most is spent on that. There are also a few minutes of "never before seen clips", but they aren't anything extraordinary. One particulary funny segment of the show dealt with the contestants' nightly confessionals in front of the camera. Nearly every contestant could perform at least one impression of someone else in the house. Nate had a pretty humorous impression of Drew, who evidently spent a lot of his time in the house trying to get people to join his investment club. I don't know if I would feel comfortable taking financial advice from someone in a Star Trek uniform. (Scooter tells us towards the end of the show that he does in fact plan on using some of his winnings to join Drew's investment club.) We don't get to see Nate's reunion with Jennylee until the last ten minutes of the show. They've kept in touch over the phone since the finale, except for two months which Nate spent in "another country" doing "research for school" (I don't know why he feels the need not to mention which country he visited. Did the whole country ask him not to mention them by name on TV? And what's this mysteriously unspecified "research", he's been doing? Does he work for the CIA or something?). It's obvious they still like each other a lot, but the reunion still seems a little awkward, maybe because it's in front of the camera. But they sure didn't have any trouble playing smoochie face in front of the cameras during the regular season. After a few minutes in the interview room, Jennylee takes Nate by the arm, and says, "Come on, let's go have some fun." And away they go. That's it. That's all we get to see of the big reunion between Nate and Jennylee. We spent the last two months of our lives watching this show for this. Thanks a lot, CW! Well, Nate and Jennylee were not the only two contestants in the house. Surely exciting things have happened to others in the house. Well, let's see, Megan got a little rat-dog. That's something. Actually, one exciting thing did happen to someone from the show. One contestant got married, and it is not who you expect. It was Mario! Super Mario said that being on the show made him realize that the "girl back home" was the one for him. This girl had been just a long-time friend of his prior to the show, but as soon as he got back, he asked her out. They got married not long after. At one point, Erin lists all the people she still keeps in touch with. She mentions pretty much everyone, and says, "That's everybody, right?" Not quite. One notable exception was Cecille. Cecille never changed throughout the entire show. But surely these past six months have given her time to think about her evil ways. And seeing herself on Television must have shown her just how much she needs to change. Don't count on it. She tells us every time she sees herself on the show, she thinks she's "funny". And the way the other contestants ended the show just proves how "scared" they were of her, and that they were "just jealous". Not one word is metioned during her interview regarding how she felt about her teammate Nate going behind her back and telling everyone not to vote for them. That seems like a pretty important question to have answered. Hellooo, producers! In spite of a disappointing reunion show, Beauty and the Geek remains my favorite reality show. My wife tells me it's because I probably relate to the geeks. That might be true to some extent. But I think it has more to do with the positive impact the show seems to have on the contestants (except for Cecille). Most contestants do seem to leave having grown as people, whether that growth is in the from of increased social skills, more self-confidence, or learning to appreciate people for who they are, instead of what they look like. You don't see that kind of payoff with other reality shows. The castaways on Survivor are often placed under so much stess that they are almost forced to show the ugliest parts of their personalities. In fact, backbiting, scheming, and manipulation are built into the game. In the Boardroom on The Apprentice, the candidates have no choice but to engage in character assassination of their fellow contestants just to survive. American Idol parades out the most delusionally untalented people so that they can unknowingly make colossal fools of themselves on national television, while Simon makes one hurtful, insulting comment after another under the guise of "being honest". The Amazing Race might seem innocuous at first glance, but how often do we see husbands and wives or long time friends reduced to yelling at each other? And it's all done for our amusement. These shows may go through peaks and valleys of popularity, but they are among the highest rated shows on Television. We are not forced to watch them. But we do watch. Human beings seem to enjoy witnessing the loss of a fellow human being's dignity. It's not hard to draw parallels between the audition episodes of American Idol and a couple of hundred years ago when the mentally ill would be put on display for the amusement of the general public. Ancient Romans would pack the Colliseum to see Christians and other helpless victims be hacked apart by gladiators or lions. Are we today much more enlightened? Would we still tune into Survivor if everyone got a long, The Apprentice if candidates were judged solely on their performance during the tasks and not on how vicious they can be in the Boardroom? Or would we even watch American Idol if only the talented contestants were shown, and Simon were nice? Probably not. The studios and networks know this, and so they purposely cater to the basest parts of our characters. Yet, Beauty and the Geek aims higher. Yes, the contestants are put through several embarrassing situations. And the footage is edited so as to glean the most laughs at their expense. But it is all done in good fun, not to humiliate anyone. There is no reward for insulting other contestants, or manipulating one's team mates. The contest is such that it inspires the best from the players, not the worst. A relatively modest cash prize is offered, but the ultimate goal is to improve as a human being. The contestants often say that it winds up not being about the money for them, but about personal growth. And I believe it. Sorry for the rant at the end. See you here next season.

Episode Recap: Beauty and the Geek - Season 3, Episode 7 FINALE

Episode: Beauty Queen and Geek King Original Air Date: February 14, 2007 Nate and the Bride of Satan return from the Elimination Room and join Megan and Scooter upstairs. Cecille is in the mood to celebrate, but can't understand why Nate is so sad. One would think it obvious that Nate is unhappy about having to say goodbye to his girlfriend, Jennylee. But in actuality, it would only be obvious to someone who has a soul. Nate confides in Scooter that he is also upset about Cecille's catty little comment at the end of Elimination (see the last post). Of course, Nate is far too passive-aggressive (read: "weenie") to actually say anything to Cecille about it. So Scooter decides he'll have a go at it. He gently confronts her and earnestly tries to explain the concept of other people having feelings, and sometimes it might help to actually consider that before we speak. Cecille responds, "I think I had the right to say whatever I wanted." I don't know why Scooter even bothers. It would be easier to teach my dog to eat with silverware than it would to make Cecille into a human being. Scooter deserves credit for trying, though. Cecille tells us later that she's glad Jennylee is gone. She was too much of a "distraction" for Nate. "Besides, I think he needs to spend more time getting to know me, his partner, than her." It's all about Cecille. The foursome gathers downstairs the next day to find out what's in store for them next. Host Mike Richards tells them there are no challenges today. They will each show their partner a hobby that they are good at, instead. Megan's hobby is tennis, so she takes Scooter to a tennis court and gives him a lesson. Scooter has never played before, so Megan dominates. Their match is interrupted, however, by a phone call to Megan from Anna Kournikova. Anna says she wants her outfit back. Cecille's hobby is hip-hop dance, which is funny. I think Casper the Friendly Ghost is less white than this girl. Anyway she takes Nate to an empty club and teaches him an entire routine. Who cares? There isn't a single viewer out there at this point who doesn't hope that Cecille loses in a big way. Some of us hope she catches a disfiguring skin condition as well. Why are the producers even pretending we give a rat's hairy patootie about what her hobbies are? Scooter's hobby is hiking. So he takes Megan on a trail overlooking Los Angeles. Megan says she doesn't get hiking. She tells us, "I don't understand the concept." Uh, it's walking, Megan, walking in the woods. Not too hard to understand if you really try. It's Nate's turn to show Cecille his hobby. He surprises her by bringing her to another empty club where his Star Wars band So Long Princess is waiting. It's cool that we finally get to see Nate and his band perform. The song they play for Cecille is called "Stormtrooper". Nate is a wild man on stage as he thrashes about and screams out the words to the chorus, "I'm a stormtrooper! I'm not a robot! I'm a stormtrooper! I'm not a robot!" Then he invites Cecille on stage to sing with him. A good time is had by all. Meanwhile, Scooter has a surprise waiting for Megan at the end of the trail. He has arranged for a picnic with bread, cheese, and wine. He says he wants to thank Megan for being such a great partner. Once back at the mansion, everyone buckles down and prepares for final Elimination. They are all pretty confident that they know everything there is to know about their partner, and figure that's what elimination will be about, just as in past seasons. But once they come to the Elimination Room, they find out things are not quite what they expected. Host Mike Richards tells them tonight's Elimination will determine who has changed and grown more over the past eight weeks. "But how do you gauge that kind of transformation?" He asks. He says that can't really be determined by a series of quizzes and challenges. So they decided to bring in a panel of judges. Then, he turns on the monitor to reveal all of the other contestants sitting in another room. Scooter, Megan, and Nate are thrilled to see everyone again. Cecille... not so much. In fact, she looks kind of pale at this point. What's wrong, Cecille? She tells us, "I was happy to see some of the people on the screen, but for the most part... none of them." Mike tells the two remaining teams that their next job is to convince their former rivals that they have made the most progess. The vote will be taken tomorrow night, so they have about 24 hours to make nice with everyone. Cecille tells us, "Our task is basically to kiss [butt]. I don't have anything to say to these people. I have nothing to say to them." The schmoozing starts immediately once the foursome rejoin the former contestants in the other room. A lot of the contestants who were eliminated early want to know what's up with Nate and Jennylee. Mario is one of those people and is particularly nosy about it. He tells us, "It's unfortunate that Nate has Cecille as a partner. I think for me my desire to see her lose might override my desire to see Nate win." Cecille tries to make up with Andrea and asks her, "Are you still mad?" Duh. The two girls go off and have a private conversation, in which Cecille tries to apologize without actually apologizing. She should be a politician, they have no morals, either. Andrea says she felt sympathetic "for like two seconds", then realized she can't trust anything that comes out of Cecille's mouth. Cecille later finds Megan and pouts about having to beg people to not to hate her. "I don't like any of those people," she says, "I don't want to have to explain myself to Sheree! @#$% ugly, mother ^$#@&* Sheree! I can't even stand to look at her! I @#$% hate her!" Later she cries to Nate about having "to be fake and kiss [butt]." Nate suggests that instead of kissing up, she try to be "humble". Yeah, that'll happen. The average human being might learn a lesson from this situation. That lesson being that you should always try to treat other people with respect, because you never know when it might come back on you. But that's a lesson a human being might learn. And Cecille's membership to that club has long expired. The next morning Cecille refuses to talk to Megan, for reasons unknown. Megan believes Cecille might be bitter now that there's a chance she might lose. Sheree is having breakfast with a couple of the guys when she sees Cecille walk through the kitchen. "Hi, friend!" Sheree says warmly. Cecille keeps on walking. Sanjay is putting a lot of effort in deciding whom should receive his vote. He has probing questions for everyone and even takes notes. "So," he asks Cecille, "why should I vote for you and Nate?" Cecille tries to explain how she's changed more "emotionally" than Megan has. But Sanjay isn't buying what she's selling. He tells us he doesn't see any change in Cecille since she first walked through the door. Cecille is still completely unrepentant as she talks to Nate about their chances of winning. She thinks the rest are just jealous because she and Nate did so well on the challenges. Nate actually manages to utter a word of disagreement and tells her she's wrong about that, how she's treated everyone is what is hurting them now. She doesn't budge. She says that all the talk about "change" is rediculous, and anybody who thinks they can change their lives in eight weeks is "rediculous". Nate responds by saying that the show has been a "life-changing experience" for him. She just laughs at him. To say that Nate does not enjoy conflict would be to make an understatement. He is no arguer. Seeing that Cecille is beyond help at this point, he does the only thing he can think to do. He goes behind her back and tells everyone not to vote for Cecille and him. He believes it's the only way to help her. If she wins, he tells everyone, that will send her the wrong message - that it's ok not to try to grow as a person. He's says he's willing to give up the $250,000 if it will help her see the light. As he later tells us of his team mate's unwillingness to change, "Maybe we don't deserve to win." It's time for final Elimination and Mike gathers the two teams at the bottom of the staircase. The former contestants will be brought out by twos to tell who they are voting for and why. Since everyone will be voting individually, the winning team will need seven votes to win. Jennylee and Niels are the first to come out. Nate evidently forgot to give the "don't vote for us" talk to his own girlfriend. So Jennylee stands by her man and votes for Nate and Cecille. The next five people vote for Megan and Scooter. Even so, Scooter tells us, "Still, we knew weren't out of the woods yet!" Scooter doesn't seem to realize he started this round "out of the woods." Matt is the next to vote. He says it's hard to gauge who changed the most, so he has to go by who helped him change the most. It seems he's still blushing about the time Cecille put clips in his hair and makeup on his face. He still thinks she was being nice to him. Clueless to the end, he votes for Cecille and Nate. Andrea votes for Megan and Scooter (shocker), so that makes it 6 to 2 in favor of Megan and Scooter. These two need only one more vote to win. Out comes Sheree and Pi. Oh, this is going to be good. Sheree sings the praises of Nate and tells Cecille, "You came in with a lot of power... and while it's nice to important, it's much more important to be nice." Then she compliments both Megan and Scooter, but adds, "That's why, Megan and Scooter, I'm sorry to tell you ... I won't be able to help you spend your $125,000!!! Aaaaaaahhhh!!!" This makes it unnecessary for Pi, Sanjay, and Tori to even vote. That's too bad. It would have been even nicer if it were 10 to 2 against Cecille instead of just 7 to 2. Oh well. So the series ends and everyone is happy. Except for Cecille, that is. She tells us in her exit interview, "Anybody who thinks they learned something by some nerdy guy, then those girls are as stupid as they look, pretty much." That Cecille, a class act to the end. Next week - Never-before-seen footage. Sneek peek at next season. The first reunion for Nate and Jennylee since the finale. And someone (not those two) has gotten married.

Episode Recap: Beauty and the Geek - Season 3, Episode 6

Episode: Down on the Farm Original Air Date: February 7, 2007 A realization hits Jennylee as she and Niels returns unscathed from the Elimination Room - they're in a contest to win money! She tells us it occured to her now that there are only three teams left that she and Niels might actually have a chance to win this thing. "I had forgotten all about the money," she tells us. Nate is happy about Jennylee's return, of course. He managed to make his move last episode, and since then the sparks have been flying. Just ask Scooter. He tells us he knew all along that Jennylee had a crush on Nate, but he never suspected it would get "physical". So he was surprised to find out that it had. "Physical"? Does this mean this isn't a family show anymore? Niels explains to us what he and Scooter consider to be "physical". He says, "I heard from Scooter, who heard it from Megan, who heard it from CC, who I believe heard it from Nate, that he and Jennylee did kiss." Alert the media! While Jennylee is getting her geek on with Nate in the other room (alternate joke: "getting geeky with it"), Niels and Scooter try to talk to Cecille about how she treats other people. She does not apologize for her way of life, and says she's proud of the fact that she only hangs out with the people who are among the richest 5% in the country. She says she's not going to hang out with "trash". Niels and Scooter keep trying to bring her to repentance, but it is to no avail. To use a Dr. Philism (don't judge me): "You can't change what you don't acknowledge". Cecille must acknowledge that she is the spawn of Satan before she can change. She tells us later that the rest just have something against "pretty people". She might have a point, if she were pretty. The teams gather downstairs the next morning to find out what their next challenge will be. Host Mike Richards tells them they will be working together on a farm, and they will be leaving in one hour. They all find what are supposed to be "farm clothes" waiting for them upstairs. But the clothing they find looks more like it came from the wardrobe department at Hee Haw. The girls are given an assortment to choose from, which means, of course, they all choose cute over functional. Cecille says it doesn't matter what they wear, because they could do farm work "naked". Yeah, naked farm work would be a lot of fun, especially when it's time to shovel manure. The teams arrive at the farm and race to a wagon containing three envelopes, which in turn contain instructions for their challenge. Their challenge is made up of three tasks: 1) Move five bails of hay from one spot to another. 2) Milk a cupful of milk from a cow. 3) Grab a colored tag hanging from the necks of each of five sheep. Niels has seen people on TV toss bails of hay around by themselves, so he figures that task will be easy. What he doesn't know that hay bails often weigh 80 to 100 pounds each, which would mean they weigh more than Niels. So he bends down to pick up a bail and promptly snaps off both of his bony, twiggy arms. ...or maybe not. But he's certainly not able to carry a hay bail by himself, so he and Jennylee tag-team the hay. Nate and Cecille finish the by task first after Nate pretty much does all of the carrying himself. This gives them a head-start on the cow milking task, and they need it. Nate does a decent job of milking the cow, perhaps due to his constant sweet-talk ("You're a patient cow, aren't you? Yes you are. You're a nice cow."). Cecille, on the other hand, is having trouble figuring out the procedure. Apparently, "squeeze and pull" are too many steps for her to wrap her brain around. Scooter and Megan finish the cow challenge first. This is in spite of the cow farting directly in Megan's face, causing her to gag. They get to the sheep corral long before anyone else and are able to chase down their sheep and grab all of the other teams. It looks like Nate and Jennylee will be facing each other in Elimination. Megan skinned her knee during the sheep challenge (which wouldn't have happened had she chosen to wear actual work pants instead of Daisy Dukes). While she's cleaning her wound and bandaging herself, Scooter and Niels decide that they are hot. So they take off their shirts and spray each other down with a garden hose. Suddenly the show turns into Geekback Mountain as we're subjected to the sight of these two in their cowboy hats hosing down each other's bare chests and backs. Later the gang is treated to a cookout with hamburgers and other assorted items straight off the grill. The conversation turns serious as everyone decides to discuss ways that Cecille should try to improve. When asked what one thing she would change about herself, she says she would lose weight. She doesn't really see the need to change anything else about herself, like, for instance, being the Antichrist. That night Nate and Jennylee sit by the campfire and discuss their relationship. Nate tells us he's concerned that once Jennylee goes back to the "fast-paced world of modelling" and is around "all the beautiful people", that he won't look so good to her anymore. But she tells Nate that she will never forget him, and says to him, "You're not a geek". He responds, "You are a beauty." Awwww The next day the teams are shown a video featuring how they were when they first came into the house. It becomes obvious to everyone that the only person who hasn't changed is Cecille. She points that out herself. Evil hasn't changed since the world began, why should it change now? As Scooter tells us later, "Cecille thinks that because she's cute, she can do whatever she wants and people will like her. But it's not true. People don't like her." Later, the teams prepare for the Elimination Room. Niels looks tense, so Scooter gives him a backrub. "Ah, I finally get the Scooter massage," Niels says, "It's everything I heard it was." I would write a joke about that, but I don't think I can top my Geekback Mountain line. The Elimination Room. The questions this time have to do with ranching, roping, and country music. Both Jennylee and Cecille answer their first questions correctly. Cecille easily gets her first question right, but then Jennylee is asked which animal mutton comes from. It's obvious from the look on her face she doesn't have a clue. But she takes a stab at it anyway and guesses "sheep", which happens to be correct. It's up to the guys. Both Nate and Niels answer their first questions correctly. Nate gets his second question right. Niels must correctly answer his second question to stay in the game. Mike asks him about the Chisholm Trail, which began in Texas. In what state did it end? Niels guesses California. The correct answer is Kansas. Niels and Jennylee will be going home. Everyone looks very sad, except for Cecille, who is all smiles as she hugs and pulls on Nate's arm, totally oblivious to his pain. Normally this would be the time when everyone tearfully hugs and says how much they'll miss each other. But that's what decent human beings do, and Cecille does not belong to that particular club. "Graceful winner" is not in her vocabulary, so she has to stop Mike Richards in mid-sentence, "I have something to say." Mike Richards looks right at her and says, "Shut up, you ignorant ho', before I slap the bleach right out of your skanky hair." ...actually, that's what he should have said. Instead, he tells her, "Go ahead." "You can take the blond to the ranch," she says, "but you can't take the bikini off the blond. And that was our major focus going in to this. We love it. We worked hard. We studied hard." Only Cecille can say something that both makes absolutely no sense, yet is somehow so unnecessarily cruel. "I'm going to be sick," Jennylee says, "That was inappropriate." Cecille actually tries to apologize to Jennylee when it comes time for the hugfest. But Jennylee refuses to hug her (who can blame her?). Instead, she hugs Nate and says, "She's so stupid." "Don't worry about her," Nate says. During the exit interview, Jennylee and Niels say the typical things about how much they've changed and how much they've grown to like and appreciate each other. Then Jennylee starts to talk about her relationship with Nate. She hopes they'll see each other again, but she doesn't know if they will. Suddenly Nate pops up and surprises her. He said he jumped out of a window and cut himself on a palm tree coming down. He says he felt so bad about what Cecille said and he had to see her one last time. One final time, everyone... Awwww You know you're wondering, so I'll tell you. Nate and Jennylee, who live on separate ends of the country, told TV Guide that they have kept in touch with each other over the phone since the show finished taping about seven months ago. Jennylee says she "still gets giddy" when she talks to him. Next week - The finale. The two final teams are surprised by a twist in the competition. The team that wins is the one the has changed the most. "But how do you gauge that?" Mike Richards asks them. Suddenly, they are shown something on the monitor. If I were to guess, I would say they bring back the other contestants to vote on who should win. If that's the case, it comes down to one question - Do they hate Cecille more than they like Nate?

Episode Recap: Beauty and the Geek - Season 3, Episode 5

Episode 5 Original Air Date: January 31, 2007 A review of the stats for TVChicken.com has revealed that atleast one person found this site by typing "Nate and Jennylee" into a search engine. Well, for those of you who are eager to see some hot geek lovin', the embers start to light up in this episode. Nate tells us that watching Jennylee almost get eliminated last episode made him realize how sad he would be if she were gone. The pair find an opportunity for some alone time late this night and talk about her feelings for her. Nate tells Jennylee that it's unbelievable that a girl like her would have a crush on him. Jennylee tells him that's silly because he's such a great guy. Much sugary sweetness ensues. At the end of the evening they give each other a long, soulful hug goodnight before retiring to their seperate bedrooms. Everybody now - awwww Host Mike Richards gathers everyone downstairs the next morning to tell them about their next challenges. Each team will be getting a new team member. Panic sets in. Cecille starts to worry. Are the new team members going to be people who have been eliminated? What if it's someone who hates her, which is pretty much everybody? Instead, four dogs are brought in and Mike says that each team must choose one. There's a hyper golden retriever, two little dogs that look more like rats, and a lazy old bull dog named Winston who apparently stinks. Mario and Nadia get stuck with stinky Winston. Later, the geeks will take their dogs to a dog park in an effort to attract women. The geek who gets the most phone numbers will win. Mike hoists a large tool box on top of the table in front of him. This is probably the closest he will ever get to handling tools or doing anything remotely rugged. He tells the beauties, "This is a tool chest. It contains... shocker... tools." "What are tools?" Nadia asks. Not to be outdone in the let's-pretend-I'm-even-dumber-than-I-really-am-so-it-looks-good-on-TV dept, Cecille asks, "What's 'shocker'?" A 'shocker' would be if Cecille actually did or said something that would not make everyone hate her guts. Mike ignores the brain dead questions and tells the girls that their next challenge will be to build a "doggy domicile". Predictably, Scooter has to explain to Megan that a "domicile" is a house. I wonder if these girls ever read anything that is not on the back of a cereal box. Once upstairs, Nate and Cecille's chihuahua starts dropping his doggy squeazins in the middle of their bedroom. (I have grown somewhat numb to this kind of sight. As I write this, my dog is doing obscene things to himself in the middle of my living room in front of the TV.) Satan, I mean Cecille, decides she would like to play dress up with her new doll and proceeds to torture the poor animal first by putting a "cape" on him, then stringing a bunch of bracelets around his neck. Nate, who has stood by while Cecille mistreated nearly every other human in the mansion, decides now would be a good time for him to say something. He takes it upon himself to take the bracelets off, eventually having to actually cut the braceletes off with wire cutters. Niels and Jennylee discuss the best lines to pick up girls. Jennylee tells him he should compliment the women he meets in the park on their shoes or clothes to break the ice. But Don Juan Niels says he has a better line, "Do you know if there's a Starbucks around here? Great! You're my new tour guide!" Jennylee tells him how lame that line is, but Niels doesn't need her advice. He's probably spoken to literally half a dozen girls. Besides, Jennylee is just a woman, what would she know about picking up girls? It's time for the geeks' challenge and the dog park starts to look like a scene from Night of the Living Dead as the guys wander around with vacant looks on their faces after terrified women who try to run away. The only difference this time is that the zombies have dogs. Scooter targets elderly women and strikes out with each one. Niels winds up paying more attention to Winston then he does to the women in the park, and for some odd reason, the few women he does approach don't seem to respond to his amazing Starbucks line. Mario, to his credit, is the most fearless. He approaches every young woman he sees, even trying to chase down joggers. He tells them he's trying to work on his "self-esteem" and "social skills" and it would really help if they would give him their numbers. It works on a group of three women. Nate developes a different strategy. He decides to follow Mario around and ask the same women he asks. Soon, the two are approaching the same women at the same time, openly competing for their numbers. They are tied at five numbers each when Mike calls out that they have only five minutes left. In the end, Nate wins with seven numbers. Back at the mansion, Jennylee once again tells Niels how disappointed she is in him. He's getting sick of her constant criticizing. Just because he spent more time petting Winston than actually talking to any women, and just because he didn't listen to any of Jennylee's advice, doesn't mean he wasn't trying his hardest! He used his Starbucks line and everything! Besides, asking for women's numbers made him "feel dirty", so Jennylee just needs to back off. Later the girls are brought to a workshop where they are provided with the disassembled pieces of their prefabricated dog houses. Their job is to nail those pieces together and "design" the house (which means paint it so it looks pretty). They are given just one hour. Cecille skips the hammer and nails and decides to tape her dog house together. She doesn't bother putting a roof on it, but lays a big piece of cloth over the top, saying she is giving her dog a "roof option". Nadia nails her roof on to the house before putting the front wall on it. It's between Megan and Jennylee who actually get to the point of spray painting their houses, and even put their dog's names on the domiciles. The dog houses are brought back to the mansion for judging by design professional Doug Jeffries. Upon seeing Cecille's dog house, which was spray-painted pink and was decorated with pink feathers and a leopard-skin printed cloth hanging over the top, Nate says it looks more like a "doggy bordello" than an actual dog house. Doug questions Cecille on her use of double-stick tape as opposed to nails. She explains that she's "allergic to metal". Doug chooses Megan's dog house as the winner, as she was the only one to get started on shingling her roof before the time was up. Megan eloquently explains her victory to us, "There was no talking involved, so it was easier for me because I can think smart without talking more better than I can talk smart without thinking." Um, yeah. That night Nate and Jennylee get some more time to be alone. Nate musters up the courage to kiss her. Jennylee asks him if he'll come visit her. He says with "all the movie star guys" wanting to go out with her, she'll forget about him. She says she always fantasize about Nate. Awww. The next morning Jennylee is worried about going up against Nadia, who seems to have really good retention skills for what she reads. Niels is worried about going up against Mario. Some of the questions might have to do with "chick flicks" and wine. Mario knows a lot about both. Niels and Jennylee and Mario and Nadia make their way into the Elimination Room. Each of the girls answer both of their questions correctly. It's up to the guys. Mike asks Niels which question he wants, to which Niels responds, "Mike, if number 1 were a booger, I'd pick it first." Niels answers his first question correctly. Mario answers his first question correctly. Niels gets his second question right. Mario must correctly answer his second question to stay in the game. Mike asks what is it called when one person on a date adopts the same gestures and body language of the other person. Mario answers, "Mimicking." The correct answer is "mirroring". Mario and Nadia are eliminated. During the exit interview, it's nothing but love between Mario and Nadia. She says Mario is a great guy with a great sense of humor and anyone who doesn't see that is blind. Next week - The teams get to milk cows.

Episode Recap: Beauty and the Geek - Season 3, Episode 4

Episode: Beauties on the Beach Original Air Date: January 24, 2007 Nate and Cecille rejoins the rest of the group upstairs after surviving last episode's elimination. Jennylee is thrilled that Nate, the object of her affection, will be staying in the house for a little while longer. Nate, because he is a decent person, has no hard feelings about being sent to the elimination room. However, Her Skankiness Queen Cecille is in a tiff at the thought that she, of all people, should be sent. It's clear to Niels and Jennylee that there may be payback. The next morning, Host Mike Richards informs the crew that they will be going on a vacation, because they deserve the rest. It must pretty hard living in that huge mansion, sunbathing by the pool, and hanging out in the hot tub. One can see why they would need a break from all that. And what exciting and exotic location will the geeks and beauties be traveling to? Tell them, Mike! San Diego! That's right, an all-expense paid trip to the far off land of San Diego! Bus fare included! Oh, come on! Even the Brady Bunch had more interesting vacations than that! But this will be a working vacation. Mike tells the girls that they will be studying waves. Yes, they'll be spending time on the beach, but they won't be studying ocean waves. No, they'll be studying a different kind of waves - radio waves! Because they'll be studying electronics! Get it? Ha ha! That Mike, what a card! The boys' assignment will be to lead a group of people in a fitness workout routine. The sight of chubby Mario doing jumping jacks alone should make this episode worthwhile. Nate tells us, "I'm about as fit as glass of spoiled milk - I'm chunky and white." Once in San Diego, the various teams make their way down to the hotel gym to develop a workout routine. It seems as if none of the guys have ever even seem a gym. Megan and portly Mario are having the roughest time. Megan: "I'm thinking maybe you should do kicks." Mario: "I can't do kicks." Megan: "Boxing?" Mario: "I'm not comfortable with that." Megan: "Push-ups, then." Mario: "I can't do push-ups!" Jennylee still hasn't forgiven Niels for sending her man to the Elimination Room last episode. So, they're not really getting along right now. They still manage to work together in the gym, barely. Niels shows Jennylee some boxing moves he uses to exercise. He looks like a stick figure trying to throw punches. Jennylee disses all of his ideas and makes him do her kind of exercises. That night, the group is treated to a sunset cruise aboard a yacht. In the middle of the cruise, Erin jumps up on the rails, and then up in front of the bridge and starts doing a hoochie dance. Everyone else is begging her to come down, or at least take off her high-heeled shoes so she's less likely to fall, but she's just ignores them. Erin tells us later that she's "adventurous", which is another word for "drunk". Later at the hotel, Cecille shows her butt (figuratively, though I'm sure she wouldn't mind showing it literally to anyone who would ask) by saying really hurtful things about Niels, ridiculing him for crying during last episode's Staircase Ceremony. She calls him several names, including "nerd", and "piece of junk". Jennylee concludes that Cecille is not to be trusted. Niels learns that physical beauty is highly overrated. It's like an after school special. The herd gathers at the beach the next day for the boys' challenge. Mike Richards informs them that the group they will be leading will be the Beauties, who are somewhat less than thrilled to find out they'll be doing five workouts. Drew does a decent job of making sure the girls have fun during his workout. Niels on the other hand, tells us that his idea of a good workout is one where "you throw up afterward". Towards that end, he starts off by having the girls jog in a circle, followed by walking on all fours "like a bear". Mario and Scooter both manage to come up with decent workouts. Nate shows up in the ugliest workout ensemble ever created. He has only ten minutes, but it looks like he spends about five of it describing to the girls all the different muscles they'll be exercising. In the end, Scooter is chosen as the winner by the two judges (fitness instructors). As one of the judges says, "Brown dress socks aren't really appropriate workout attire, but anyone who shows up doing 'Arnolds' [a weight-lifting exercise] I've got to respect." The girls aren't done sweating, though. Their challenge this week is to use metal detectors to find buried metal boxes which contain walkie talkie components. They must put the walkie talkie components together and contact their geek counterparts who are waiting across the water. The geeks will then provide them with combinations to unlock kayaks which the beauties must row across to their geeks. This is as convoluted as a Survivor challenge. I would be remiss if I did not mention what Nate is wearing for this occasion. Along with the drunken truck-driver baseball cap which he never takes off, he's wearing a bright orange T-shirt with a black clip-on tie over a pair of really, really short green shorts, and his red sneakers. Mind you, he's on the beach. This whole season could just be about what Nate wears. Megan gets off to a great start and is first to find a metal box containing walkie talkie components. She puts the walkie together and radios over to Scooter. Unfortunately, Megan fails to realize she must take her finger off of the button when she's done talking. So Scooter can hear her, but she can't hear him. Cecille, then Nadia, then Erin all find their walkie talkies, put them together, and get their kayaks out on the water, all the while Megan still hasn't taken her finger off of the button. Cecille ends up winning the challenge, much to the dread of Jennylee and Niels, who expect to be sent to the Elimination Room as a result. They buckle down and study hard, though it's dubious how much Jennylee is actually absorbing. "What does 'RADAR' stand for?" Niels asks her. "I have no idea." "RAdio Detection and Ranging." "Where does the 'I' come from?" "There's no 'I' in 'RADAR'" Nate doesn't want Jennylee to go, but Cecille insists on getting to choose since she's the one who won the challenge. She announces to everyone that she will speaking for her team. Nate quickly tells her that she will be speaking for herself. During the Staircase Ceremony, Niels and Jennylee get the expected bad news while Scooter and Megan choose Drew and Erin. Drew had given the impression that he was a rehabilitated Trekkie, but being chosen for elimination seems to have pushed him off the wagon. Upstairs he delivers a Star Trek farewell speech to the group, "Many think of Time as an enemy, but Time is like a companion, traveling with us along our journey." (Sadly, I think I recognize that speech.) Then he declares, "Live long and prosper, everybody!" Later, he tells the camera that he and Erin are "ready to go at Warp Speed. Engage!" So sad. He had come so far. It's time for elimination. Erin misses both of her questions. Jennylee is able to correctly answer both of hers, including being able to spell 'antenna'. Drew gets his first question incorrect, meaning that Niels doesn't even have to answer any questions. Drew and Erin are eliminated this week. Next week - Will Nate make his move on Jennylee? A third partner gets added to each team.

Episode Recap: Season 3, Episode 3

Episode 3 Original Air Date: January 17, 2007 The Great Blonde-Brunette Schism gets worse as Matt and Andrea return from the elimination room to face the other remaining beauties and geeks. Andrea, the only surviving Brunette, does not want to face the Airhead Brigade. The blondes are not crazy about seeing her either. Everyone, including the blondes, congratulate Matt. But no one says anything to Andrea. She remarks how she misses Sheree. House hoochie Cecille says that she's glad that Sheree is gone. This season is not turning out like the first two, which didn't have this ugliness. Sure, there was conflict, but no malice. I think it has to do with the quality of women they've chosen this time around. It would be hard to find a skankier bunch without cruising the red light district. Host Mike Richards gathers the group downstairs the next day to inform them that it's that time again - time for the Geek Makeover! Whoo! The girls are far more excited about this than the guys. Their enthusiasm probably stems from childhood when they would dress up their Barbies. Now they have living people to play with. The girls won't be in complete control, however. Each beauty will have one hour to advise her geek on what his new wardrobe should look like. Afterwhich, the geeks will have 30 minutes to go clothes shopping by themselves. Mike tells the beauties that they will need to study materials on business and marketing for their challenge this time around. Once again, all the girls moan and roll their eyes. Have they never seen the show before? Did they not realize there would be required reading? Meanwhile, the geeks have some odd ideas about what their new images should be. Niels wants to get white, alligator-skin shoes with flames on the side. Jennylee overrules him on the flames. Nate tells us he likes the way he looks and takes pride in not conforming to what's cool. Judging from his usual attire, he evidently also doesn't conform to what can be comfortably looked at by the human eye. Still, his comfort with his own sense of style is something to be admired, even if that style does cause anyone unfortunate enough to look at it to suddenly develop a headache. But Nate does consult with Cecille, "I'm going to ask you something. Feel free to say 'no'." "OK" "A mullet." "No." At the upscale clothing store, Niels is going wild. He starts shopping for T-shirts and doesn't bother to go to the fitting room to try them on. He whips his shirt off and starts trying on the new shirts right in the middle of the store. He finally ends up with a really loud ensemble which includes a whacky T-shirt with a cartoon fish on it, a bright yellow hoodie, and a brown leather jacket with a prominent design down the front. The girl who works at the store and has been helping him tells him it's "too much". He says he's going to go for it anyway. Poor Mario isn't having quite so much fun. He's too chubby for most of the clothes in the store. He tells us he will not be wearing his new clothes "with confidence". Back at the mansion, the girls are studying for their challenge. Jennylee confesses to the other blondes that she has a little crush on Nate. It's time for the reveal. The guys have all been to the air salon to get their new 'dos and are dressed in their new duds. Niels is the first to show himself to the girls. With his whole leather ensemble and new haircut, he looks like Niels From the Block. The girls love it, calling it "very Rock n' Roll". Scooter is next. He's dressed in a blue polo shirt over white pants. He's also given up his glasses and beard. He actually looks somewhat normal. The girls go wild. Megan says they're "pushing the beds back together." Drew comes in with a dark sports coat over a light blue/white button-down shirt and jeans. He's also de-spectacled. He looks pretty sharp as well. Mario, who is still bummed about the trouble he had finding clothes to fit, nervously mopes into the room wearing a brown blazer over a green T-shirt tucked into jeans. He's de-spectacled, de-hatted, and has a shiny new haircut. The girls all tell him he looks great, which makes him feel a lot better. Matt, on the other hand, bursts into the room with confindence. He's wearing a dark jacket over a long T-shirt and jeans. Nadia tells him all the ladies will be wanting him. Nate comes in last. Jennylee is all a flutter in anticipation. Always the clown, Nate pokes his legs through the curtain first as a tease, then brings the rest of himself in. Holy crap. He's gone through the most dramatic transformation. He's wearing a powder blue sports coat over a polo shirt with a print on the front and jeans. But the most major part of his transformation is his hair and grooming. He's got a short haircut and has shaved his beard, except for a little bit of carpet underneath his bottom lip. He almost kinda looks like Johnny Knoxville. Jennylee gushes to the camera, "When he started talking, I was all twinkle-eyed. What's great about Nate is his personality. He's so sweet. You can't resist it." After the reveals, Mike informs the gang that the beauties' next challenge will be to auction off their geeks at a date auction. Fear sets over the nerd herd. Upstairs, Scooter and Megan are writing Scooter's bio for the date auction. "I have a high IQ." "No, girls don't like that." "I know about fine foods and wine." Megan (writing), "You have a hot body. You're a great kisser." "I scuba dive." "You like yachting." "I don't like yachting." Later, Nate asks Drew to borrow some deodorant, as he has none. Nate prefers to go, in his own words, "au naturale". But part of his makeover is that he must wear deodorant. Drew lends him his stick and it appears he has to show Nate how to apply it. "AHHHHH!" Nate squeals, "It's slimy. You do this every morning?!" He should have found someone with spray instead. It's time for the date auction and all the guys try really hard to strut their stuff. Mario walks out and tries to make nice with the crowd. Unfortunately, he doesn't have his glasses on so he can't see anyone. He makes googly eyes and does the pointing gesture out to someone in the crowd. But unbeknownst to him, he's pointing at Mike Richards. Mario goes for $12. Drew, Niels, and Nate do the best of the evening. Drew went for $21. Nate is told by Cecille to drop and give her twenty. He responds by humping the stage. The women in the crowd like him and the high bid is $29. Niels is last and succeeds in impressing the ladies when he lifts up his shirt. It looks like the high bid for him is going to be $29 as well, but one woman bids $32 as Mike is calling out "Going once, going twice..." Niels and Jennylee are the winners of this challenge and get to choose the two teams who will go into the elimination room. Niels tells us how and he Jennylee won by teamwork. "I couldn't have done it without her," he says, "and she couldn't do it without me... um, yeah." The dates go well for most of the guys. Drew is asked by his date what kind of movies he likes. He wants to start talking about Star Trek really badly. But he's actually able to hold it in for 20 minutes. He tells his date he like "comedies". No love connections are made during the dates. Back at the mansion, Nate is flush with confidence and tells the girls that none of the guys were ever geeks. "We were all just a bunch of people who came into this house. 'Geek' is a label applied to you by other people. Everyone is complicated." Niels and Jennylee argue about whom to send to the elimination. Niels is thinking strategically and wants to send Nate and Cecille. Jennylee tearfully begs him not to send Nate, but Niels is unmoved. Jennylee gets really angry and won't even talk to Niels. She's got it bad for Nate. It's time for Niels and Jennylee to announce their choices for elimination. Jennylee goes first and says she's choosing Matt and Andrea because they've been having a "rough time". Andrea asks her how they've been having a rough time and Jennylee says it's because Andrea doesn't get along with the other girls. Andrea responds, "It's OK. Hopefully, I'll come back and then I'll get a turn." Niels starts to cry as he announces his choice. After making it clear that Jennylee disagrees with him on this choice, he says the guy he's choosing is probably the one he's closest to in the house. The rest is almost incomprehensible as he's blubbering so much. He chooses Cecille and Nate, who smiles and tells him it's OK. Niels continues to cry, which is sad until he has to blow his nose really loudly in front of everyone. Jennylee and Andrea continue their catfight upstairs. At one point, they even start to argue about who's cooler. It's high school all over again. Look, if there's going to be this kind of hostility between the girls on this show from now on, there needs to be mud or Jell-O involved. Down in the elimination room, the tables are turned in a surprise upset when Andrea misses both of her questions, and Cecille actually gets both of hers right. Nate only needs to get one question correct to win it for his team, and he does. Matt and Andrea are eliminated, much to the relief of the bimbos upstairs. Next week - The gang goes to the beach. No one trusts Cecille.

Episode Recap: Season 3, Episode 2

Episode 2 Original Air Date: January 10, 2007 This episode begins just after the elimination from the last episode. Scooter, evidently in the mood for something completely wild and outrageous, decides to play Chess with Pi. That might seem like it would be enough excitement for one night, but after the game is over Scooter wanders upstairs where he eventually finds himself in one of the bedrooms with hoochies Megan and Cecille. What happens next leaves Cecille nearly injured and Scooter in the fetal position. According to Cecille, she and Megan start to "flirt" with Scooter. Scooter characterizes it as the girls "attacking" him. It can easily be open to interpretation. Poor Scooter is suddenly closer than he's ever been to two non-inflatable females, and becomes (in his own words) "nervous and frightened". One could say he's like a nerd out of water. In any event, Cecille wants to push the flirtation even farther by making out with Scooter. Scooter is not willing, however, and scrambles to make up an excuse. Finally he tells her he doesn't want to make out with her because there's a camera in the room. But it takes perseverence and determination to be as skanky as Cecille, and she is not about to be deterred by such a little thing as a nation-wide audience. She climbs on top of a couple of suitcases and tries unsuccessfully to throw an article of clothing over the camera. The suitcases topple and Cecille ends up as a pile of hoochie on the floor. Everyone else rushes into the bedroom after hearing the loud crash. Cecille is uninjured, but, as Jennylee observes, poor Scooter is "shaking". He finally scampers off to his own bedroom to hide in his own bunkbed. Cecille later tells us, just as was the case with the attention shown to Matt in the last episode, that she is "not attracted" to Scooter. She was "just flirting". Classy. Conclusions: After seeing him perform in the first challenge in the last episode, I thought Scooter might be what I call a "sleeper geek" - a guy who is planted on the show but is not as geeky as initially portrayed. This entire incident blows that theory to Kingdom Come. This incident does, however, confirm beyond a reasonable doubt that Cecille is a tramp. The next morning, host Mike Richards gathers the group downstairs to discuss their next challenge. Nate shows up wearing the same baseball cap (which he probably sleeps with), an old T-shirt with giraffes on it, white plaid pants, and red sneakers. I wish I knew where this guy shops for clothes. I don't think I could find clothes that ugly if I went looking for them on purpose. But I digress. Mike informs the ladies (and I use that term loosely) that their next challenge will have to do with aeronautics. Of course, Mike then has to explain to the girls what the term "aeronautics" means. Because preparing for this challenge will require reading and maybe actually learning something, the beauties are understandibly frightened. Megan tells us she doesn't know anything about aeronautics, but she is a member of the Mile-High Club. Color me shocked. Jennylee tells us she's nervous because she has no idea what the challenge will actually be. She says tomorrow she could find herself behind "the wheel" of an airplane, or "on the moon". That's one way to raise the average IQ of the people on Earth. Mike then tells the men (and I use that term just as loosely) that their next challenge will have to do with "appreciating" women. In order to prepare, the geeks must subject themselves to untold amounts of suffering by reading a stack of women's magazines. Geek or not, that's almost too much to ask from a guy. Captain Drew says he'd rather read a Star Trek magazine. Somehow I see this guy living in his mother's basement for the rest of his life. To ensure her team wins the next challenge, Cecille leaps into action by changing into a bikini and lounging by the pool. But that's not all she does. She has a magazine with her. Yes, it is one of the women's magazines, but atleast it contains words. She tells us, "I was reading the magazine for my own pleasure, but I guess I could help my team mate." Speaking of her team mate, Nate adopts the off-the-wall strategy of studying for the challenge. It's so crazy it just might work. He's not studying for his challenge, though. He's reading the material on aeronautics and making notes of the main points for Cecille, who we can be sure will be very grateful and follow up by reading his notes carefully. Later the geeks decide to fire up the charcoal grill and cook dinner for the beauties. They figure since their next challenge has to do with appreciating women, what better way to show their appreciation than making supper for the ladies? Nate endears Jennylee and Erin to him by telling a story about how he never had the courage to ask anyone to dance at school parties. He would always hide behind the concession stand instead. Awww That night, the only two girls who bother to study are the two brunettes, Andrea and Sheree. The four blondes are out in the hot tub comparing thongs. Sheree worries about the blonde clique and thinks she must win the next challenge or she'll be chosen for elimination for sure. She's not being paranoid. Even Matt sees that a clique has formed. The next day host Mike Richards assembles the geeks downstairs for their next challenge. As the walk into the room they discover a number of easels equipped with large sketch pads. Mike tells them that in a moment they will be asked to sketch what is set in front of them. A moment later a woman walks in wearing a robe. She introduces herself as Sophia, then promptly drops her robe, revealing herself to be completely the opposite of clothed. For some of the guys, this is probably the closest they'll get to a naked woman in a long, long time. Pi even admits to us that this is the first time he's ever seen a naked woman. It's several minutes before the guys are able to stop giggling. The geeks concentrate and work hard on their sketches, but Sophia keeps making it difficult because she won't keep still. She also talks the entire time, rambling endlessly about herself. The rambling seems purposeful. Something's fishy. Time's up. Mike walks back into the room and tells the guys to reveal their handiwork. Most of the sketches look like the work of third graders - third graders who have an extreme appreciation for anatomy. However, Nate's sketch is an incredibly complicated piece which is supposed to be a bunch of negatives of photos taken of different parts of the model. On the other extreme, Pi wrote "perfection" on the top of his sketch and drew a large circle containing a smaller circle surrounded by four stick figures. He explains that the circle represents Sophia's breast and the stick figures represent the many men attracted to it. Okay, then. Mike tells the guys that even though their sketches are very good (for a special ed class), the sketching was not the challenge. Appreciating a woman, he explains to them, is all about listening to what she has to say. Then he starts to quiz them on what Sophia said while she was in the room. The quiz doesn't last too long. The first question was "What was the model's name", and half of the guys missed it. One of the guys thought it was "Jennifer". Others guessed "Sharon" and "Heather". Those guys had to sit out the rest of the quiz. The next question was "What movie did she stay up all last night watching?" and only Mario answered correctly (Pretty Woman). Pi guessed Lord of the Rings. I think he was confusing Sophia with himself. Super Mario later tells us that when Sophia started talking non-stop, he realized what was going on so he started listening. After the challenge, Pi runs up to his room because he can't wait to show off his giant breast sketch to Sheree. She is not impressed. "One boob. That's what he drew. That is objectifying women, which is so chauvanistic," says Sheree, the former Hooters waitress. Pi tells us in his own defense that he "worked hard on the sketch, actually. Yeah it was one boob. But it was a boob drawn with love." Later, Nate asks Cecille how she feels about Aeronautics. "Spacey," she answers with uncharacteristic wit, then adds, "I get it. But if we had to do a museum tour, we'd be in big trouble." Speaking of museum tours, the group next gathers at the California Science Center Air and Space Museum. Sure enough, the beauties' next challenge is to give a museum tour. The curator will be tagging along to judge which girl gives the best tour. Andrea, Sheree, and Nadia actually do a pretty good job. The other girls, however, not so much. Cecille thought the sign that said "Bell X-1" referred, not to the small plane piloted by Chuck Yeager that broke the Sound Barrier, but rather a nearby police helicopter. She informs the group that this particular helicopter was used on the TV series Mash to "fly soldiers from bomb sites to the hospital". Jennylee thought the Mercury Red Stone capsule, used to send a chimp into space, was either a satellite or a telescope. She also informed the group that plant life has recently been discovered on Mars. Andrea and Sheree know that if neither of them win, they will probably both go to elimination. Andrea, who had been doing really well throughout the rest of the tour, stumbles on the Viking Lander. She then figures it's up to Sheree to win. But Sheree identifies the wrong satellite as Sputnik. It looks as though Nadia may have a chance to win this one, which would not be good for the brunettes. Sure enough, Nadia wins, leaving it up to her and Mario to choose both teams for elimination. Back at the mansion, the other blondes start with the peer pressure on Nadia. Nadia gets frustrated and starts to cry. She doesn't know whom to choose. She's afraid of upsetting the other blondes by choosing any of them. "They're my friends," she blubbers to Mario. "You just met them," he says. He also makes it clear he thinks Cecille and Megan should be the ones to go, since they're not trying. It doesn't go that way, though. Once the group gathers downstairs for The Announcement, Mario and Nadia name Andrea and Matt and Pi and Sheree as the teams marked for elimination. This provokes Sheree to complain to Nadia that she's too involved into the clique. She tells the rest of the women that they're setting a bad example for the geeks. The beauties are supposed to be teaching the boys about how to see past the superficial, she explains, but instead the girls are all about the superficial. Niels tells us that watching the women interact makes him feel better about how the guys interact. Among the geek herd, no one is ostracized and everyone gets along. "There's actually a lot about social interaction the girls could learn from the guys," he says. Pi tells us he would like to stay. "I have a lot of issues to resolve, possibly with myself, definitely with Sheree... We have a unique relationhip where the woman nags and nags and the man just listens." The two teams square off in the elimination room. Sheree and Andrea each answer both of their questions correctly. It's up to the guys. Pi misses his first question, but Matt answers both of his correctly. Pi and Sheree are eliminated. During the post elimination interview, Pi complements Sheree. She returns the favor, but adds that he needs to "listen to women." Pi says, "This a divorced married couple right here." "We're just friends," Sheree responds. "I think we're using the term 'friends' loosely." "I don't see [in Pi] the want or willingness to change..." "Sheree..." "It's just not there..." "Sheree..." Next week - Geek makeover.