At dinner, Nate discusses his previous shortcomings with women. Someone should tell him that he should stop clubbing them and dragging them back to his cave. Women don't like that. At least that's what they tell me. Jennylee tells us that she's started to really vibe with him. I'm predicting that once he stops looking like Cro-Magnon man something's gonna happen there…
That night, Sheree and Andrea burn the midnight oil while the blonde crew, or "Gaggle" chill out in the hot tub. This does not bode well for the only two girls in the house who are putting in the effort to learn anything.
The next morning the geeks are led into a room with several easels set up. Mike tells them they'll have twenty minutes to sketch their subject. Their subject? A naked woman! No way! Matt immediately reverts back to jaw-drop mode, and in one of his only sentences of the entire episode, Neils reminds us that he loves boobs. Yes Neils, we know. Boobs are spectacular. The geeks can't stop smiling and laughing because for most of them, it was their first real, live naked woman not on a computer screen.
The geeks immediately get to drawing. Meanwhile, their model, Sophia, won't shut up. She begins blathering away about her favorite movies and television shows and names of her middle school teachers and various STDs she's contracted over the past year. Aren't nude models supposed to shut up and sit still? What nude modeling school did Sophia flunk out of? In fact, Drew tells us how annoyed he was that she couldn't let him concentrate. Mario thinks something is up and starts paying more attention to her than to what he's drawing. After the time is up Mike comes back in the room and explains that their drawings weren't the challenge. The challenge was how well they were listening to the model. Oh you sneaky Beauty and the Geek writers!
Mike then tests them on the things the model said while they were sketching her, and after only TWO QUESTIONS, Mario emerges as the winner. Seems as if nobody was really paying attention. This still seems a little unfair to me, given the fact that they were supposed to be drawing her and that nude models are supposed to shut the hell up. Oh well.
Back inside, Sheree is less than impressed at Piao's drawing of a giant breast (basically a big circle) and begins to bicker with him about how he doesn't listen to women. Sheree argues about how he shouldn't be staring at women's bodies and should be listening instead. I would agree with Sheree if it weren't for the fact that the task they were given was to DRAW A NAKED WOMAN and not LISTEN TO HER BULLSHIT.
Nadia is excited to learn that Mario won the challenge. She's also happy that the horrifyingly scary naked woman he drew wasn't of her but instead of what appeared to be a goblin that couldn't stop talking.
Across the city, everyone is brought to the California Air and Space museum where the beauties will have to give a tour to a group of museum visitors, with the curator of the museum as the judge, that poor bastard.
Andrea and Sheree's forehead are feeling the pressure because they know that if they don't win, they're going into the dreaded Elimination Room.
Begin the montage of some of the worst museum tours ever. Nadia, Sheree, and Andrea are all competent for the most part, while the rest of the blondes are, well, blondes. Cecille gives a lot of "facts" like "riding a helicopter is fun," and "old men are the easiest to sucker money out of cause they're like senile and stuff." Jennylee points out the Wright Brothers plane, which apparently was a supersonic jet. I never knew the Wright Brothers were so advanced. Thanks Jennylee!
Both Andrea and Sheree stumble a bit at the end of the tour, giving the competition to Nadia. In turn, Nadia and Mario sweep the day's competitions and hold all of the power in the house. This pretty much seals Andrea and Sheree's fate since they're not part of the in-crowd in the house.
Nadia starts crying because she's going to have to send her "good friends" home. Yes, most of my best friends are people I've know for three days as well. Mario says he wants to send Cecille and Megan in because they're not really trying at all. I wonder where this is going…
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Comments (10)
Ummm...still reading your recap, but I just thought you should know that the theme song is a Pet Shop Boys song. So in reality the writers found an existing song that fits fairly well with the theme of this show. I would actually hate to see what they might have come up with had they tried to write something. And anyway, I am not one to bash semi-obscure 80's awesomeness.
1 of 10 | Posted by RachWho?
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Posted on January 11, 2007 12:59 PM
Beat me to it RachWho. This was the major 80s gay disco new wave topical song. Darn, I love this show. Why must it conflict with FNL? At least I have these great recaps.
2 of 10 | Posted by Ozone Dude
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Posted on January 11, 2007 1:32 PM
As RachWho? points out, what appears to be a stupid theme song is actually brilliant use of Pet Shop Boys song. It also reminds me of how incredibly old I am to instantly remember that.
It's not unfair for the teams with the two "smartest" women to be up for elimination (aside from Nadia); it makes sense in terms of the competition. Choosing both ensures that there's one less strong team to compete against. Perhaps instead of having his balls cut off, Mario's practicing a little strategery.
3 of 10 | Posted by brilliantmistake
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Posted on January 11, 2007 1:37 PM
Did anyone else pick up on the irony that Piao's boob drawing looked strikingly similar to the Hooters logo? Shree (a Hooters waitress) was offended by it? Do you work at Hooters then sit there & act appalled with men's obsession of breasts? Guess you do if you're Sheree.
4 of 10 | Posted by Devoted Satellite
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Posted on January 11, 2007 1:39 PM
First of all, if Nadia and Mario were thinking strategically, it would make sense to put the brunettes up against each other - they are much smarter than the blondes. I will deeply miss Piao and the bickering between and his lady. Also, I love the idea that it is as difficult for the boys to remember the naked model's first name and favorite movie as it is for the girls to give tours of the air and space museum.
5 of 10 | Posted by Mallory
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Posted on January 11, 2007 1:47 PM
a few observations-
i am very disappointed with no mention of ceci's foreshadowing of their task. "i'm in trouble if we have to give a museum tour" or something to that affect. very funny.
mario called nadia out on the comment about not wanting to send her good friends to elimination. he said something about having only known them a few days.
and finally, how interesting that sheree's good plan from last week (don't piss off the good teams by sending them to elimination) backfired on her.
6 of 10 | Posted by sweetjane
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Posted on January 11, 2007 2:03 PM
so I really loved seasons one and two of this show, but so far i HATE this season, the girls on this one are so obviously there only to b on tv and not to get to know any of the guys, it's sad b/c if it keeps going like this I will have to stop watching and I bet so are a lot of other people, there's no point in having this show if no one's going to change,
really these bitches are annoyine me, there's so many pretty girls out there who are dumb, but at least they're nice and willing to try, sure tristin from season 2 was a moron, but at least she tried, lets hope it gets better soon
7 of 10 | Posted by Svettylana
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Posted on January 11, 2007 2:49 PM
hmm, I clearly did not realize that was a Pet Shop Boys song when I wrote this recap...how that makes me long for the wonderful music that the 80's produced.
8 of 10 | Posted by Jordan
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Posted on January 11, 2007 4:56 PM
um...pet shop boys are only one of the most awesome gay bands ever! everyone please go download the music video to "go west" right now. Slightly disappointed that not only did you not know the song but you called it bad. faux pax, indeed
9 of 10 | Posted by PiagetsLuvChild
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Posted on January 11, 2007 10:09 PM
Did the producers think of the show after hearing that New Wave goodness of the 80s?
I was sad to see Sheree go, despite the forehead. Piao is an idiot and gives all Asian geeks a bad name. In fact, he reminds me of this guy I knew who'd snicker at words such as: hooters, boob, Lake Titicaca, etc.
The fact that she actually studied for the author interview was quite impressive, even though they didn't give her much screen time showing her reading. On her post-show interview on KTLA 5, she tried to emphasize that while she did in fact work at Hooters, she did go to school and has some impressive career aspirations.
Listen to me, I am defending a reality TV show contestant. What has this world come to?
And despite Mario losing his ahuacatls, I guess they played it right by trying to know off one of the known strong teams. Or should I say, girls that actually read. I quietly root for Super Mario and Nadia because he's got a cool tattoo and she's kinda hot.
10 of 10 | Posted by GiadaFan
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Posted on January 13, 2007 4:00 PM