Beauty and the Geek

1. Meet the Geeks

Jun 1, 2005

The ultimate social experiment begins when seven beauties and seven geeks move into an enormous mansion in Los Angeles. After choosing teams, Brian explains the first challenge, where the women and the men must learn from each other to complete tasks. All of the contestants must rediscover the fifth grade; the women compete in a trivia contest, focusing on history, spelling, and geography. Meanwhile, the men learn dance moves from the women, who then must perform in front of a crowd of people, who judge who danced the best. Mindi and Richard win both of their challenges, ensuring them full immunity and giving them the power to nominate two other teams for elimination. At the elimination ceremony, Richard and Mindi send Eric and Cheryl and Joe and Erika to the elimination chamber, where Eric and Cheryl are eliminated.

2. A Day with Mechanics and Masseusses

Jun 8, 2005

Episode two brings strain to the game. some of the Geeks are already growing thin on the Beauties, and one pair in the house, Erika and Brad, begins a romance. The second set of tasks entails lots of oil the women must complete a series of tasks having to do with a car: popping the hood, and changing the oil, air filter, and a tire. The men are forced to brush up on massages. At the challenges, Chuck and Caitilin prosper, working as a team to win both. Fighting breaks out between the two because of Chucks inability to nominate anyone for elimination, but in the end, they decide on sending Erika and Joe and Brad and Scarlet to the elimination room. Erika and Joe lose the quiz, sending them home and ending the short-lived love between Erika and Brad.

3. Rockets and Fashion Shows

Jun 15, 2005

The third set of tasks is one of the trickiest yet for both groups - the Beauties and the Geeks. The women must brush up on their rocket science and follow a series of instructions in order to assemble a rocket and launch it in the fastest time. Later, the men are taken to a series of stores in order to purchase three outfits - formal wear, swimsuit, and casual wear - for their partners to wear in a fashion show. The winners of the tasks, Scarlet & Bill and Chuck & Caitilin, choose two teams to go up for elimination. In the end, Krystal and Brad are sent home, both with tremendous boosts in confidence and skill level.

4. Makeovers and Pick-Up Lines

Jun 22, 2005

The competition heats up as the four remaining teams gear up for their new tasks. The ladies get to give the guys makeovers and the guys must go out and get phone numbers from total strangers. Tensions rise as a rivalry grows between two of the contestants, and when Chuck and Caitilin win the challenges again, they nominate Richard & Mindi for elimination for the second time, along with Lauren & Bill. The experience of having gone through elimination once already proves to be an advantage for Richard & Mindi, who survive, and Lauren & Bill are sent home.

5. The Great Outdoors

Jun 29, 2005

For the first time, the individual couples must work together as a team to have a successful night of camping. The rivalry between Chuck and Richard reaches an all-time high, and the romance between Scarlet and Chuck seems to fizzle out because of the competitive fire in Scarlet. After a challenge in the wilderness, two of the teams are sent to the elimination room, where one team is sent home, leaving only two couples for the final task.

6. The Grand Prize Goes To...

Jul 6, 2005

During the final day at the mansion, the teams spend more time getting to know each other, learning a skill that the other excels at - karate, cooking, kayaking, and piano - as one last thing to do with each other before the final elimination, a series of ten questions about your partner. By evening's end, one team wins a quarter of a million dollars, but both teams walk away with more knowledge and more confidence.

7. Happily Ever After?

Jul 13, 2005

Beauty and the Geek's first season contestants gather in front of a live studio audience to discuss their time in the house, as well as what they took away from the experience, how their confidence has increased, and how their rivalries and romances have ended after the show has wrapped production.

0. Casting Special

Jan 11, 2006

Beauty and the Geek 2 begins with geekier Geeks, more beautiful Beauties, and lots of lessons learned, even in the first two days! After the eight new women choose a partner, the contestants move into the mansion, and quickly begin to bond. Josh finds himself filled with so much anxiety and insecurity that he cannot bear to sleep in his room with Cher but instead spends the night in the closet while Tristin reveals her own insecurities about wearing a swimsuit.

1. Episode 01

Jan 12, 2006

Beauty and the Geek 2 begins with geekier Geeks, more beautiful Beauties, and lots of lessons learned, even in the first two days! After the eight new women choose a partner, the contestants move into the mansion, and quickly begin to bond. Josh finds himself filled with so much anxiety and insecurity that he cannot bear to sleep in his room with Cher but instead spends the night in the closet while Tristin reveals her own insecurities about wearing a swimsuit.

2. Episode 02

Jan 19, 2006

The beauties and geeks continue with getting to know each other, but two couples are forced to meet more quickly than the rest when Chris and Amanda make their decision about which pair to switch themselves with. Later, the men face a karaoke challenge, and the women are forced to muster up the courage to give a speech about a political topic that they know very little about.

3. Episode 03

Jan 26, 2006

The women educate the men about interior design and decorating for the next task, while the men teach the women the technological aspects of computers. The women judge the geeks' newly-decorated rooms for the first task. After that, the beauties compete in a race to assemble a computer.

4. Episode 04

Feb 2, 2006

When the women give the men makeovers in order to improve their chances of winning the week's only task, the geeks come out looking much more presentable than they did, and their confidence soars. After the girls have stylists give the men haircuts, eyebrow and chest waxings, and find a new wardrobe, the guys are sent to a bar for a round of speed dating, where three women spend a short period of time with all six men and then judge them on their conversation, appearance, and all-around social skills. The women observe the dates and critique their partners from TV monitors.

5. Episode 05

Feb 9, 2006

The group travels to Las Vegas and plays strip poker, an infatuation develops between two contestants, and a couple is eliminated.

6. Episode 06

Feb 16, 2006

The beauties are forced to ask their geeks out on a romantic date, and later, the men set out on a photography challenge, making their partners feel comfortable as the subjects of their work. The relationship between Cher and Wes becomes more intimate, and at the end of the episode, one couple is sent packing.

7. Episode 07

Mar 2, 2006

The contestants make heartfelt videos for their partner, explaining what the partner means to them and what they learned from the experience of Beauty and the Geek. After the teams cherish their videos, they get to work on the next task, a joint scavenger hunt. The challenge involves each couple in thier own car with a driver; the women (without any help from the men) must navigate through Los Angeles to three different stores, where the men must then go into the store and choose the item that they think their partner has picked.

8. Episode 08 - The Finale

Mar 9, 2006

The two remaining couples are given some time to spend with each other and learn some of their hobbies. Josh takes Cher fly fishing while Joe shows Brittany his chess skills and tries to teach her the game. Later, Cher teaches Josh how to cook a meal as Brittany takes Joe ice-skating. After, the teams spend their last hours with each other, studying the ins and outs of each of their lives for the final quiz. In the quiz room, the pairs are surprised to learn that instead of the way the final quiz was orchestrated in season one, this one would be different: one person from each pair must answer a series of questions about his or her own interests and the other must try to match the answers.

1. The Beauties Meet the Geeks, Part 1

Jan 3, 2007

The third season again unites a group of "beauties" with a gang of "geeks" for hilarious and heart-rendering results, and a prize of $250,000 to the winners.

2. The Beauties Meet the Geeks, Part 2

Jan 3, 2007

The beauties must conduct an interview with an author while the geeks must perform stand-up comedy at the Laugh Factory. One team is eliminated at the end of the episode.

3. Geeks Get Naked

Jan 10, 2007

The beauties act as tour guides to visitors of the California Science Center museum while the geeks are required to draw sketches of a naked woman. One team is eliminated at the end of the episode.

4. Beauties Pimp Their Geeks

Jan 17, 2007

The geeks are given makeovers and later offered up as bids at a live charity auction hosted by the beauties. One team is eliminated at the end of the episode.

5. Beauties and the Beach

Jan 24, 2007

The five remaining teams take a surprise trip to San Diego's Mission Beach, where the beauties must learn about radio waves and electronics while the geeks must put together their own fitness routines. One team is eliminated at the end of the episode.

6. Geek Love

Jan 31, 2007

The four remaining teams each get a dog; the geeks must get women's phone numbers at a dog park.

7. Down on the Farm

Feb 7, 2007

The final three teams get down and dirty at a farm where they must work with animals. Two teams face elimination, one team is eliminated, and the final two teams are revealed.

8. Beauty Queen and Geek King

Feb 14, 2007

In the shocking third season finale, unexpected visitors threaten to jeopardize the status of the competition. Meanwhile, as the final two teams prepare for the final showdown, they reveal sides of each other that they've never shown before, and one teammate makes a decision that turns the competition upside down and leaves everyone in shock.

9. Beauties and Geeks Reunite

Feb 21, 2007

In this special reunion episode, the beauties and the geeks are reunited in New York, where they reminisce about their good and bad times in the competition, new never-before-seen footage is revealed, and updates on the lives of the contestants are shared.

1. When Worlds Collide, Part 1

Sep 18, 2007

In part one of the fourth season premiere, host Mike Richards is joined by season three's Nate and Jennylee on a nationwide search for the new season's beauties and geeks.

2. When Worlds Collide, Part 2

Sep 18, 2007

In part two of the fourth season premiere, the twenty chosen contestants soon realize that they are in for a very unique season as the new cast includes a male beauty and a female geek. Afterwards, the finalists pair up during a barbecue and get to meet their new partners.

3. Opposites Attract

Sep 25, 2007

Things are shaken up when the male beauty and the female geek finally move into the mansion. Meanwhile, the geeks are challenged to write an autobiographical rap to be performed for Three 6 Mafia, and the beauties must study politics and later put their newfound knowledge to the test while debating each other.

4. Double Dare

Oct 2, 2007

After a champagne celebration and a game of Truth or Dare take place, a romance begins to happen in the house between two contestants. Meanwhile, the beauties must study anatomy, and are later challenged by locating and drawing organs on their partner's body. The geeks, on the other hand, are challenged to put together romantic gifts.

5. It's Not Rocket Science

Oct 9, 2007

The house romance takes a turn that could ruin one of the teams. Meanwhile, as voted by viewers, the geeks are challenged to massage the ladies while the beauties are challenged with rocket science.

6. It's Good to Be King

Oct 16, 2007

It's makeover time! The geeks get their new looks and later put them to the test in the Beauty and the Geek prom, where one of them is named king. Meanwhile, the beauties are required to teach a third-grade class.

7. Super Geek

Oct 23, 2007

The geeks must create superheroes and design their own costumes. The beauties, meanwhile, are required to provide the back story for their partner's super creation.

8. A Look Back

Oct 30, 2007

With only five weeks until the season finale, the show is taking viewers back to the special moments of season four and also treating its audience to never-before-seen footage of the contestants.

9. Viva Mexico!

Nov 6, 2007

The remaining contestants travel to Mexico, where one geek comes out of his shell and another is pushed to limits. For their challenges, the beauties must face each other in a memory competition while the geeks compete for immunity in a dance-off. Finally, a new twist promises to turn the competition upside down.

10. Raising the Bar

Nov 13, 2007

It's down to the final four teams, and tension and second guessing begin to take over the mansion. For their challenges, the beauties must get personal with creepy crawlers and the geeks must battle it off at a bar tending challenge that will test their confidence.

11. Whine and Dine

Nov 20, 2007

The three remaining teams go to a vineyard for a wine-making challenge.

12. Meet the Parents

Nov 27, 2007

The final two teams go to each other's hometowns and meet each other's parents. Later, the contestants are shocked to discover that a major twist has the final showdown be something completely unexpected.

13. And the Winner Is...

Dec 4, 2007

In the fourth season finale, all ten teams are reunited for one last time. At the end of the encounter, the winning team is revealed.

10. More Than Just A Beauty And A Geek

May 13, 2008

The season finale begins with three teams but, in a surprising twist, the team that fares the worst in a pop quiz is sent home immediately. The two teams that know their partners best will continue to compete for $250,000 and a chance at becoming more than just a beauty and a geek. Jaws drop when the eliminated contestants return to the mansion for one final night and the claws come out during a blow-out fight over one geek's affection. Host Mike Richards reveals that there is nothing the final two teams can do to prepare for the final challenge.