The BEST episodes of The Real World

#1 - Paris: Episode 13

Season 13 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/19/2003

Ace is ready for a visit from his girlfriend Kate. ""The roommates in the house are getting hotter and hotter,"" he jokes. ""By god, Simon is starting to look good to me."" His attraction to Simon aside, Ace is fairly confident that the drunken kisses he's shared with Mallory and Christina don't count and will not be an issue with Kate. He talks about how serious his feelings are for Kate and tells his roommates that, not only is she the prettiest girl he's every dated, she's the only girl he has dated that he can see marrying. Ace and Kate share an awkward greeting at the airport and he brings her back to the chateau to introduce her to the roommates. On the train ride to the house, Kate describes Ace as ""kind of a boyfriend"" which upsets Ace and sets the tone for the entire visit. Meanwhile, back at the chateau, Mallory tells Simon that she was supposed to clean Ace's room for 20 Euro, but since she's busy (doing what?), she asks Simon if he can fill in for her. Before he can say ""Tkisco

#2 - Paris: Episode 15

Season 13 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/9/2003

The roommates take the train to Florence, Italy and step off into the Italian city de amore. They divide into groups to explore the city. Leah and Simon represent the shop-o-holics, while Ace, CT and Adam are the eating at a café exhibiting shop-o-phobic symptoms. Christina and Mallory fall somewhere between as they walk the streets of Florence while men flirt with them. They are surprised by how straightforward the Italians are. Over lunch, Leah admits to Simon that if a guy she met didn't drive a fancy car, the chances of him talking to her were ""slim to none."" When she met her boyfriend, he changed everything. Nothing else mattered except that she had him. They dated for three and a half years and it was the happiest and most confident that she's ever been. She says that she now feels that she is being held captive by this feeling of wondering whether or not she'll have that again.

#3 - Paris: Episode 16

Season 13 - Episode 16 - Aired 9/16/2003

The roommates are excited to be in Rome and they tour the city with Leah's friend Matt from college and go out at night. ""CT's so dumb,"" Leah says to Matt, loud enough for CT to hear. ""I'm telling you, we live with seven people and six of us hate him."" CT looks sad, but barely bats an eye because he knows to expect this from Leah. CT has an unexpected defense attorney in Matt who tells Leah that CT has been nothing but nice and he doesn't understand why she would say such a thing. By the end of the evening, even this guy Matt is embarrassed by her actions. Growing more and more pissed at Leah, Mallory thinks her comments about CT were ""completely out of line."" Christina has been avoiding being in Leah's presence because she is so loud. And Simon thinks Leah doesn't care about what other people think. After a night of obnoxiousness and drinking Leah has a tough time getting up to leave for Zermatt, Switzerland.

#4 - Paris: Episode 18

Season 13 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/30/2003

The guys of the house venture out to play basketball and Adam notices a lot of pent up anger and aggression in CT. CT complains that Adam is hacking the entire game and they argue. Later Adam confides in Ace that it's getting more and more difficult for him to be around CT because he ""acts like a pompous jerk all the damn time."" Meanwhile, CT is on the phone with his friend Knuckles telling him how Adam acts like a ""clown."" Where is the love? CT says he wasn't brought up the way everyone else in the house was brought up. Meaning he was brought up to be a ""pompous jerk?"" Not sure what he's getting at. Adam continues his rant and tells Ace how CT was wearing a pair of Adam's socks and trying to pass them off as his own; he theorizes that CT is a pathological liar. He may be right, he may be crazy.

#5 - Paris: Episode 20

Season 13 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/14/2003

Leah thought she lost that loving feeling, but with Giuseppe in her life, she realizes it's not gone, gone, gone, wooooh. For a long time, Leah really thought that no one was going to love her as much as her ex-boyfriend. Then she went to Florence and met Giuseppe. Then she is summoned back to Florence to spend time with the cutie-patootie (didn't he have a girlfriend?!) They smooch on the streets of in Italy. Leah says that with Giuseppe, she can let her guard down and be herself. He says he loves her and Leah says ""that's fun."" Ah, amore at its best. Apparently not feeling a bit nostalgic about her trip to Paris, Jamie calls CT after she arrives home and asks him if he has been talking more s-t about her since she left. He said he felt like she was playing games with him. ""I said some dumb things,"" CT admits. Jamie says those ""dumb things"" hurt her feelings, but CT just wonders which one of his roommates ratted him out.

#6 - Paris: Episode 21

Season 13 - Episode 21 - Aired 10/21/2003

CT is on the s-t list again. Simon tells his roommates about how CT put him into a headlock while they were taking a picture. It wasn't a friendly, brotherly headlock, it actually hurt. Adam said CT was clearly aggressive and going after Simon, but thought Simon had himself handled because he walked away from the situation after telling CT to screw off. That wasn't good enough, though, because Simon wondered why Adam or Ace didn't back him up and tell CT to stop being such an idiot. Leah makes it known that she would have stepped in and said something to CT if she was there. Suddenly, the conversation turns to the incident in Switzerland where Mallory brings up the fact that people in the house have a problem with Leah. Apparently, Leah hasn't been able to let go of this, so she storms out at the room. Mallory tells Simon she is pissed that Leah can't let anything go, so Mallory speaks with Leah in the bathroom and asks why she brought up the incident in Switzerland again.

#7 - Paris: Episode 22

Season 13 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/28/2003

Adam is on the prowl again. Christina says Adam is such a pimp because he brings new girls in the house all the time. He has recently met a nice girl named Lamyae who is a German, studying ""tourism."" She doesn't speak English that well, but maybe that's for the best. Adam and Lamyae make their way back to the chateau and crawl under the covers. Despite previous failed attempts at exclusivity, Adam confesses that he thinks they are getting closer to that exclusive type of relationship. When Adam turns into Nelly and tells her she's so hot, he wants to take her closes off, she says, ""Never."" Whoa! That throws him for a loop, but of course that makes her more desirable. At the Frommer's office, Brice tells the roommates that their next assignment involves reviewing hotels and they need to make a reservation at one of them and all seven of them have to stay there so they can review it. The group arrives at a hotel in Paris to get a feel for the establishment.

#8 - Paris: Episode 24

Season 13 - Episode 24 - Aired 11/4/2003

What do you get when you combine an argument over who ate who's pizza and a super-sized order of sappiness unleashed at a fondue restaurant? Why, you get the season finale of Real World Paris. All-American Ace sums up his experience in Paris by packing his things in a box that reads: ""Going back to Normalville."" Felling a little sappier, Christina writes ""Bye Bye Paris"" and includes a frown face to get her sentiment across. Once the packing is done, CT and Ace hit the hot tub and talk about how they miss gas stations and how great it will be when they don't have to see anymore croissants and girls who don't speak English. Ace is looking forward to southern belles, Georgia peaches, waffles and bacon--not necessarily in that order. Leah coos over pictures of her and Giuseppe. She says she does not expect much from their relationship since she lives in NY and he resides in Italy, but it was a very romantic and fun time that she'll never forget.

#9 - New Orleans: Secrets and Thighs

Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/20/2000

While partying at a topless club in the French Quarter, Melissa decides to take to the stage, an act that does not sit well with David.

#10 - Portland: Welcome to the Sh*t Show!

Season 28 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/5/2013

#11 - Three Hookups and a Breakup

Season 25 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/30/2011

#12 - Portland: Reunion

Season 28 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/12/2013

#13 - Danas, Derrieres, and Drama

Season 26 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2011

Sam and Nate prank the other roommates; sparks begin to fly between Ashley and Zach; Frank parties too hard and is forced to deal with the consequences.

#14 - Au Revoir Nawlins

Season 24 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/15/2010

It's the roommates' last week together and in New Orleans, which means it's time to get nostalgic. As Jemmye wonders whether or not she and Knight can go the distance he decides it's time for one more crazy day. The roommates head down to The Creole Creamery and cheer on Eric and Knight as they try to down 8 scoops of ice cream in one sitting. If only it weren't for Eric's weak stomach and Knight's lactose intolerance, they might have actually been able to pull it off. For Eric, Knight and McKenzie, it's their last day at Habitat for Humanity and they celebrate putting the last coast of paint on the house and handing the keys to the happy owner. Back at the house, Pablo sends an apology to the roommates and Sahar in fruit basket form. When Sahar gushes over the Edible Arrangement, Preston takes her outside and tries to knock some sense into her. Fruit does not make up for that behavior, but Sahar doesn't know if she's ready to end things with Pablo, she has to think. The next day, as the roommates get themselves pretty for an MTV photo shoot, their dreaded ex-roommate comes for a visit. Everyone steers clear of Ryan as they put on fake smiles and try to make it through the day without any drama. And with everything that's been going wrong with Preston and Ashlee's radio station internship, they finally find a piece they want to go live with. At the radio station, Ashlee and Preston go on the air with a piece on New Orleans cuisine and it goes off without a hitch. It's the last night in New Orleans and the roommates and their NOLA friends celebrate with their own crawfish boil. But when Preston tries to give a heart-warming speech, Knight interrupts him. There's no crying in the Real World. The roommates return home and try to stay awake as long as possible. When Preston chooses to unwind in a relaxing bubble bath, Knight decides to throw everything not nailed down to the floor in the tub with him, including a life-size female statue. Preston's first woman! The n

#15 - An End to an Endless Summer

Season 26 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/2011

#16 - Hurricane Wilma

Season 17 - Episode 18 - Aired 6/20/2006

Hurricane Wilma forces the roommates to evacuate to Fort Lauderdale, but the storm follows them.

#17 - Tick, Tick, Cabo-oom!

Season 26 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/2011

#18 - Grumpy Young Men

Season 20 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/28/2008

Greg plays another prank, and Will and Dave are furious; the roommates visit Joey in rehab.

#19 - The Grilled Cheese Incident

Season 19 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/10/2007

#20 - Saying Goodbye

Season 21 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/1/2009

The housemates prepare to move out as their stay in the house nears its end. Scott, Baya and Devyn plan to stay in New York, and move in together as roommates. Ryan prepares to report for active duty as part of Operation: Iraqi Freedom, but not before getting into an altercation at a bar. The women engage in one last war of pranks, with J.D. caught in the middle, and Ryan reacting with outrage. Despite the conflict, the group bonds one last time over Ryan's guitar music on their last night together, and enjoys some emotional exchanges as they each leave the loft the next day.

#21 - Saving a Private Ryan

Season 21 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/18/2009

As election day 2008 approaches, Ryan discovers he has been called back into duty in Iraq.

#22 - Real World XVIII S*#! They Should've Shown

Season 18 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/30/2007

#23 - Conquering Fears

Season 18 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/25/2007

During the final week of Outward Bound, Brooke's fear of heights is tested when the group rappels down a cliff. Colie becomes sick once again, and is sent back to the Denver house to prevent her from contaminating the others. When the group finishes their hike to the top of the mountain, Brooke reveals how the experience of Outward Bound has changed her. Chris tells the roommates they will be taking a vacation soon as a reward.

#24 - Locked Up

Season 18 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/19/2007

Tyrie is arrested by police for public urination, requiring Jazalle to post bail for him. Meanwhile, Jenn and Jared break up for good when he decides that he cannot trust her. Tyrie and Jazalle then talk about their problems and resolve to move on. However, Jenn, with whom they discuss this, still feels bad about Tyrie's behavior, and considers leaving Denver.

#25 - Breaking Point

Season 18 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/10/2007

Tyrie and Brooke have difficulty with an abseiling exercise with Outward Bound, but while Tyrie manages to complete it, Brooke refuses to participate in it. She later declines to help Alex clean dishes, and repeatedly violates other rules, irritating their boss, Chris, who warns her for her behavior, and Alex, who admonishes her to accept responsibility for her behavior. Colie's illness relegates her to a camp with a man, Adam, to whom she is attracted