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Season: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5
Year: 2003  |  2004  |  2005  |  2006  |  2007


Season 1


Season 1, Episode 1: Ro-Day-O vs. Ro-Dee-O

Original Air Date—2 December 2003
The girls move into the farm where we meet their hosts, the Ledding family. They freak out over chicken plucking and the enormous tick in their bedroom overtop a well. The dad lays down the rules but when have the Hiltons ever obeyed them? And both girls decide the oldest son deserves a little reminder of this trip.....

Season 1, Episode 2: Dairy Farmin' Divas

Original Air Date—3 December 2003
Paris and Nicole have never worked a day in their pampered lives, until now. They wake-up and put on makeup and show up late for their new job milking the cows. Paris and Nicole get dirty, get into a hot tub and get fired.

Season 1, Episode 3: Sonic Burger Shenanigans

Original Air Date—9 December 2003
Fresh off their failure as dairy-farm workers, the girls take a job at a fast-food joint, only to find that serving the public is their private nightmare.

Season 1, Episode 4: The One About the Rumors

Original Air Date—16 December 2003
To get the town to know them better Paris and Nicole (with the help of the mayor) become co-chairman of the annual town festival--obviously things do not go well. Plus, Paris gets her dog certified over at the town hall, making sure the dog is healthy.

Season 1, Episode 5: Shopaholics

Original Air Date—17 December 2003
The girls work for this cattle auctioneer. He has them go to the feed store to pick up some feed. Nicole decides to charge a few extra things to his account. A folding mirror and a $120 birdhouse to give to the lady they are staying with for Mother's Day. The man finds out and comes to talk to them.

Season 1, Episode 6: Boy Crazy

Original Air Date—7 January 2004
The ladies get jobs at a gas station-food mart (and bait shop), and soon reel in two local boys as customers, whom they'll accompany to a club. In so doing, they'll stay out beyond their curfew, and in a number of ways they'll pay.

Season 1, Episode 7: Goodbye and Good Luck

Original Air Date—14 January 2004
In the finale, the girls are prodded to pack their pricey bags after Nicole's barroom hissy finally gets Janet's goat. Not that they've been model citizens anyway. Having insulted locals and avoided labor since day one, it's a safe bet that few folks will be missing Misses Richie and Hilton once they're gone.

Season 1, Episode 8: The Reunion

Original Air Date—14 January 2004
Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie reunite with the Ledding family. They talk about season one in front of a live studio audience and promote season two.

Season 1, Episode 9: The Lost Episode

Original Air Date—26 January 2004
Paris is homesick in this episode so her mom sends in Chinese food from Los Angeles. The girls get a new truck, work for a taxidermist, and face a potential tornado.

Season 2


Season 2, Episode 1: The Journey Begins

Original Air Date—16 June 2004
Paris and Nicole depart from Miami Beach toward their first destination, the Batten Family Ranch, but trouble mounts as Paris Hilton gets into a serious accident while riding a horse.

Season 2, Episode 2: Mermaid Outing

Original Air Date—16 June 2004
The girls continue through Florida where they get jobs in a mermaid show and have an adventure in babysitting that includes dressing up a kid and playing hide and seek.

Season 2, Episode 3: Nudist Resort

Original Air Date—23 June 2004
The girls next stop is at a nudist resort where they find themselves employed as maids. After work, they participate in a body acceptance class and party at a nude disco.

Season 2, Episode 4: Making Sausages

Original Air Date—30 June 2004
The girls arrive in Mississippi and stay with the Skinner family where Nicole has problems with the oldest son. Their job in this episode is at a sausage factory.

Season 2, Episode 5: Jenny's First Date

Original Air Date—7 July 2004
This stop on the road trip is Louisiana where the girls get a job trapping crawfish. They also help their host family's thirteen year old daughter pick out clothes for her first date which they chaperone.

Season 2, Episode 6: Dancing Sheep

Original Air Date—14 July 2004
The girls arrive in Texas and stay at a farm run by a couple of hippie types and their two sons. The girls and boys head out to a tanning salon, a local bar, and do some work on the farm.

Season 2, Episode 7: Play Ball

Original Air Date—21 July 2004
Continuing across Texas, the girls stay with the deeply religious Cash family and clean up their trailer. Later, they work for a minor-league baseball team on game night.

Season 2, Episode 8: Brand New Look

Original Air Date—28 July 2004
Still in Texas, the girls stay with a biker family. They work at a local beauty salon and help with a male back waxing and a female makeover.

Season 2, Episode 9: Deputized

Original Air Date—4 August 2004
The next stop in Texas for the girls in the Click Ranch where they tutor the owner in how to romance his wife. Their job in this episode is as a pair of sheriff's deputies where they feed prisoners and issue tickets.

Season 2, Episode 10: Back in the Saddle

Original Air Date—4 August 2004
The girls conclude their trip with a final job at a ranch where they participate in a cattle drive. After that, it is back home to Los Angeles.

Season 2, Episode 11: The Stuff We Weren't Allowed to Show You

Original Air Date—17 November 2004
This episode features cut scenes and new interviews with the families and bosses from the season.

Season 3


Season 3, Episode 1: Mechanics

Original Air Date—26 January 2005
The girls depart on a bus trip where they will be staying with different families and working at a variety of jobs. Their first job is New Jersey where they work as mechanics.

Season 3, Episode 2: Airline

Original Air Date—9 February 2005
The girls work at an airport both on the runway and as flight attendants. Back at the host home, one of the dogs gets injured by a cat.

Season 3, Episode 3: Mortuary

Original Air Date—16 February 2005
The girls work at a mortuary in the sales department and the crematorium. They also try to help their host family quit smoking.

Season 3, Episode 4: Plastic Surgery

Original Air Date—23 February 2005
The girls assist a plastic surgeon with a variety of procedures including liposuction. Later, they take their host family to see a transvestite show.

Season 3, Episode 5: Broadcasting

Original Air Date—2 March 2005
Baltimore is the next stop and the girls intern on the morning show of a local news program. In their free time, they take their host family's children to the mall for rock star makeovers.

Season 3, Episode 6: Culinary

Original Air Date—23 March 2005
Paris and Nicole cause plenty of trouble while interning at the Gourmet Bakery; Paris takes the new host family grocery shopping and then bakes them a sweet surprise.

Season 3, Episode 7: Daycare

Original Air Date—9 March 2005
The girls arrive in Delaware where they have to work with young children and get their first taste of changing diapers among their duties.

Season 3, Episode 8: Zoo

Original Air Date—16 March 2005
The Baltimore zoo is the site of this episode's internship and the girls must prepare food for the animals and perform other duties.

Season 3, Episode 9: Psychic

Original Air Date—30 March 2005
The girls take palm readings to a new level when they ask their clients to strip.

Season 3, Episode 10: Nursing Home

Original Air Date—6 April 2005
The girls stay with a hunter and his family and then work at an elder care facility where they give the seniors a day to remember.

Season 3, Episode 11: Ad Agency

Original Air Date—13 April 2005
The girls work for an ad agency and must come up with an ad for a new breakfast sandwich. Their host family has a couple of unusual members in that they are orangutans.

Season 3, Episode 12: Firefighters

Original Air Date—20 April 2005
This internship is with the Atlantic City Fire Department where the girls go through rigorous training and participate in a real rescue.

Season 3, Episode 13: Manufacturing

Original Air Date—28 April 2005
The girls work at a manufacturing firm where they get in trouble with bubble wrap among other things.

Season 3, Episode 14: Secretary

Original Air Date—26 January 2005
The girls are still in New York and this time work as secretaries at an ad agency where they sort mail, photocopy, and assist the executives. The father in their host family is a judo instructor.

Season 3, Episode 15: Wedding Planner

Original Air Date—12 May 2005
The girls plan a wedding, add some spice to a bachelor party, and look for a man for their host.

Season 3, Episode 16: Dentistry

Original Air Date—12 May 2005
The girls last stop is Tennessee, where they fall into the hands of an overly-chipper motivational speaker and beauty queen coach. So this diva convinces Paris to enter the local pageant. Meanwhile, their last internship is at a dentist's office where Paris and Nicole must drill.

Season 4


Season 4, Episode 1: The Nolan Family

Original Air Date—4 June 2006
Paris and Nicole are no longer friends and are forced to do another season of The Simple Life. The girls (separately) strap on 35-pound pregnancy suits and take the place of a nine-month-pregnant stay-at-home wife. Paris and Nicole struggle to clean house, raise a three-year-old and survive Lamaze class.

Season 4, Episode 2: The Ghauri Family

Original Air Date—11 June 2006

Season 4, Episode 3: The Weekes Family

Original Air Date—18 June 2006

Season 4, Episode 4: The Padilla Family

Original Air Date—25 June 2006
Paris and Nicole (seperatly) visit a hectic family, and are asked to play mother to four children. They have to help the youngest daughter with a school picture, the other daughter with a school project, keep all four of them from fighting, and make dinner.

Season 4, Episode 5: Bowden Family

Original Air Date—9 July 2006
Paris and Nicole (separately) plan and host a wedding for two women.

Season 4, Episode 6: Murrie Family

Original Air Date—16 July 2006
Paris and Nicole (separately) try to take care of a toddler. Paris plans a birthday party that Nicole must host.

Season 4, Episode 7: Contreras Family

Original Air Date—23 July 2006
Paris and Nicole (separately) plan a camping trip for the family.

Season 4, Episode 8: Beggs Family

Original Air Date—30 July 2006
Paris and Nicole (separately) do chores around the Beggs house, including laundry, mowing the lawn, and making dinner.

Season 4, Episode 9: Burton Family

Original Air Date—6 August 2006
Paris and Nicole (separately) perform tasks that are supposed to nurture the family children, bringing out their creative side. Nicole writes a song and Paris directs a video for that song.

Season 4, Episode 10: The Confrontation

Original Air Date—13 August 2006
Paris hires an impersonator to take her place, but it is the wrong day and Nicole finds out. Instead of learning the secrets of a long marriage from this weeks family, the real Paris confronts Nicole in this season ending cliffhanger.

Season 5


Season 5, Episode 1: Welcome to Camp Shawnee

Original Air Date—28 May 2007
Paris and Nicole are on another one of their wild adventures in 'The Simple Goes to Camp.' In this season the duo are camp councelers at 'Camp Shawnee.' Some of their jobs include 'fat camp' and 'beauty pageant camp.'

Season 5, Episode 2: Big Primpin'

Original Air Date—6 June 2007
Still working at the 'fat camp' Paris and Nicole must find a way to help their female campers loose some weight after a secret binge fest before their supervisor, Susan Powter, finds out. Ed forces the ladies to repair his garage after an unsuccessful attempt to break open a refrigerator filled with junk food. Meanwhile, counselor Hunter takes a liking to Paris, but is unaware of her true feelings for him which are anything but romantic.

Season 5, Episode 3: Pageant Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Original Air Date—10 June 2007
Paris and Nicole are now assigned by beauty pageant specialist Kyle Haggerty to oversee a group of young girls groomed to be beauty pageant contestants. But the blond's unorthodox methods are met with a seriously negative reaction by the girls mothers. The ditsy blonds also make a mess of the cafeteria and are forced to clean up the mess... and end up making an even bigger mess. In retaliation, the ladies throw toilet paper all over Bellante household.

Season 5, Episode 4: Showstoppers

Original Air Date—17 June 2007
Paris and Nicole decide to change the beauty pageant by asking the mothers to participate in the upcoming beauty pageant with their daughters. Hunter continues to give Paris the cold shoulder over her rebuffs. The ladies also have a pin eta hitting fest with the young contestants.

Season 5, Episode 5: Flirting with Disaster

Original Air Date—24 June 2007
Paris and Nicole are assigned by Dr. Diana to help five different couples rekindle their romance in a 'love camp'. Paris and the snake-fearing Hunter are assigned to clean out the nurses station infested with two large snakes. A romantic dinner at a nearby winery is thrown by the ladies for the couples, where Paris sees Hunter kiss the wine waitress.

Season 5, Episode 6: Committed

Original Air Date—1 July 2007
Still working at the 'love camp', Paris and Nicole bring in adult film star Jenna Jameson to help throw a 'love ceremony' vow for the five dysfunctional couples. Paris also confides in her visiting mother, as well as Nicole, about her feelings for Hunter. Meanwhile, Ed's son, Patrick, begins to play practical jokes on the superficial blonds. Nicole, mistakingly thinking Ed is responsible for the pranks against them, retaliates by chainsawing his office desk in half.

Season 5, Episode 7: Say Hello to Myke Hawke

Original Air Date—8 July 2007
Survivalist Captain Myke Hawke arrives to have the girls train a new crop of campers in a 'survivalist camp' which includes scaling and cleaning fish, and eating live crickets and worms. A jealous Paris meets Allison, the wine waitress that Hunter kissed, and has a way with words against her.

Season 5, Episode 8: Babes in the Woods

Original Air Date—22 July 2007
Paris and Nicole accompany Myke Hawke and the rest of the campers for an overnight excursion into the woods, where the girls, along with camper Hank, get lost and are forced to call in a helicopter to rescue them and fly them to the nearest hotel, while Hawke and the rest of the group wonder there they blonds have wondered off to.

Season 5, Episode 9: Almost Fame-Less

Original Air Date—29 July 2007
Actress and Actors Work Shop teacher Sally Kirkland arrives to have Paris and Nicole oversee a group of young actors in a 'drama camp' to study the pointers of acting, where the girls take advantage of the training and the costuming to make fools of the other campers, including counselors Hunter and Matt.

Season 5, Episode 10: Hollywood Ending

Original Air Date—5 August 2007
Paris and Nicole convince Sally Kirkland to change their upcoming stage play into a version of their personal lives titled, 'Paris and Nicole: the Musical' with everyone participating. With auditions for parts, and casting routines, the blond ladies do not pass up the opportunity to make fools of both themselves and everyone else. Meanwhile, Hunter decides to finally let his feelings known for Paris. On the last night at Camp Shawnee, Paris and Nicole decide to paint the Bellante's house pink as something to remember them by.

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