Eight men and eight women choose their partners and face their first two challenges, including a visit to the library where the ladies try to find books using the Dewey decimal system; and social tasks for the guys, such as asking a stranger to put suntan lotion on their backs. Also: One pair is eliminated.

The geeks have to do stand up comedy as their test. It isn't as easy as it looks. The beauties are supposed to interview an author but only one of the girls is prepared. In the end, one team is sent home.

The guys sketch a nude model while the ladies act as tour guides at the California Science Center, where they must demonstrate their knowledge of space travel and planes. Later, one pair is eliminated.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.