Two-person teams compete for bragging rights to the best season ever. First up: the teams face their first challenge, "The Hangman," in which each team hangs from a steel girder suspended over water. The team that lasts the longest wins.
Due to an impending hurricane, the day's events are canceled---and the hotel's power goes out. A bit stir crazy, the cast throws a toga party, where "the Miz" makes a memorable impression on Sharon.
The Real World team makes a pact to split the prize money between all members and then vote off the weaker players. The Roadies are a team in the midst of dissension. The competition picks up with the Musical Inner Tube Challenge.
The teams compete in "Vertical Limit," a rope-climbing competition. The Roadies try to become more unified by developing a new scheme for distributing the big money; and the Real Worlders contemplate ousting Stephen.
Dissension envelops the Real World team when the Inner Council votes off Stephen and Lindsay even though they aren't faring poorly. The teams take part in a challenge where they attempt to dunk a basketball while bungee jumping.