Rich kids are on the screen. MTV tells them where to sit. What to wear. What makeup to use. What to say. Little teenage girls enjoy a show that never manages to interest in the slightest, despite being scripted. I mean, The Osbournes at least had entertaining fake storylines and Newlyweds gave people a few memorable lines for Jessica Simpson to say. All I can say is that if you're going to make a reality show that isn't totally real, couldn't you come up with better storylines and characters? Then again, perhaps they want to make it so mundane that their key audience will believe in everything they see. It's a shame that there's laws for reality based gameshows (Survivor, etc...) that prevent them from staging anything, while MTV gets away with constantly altering the truth simply because there's no monetary prize involved.

This was by far one of the best episodes yet. Vince finally has to show real emotion whenever the story specifically involves a former flame (the criminally underrated Mandy Moore portraying a colder version of herself). The subplot featuring Johnny Drama winning both the girl and a review from a nerdy critic (Rainn Wilson of The Office is Godly in the role) surely will put a smile on your face, not to mention that the rest of the episode was consistently hilarious like most of the second season. And to cap it off, we're treated to some great live footage of U2 taken near the start of the Vertigo tour. It's a wonderful performance of "City Of Blinding Lights" - one of the most brilliant singles of the last five years.