Road Rules
Gondola Rescue
TV Flash files “Gondola Rescue” as hour 203 of 219 in the TV Flash guide — Road Rules (1995–2007) on MTV, season 13, episode 16, aired 2004-09-20, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S13E16: listed hour 203 of 219 in the Road Rules guide, hour 16 of 17 in season 13. It aired 2004-09-20 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Stunt School” (S13E15). Next is “Handsome Reward” (S13E17).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Gondola Rescue sit in the Road Rules guide?
S13E16 is listed hour 203 of 219 — hour 16 of 17 in season 13, season 13 episode 16.
When did Road Rules S13E16 air?
Gondola Rescue aired 2004-09-20 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this just The Real World in a van?
Companion format: same Bunim/Murray casting-for-conflict family, plus missions, an RV, and competition DNA the house show didn't score the same way.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Real World packed into an RV: missions, strangers, reality as a road trip. MTV turns docu-soap into competition — challenges, chemistry, and the pipeline that became The Challenge’s combat sport. Nineties youth TV learning to score conflict, ancestor of every later show that sent pretty people on a bus and called it a test.
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