The Hills
A Date with the Past
TV Flash files “A Date with the Past” as hour 48 of 102 in the TV Flash guide — The Hills (2006–2010) on MTV, season 3, episode 26, aired 2008-04-28, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E26: listed hour 48 of 102 in the The Hills guide, hour 26 of 28 in season 3. It aired 2008-04-28 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “A New Roommate” (S03E25). Next is “No Place Like Home” (S03E27).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The girls go out to find a new home. When they find one, the guest list for the housewarming party is subject to more than just one fight.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Date with the Past sit in the The Hills guide?
S03E26 is listed hour 48 of 102 — hour 26 of 28 in season 3, season 3 episode 26.
When did The Hills S03E26 air?
A Date with the Past aired 2008-04-28 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I need Laguna Beach first?
Helpful, not required. The Hills is the glossy L.A. sequel: internships, friendships, a rumor mill with better lighting.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Fashion internships, Speidi chaos, and a hillside goodbye that launched a thousand 'was it scripted?' essays. The Hills made unreality the product: Laguna Beach's glossy sequel, Lauren Conrad as the still center, late-2000s MTV as a carefully lit rumor mill.
The hillside goodbye is still walking around in people's mouths. Adam DiVello's The Hills (2006–2010) is Laguna Beach's glossy sequel as national gossip: Lauren Conrad as the still center, Heidi Montag, Audrina Patridge, Whitney Port, Spencer Pratt, Lo Bosworth, fashion internships as soap opera, Speidi chaos as weather. MTV sold unreality as the actual product. It blurred documentary and scripting more openly than most. Defined late-2000s youth culture. Six seasons, 102 episodes. A rumor mill with…
Filed against
- Lauren Conrad as Herself
Lauren Conrad was The Hills' still center — fashion internships, Speidi chaos, a hillside goodbye that launched a thousand was-it-scripted essays. Laguna Beach's glossy sequel, late-2000s MTV as a carefully lit rumor mill. TV Flash files…
- Heidi Montag as Herself
Heidi Montag played herself on The Hills — Speidi chaos, fashion internships, a hillside goodbye that launched a thousand 'was it scripted?' essays. Laguna Beach's glossy sequel, Lauren Conrad as the still center, late-2000s MTV as a…
- Audrina Patridge as Herself
Audrina Patridge played herself on The Hills as unreality’s quiet center of gravity — fashion internships, Speidi chaos, a hillside goodbye that launched a thousand was-it-scripted essays. Laguna Beach’s glossy sequel, Lauren Conrad as…
- Whitney Port as Herself
Whitney Port played Herself on The Hills — fashion internships, Speidi chaos, a hillside goodbye that launched a thousand “was it scripted?” essays. Laguna Beach’s glossy sequel, Lauren Conrad as the still center, late-2000s MTV as a…
- Spencer Pratt as Himself
Spencer Pratt played himself on The Hills — Speidi chaos as product, fashion internships as plot, a hillside goodbye that launched a thousand 'was it scripted?' essays. Laguna Beach's glossy sequel, MTV as a carefully lit rumor mill. TV…
- Lo Bosworth as Herself
Lo Bosworth played herself on The Hills — fashion-internship unreality as MTV product, Speidi chaos in the wings, Lauren Conrad as the still center, and a hillside goodbye that launched a thousand “was it scripted?” essays. Gloss as the…