Reunited: The Real World

What’s the Story?

REUNITED: THE REAL WORLD brings together previous The Real World cast members five years down the line to see how they've changed -- and how those changes affect their group dynamic. Despite the cast members' ostensible increased maturity, the same angry confrontations, wild drunken antics, and sexual tensions of the original series quickly emerge. The familiar confessional set-up -- in which cast members comment on their roommates' behavior -- is still in place, as are many housemates' catty, judgmental attitudes.

Is It Any Good?

Fans of the original Real World episodes will definitely be interested in catching up with their old favorites, but some will be disheartened to know that the elapsed time has done little to change some folks' problematic attitudes. Some do change for the better, but these transformations aren't as titillating -- and therefore seem to get less airtime than the same old petty arguments. For example, in Reunited: The Real World Vegas the original cast of seven reconvenes in their old suite in The Palms hotel and casino. Most are happy to see one another, though tensions from past events -- including a relationship that carried on after the show ended -- affect the group from the start. And while some of the cast members are still partying like their five-year-younger selves, some have moved on -- one is married and has two young children, and all but one are in serious relationships. So without the strangers-getting-to-know-each-other element, Reunited delivers familiar goods but packs a little less punch.