Images of the couples flying, landing, handing over their passports to be stamped, hugging, laughing, pointing, etc., are intercut with interviews of everybody talking about their hopes, their dreams, their deluded romantic notions, their hopes for sex with strangers in the future.

You can learn a lot about someone from the way they describe a dysfunctional relationship they've been stuck in for too long.

Shannon hopes the experience of being constantly drunk on daiquiris and surrounded by girls in bikinis will make Andy "think very seriously" about their relationship and give him the "kick in the butt" he needs to make that "larger commitment."

For his part, Andy compares the show to the Pepsi challenge, only "the ladies are like the soda."

Surly little Val's motives for succumbing to "Temptation"? It's "better to know than not know," she says. She apparently believes that appearing on a television show is a good method of sussing out one's mate's propensity for being unfaithful. We think there's a flaw in her logic, but we can't put our finger on it. Later, she says, "If Kaya proposed to me today, I think I would say yes. I think he kind of knows that I want him to realize that I'm the one."

What a shock it is to learn that Kaya feels he "got involved in this relationship so quickly" he "never had a chance to be single." Kaya wants to explore and find out who he is. (A small banner on the screen informs us that he is a model.)

Of the boys, only Billy is different. Billy is afraid that Mandy will find someone else and he'll be left alone and "just as in love with her as I am now."

We love Billy. We are rooting for Billy. Billy is screwed.

"Billy has never given me indication of going astray," says Mandy, wrinkling her nose, "and I think I kind of need it."

Suddenly, a boatload of fantasy singles arrives! "Boys! Oh, yay!" squeals Mandy, as Valerie's expression turns sour and Shannon visibly panics. Billy is patient and easy-going. Billy is screwed.

The boys -- their faces turning to grayish stone -- later pretend the stud parade was unimpressive. Andy calls them "Punks off the street." Andy is proving to be quite the anachronistic quipper.

The couples are then separated for the night, but the next day everyone regroups to gather around the pool and take a good, long, terrifying look at the meat market. There's a quick Miss America-style introduction round. The men have names like Dano and Ace. One woman says, "Hi, I'm Heather, and I'm from wherever you want me to be from!" Another, Alison, is allegedly a physician and a "former Playboy model."

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