The Simple Life
Series· 2003–2007· 20m

The Simple Life

RealityComedy

The Simple Life is an American reality television series. The series aired from December 2, 2003 to August 5, 2007. The first three seasons aired on Fox, and the final two on E!. The series depicts two wealthy socialites, Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, as they struggle to do manual, low-paying jobs such as cleaning rooms, farm work, serving meals in fast-food restaurants and working as camp counselors.

Creators:
Jonathan Murray, Mary-Ellis Bunim

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Last airedFinale
S5 · E10Hollywood Ending

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Seasons

Season 52007
10 episodes
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    E1Welcome to Camp Shawnee

    Paris and Nicole are finally back together after their long fight and Malibu's Camp Shawnee gets the pleasure of meeting them. Paris and Nicole are introduced to the campers interested in losing weight. The girls try and help the hungry campers by retrieving their junk food.

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    E2Big Primpin

    Paris and Nicole try to help the campers of Camp Shawnee get into shape. They show the female campers how to loose weight 'their' way and the girl and boy campers go into competition on who can loose the most weight. Nicole gives Hunter tips on impressing Paris. Hunter later finds out that Paris doesn't impress easily.

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    E3Pageant Girls Just Want to Have Fun

    Paris and Nicole cause mischief when they try to council a group of girls and their moms for a pageant. Paris helps Joey, the camp directors son with his first date. Nicole has to break the news to Hunter that Paris only likes him as a friend.

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    E4Showstoppers

    Paris and Nicole prepare the campers and their moms for the pageant. With an unexpected turn of events, the mom's are made to do the pageant and their daughters prepare them.

  • E5Flirting with Disaster

    A couples therapy camp begins and the girls get a visit from Paris's mom, Kathy Hilton. Paris and Nicoles romance skills get put to the test and Paris and Hunter's relationship takes a major turn.

  • E6Committed

    As the couples camp draws to a close Paris and Nicole help the camp couples to undergo recommitment ceremonies. Paris helps a camper with his commitment issues. Someone is playing practical jokes on the girls, but it is not who they suspected. They also must face their own issues with love.

  • E7Say Hello to Myke Hawke

    Survivalist camp begins at Camp Shawnee, and Paris and Nicole must learn how to rough it in the wilderness. The campers are put to the test by eating bugs, using knives and starting their own fires. Survivalist camp proves too hard for one camper and another develops a crush on Myke Hawke.

  • E8Babes in the Woods

    Paris and Nicole's 'survival' skills are put to the test when they become lost in the woods. Survival camp draws to a close and the campers and Myke have an interesting send off.

  • E9Almost Fame-less

    Acting camp begins at Camp Shawnee. Paris and Hunter develop their relationship. Sally Kirkland joins Camp Shawnee and has some interesting teaching techniques and lessons to share with the campers. Nicole and Paris have a few run-in's with Sally.

  • E10Hollywood EndingFinale

    The finale draws the girls time at Camp Shawnee to a close. They end their time a Camp Shawnee with 'Paris and Nicole The Muscial' and a suprise for camp director Ed.

Season 42006
10 episodes
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    E1The Nolan Family

    Paris and Nicole are preggers! Well, sorta. The girls strap on 35-pound pregnancy suits and take the place of a nine-month-pregnant stay-at-home wife. Shopping and parties are out of the question as Paris and Nicole struggle to clean house, raise a three-year-old, survive Lamaze class...and hit the strip clubs? Yep, the girls do pregnancy their own way! So, when Nicole takes Mr. Nolan to a nudie joint, Mrs. Nolan's hormones go through the roof.

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    E2The Ghauri Family

    Paris and Nicole trade in their designer dresses for traditional saris when they take over the responsibilities of a traditional Pakistani mom. With the patient help of their "husband" and Americanized fifteen-year-old "son," the girls manage to dress, speak and dance like conservative Pakistani housewives...or at least their version of it. But things don't go as well when Paris and Nicole decide to share their experiences, namely how they like to party.

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    E3The Weekes Family

    Paris and Nicole fill in for a housewife who is desperate to keep the spark alive in her 12-year marriage. The girls' "husband for a day" bends over backward as he tries to teach them how a relationship works, but commitment just doesn't come easily for Paris and Nicole. To show this couple how they would keep the spark alive, Paris gets wild 'n' wet on a golf course, and Nicole brings blindfolds, tequila and an erotic photo shoot into the mix. It's safe to say this host couple may never be the same.

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    E4The Padilla Family

    Paris and Nicole vist a new family and are asked to play mother to four children.

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    E5The Bowden Family

    Paris and Nicole throw suprise commitment ceremonies for unwed lesbian mothers.

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    E6The Murrie Family

    Paris and Nichole are challenged by caring for a five year old and a baby.

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    E7The Contreras Family

    Paris and Nicole endure a memorable camping trip with the family.

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    E8The Beggs Family

    Paris and Nicole help out a family with a messy house.

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    E9The Burton Family

    Paris and Nicole visit an artistic family. New-age values are put to the test.

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    E10The ConfrontationFinale

    A couple, who have been married for 64 years, give Paris and Nicole a well deserved lesson about love, life and togetherness.

Season 32005
16 episodes
  • E1Mechanics

    Paris and Nicole leave New York aboard a bus headed for New Jersey, where they work as mechanics in an auto body shop.

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    E2Secretaries

    When Paris and Nicole stop in Manhattan to intern in the mailroom of a marketing company, they learn that climbing the corporate ladder is hard, especially in designer shoes.

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    E3Airline

    Paris and Nicole take flight to the friendly skies as they get jobs working for an airline. But things turn out bad when Nicole freaks out that her host's cat attacks Foxy Cleopatra.

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    E4Mortuary

    Paris and Nicole decide to take jobs working at a funeral home in New Jersey. Chaos reigns as usual as Nicole accidently disposes the remains of someone in the most worst place. Also, both girls try to interfer in their host families habits of smoking, much to their angry chargin.

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    E5Plastic Surgery

    Paris and Nicole go and work with a plastic surgeon. Obviously, chaos reigns more ways than one. Also, Meanwhile, the girls hit it off with their new host family and leave quite a lasting impression on the mom.

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    E6Broadcasting

    Paris and Nicole work as weather-woman on Fox 45 Baltimore News.

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    E7Daycare

    Paris and Nicole are interns at a day-care center.

  • E8Zoo

    When Paris and Nicole intern at a Baltimore zoo, the girls discover they both have true animal instincts. Meanwhile, the girls plan a romantic date for their new host parents in an effort to rekindle their flame after 20 years of marriage on the ""Zoo""

  • E9Culinary

    When the girls intern at the Gourmet Bakery, they stir up a whole lot of trouble making desserts. Also Paris cooks dinner for the family she is staying with.

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    E10Psychic

    Paris and Nicole intern for a psychic in Washington, D.C., and play matchmaker for their host grandmother.

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    E11Nursing Home

    Paris and Nicole intern at a retirement home and although they fail at cooking and cleaning, they make up for it by adding their own twist to the seniors' activity calendar.

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    E12Ad Agency (BK)

    The girls are now in Miami where Paris and Nicole intern at an advertising agency and their new host family, the Jacobs, have baby orangutans Pumpkin and Peanut. And Paris & Nicole have to create a new ad for Burger King.

  • E13Firefighters

    The girls are now in Atlantic City, where they heat things up when they intern as firefighters. And also the girls try to become friends of he kids of their new host family, but their plan backfires.

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    E14Manufacturing

    The girls intern at a manufacturing firm where their work proves dull, however they manage to have fun with their host family.

  • E15Wedding Planner

    Paris and Nicole try their hand as wedding planners at the Dearly Beloved Wedding Chapel in Nashville. Trouble starts when the girls oversleep and leave the nervous bride biting her nails at the altar.

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    E16DentistryFinale

    The girls last stop is Tennessee, where they fall into the hands of an overly-chipper motivational speaker and beauty queen coach. So this diva convinces Paris to enter the local pageant. Meanwhile, their last internship is at a dentist's office where Paris and Nicole must drill.

Season 22004
10 episodes

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Season 12003
9 episodes

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Details

Networks
FOX
Seasons
5 · 55 episodes
Runtime
20m per episode
Status
Ended
Language
EN
First aired
December 2, 2003
Production
Bunim/Murray Productions, 20th Century Fox Television
IMDB ID
tt0362153

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