Tonight on FOX, Utopia continues with the second part of its 3-part season premiere. On tonight’s episode, in part two, fifteen Americans move to a remote location and work together to build their own civilization.
For those of you who don’t know about the show, get ready to witness the birth of a brave new world. On the daring unscripted series UTOPIA, 15 pioneering Americans wave goodbye – for an entire year – to the lives they’ve known, move to a remote location and set out to create a society from scratch. They’ve got limited supplies, wildly diverse backgrounds and zero bathrooms.
On the last episode, from unscripted mastermind John de Mol, and based on the hit Dutch television series of the same name, UTOPIA asked the question: “If you could restart the world, what would you do differently?” This unprecedented social experiment followed 15 pioneering Americans who chose to leave their everyday lives and move to a remote location, where they came face to face with the ultimate adventure: creating their own civilization from scratch. This is not a game. There is no prize. Did you watch the last episode? If you missed it we have a full and detailed recap, right here for you.
On tonight’s show, part 2 of the three-part premiere of a one-year social experiment involving 15 people who try to create their own civilization from scratch by deciding on a system of government, what food they’ll eat and how they’ll interact with the outside world.
The second part of the premiere episode of Utopia airs tonight at 8PM and you don’t want to miss it. Celeb Dirty Laundry will be live blogging the show, so don’t forget to come back to this spot at 8PM EST for our live recap!
RECAP: Tonight’s episode of Utopia begins with Day #4 in Utopia, the pioneers wake up and begin their morning routines. Dr. Nikki does some morning yoga and Bella tends to the chickens, Rob and Josh continue to try and work on electricity. The pioneers head to a morning meeting to discuss how they will spend the $5,000.00 they were given, they begin bickering over how they will spend the money. Red and Dave think that they should have their own percentages of the money and spend it how they like. When their idea is shot down they decide to create the Utopia State of Freedom. Dave and Red head to try to recruit members for their new state. Between the two of them they will have $900, and use it to buy Vienna sausages and beans for the year so they don’t have to work in the garden or on the farm.
No one wants to join Red and Dave’s state, in fact they think they are crazy. Mike argues that if they form their own individual state then they aren’t a part of Utopia and they aren’t getting any of the $5,000.00. Josh interrupts Red and Dave’s argument with the other pioneers over the money and their new state, and says they need to help him finish digging trenches so that they can have electricity tonight.
Bree and Hex are bathing in the lake and washing each other’s hair topless. Chef Aaron is uncomfortable with all of the women walking around naked. He tells Hex that they put a tarp up around the shower so that the women could bathe, they don’t need to lay around the lake. Hex cries and says that he is making her feel like a slut.
It’s Day #5, and the food situation is getting series. The pioneers have been living on just 1,000 calories a day. Dave jokes that they need to kill the cow. Bella is trying to get the garden and the chicken tractor set up. While she is showing Nikki where to plant the tomatoes, Dave comes over and picks up the packets of seeds. Bella yells at him to get them back and he argues that he just wants to see what they are, then he throws them at her.
The power is still not connected, Red and Rob stress over the electricity situation. Meanwhile, Chris and Bree are making out down by the lake. Aaron and Mike put together a make-shift hot tub and laugh at Chris and Bree. By bedtime the pioneers finally have electricity, which means they can charge their phone and use other appliances. Dave brought a pair of clippers, and the guys line up for hair cuts.
It’s Day #6 and the food supply is dismal. Now that they have a phone, they can call and order food with the $5,000.00 they have. Bella calls a meeting and tells everyone to stop making fun of her chicken tractor and says that she needs people to help her with the garden and stop laughing at her. Bella goes in to the house and gives herself a pep-talk and a hug.
Aaron and Mike make their first phone call to order groceries. While Aaron is ordering carrots and radishes Red and Dave over hear him, Dave starts yelling at him to buy ramen noodle soup but Dave ignores him and goes outside to complete the phone call. Red and Dave chase after him and Dave yells that he is going to smash the phone if he doesn’t get ramen noodles. Red and Dave head back in to the house and start throwing what cans of food they have left on the floor and smashing them. Aaron gets off the phone and tells Red and Dave that he wasn’t even ordering food, he was just pricing it, and they are out of control. Red and Dave head outside and continue fuming and ranting about the food situation.
Josh finally finishes building the chicken transporter and the chicken tractor, he and Bella take the chickens to the garden and set them loose to plow the soil for the garden. The groceries arrive, and Red and Dave freak out when they realize how much they paid for the food. Later, Red and Dave decide to take their share of the money out of the safe, Hex is the only one in the house and she tells them that they created their own state, so technically none of the money is theirs because they aren’t part of Utopia. Red and Dave order their own groceries full of hamburgers and hotdogs and bologna and cookies.
Outside Bella is eating dandelions, Dave and Red decide to throw their own cook-out. Chris and Bri come over to their cook-out and have some chips and burgers. While the pioneers are eating at the cook-out, Red and Dave try to convince them to join the Utopia State of Freedom.
Later that night Chris and Bri head to the hayloft to try and find a place to have sex without cameras, little do they know there is cameras even in the loft.
