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San Francisco

21 episodes June 23, 1994

The Real World: San Francisco is the third season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It was the second season of The Real World to be filmed in California after The Real World: Los Angeles in 1993. The Real World: San Francisco is noteworthy for the depiction of Pedro Zamora's struggle with AIDS, and his and other cast members' confrontations with David "Puck" Rainey, which led to Rainey's eviction. This conflict provided considered what Entertainment Weekly calls emotional high points for the season, and are credited with making The Real World a hit, for which it was ranked #7 on Time magazine's list of 32 Epic Moments in Reality-TV History. The season is also notable for featuring the first-ever same-sex commitment ceremony on TV, between Zamora and his partner, Sean Sasser.

Episodes

1 Planes, Trains and Paddywagons Jun 23, 1994 No ratings 2 Love Stinks Jun 30, 1994 No ratings 3 White Like Me Jul 7, 1994 No ratings 4 From a Six to a Nine and Back Again Jul 14, 1994 No ratings 5 You Gotta Have Art Jul 21, 1994 No ratings 6 Trouble in Paradise Jul 28, 1994 No ratings 7 Coffee and Sympathy Aug 5, 1994 No ratings 8 Together and Apart Aug 12, 1994 No ratings 9 Collision Course Aug 19, 1994 No ratings 10 Kiss and Tell Aug 26, 1994 No ratings 11 Getting Dropped Sep 2, 1994 No ratings 12 Rebel, Rebel Sep 9, 1994 No ratings 13 Homecoming Sep 16, 1994 No ratings 14 Old Fish, New Fish Sep 23, 1994 No ratings 15 Why is Love Like an Elevator Sep 30, 1994 No ratings 16 Love and Death Oct 7, 1994 No ratings 17 Hawaii Oct 14, 1994 No ratings 18 Just Friends Oct 21, 1994 No ratings 19 Love Rules Oct 28, 1994 No ratings 20 Last Call Nov 4, 1994 No ratings 21 A Tribute to Pedro Zamora Nov 29, 1994 No ratings