Road Rules: Northern Trail
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| Road Rules: Northern Trail | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Mary-Ellis Bunim Jonathan Murray |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes, including commercials |
| Release | |
| Original network | MTV |
| Original release | January 19 – April 13, 1998 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Islands |
| Followed by | Down Under |
| External links | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
Road Rules: Northern Trail is the fifth season of Road Rules. It took place along the northern border of the United States, often landing the cast in parts of Canada.
Cast
This is the first cast to have six castmembers.
| Name | Hometown/Country | Age | RW/RR Challenges |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Holmes | Boston, MA | 20 | None |
| Roni Martin | Harlem, NY | 18 | Challenge (Won), The Gauntlet (Won) |
| Tara McDaniel | Chatsworth, CA | 19 | Battle of the Seasons |
| Dan Setzler[1] | Apple Valley, MN | 20 | Challenge 2000 (Won), Battle of the Seasons, Battle of the Sexes 2 (Won) |
| Noah Rickun[2] | Mequon, WI | 20 | Challenge (Won) |
| Anne Wharton | Tempe, AZ | 23 | Challenge (Won), Battle of the Sexes |
- Bold indicates the contestant was a finalist on the Challenge.
Episodes
| No. in season |
No. in series |
Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 61 | "Hello, My Name Is..." | January 19, 1998 |
| 2 | 62 | "Club Sandwiches Not Seals" | January 19, 1998 |
| 3 | 63 | "The Blind Leading the Blessed" | January 26, 1998 |
| 4 | 64 | "Breaking In and Breaking Bones" | February 2, 1998 |
| 5 | 65 | "Is That a Gun In Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?" | February 9, 1998 |
| 6 | 66 | "Roadies on the Trail" | February 16, 1998 |
| 7 | 67 | "Go Dan!" | February 23, 1998 |
| 8 | 68 | "Athlete's Foot" | March 2, 1998 |
| 9 | 69 | "Afraid to Love" | March 9, 1998 |
| 10 | 70 | "Blood and Guts" | March 16, 1998 |
| 11 | 71 | "Fred Astaire You Ain't" | March 23, 1998 |
| 12 | 72 | "Rat Poison" | March 30, 1998 |
| 13 | 73 | "Picture Imperfect" | April 6, 1998 |
| 14 | 74 | "Ice Castles" | April 13, 1998 |
Memorable Moments
- Kalle and Jake, from the Road Rules Islands cast, kidnaps the cast to take them to their first mission. They catch various castmembers in compromising situations. Roni is at her high school prom, Jon is putting on his mesh tank top, and Tara is asleep at her sorority house at UCLA (MTV shows the Greek letters of the supposed sorority house, however the letters they shown are those of Sigma Chi Fraternity).
- The cast performs the first six-person bungee jump ever.
- The RV is robbed while the cast is staying in the hotel. Most of the cast had their clothes and Road Rules backpacks stolen. Noah lost his guitars.
- While in New York City, Roni's hometown, the cast, with the exception of Noah, chooses not to meet her family and friends, instead opting to go out to party. While Roni already felt ostracized by the group, this provokes her into a tirade against her fellow castmembers.
- Dan and Tara hook-up during the entire season, which causes awkward moments when the cast stays at Dan's home in Apple Valley, Minnesota. The two admit during a truth or dare session that they had sex during the trip.
- During the same truth or dare session, Jon admits that he has a temper problem that he covered up with his awkward, goofy personality.
Trivia
- An unaired moment of the show involved Jonathan Holmes (Boston's Favorite Son) cooking grits while shouting out "who wants some grits?!", unfortunately it is currently unknown if anyone actually ate the grits.
- Tara believed so much that she wouldn't be cast, when the production crew told her to pack her bags "just in case", she didn't listen.
- This cast used the same RV as the Road Rules: All Stars cast.
- This is the first season of "Road Rules" with 6 Roadies, rather than the usual 5.
- Jon Holmes later became a writer for the videogame website Destructoid, the creator of the Machinima series Teenage Pokemon, a host of The Dismal Jesters podcast, and is commonly known today by the title Boston's Favorite Son.
References
External Links
| Preceded by | Road Rules Northern Trail |
Succeeded by Down Under |
