The Pickup Artist

The Pickup Artist is a tale of transformation. Mystery is a best-selling author and ultimate pick-up artist who has the secret to wooing women. He'll guide a group of socially awkward men through the rough waters of romance and help them overcome their biggest fear of talking to women.

Genre: Reality,

Actor:

Creator: J.D. Roth,

Country: United States of America,

Type: tv

Season: 2

Episode: N/A

Duration: 43 minutes

Release: 2007-08-06

Rating: 6.3

Season 1 - The Pickup Artist
2007-08-06
The men travel to Austin, Texas, and learn the rules of the game. They are sent into a nightclub to demonstrate their current lack of social skills before Mystery and his wingmen show their students how a real pick-up artist does it.
2007-08-13
The students get a complete make-over, then are taught tried-and-true cold approach pick-up lines, known as openers, to use on women. Later, the men try out their new looks and lines at a nightclub. The first student is eliminated.
2007-08-20
The seven remaining guys compete in a storytelling contest. The winner gets a private lesson with Mystery where they learn a top-secret attraction gambit. Later, Mystery shows how to build attraction using a "higher value" concept.
2007-08-27
The six remaining students are treated to a lesson in how to kiss with the help of some attractive female coaches. The students then square off in a kiss challenge where a women decides who kisses best. Later, the guy deemed best kisser gets pointers from Mystery at the club. The contestants' ability to kiss-close will decide which student gets eliminated.
2007-09-03
Mystery throws the remaining five guys a pool party so they can confront their body issues. Later, the students practice attraction skills at a coffee shop, and a fourth contestant is eliminated.
2007-09-10
A lingerie party challenges the remaining four men's abilities to simply listen. A conflict between two of the men threatens to tear apart relationships in the house. Later, the guys head out to try their luck at "instant dates" and then they square off in the toughest elimination yet. For the field test, the men must "bounce" a woman to another venue.
2007-09-17
Mystery gives the final three a lesson on picking up "hired guns" (waitresses, strippers, baristas) and the guys are tested on their new skill at a local gentleman's club. One unexpected contestant gets his own private lesson in kissing from a stripper. The guys are taught the art of picking up "moving targets" and are challenged to pick up women on the street before one more competitor is eliminated.
2007-09-24
The final two students put their 8 weeks of training to the test when they hit the town and approach women with Mystery and his wingmen. Mystery reveals a surprise twist for the final test. The winner walks away with the title of Master Pick-Up Artist and $50,000.

Season 2 - The Pickup Artist
2008-10-11
Nine loveable losers arrive at a mansion in the Arizona desert to meet the one man who can teach them the skills to improve their game with women.  After hitting the clubs to demonstrate their lack of game for their mentor, Mystery, the students are treated to makeovers.  But the nine newbies are stunned when one of their team is sent home before he even begins his transformation.
2008-10-18
The eight remaining students are surprised when they arrive at their first reward challenge and discover their task is to charm little old ladies at a bingo parlor.
2008-10-25
Seven remaining students face off in a racy reward challenge, where Mystery asks each to "Keep their cool." Last season's winner returns to help teach the guys about body language and inspire them to be better men. And during the field test, some students get phone numbers, while others just get rejected.
2008-11-01
The six remaining men are asked to talk about their physical experiences with women, and then demonstrate their skills on a professional sexologist. But Mystery is still very disappointed when they can not meet their objective.
2008-11-08
When the five remaining students arrive at a hotel ballroom, none of them anticipate that they are actually attending a women's charity auction where they will be auctioned off on stage. In the field test, the guys face their more intimidating challenge yet – picking up Bikini Models. Some are successful while others crash and burn.
2008-11-15
The guys learn about “day game” when they are taken to a grocery store and challenged to pickup women in an everyday situation. Later, after pairing off into two teams, the students enter the field with a mission – to use their wingmen skills to make out with their targets in the club. Some are successful while others fall behind in the competition.
2008-11-22
Three remaining students compete in their toughest challenge yet: teaching friends from home how to meet and attract women. Mystery's students become the teachers, as they give their friends makeovers and teach them the fundamentals of pickup in only 24 hours. At the field test though, some students forget about the fundamentals and focus entirely on "approach anxiety."
2008-11-29
The final two challengers battle it out in a ramped up week of competition. The stakes are high and the pressure is on, when Mystery throws a twist in the reward challenge, sending the guys into a club for a race to the kiss close. And everything is put on the line, when the final field test is announced as a house party, and the guys are charged with pulling a girl into uncharted territory: their bedrooms.