Nine of the world's worst boyfriends (lying, cheating ego-maniacs) think they're competing for the title of "Mr. Awesome" - the search for America's biggest Alpha Male. In fact, they've been secretly enrolled by their girlfriends in "The Tool Academy" -- an institution dedicated to reforming difficult and obnoxious men and turning them into loving, caring boyfriends.
A hidden camera "fidelity challenge" and the revelation of one Tool's secret "second girlfriend" conspire to shake Tool Academy to its very core -- prompting Tool Academy's first walk out.
Only seven Tools remain -- but just six will pass this week's "Humility Challenge." But an epic meltdown between rival Tools threatens to send one of them packing even before elimination.
Six Tools remain and they compete in a Maturity Challenge to prove they are "husband material." Trina, the therapist, believes the girlfriend is the source of one couple's problems.
Tools wear lie detectors to answer their girlfriends' questions
The boyfriends battle to prove who is the most romantic; the girlfriends move in.
Parents visit Tool Academy as our three remaining Tools are tested on their "Family Values" with surrogate babies (baby piglets, that is). But one Tool saves his squealing for elimination as he attempts to break back into the academy in protest after his expulsion.
12 new frustrated girlfriends trick their horrible boyfriends into enrolling in the Tool Academy so they can become better mates. The ruse? The Tools think they're heading to Vegas and competing to be crowned the "international party king spokesman" for HER energy drink. But instead of 100K and a round-the-world trip with hot models -- they find out they're getting on a bus and heading to the Tool Academy. Will they get with the program or run?
A hidden camera fidelity challenge sends Tool Academy reeling with fighting, tears, sex and cheers in the second week of the semester. Will the men come clean? Will the women forgive them, or just kick their ass? The mayhem boils over to the challenge where the couples must come together to create a cheer for their relationship at the Tool Academy pep rally.
Our super vain Tools learn an important lesson in modesty and face their biggest insecurities by starting with the man in the mirror. There's not a dry eye in the house! To follow up, the tools must put in an honest, and modest day of work -- on a farm pulling beets. Can they put their massive egos aside and get down and dirty?
Shocking "mock funerals" teach our remaining 9 Tools an emotional lesson in appreciation, but it's seeing their women through the eyes of other men that makes our Tools' heads explode. Witness the first ever Tool Academy rebellion!
What better way to teach a Tool about "maturity" than to give him a shocking view of his future self? With the help of a Hollywood makeup artist, Trina forces our Tools to grow up fast and face the wrinkled face in the mirror. But even this visual dose of reality can't keep one Tool from acting like a child and ending up on the chopping block.
Communication is the theme as the remaining seven tools must prove to their girlfriends that they can both express their hearts and, when necessary, shut their mouths and listen. Tyler opens up to Shea while Dan fumbles for the right words and Dre P loses his cool.
A lesson in Trust pits our 5 remaining tools against their biggest fear... a lie detector? Can their girlfriends handle the whole truth? Are the Tools ready to fess up? Find out which relationships can handle brutal honesty and who gets sent packing.
After a revealing therapy session dealing with Intimacy, the Tools get a lesson in Romance as they take a trip to "Camp Tool", a woodsy getaway. The guys try to prove to their girlfriends they can construct a romantic evening under the stars, but Charm's impatience gets between him and Andrea, and Stew finds himself the target of Amanda's wrath.
Tensions run high as the final three face disapproving families during Parents' Weekend. Will an exhausting 24-hour challenge with pig babies reveal which tools are daddy material? One tool is called out for questionable motives -- is he here for the money or his girl?
After 10 grueling and heart wrenching weeks, only the final two tools remain. T-shaw, the dancing playboy with a fidelity problem and Tyler, the hot head with commitment issues. One will graduate with 100K dollars and his Tool Academy diploma... the other will be expelled. Tensions build as expelled Tools are invited back to the Academy to help administer the final exam.
Ten Tools travel to Cancun, Mexico to compete for the title of Party Ambassador. Everything changes when their angry partners show up and send them packing to the first ever co-ed semester of the Tool Academy.
The Tools have to watch themselves on hidden camera as all their lying and cheating ways are exposed.
Chaos breaks out when the Tools can't handle harsh comments by a focus group.
The Tools must watch their partners get married. They'll have to speak now or forever hold their peace.
The Tools confront each other in a heated therapy session. In a shocking twist, one partner will break up and decide to leave the Academy in the middle of a challenge.
The Tools worst fears come true as they come face to face with a human lie detector. The partners learn the answers but the truth is almost too much to handle.
The Tool's families come for Parent's Weekend at the Academy. A touching therapy session leaves everyone in tears and on the edge of a breakdown.
It's graduation day and one Tool will walk away as a graduate of the Tool Academy, with a committed relationship, and a $100,000 prize.
