This week's episode of the Real World: Austin brings us the South by Southwest festival. At least part of it. At the beginning of the season, the house mates were given a job. They were to create a documentary during this festival. Over the weeks that followed, they were taught the process behind what it takes to film a documentary, and now all their preparation has led them here. Before their boss Paul sends them out, he gives them a few basic rules. One of them being that while working during the festival they aren't allowed to drink. He also tells them finishing a rough cut of their footage is necessary in order for them to go on their vacation in a few weeks.

Now, we all know how much this cast likes to party. Each and every week since the season began we have seen them out at one bar or another partying it up. Can they hold back from their favorite activity for a few days so they can get their job done? The answer to that is a big fat no! They can't even get to their jobs on time - some of them anyway. When their first band, Enon arrives for filming, Danny and Melinda are out at dinner. They ignore Lacey's page, and arrive late to the site of the filming. Melinda is also quite drunk when she arrives; she and Danny don't do much that day.

Later that night, once filming with Enon is done, another band the group is covering for the documentary arrives a few days early. Danny and Wes ask them if they want to party, and with a resounding yes they are off to one of the bars. There is a close call when their boss shows up out of nowhere, but he soon leaves. This angers the other roommates, but mostly Nehemiah. He is taking this position quite seriously, and he is also worried about losing their vacation by messing up on the documentary. When Nehemiah sees both Wes and Danny drinking, he discusses it with Lacey and Johanna. Rachel also sees Melinda drinking with the band.

The next day Nehemiah confronts Wes and Danny, but it doesn't go all that well. Wes' attitude is quite negative. He even goes so far as to state to the cameras that he cares more about partying than making "some stupid documentary." Definitely not the way to look at things when it comes to this project. Half of the roommates don't even appear to be taking this job seriously at all. In past seasons, we've seen this happen, so this is no surprise. Up until this point, I had thought the roommates were all into this documentary. Now we see that isn't the case.