Misson: Man Band tracks a reality show’s efforts to restore four former boy-banders to their chart-topping glory. RS’ Rock Reality Show Recaps track our efforts to be sympathetic to their cause. Here’s our fourth report:

Thirty Mantastic Minutes In Five Sentences: And now the moment you’ve all been waiting for: The Man Band (a.k.a. Sureshot) are about to perform for the carnivorous masses at the halftime show for the Orlando Magic, despite being only given two days to learn their new “hit.” LFO’s Rich Cronin, having botched the afternoon soundcheck, is forced to write the lyrics on his hand, a far cry from the cue cards and teleprompters of yesteryear. The performance goes pretty well, the Magic players’ wives seem to enjoy the show and all the bandmembers hit their respective notes. The boys are feeling good … for about five seconds, before the rain of boos pour down on them. It’s not entirely Sureshot’s fault; The Magic were trailing the Dallas Mavericks by fifteen at halftime.

The Rockin’ Struggle: Can this show get any more depressing? The remainder of the episode is spent figuring out whether Katie McNeil is their manager or a VH1 spy intent on making the band suffer as much as possible. Case in point: just when the morale couldn’t sink any lower, “Miss Katie” forces the group to listen to radio DJs ceaselessly deride them, and then makes the quartet watch excruciating footage of their performance at the Magic game.