Oh, and meant to say, really stupid reward. Did you forget that half your candidates are women?? Do you really think they found hanging out with Hef’s girlfriends and assorted bunnies would be a pleasure for them?
Yeah, Trump showed all sides of his ass with that reward. Now, if they had met Hef at his office and talked business, that might have been good. But I wondered if the women and any religious folks might have had a problem with saddling up at the Playboy Mansion? Probably the most inappropriate reward ever.
I like how they actually seem to have increased the budget this week, by hiring a secretary and actually walking the loser out to the Lexus.
Nice try with the attempt to string up Michelle, Carey. She could have been more helpful but you stupidly tried to appeal the bleeding edge fashionistas instead of the buyers who want to move lots of merchandise in their dimly lit stores. I’m glad the scapegoating contest is postponed for a week at least.
Loved the Frank smackdown: “You’ll be in the Bronx soon enough.”
Looks like Heidi is going to have mutiny on her hands pretty soon if they keep winning…
I never watched previous seasons, so I have no idea how the Project Manager was moved around on previous seasons. But it seems to me that the Project Managers are sitting ducks, and while it’s great for Heidi as long as they keep winning, as soon as they lose she’s the major target.
Frank. He needs to control his facial expressions better, because the camera always seems to capture him looking straight-up goofy. As much as I detest the Trump, I loved the casual comment he gave him about going home to the Bronx soon.
I was sad to see Carey leave, but I think he deserved it. He seemed to fall into the trap of believing the stereotypes about himself. Simply being gay does not give one an insight into fashion. And I’m sorry, Carey, although you are a fetching man with a great physique, that swimsuit didn’t really look all that great on you IMHO. You not only took a chance in designing it, but you raised the ante by wearing it. True, you would have been golden if it had won rave reviews, but people hated it. And wearing it underscored how much it was your baby. You were too bold, man. You blew it. (But I think you’re awesome anyway!)
I don’t even like Heidi anymore, and I’m not even on her team. I can’t wait till her team loses and she has to squirm. I like this particular twist because it seems conducive for all kinds of dramedy and hateration. That’s why I watch the show!
Oh, the terrible irony of this reward going to a team with seven female members, one gay guy, and ONE straight guy. Carey is an idiot but Trump is an insensitive homophobic ass who by the way would NOT look good in that suit!
What bugged me was when the three were sitting out in the lobby and in the boardroom DT and his henchpersons were discussing them, Heidi suggests it would be helpful to know if the PM approved Carey’s lame ideas, and if so, she should go. Ivanka agrees that’s the info they need to make their decision, so Trump calls them back in. And then- that’s the last we heard of it. The PM barely got a questioning look from Trump, much less a grilling over her approval of her employee’s ridiculous designs. Carey wasn’t going to win, but he was railroaded. The other chick- the one that resembles Joy from My Name Is Earl- she was just brought in to round out the field, and shouldn’t even have been there.
And I was nearly blinded by the glare from Trump’s painfully white feet- those things haven’t seen the sun since he was a child, I reckon. I hope he’s paying his assistant well- the one on whose back his sock landed when he tossed it in the air. Blech.
it is interesting to see Trump both “jump the shark” and “crash and burn” all in two weeks… this show is a fascade of its former self, and whomever decided the winning PL should sit in the Board room and never lose PL status, and that the losers should sleep in tents should be fired.
I disagree. I think Carey cut his own throat when he forgot the name of the show. It’s one thing to defend your idea or defend taking a risk. It’s quite another to blatantly insist that your suit is good and dismiss constructive criticism from the bossman.
Out of twenty grand worth of orders, that suit probably only got a couple of orders, if any. If that happens, just admit you were trying to take a risk, but things didn’t work out. Otherwise, it appears you can’t learn from mistakes and don’t realize when something is a disaster.
I just wanted to jump in and have a minor rant that isn’t about Carey’s swimsuit.
Hey, all Apprentice candidates - Shut the Hell Up about the horrors of sleeping in a tent. When one of the Apprenti were crying about how hard it was to sleep outside and said something to the effect of “People don’t realize how hard it is to camp out.” The hell? My wife and I looked at each other and laughed because we were just planning our camping trips this summer. These people have tents, shower, phone, etc. And they are sleeping on a posh lawn in Souther California. Stupid prima donnas.
OK mini-rant over.
Heh. I was pretty squicked out by6 those puppies, too. Even more so than Carey’s bathing suit.
Not quite as bad as the thought of Trump in Carey’s bathing suit, though. shudder
What’s the deal with Trump’s ties? Not just the colors, but the freaking length. Ties are supposed to come down to belt level. Donald could wipe his ass with his ties, they’re so long.
Ouch. Sorry for that visual.
This is the best boardroom ever.
And that was the right decision for Trump to make.
Not that I’m taking this show that seriously, but… that sucked. I do think Trump has a legitimate point about quitting. Michelle had my sympathy originally but she pissed it away with being such a fucking flake. She knew she was going down, why not go balls out and run your team like crazy to win? She seemed resigned to lose. She didn’t even figure out while it was a longshot to work for Trump getting shitcanned in the third week, it was never going to happen after quitting.
I don’t know how much of a prize this show is, but someone probably was willing to wake up in the cold every morning for the opportunity. Michelle screwed that person out of an opportunity. Imagine if you tried out for the show and were the first alternate… and three weeks in one of the tools quits!
What is with the reality show whingeing that’s going on? One of the princesses on The Real World is carping about how she’s in hell because she has to camp, and now this?
I once had a really tough job and tried to quit - several times. Each time, my boss brought the lumber and said, “If that’s who you really are, a quitter, then do what you have to do.” After I put things in perspective I stuck it out, actually got pretty good at my job, and left the organization on good terms. I would really have a hard time living with myself today if my boss hadn’t intervened. Way to go Trumpy, you finally got one right!
Frank needs to fuck off. He’s a loser and he has hidden behind nutjobs like Martin and Michelle long enough. Time to go!
I like James. He seems to have the high energy thing without being super annoying. Mildly annoying, yes. He has really good ideas as well. But I wanted to tell him that there really wasn’t a need to yell into the microphone.
Stefani - I think she just sold me a ticket on her hate train. What the fuck is up with the glasses on the tip of the nose? Are you auditioning for third-grade teacher? The most pretentious look ever. Feel free to invest in some half-frames or bifocals!
The starpower differential between Donny Jr. and Ivanka is about five light years.
Yet another would-be apprentice who doesn’t realize how her actions would look on national TV. Way to go, gal.
Agreed with all the points made so far.
Michelle had that “can’t stand up and make a decision” disease nearly as bad as what’s his face – you know, the guy who agonized over what colors to paint that rec room for six hours?
Another thing though – what’s with the hiring of a bunch of cheerleaders? What was it, $85 an hour, and it looked like they had at least a half-dozen of them there? Heck, why not just slip each of the passengers $50 in exchange for good ratings?
Trump: “This is REAL!”
American: “Actually, it’s a TV SHOW.”
So who was canoodling by the pool in next week’s preview? It looked like a guy and a girl, and since there’s only one straight guy on the winning team (whatever their name is) and it didn’t look like him, I think the losers win one and get to move into the house. I bet it’s Tim, but I don’t know the rest of them well enough to guess who the girl is.
Well, maybe the loser just snuck through the hedge to use the pool.
(I love the hedge. I love that the winners eavesdrop through the hedge.)
While I agree that Michelle must not have wanted it that badly to quit, at least she did what she felt would allow her to retain some dignity. I don’t know. In the business world, if you get rejected or face a challenge, it probably won’t end with you sleeping outside the very house where the people who beat you are enjoying comfort and splendor.
I don’t know. I’m not explaining myself well, but I just think that it’s not too surprising that someone who thought she was going on The Apprentice as it has appeared the past several seasons would turn her nose up at this version and feel as though she was being degraded or mocked. With the exeption of the Street Smarts vs Book Smarts season, this show hasn’t really been all about the people who have had to claw their way up through true hardship. Not that sleeping outside in beverly Hills is true hardship, either, but to someone who thought she was going to be put up in digs the likes we have seem on TA in past seasons, it probably seems that way.
I’d say it’s pretty real, actually. We may look at it as a staged job or whatever, but you still get to put it on your resume. And if you’re good, he’ll keep you. He still has Bill. Plus you have the fame or notoriety, but face recognition nonetheless. You get promotional deals and all kinds of shit. I think the reward is real enough to be worth sleeping in a tent, as Donald said, in 72 degree weather on an estate in Beverly Hills.