Man, could that Jim guy be any more of smarmy, scheming tool? It looked like Martha saw right through him but still felt she had no choice but to can the dude who claimed he “might not have the skill set to manage people.”
I actually thought Jeff gave one of the most honest and lucid boardroom performance s I’ve seen on either show, but still, if you’re going to admit you can’t do the job…
Did anyone else get a load of the expressions on the faces of the winning tem when Martha told them what their “reward” was going to be? Watching them try to maintain fake grins while their eye rolled with horror at the news that they would be expected to do a community service was priceless.
Alexis gave her mom some strange looks, didn’t she? I don’t get why we saw that. Shouldn’t we see Alexis entranced and attentive when mom talks? Instead it was “What are you talking about?”
Martha could spend less time in the conference room talking about her own experiences, and more asking Alexis and Charles what they observed about the teams.
Jim is a tool. Somebody’s gonna take a poke at him before he’s through.
Anyone else disappointed that nobody cried? The preview sure hinted that we’d see tears.
Ok, they so totally edited out the “you don’t fit in here” line after the response from last week. It’s a good thing.
Jimarosa needs to go. I wish they’d let him talk for a few minutes straight, because every time he speaks, he sounds like he’s a line or two away from breaking into tears. We can only hope his behavior bites him in the ass soon, I can’t take much more of him.
Dutch hookers outside with tulips? How did that not work?
And normal people will pay a little extra for a shirt designed/autographed by a “celebrity,” cause they can show it off and/or enjoy it for a while. A flower arrangement? Not so much. Glad they pulled it off at the end, though. Looks like another save for Howie. I assume he’ll crash and burn soon, since he seems a little too likable and competent so far (refer to John from TA3).
And a message to everyone on the show: DONT TALK IN THE [del]BOARD[/del] CONFERENCE ROOM UNLESS YOU HAVE TO. Sheesh. They should hand out shovels on the way in so these people can dig their own graves. Of course, they broke ground on 'em on day one when they decided it’d be great to have all the creative people on one side. :smack:
Good stuff so far, I’m definitely enjoying TA without TH (The Hair).
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Loved it.
Jim is such a freakin’ cartoon – I can’t believe he seriously believes at any level that his shenanigans will get him a job with MSO – or that he wants one. Jimarosa is right – he’s planning to use this as the springboard to a career as an attention whore. Alas, he lacks a distinctive first name, so his efforts are doomed, doomed I tell you! Bwa ha ha ha!
DrFidelus – heh. Just “heh.”
Nothing brilliant to add here, kids.
I’m just glad this show is turning out to be watchable on its own terms, it really wasn’t a given.
He is. When they were in the flower shop and Dawn had come back from “hooking” and told Jim she thought it was ridiculous to get brass cleaner, he went off on her and told her to leave. While he was doing that, I noticed a not-so-subtle smile on his face. He’s not even a good actor.