Man oh man.
The least-suspenseful episode evah!
4-3
I actually thought, for a brief moment, that The Donald was going to fire more than one person.
But no.
Boring… We need a yawning smilie right about here.
Make that 5-3.
From the looks of the preview, I wouldn’t be surprised if that happened next week.
It was kind of interesting to see that Trump more or less telegraphed that he was itching to fire Jenn.
What’s his beef with Jenn?
His beef with Jen? Maybe that she’s tall and blonde. I sure don’t know – unless he thought she was doing some personal finagling to keep herself out of Chris’s boardrom. ?
They made such a point of Ivana being in the boardroom five times – looks like next week might be a yawner too.
I would say it’s a personality thing. He’s suspicious of her.
I lost all respect for Kevin and Jenn M. Ivana seemed likeable by comparison. They could have overruled Chris and tried to interject creativity, leadership, or hell, anything. At best, Jenn negotiated with a couple of shops. Why didn’t anyone step up and take over? These are the people that mutinied against Elizabeth, and they couldn’t bother with Chris?
Despite Maria’s error, they had people lined up waiting to get into the bridal shop. She’s more competant than Chris’s entire team. I also liked how Sandy and Maria sparkily greeted their line-goers, and Wes tried to sell bridal dresses, and they kept the energy level high in the story. These people hate each other, but they have gelled.
Carolyn seemed out-of-place in a bridal shop. I respect her for that. She also seemed to be very on her game with snarky faces. I’m going to assume advertising on that particular website was Sandy’s idea, though.
Sure, Kelly used Sandy effectively, but she rose to the challenge and didn’t screw up. Expectations were huge and she excelled. She put herself in a position to appear more skilled than Wes and Maria. I even didn’t mind her for her weekly emotional breakdown too much, because I think she handled it appropriately.
All in all, a fun night, until the disappointment in the boardroom.
I don’t think he has a beef with Jenn. I think he sometimes says stuff like that to make a point more than to offer information.
I thought this was a great episode. While there was no suspense about who was going to get fired, it was really interesting to watch the different approaches of the two teams.
I eagerly await Mully’s next installment. Lots of movement in the ratings, I think.
I don’t think Trump was really saying he would have fired Jenn M per se, but throughout this season he has show consternation and downright outrage at how few PMs take advantage of the opportunity to bring in 4 people instead of 3. Chris could have diluted his chance of being fired from 33.3% to 25%, but he didn’t take it. Trump hates that and considers it a weak decision.
In fact, I don’t think he had any intention of firing Jenn. As usual, he asked her opinion about who she’d fire. I think he views her as he viewed Amy, someone who manages to fly under the radar and avoid the boardroom for extended periods of time, until endgame. If her team loses next week, she won’t be able to do that again, though, but I bet she’s a vicious and effective fembot per usual.
Anyone else think this entire task was bullshit? How do you assign a task that so demonstrably favors on contestant over the others? I thought that was pretty annoying and made for a boring show. I knew who was going to be fired, well, last week, if you want to know the truth.
Hmmm…I know that it’s Sandy’s specialty, but she really showed some fire in this episode. Impressed me this week and last. I wrote her off a while ago…but maybe she’s semi-competent and we just didn’t see it.
Chris, way to inspire a team by giving up. And your phone skills suck, Mr. Salesman.
I really really hope Maria doesn’t slip through to the finals. Gah. It’s bad enough her lying ass got super expensive jewelry.
Lesson from the task: Marketing is king. Mosaic marketed through TheKnot.com, and they opened their doors to 40 or so customers. Apex marketed with flyers at the train stations (WTF!?), and opened their doors to two customers. It showed in the results. Also, put energy and enthusiasm into your task, however large or small your part may be. Third, if you need an expert, hire one.
Lesson from the firing: Chris should have kept his big fat mouth SHUT last week. As I noted, Trump likes to fire blabbermouths. Also, don’t show defeat in front of your people; put together a Plan B instead.
Like so many other people, I saw this firing coming a week away. Chris earned it. Though I can’t stand how Ivana and Maria keep slipping through the net.
Actually, these are the people who sat around talking about maybe possibly mutinying against Elizabeth. The mutiny never quite panned out, at least not that we saw.
I missed most of the episode, but it looked like Crass threw in the pink camo underwears right off the bat. So long, looooser!
Also, wtf is up with them claiming theknot.com has every bride in New York registered? What, every single bloody one of them? Horseshit. And why was that the only wedding planning site mentioned? There are several really big ones, and I’m sure Sandy knows them all. While brides tend to surf around most of the wedding sites at first, after a while they pick one and spend most of their time there. It probably would have been worthwhile to put small ads on weddingchannel and ultimatewedding.
Welcome to week something or other of the Raj Ratings. I think I have figured out what is different about Apprentice 2 that makes it a little less enjoyable han Apprentice 1. It was summed up well by Chris when he said he wasn’t here to make friends, it was all business. In 1, people actually seemed to like each other. You saw playful relationships and a certain bit of joy. Now, it’s all about who can I screw over and how fast can I do it. While certainly representative of corporate America, it does get old. Give us one ambiguously gay duo like Troy and Kwame or an uneasy alliance like Nick and Bill. Heck, a gruesome twosome like Katrina and Ereka. Right now, we have nothing but a bunch of solitary players, none of whom have shown much warmth which is key to being a good leader. Cold heartedness and dispassionate leadership can take you far, but it will wear thin and lead to your demise.
Edmund Fitzgerald - or, Gone with no hope of returning
Bradford, Stacie J., Rob, Pamela, John, Jenn C., Stacy R., Elizabeth, Raj
Chris (Bismarck) – You were sinking and your undoing was certainly the sense of resignation you let permeate your every action. That was pretty pathetic. Yet still, Ivana’s utter suckitude still almost saved you. I will miss seeing your homage to Joe Pesci in Goodfellas each week. The only way this firing differed from that movie is that it didn’t take place in an abandoned garage.
Titanic - or, Dead in the water, just waiting for the cargo class to drown
Ivana (no change) - Your like a ball of yarn that Trump just keeps batting around. You have to know you can’t possibly win this, right? You’ve been called a disaster, not very good, and pretty much every other thing that signifies you have no respect from the person that matters most.
Bismarck - or, probably sinking, but it will take a couple more blows
Sandy (Titanic) - That was essentially two wins in a row for you, but you only get so much credit for this one. It really was like watching the Harlem Globetrotters versus the Washington Generals. All that was missing was a bucket of confetti and a depantsed referee. Don’t rest on your laurels due to the past two weeks. All you really showed is that you could beat two really poorly managed teams.
Maria (Stuck in dry dock) – Having not read the rest of the thread yet, I’m not sure if anyone else saw this, but did we see spit fly from your mouth at the task announcement? Because if so, that might be the greatest thing I’ve seen on television since that chick lost her top on The Price is Right. Clearly, you can’t stay in dry dock. Also, try to quit screwing up things on the phone. Between the ad and going over budget, the only phone you’re going to be allowed to pick up will have Cookie Monster, Grover, or Big Bird answering on the other end.
Stuck in dry dock - or, Who are you? Are you on this show? This level now represents those in transition from weak to strong.
Wes. (No change) – I never know with you. You’re on the screen, but you make no impact. This is probably a bad thing. Also, Wes is from Atlanta. He is quite indicative of drivers in this town. Fear us.
HMS Pinafore - or, Some singing, some dancing, some tragedy. Overall, not too bad.
Andy (Dry Dock) – They really are painting you as the sympathetic underdog which means I think you make Final 4. You do seem like a likeable dweeb though and I think you tend to bring more good than bad.
Jenn M. (No change) – I think it’s safe to say once people start talking about your under the radarness, you cede all rights to being under the radar. I don’t buy for one minute that Trump would have fired you, not with Ivana and Chris around. This is a man known for a tiny bit of random, wild eyed hyperbole. But, you now need to step it up a notch to avoid coming off as a total ice queen.
Kevin (No change) – If in season one, I would see you finishing no better than fifth, which I think says something about this edition. Do something spectacular soon. Heck, do something competent.
Kelly (Queen Mary II) – No one deserves to be a favorite. Your sort of like a volcano. Interesting to watch, but then you realize bad things are happening under the surface. The best act of leadership you could have had was to give it to Sandy and step away. Now, you get the rewards, but they weren’t really earned.
Queen Mary II - or, Leader of the Pack, vroom vroom
Me, for having to come up with ideas to praise this wandering band of ineptitude.
Clearly, there is a bit of team shuffling next week. I think Ivana goes based on Trump’s shown boardroom comments.
However, Trump did make it sound other wise. Yu could have avoided being fired by bringing me the head of your competitor on a platter.
I have to wonder if there isn’t some contractual rule that states that tasks decided upon ahead of time must be stuck to. I can’t imagine that they’r winging this week to week, but if they changed the task at the last minute, it might look as though they really are favoring (or disfavoring) certain contestants.
Holy moly, what a prize, though! I mean, some weeks you get to chat with Michael Bloomberg…other weeks you each get to pick out 10k in diamonds!!
I really think Kelly owes his immunity to Sandy, but of course no way I’m expecting that, after the whole Baldford debacle.
And WTF with Wes and his driving skills? That was such a major tease on the promos but kind of got glossed over in the end. It would have been funny if there was something in the boardroom about that. “Your profit was $12,000…but would have been $13,000 if Wes could freakin drive.”
Also, did anyone else think Carolyn’s hair looked Godawful in the boardroom? Talk about your helmetheads.
You could tell that drove losing lawyer lady just about nuts!
“They’ve got $ 50,000 in diamonds!”
Mullinator – thanks for you summary – reading it is usually as much fun as watching the show, this week it was more fun!
I was thinking about Chris’s cab ride monologue last night – “I am who I am, don’t ask me to change, etc.” Have you ever noticed that it’s never nice, competent, likeable people who say stuff like that?
And, yeah, I’m still totally WTF on there being a job so thoroughly up Sandy’s alley – I would very much like to know at what point that task was chosen.
As far as going with that one particular website is concerned – we don’t know if they talked to other websites or not, there may well have been negotiations with the others, and the editors decided not to give them the “free advertising” of the mention on TV since the team decided not to use them.
It wasn’t free. They paid $1,000 to send one email to 23,000 people. That’s why I think sending out a correction was an issue.
astro, I’m ashamed to say, I took delight in Jenn M’s crying when she heard about the prize.
I’m still waiting for one of the firees to say what you’re supposed to say at the conclusion of a job interview – “Thank you for considering me” – “I appreciate the opportunity” – or something.
Who raised these people?