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September 30, 2004
The Apprentice 2: The Lamest episode EVER
Ok, not conflicted at all this week. This episode sucked so bad that I am not going to recount the greusome details. Here it is in a nutshell: Task was for each team to create a restruant concept, menu, etc. open for one night and the winner would be the one that received the best Zagat rating based on customer surveys. The men killed the women again. Incompetent Apex team leader Jennifer C. gets fired in a no-brainer.
Now for the commentary. Two nights ago I was wide awake at midnight (too much coffee) and started channel surfing. I found a first season Saprano episode. The one where Tony moves his mother into a nursing home and Chris is still not a made man and is on drugs and rips off the wrong trucks. Lots of time spent in BadaBing. Lots of course language and random acts of violence. A total slam on Starbucks rip-off of Italian culture by the NJ gumbahs. I LOVED it! It reminded me how great the first season was and the things that made me fall in love with the show and the characters. Then I remembered the lethargy and pain of last season. Made me pine for the original edge. This week I was pining for the old episodes as well. I hope The Donald and his producers are not reaching the end of this concept. While there was some drama here, it was LAME LAME LAME and the firing decision was obvious from the first few frames.
There was only ONE bright spot. Remember last season how the women used sex to sell so much that The Donald had to call them out on it? I kept waiting to see if the men would catch on to this trick. I expected them to hire women to sell things for them, which they did somewhat in the icecream task. This time, though they used John as a sex object to change four gay men in their restraunt from grumpy old men into happy bubbly customers! John did his bros a solid and deserves extra bonus pay for that one!
For the boardroom I picked Jennifer C., Jennifer M. (bad interior design/concept, and Elizabeth (emotional breakdown). Jennifer C. picked Elizabeth (they hate each other) and Stacy R. (called her a "troll" and ripped on "old Jewish ladies" - Stacy is Jewish). Blatantly personal reasons rather than performance reasons to bring those two. The Donald booted her as I knew he would. Good for my average.
My prediction for next week: Reorganization! New teams.
HOW AM I DOING?
So I am 2 for 4, batting 500%. (Up yea!)
I am dumping Elizabeth as a finalist, this week she is too easilly sent into emotional tailspins. Can't perform under pressure.
My choices for top finalists are down to two obvious (from the beginning) :
Raj
Jennifer M.
My choices for most likely to go sooner rather than later are:
Jennifer C. - GONE! Yea I was right!
Andy - Too young and already deemed a "project" by The Donald. May be kept for a few episodes for entertainment, but not long for this life.
Stacy - Too mousy.
Pamela - too impersonal, cold and very unavailable as a team member and leader
Ivana - God I wish they could recruit some Venture Capitalists with operating experience instead of eggheads. She is an organizational disaster.
Those on the move up this week:
Mary - She is a cold blooded heartless competitor. This is the kind of women The Donald likes. She was a solid contributor on this task. Even though her earrings are still too big.
Posted by Martin at September 30, 2004 2:46 PM
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Martin, your comments are a bit off. First of all, the "design concept" person you suggest taking into the boardroom for team Apex was "Sandy", not "Jennifer M". Also, the guys did not "kill" the women--they won by 4 points in a subjective survey with only 30 people filling out the survey. In real life, with such a small sampling, they would have in essence tied.
Posted by: ayeshak 
at October 4, 2004 12:43 PM
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