But what about that third person? Who would it be? Lee suggested nearly everyone to Lenny, but The Russian had a list of reasons why each person would be a horrible fit. I really couldn't tell who Lee was going to take. Later, we found Lenny talking to Theresa about Lee's decision, and annoyed that Lenny was taking such a consigliere role, Brent interjected and snidely asked, "Did he pick? I'm sorry, I just want to know." But of course, this was Brent, which meant he was unilaterally ignored, causing him to walk away quietly. Oh Brent. It was a nice attempt at passive aggression, but you really should just stick to your bagels. You can always be their Project Manager.

Finally, Lee and Sean revealed their picks to the group. Sean officially chose Andrea, Tammy, and Tarek. Lee picked Lenny, Pepi (why? why?), and Roxanne. Kind of an odd choice at the end there. Didn't really see that coming. And with that, Allie suddenly piped up and said, "Best of luck." Translation: "I hope you all die, motherf-ckers!!!"

Well, we weren't the only ones who thought Lee's team was a bit, uh, odd. Sean was fairly confused too. "Pepi left in the second week. I'm surprised that Lee even knows Pepi's name," he said, and for once, I had to agree with him. I mean, Pepi? It just makes no sense at all.

The next day, the phone rang in the suite, and it was none other than Rhona on the line. She employed her best Naughty Secretary voice and gave the teams orders to meet Trump downstairs. This then led to a montage of morning activity, including Roxanne brushing her teeth. No offense to Roxanne, but she just is not the most photogenic tooth brusher out there. Anyway, as both teams headed downstairs, Sean once again caused groans all around as he told us, "By the end of this task, I hope to have the job, the girl, and a brand new life ahead of me." If he proposes to Tammy at the live finale, that will just be too entirely lame. Worst Rob & Amber copycats EVER!

Well, the teams all walked by Robin, and for whatever reason, everyone decided today would be the day to give Robin a hearty hello. She must have been so excited -- almost as much as the time she got to catch Trump's jacket on last season's finale show. As the people then filed into the Boardroom, Trump couldn't help but be a tad surprised with the teams. "Roxanne, it hasn't been too long," he said, adding "And who are these other people? Pepi? Are you the doorman?" Okay, he didn't say that, but George and Carolyn did smile at the team selection with mild shock. I'm sure they too never thought they'd see Lenny, Tarek, and Pepi again.

Trump then talked to everyone, and Lenny said with his typical growly voice, "I want him [Lee] to win with all my heart. We're just going to bury them so deep, you know. Nobody will ever find them the next twenty years." Sadly, I think he really meant that. He's already got a hole dug out in Siberia for them.

Anyway, this season's big final challenges were once again centered on event planning. One person would manage a Pontiac Barenaked Ladies concert at the Trump Taj Mahal to benefit the WWF (World Wildlife Foundation, that is). Another person would be managing the Pontiac Celebrity Hockey Game for America's Bravest, which was Dennis Leary's firefighter foundation. Oh, and in a lovely co-inky-dink, Dennis Leary's show, Rescue Me kicked off its third season this week! Lovely!

Trump then talked a bit about the America's Bravest charity, saying, "I'm not brave, to be honest with you. I'd make a lousy firefighter. George, I guarantee you, is not brave. He's a good lawyer, but brave he's not. He's brave with his mouth, right George?" I half expected George to reply, "Back in my day, you had to be brave with your mouth. You couldn't run a soda jerk with a cowardly mouth. You had to be brave!"

Well, Lee said that he wanted to run the Barenaked Ladies concert, causing Trump to comment, "I would always like to work with bare naked Ladies... Bare naked ladies sounds good to me!" Bare naked ladies are a THIRTY BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY!!! Actually, they probably are. Yay porn!

"Oh Donald. You are indomitable!"

Unfortunately for Sean, he too wanted the concert, but that was okay, Lee quickly switched to the hockey event, or "ice skating" as Trump called it. So that was settled. The teams then left the Boardroom, and as the doors closed, Carolyn suddenly burst out laughing. "Who's the guy on the far right?" she asked, referring to Pepi. Amazingly, Trump didn't know. He had to refer to some sort of sheet on his table. Literally, none of them could remember when he was even fired. And it wasn't that they'd simply forgotten his name. They didn't even recognize him. "'Pepi, you're fired.' Did I say that?" Trump asked. Okay, when I was joking before about Trump not remembering who Pepi was, I didn't actually expect him not to remember who Pepi was.

It wouldn't be a season without one uncontrollable laugh-attack by Carolyn.

We then went to commercial where we received the umpteenth update about this week's Apprentice texting sweepstakes. Since no one would be fired this week, the question was the significantly less quantifiable, "Who's chosen the better team?" Amazingly, 58% of the voters believed that Lee had picked a better team. Did they not see Pepi and Lenny? What was everyone thinking?

Posted by B-side on May 31, 2006 12:36 AM