I feel so dumb- I forgot to watch. Thanks for the recap, B-Side. I'm sorry I missed the screeching cat fight. Since I dislike Allie most, I would have prefered she be fired but that's life. Tammy was no prize either. I don't really care who wins this thing but it is fun to watch.

Great recap B-Side! I missed the show because Gray's was on & forgot to record it, but now I wonder why I bother. I should just stick to recaps.

This sure has become one of the best comedies on tv. Do any of these final four (thanks, Bill) really impress anyone? I no longer will feel intellectually inferior to successful business professionals now that I know so many of them are whiny, immature, common-sense-stupid idiots. Even Trump doesn't really impress me now that it seems he enjoys, nay, expects, everyone around him kissing his ass. Ok, his hair would intimidate me the way anything not of this Earth would, but really, the show (for me at least) is all about watching train wrecks week after week. Not like the first season when you had Troy, Kwame, and even Bill when he wasn't a Trump lackey.

Sean has a movie credit from 2002:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1579618/

Lee's imdb page:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2233219/

"Even though I really can't stand Sean (or Allie for that matter), I really want them to go to the final two, just to watch them viciously attack each other one last time in front of Trump."

Makings of the best Finale EVER!

The Donald Trump (Xbox) says "Turning me on is a 30 billion industry".
Melania's prenup begs to differ.

Cabbage Patch Allie is awful, and I am no longer a fan of Roxanne's. I think she is showing total immaturity in her "friendship" with Allie. Allie is a completely toxic influence, and next week when those twits REALLY have to work together, Roxanne is going to realize it. I thought Allie and Tammy should have both been fired.

I can't believe what a royal disaster Sean's presentation was. On principle, I think both teams should have been called into the Boardroom. I've done tradeshows and presentation set-ups, and the first rule is always planning for contingencies. Any real company contracted by Wal-Mart and Microsoft to launch a product, especially a high visibility item, would have probably been sued. I don't understand why the PM's never secure guarantees from vendors - not paying for materials, labor, and transport combined with REALLY bad PR on national television seems like it would pretty much ensure reliability and quality-control. The cost of materials alone (for the booth) was probably about $3500.

I'm predicting Lee and Roxanne in the final two, although I'd rather see Sean and Lee - simply because I think Roxanne is too petty, and childish to be taken seriously. I can't stand Sean either, but at least he's not Allie. If Lee is in the final two, I hope they bring back Lenny and Tarek. If it's Allie, I hope they saddle her with Brent, Andrea, and Theresa, and let the Eye Rolling begin...

PS- B-Side, I almost died laughing at the picture of Roxanne demonstrating her hypo-thyroid eye-pop. Get that girl some Synthroid - STAT!

I can't get behind any of these final candidates. I cant imagine what job in the "Trump Organization" any of them is qualified for. For some reason I think Lee might win though.

More importantly, why didnt Tammy bring rolling luggage like everyone else ? Instead she had to drag her garment bag out to the street.

I want to see Lee and Sean in the finals also. The girls are petty fools. Exactly how much time did they spend arguing about the finer points and subtle differences of eye-rolling vs. eye-raising? Please. Give me a break. What kind of executives would they make, really? I wanted Trump to fire Allie, and I think that's where Ivanka was trying to lead him, although he did not take the bait. Oh well. Next week should be interesting. Lee and Sean bonded, and Allie and Roxanne will crash and burn when they have to work together -- who will they single out to attack and blame mistakes on? Should be interesting. And, does anyone know if Squirt (awesome background info, by the way B-Side) actually used Lee and Sean's voices in the movie? That was a pretty cool reward, I have to say.

Rearrange the letters in 'Donald Trump' and you get 'Portland Mud'. Wet dirt from Oregon is a 30 billion industry just waiting to be tapped by Trump.

I agree that none of the candidates seem suited for any kind of job, and even though I think he is totally unqualified to do anything, Lee will probably win (boo!)

Roxanne has been my favorite to win, but all 3 of the girls were an embarassment to women in business. I can't believe the level of cattiness! I am willing to give my girl Roxie one more chance to pull it together, give Lee a run for his money and win. Of course if she does I'm sure there will be much moaning from the peanut gallery and people attacking her like they did Randall.

I HATE Sean with a passion. Luckily hating people is 30 billion dollar industry! (hilarious b-side) His over the top hand gestures and exaggerations are so annoying. I would have much rather had Lenny as the voice of BBQ Barry. His Russian grunts would have been super sweet.

I think Trump missed the boat by not realizing when Allie referred to a strategy that called for their alliance to systematically eliminate tyhe other contestants. That implies they deliberately steered the others to failure to benefit a few.

This show is dead in the water. I won't miss it when it gets cancelled.

How many apprentices (apprenti?) does one man need anyway???

A “very special” double product placement episode-during sweeps week no less! Hmmm, double the advertising revenue and double the market penetration. I guess you could call this a double penetration episode. I’m willing to endure the schlocky advertising, as long as Mark Burnett keeps pinching out excellent episodes like this one. The misdirection and unpredictability were fantastic! I didn’t quite understand that “death to traitors” reference, since it was Tammy who got fired…and it wasn’t because of any disloyalty on her part.

I don’t spend too much time in corporate settings these days, but I’ve got think that most executives, when they introduce themselves to someone for the first time, use their first and last names. What the hell was this, Bill and Ted’s excellent adventure? Those tight-asses are probably quick to chastise a subordinate for not addressing them as “Mr.” whatever-the-f-your-last-name-is, during the course of a normal workday. They’re probably just afraid of being mocked by overly critical, vicious bloggers.

J-Unit: Thanks for not referring to Ivanka’s “waxen visage” in this recap. I can’t help but not admire her luscious lips and captivating smile. Why, I…I, think I’m falling hopelessly in love with the Ivankster. She definitely had Allie lined up in her cross hairs this week. Were it not for Dad’s forbearance, we would have certainly seen some blond on blond violence in the boardroom.

Sorry, I meant "B-Side"

Maybe the "traitors" refer to how Roxanne and Allie view Tammy for daring to still talk to Sean. Seriously, they all suck.
As entertaining as the season has been, when the strongest candidate is Lee (I really do see him winning) something is horribly wrong in the selection process.

Someone I really enjoyed was Ivanka. Now that she's getting more comfortable in the role, she's really taking some control with it. Should George ever retire, I'd love to see Ivanka team with Carolyn to be the eyes and ears.

Oh, I almost forgot... I didn't care for the way Trump brushed off the eye rolling. He would never put up with disrespect like that.

Tammy can now go back to her day job as Sandra Bullock's stunt double.

Casey (#3), I checked out Sean's IMDB listing. His film credit was from some 16 minute short film. I would have to believe he must have done a favor for a buddy in film school or something, or that's a pretty pathetic acting resume.

By the way, I think if you look at the fairly small number of posts here it's a good reflection on the lack of appeal of these finalists and the general sense that this show is outworn its welcome. I'm still a fan, but was glad to hear they're going to hold off on running the next installment until January. I think by doing two installments a year they have almost run the show into the ground.

#6, please. Tammy is not a bad influence on Roxanne. They are both just bitches. I'm surprised it's taken til the last coupla episodes for people to figure out that Roxanne sucks. She lost me when she openly mocked Michael by laughing at him on the phone. Sure, he was being an idiot, but that was just NAST-AY.

I'm a bit confused about the sabotage lesson for this week. Ummmm, how was that relevant when Tammy was the one who got fired??

Once again, another lame firing. So basically these two hos can decide they're totally going to screw Tammy over, and he fires her for not being able to control them. What exactly did he want her to do?

Oh whatever, go Sean, ho-hum.

I think Aras stole Adrien's hoodie for the Survivor finale.

This is now Lee's game to lose. I don't mind Lee actually, he's young but he's always thinking. Sure he's a kissass, but it's gotten him pretty far already.

yep- As much as I hate to admit it, I think Lee's going to win now too.

I don't like any of the Final Four. Roxanne alienated me with her cattiness, and I have nothing but hate galore for the other three. These final episodes are going to be hilarious because the tasks are going to be incredibly difficult and we'll get to see new levels of ineptitude. While it's hard to believe it can get any worse than this week's level of suck, I have faith, especially in Sean and Allie.

All season long, I thought Roxanne would be a great apprentice but this week, she lost her mind. She was just ridiculous. Now I think Lee will win too... Ugh.

It really makes me mad how women are portrayed on this show. They always pick the stupidest, bitchiest women they can find just so that you get a bunch of catfights going on. It's disgusting. And the women are almost always on there, just because they're good looking and thin. And creepy Trump always makes comments about how good they're looking or whatever. It's kind of gross. I mean, I know they pick pretty or "hot" women so that they can reel in some male viewers but COME ON! I would much rather see a mature, full-figured, SMART woman win, even if she's not as "attractive" as the others because she's not as skinny. I mean, the whole men vs women teams last season failed dismally, simply because the cattiness of the women got in the way. The only woman for whom I had respect was Rebecca. Argh. It makes me so mad how having ratings (although not so much this season) and "good" tv drama get in the way of actual talent - take Jade staying on ANTM for instance. Bleah. I've watched the Apprentice since season 2, but I'm getting sick of it. This season has been especially terrible. The only person who I actually liked this entire season was Lenny.
Go Lee. I suppose.