Eye For An Eye - 
by B-Side
It was down to the final five on last night's Apprentice, and even though ratings have been declining (sniff sniff), the corporate sponsors have been growing. This week, we had two heavy hitters jockeying for space on the same show: Microsoft and Wal-Mart. To say this episode was 'uge, would be an understatement. Trump even threw the "trillion" word around. Now, I know what you're thinking -- too much product placement -- but before you start to roll your eyes, think to yourself: are you rolling your eyes? Or are you raising your eyebrows. As this episode proved, there's a BIG DIFFERENCE.
This week's episode began back in the Boardroom, but unlike the last show, we weren't lucky enough to hear Trump's blaring narration again. I was highly disappointed, but I got over it quickly as I watched Michael crash and burn all over again. While the Gold Rush guys dealt with the wrath of Trump, we cut to Roxanne up in the suite who weighed in with her official Boardroom prediction. "Michael's strong in the Boardroom," she noted. Haha. Not strong enough, BITCH. Don't know where that hostility came from, but it was fun; so I regret nothing.
Well, Michael was dumped by Trump (or as I like to call it, "Drumped" -- I just made that up), and when Lee and Sean returned, the girls could not have seemed less pleased (they still hated Sean for being an alleged turncoat). "Hey Sean. Hey Lee. Ohhhhh," Allie said, making little to no effort to hide her disappointment. 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.
Meanwhile, Lee couldn't believe his lucky stars that he had survived yet another Boardroom (and believe me, he wasn't the only surprised person). "I keep going in there and keep coming out somehow," he said. Might this foreshadow some sort of Lee demise? I could only hope. Nevertheless, now was a time of celebration. The group all raised their glasses at the dinner table and toasted. "To the fabulous final five! Yay!" Roxanne said, adding, "P.S. that 'fabulous' and 'yay' does not extend to you, SEAN! I hate you."
We then cut to the opening credits, and when we returned to the show, the final five were standing by Trump who announced, "I love working with Microsoft and Wal-Mart." Wow. Big guns today. This would certainly be a step above the P'Eatzza! Anyway, standing next to The Donald were two executives -- a stuffy-looking guy from Wal-Mart and a bald, "cool dude" from Xbox. In a move I highly endorse, the Xbox exec suggested that there should be a limited edition Donald Trump Xbox 360. I couldn't quite envision what it would look like, but I imagined it had bad hair, and every time you'd turn the system on, it would say, "Turning me on is a THIRTY BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY!"
Trump then joked that he wanted only ten percent of the Xbox 360 sales, and when he was done giggling (and he was giggling), he told the candidates that they were standing in the showroom for the Donald J. Trump watch collection. One of the hottest watch collections in the entire world! Well, at least according to The Donald. I personally had never heard of them before, but then again, I'm also not a middle-aged man living in Greenwich with Hammacher Schlemmer on speed dial.
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