...

"Once." One word. I'm really glad Trump picked up on how much it said.

Alex achieved full release. Isn't that special?

That damned Craig and Kendra...I don't care how much they hate each other, they can get together and do the damn thang. And here I was thinking that it was Tana that held the group together.

Bye Alex, indeed!

I can't decide what disturbs me more, the fact that Craig is in the final three, or the fact that every craft store in the tri-state area was sold out of the Bedazzler.

Arrogant prat Alex is finally, mercifully gone. I am almost too paralyzed with happiness to type this... yay. Wow, until those last 2 minutes I thought Tana was gone, but finally someone used Alex's losing records against him, and props to Tana for pointing out that one of his losses was when she was PM. I admit it - I was utterly, thoroughly, completely shocked by this firing, and not a bit displeased, actually. Good riddance to that mealy-mouthed dandy. And geez, I needed boots and a shovel to listen to his little cab speech.

"The star is more universal"? For the love of all that is holy, Craig, SHUT THE FUCK UP. I swear, if the asshole wins this thing I'm so done with this show. God, he bitches about her not listening to his ideas and when she asks him what they we're he says "it's irrelevant"? Translation: "I had no ideas. I just want to make trouble 'cause I'm a misogynistic shitheel." Craig is what you'd have if you combined Kelly's arrogance with Ivana's blathering and stupidity, along with a HUGE dose of Omarosa's delusions of professionalism. What an asswipe. I pray that Kendra shooting him down was some anvillicious foreshadowing.

The second Tana started talking about the Bedazzler, I knew who was going to the Boardroom. Of course, you could put Helen Keller in front of the TV and she'd be able to smell which team is going to the BR at this point once Trump gives his stupid lesson o' the week. Wow, if a famous artist designed a T-Shirt, I'd be afraid of him shoving me into a loom and weaving my intestines into a cardigan if I took a Bedazzler to his work. Also wouldn't the value of a collectible like that T-Shirt drop if someone messed with it? I can just see Tana trying to put sequins on Mona Lisa's dress and getting maced and billy-clubbed by the Louvre's guards.

I loved the look on Carolyn's face right after George announced Net Worth's profit and right before she announced Magna's. It was like, "Oooooo, 33 whole shirts. Well, aren't you both Willy freakin' Loman."

Tana's fake sweetness finally caught up with me, and now it's nauseating me. But at least she totally saved her own ass in the boardroom by bringing up Alex's horrendous record.

Kendra and Craig's fighting has moved beyond annoying and now it amuses me. They're both so genuinely sure that the other is wrong, it's hilarious. I totally think it should be a Kendra/Craig final two, because if those two hate each other, and STILL won, they must have something. Plus, their bickering is more entertaining than watching Kendra and Tana go at each other.

Thank dog the dead wood (Alex) is gone. I will not miss him. I couldn't take another 'dude'.

Tana thought that the BeDazzler was what she needed? Sweet heavenly forks. I can't believe she made such a big honking deal about the stupid rhinestones. And no, Tana, it's not like you're wearing diamonds, it's like you're ripping off Dolly Parton.

Hee!

It looks like Trump should just hire Kendra now. For her to be able to win all these tasks being stuck with Craig. Unbelievable...

It's about time Trumpy fires someone who practically throws the task in order to get rid of a competitor. Alex was talking about what he was going to say in the boardroom before they even began the task...as if it were a foregone conclusion.

That's a really good question. I think I might have to flip a coin, because both options are completely horrifying to me.

Sayonara, Alex. Have fun with your ten businesses, I hope you sell lots of desks with clear flip-top lids.

That cab interview was the funniest ever. Was Alex seriously trying to say that being able to count to 2 (losses) is an intense calculation??? I guess they don't teach Math at his law school. Or his undergraduate. Or his, um, elementary school.

I so thought Tana was gone when she kept going on about the bedazzler. You could tell Carolyn was all "stop saying bedazzler"! Finally she brought up the fact that Alex has consistently sucked. I'm glad Tana is in there because I want Trump to be forced not to pick a white male. Also because the interviews tend to be more discriminatory against women, at least there are two women so one of them will make it. I hope it's Kendra.

Just how many wins is Kendra going to carry Craig?!?!? This must be the fifth or sixth time she has come through with well-executed, solid marketing plans (for those who know that marketing is more than handing out a flyer) and he's coasted on through without doing a thing. The design that "we" came up with?!? You fucking asshole.

Well, at least we finally have a female apprentice. Because if Craig wins (and I say this is as a male of color), BULLSHIT.

Kendra or nothing.

I think this was one of the greatest episodes ever. Real suspense. And now I'm sure that sometimes Trump's lessons at the beginnings purposely misdirect. I thought Tana was going, but I could barely believe that Trump could be so stupid.

This was such a satisfying firing. Alex truly did just sit back and wait for Tana to explode. Trump was right about that. Alex looked so confused at the end; I loved every second of it. He was like, 'Where am I again?'

I'm back on the I hate Carolyn train. Tana doesn't have fire? Tana doesn't have a lot of things, but fire is not one of them. I'd like to see Princess Carolyn and her fire after working these exhausting hours week after week. I think she would be less poised, shall we say?

George is kind of off sometimes, too. Their attitude of if they were in the apprentice candidates' shoes, they would do everything perfectly, really gets on my nerves. But not as much as Alex did.

Bye, Alex. Some lovely parting gifts for you. Underarm hair brush, a bedazzler, etc.

Aw, poor Alex...your "little list of Tana's decisions" didn't save you from a well-deserved (and overdue) boot to the posterior.

Sorry!

Alex has read Sun Tzu’s ‘Art of War?’

Craig is such a dip and a wad. Who gives a discount for NO GOOD REASON?

Was it just me, or were they ‘interviewing’ George and Caroline more? I liked it, by the way, since I could barely stand anyone except Tana.

Can you believe the word "butthole" has to be bleeped?

Why keep Tana if they've come to a consensus that she's not going to do a good job running one of Trump's companies? Technically, that should be the nail in her coffin.

Either way, Kendra's got this in the bag.

THAT was all kinds of satisfying! How nice too that FINALLY they have quit giving away the ending in the first 10 minutes. They actually faked me out. More than once! (Not that I'm a rocket science or anything.) I was feeling pretty disgusted that it might turn out to be Alex still in there. Tana redeemed herself to me, Kendra made me love her for real instead of just liking her because she stood up to Craig. AERIAL DOGFIGHTS oh my! THAT'S a damn good reality show moment. I can enjoy a Kendra/Tana final.

But- after all this time- we're back to T-SHIRTS? Wasn't that like the third task in the first season? Not that I miss the "sell some Domino's/Staples/Home Depot/Burger King" thing but... that's very very odd.

Oh how many of us were wetting our pants laughing at all the "Bedazzler" references? Hi Maria! How the hell are you? Seen your jacket lately?

I loved the look on Carolyn's face when Tana told Trump her Bedazzler success story - I thought that she would absolutely fall out of her chair.

As for Kendra and Craig, it appeared that the marketing idea was all Kendra's, as usual. I really, really hope that she gets credit for all her good ideas next week.

I can't believe that Tana could not find a bead similar to what she wanted in Manhattan. She didn't even bedazzle them, she glued them on so I didn't see what the point was in getting bedazzle type beads when any rhinstone could have done. I would have fired her just for that. But alas, Alex sucked way more than her so I am glad that he finally off my screen.

I was however, briefly wanting Craig and Kendra to lose just so Trump could dump Craig. He is an ass. I can't wait to see him in the interviews next week.

With Alex's constant blinking and Tana's bedazzlement, I was surprised there was no guest appearance by Maria. Seriously. Of all the people from season 2, she will be the one we remember most - all because of this episode.

Glad Alex left. At this point in the game, it needs to be cumulative. Props to Tana for knowing the win-loss records. It showed that she has analyzed and learned from people's losses.

Yay, it's gonna be Tana vs. Kendra.

Alex: Saw those wheels spinning when sketching out the t-shirt, "hmmmm...now how can I turn this into some sort of rolling cart?"...Goodbye douche

Tana: "Hi 1986? Yes do you have anymore Bedazzlers? No? OK thanks, I'll try Dollywood"

Craig: Kendra Re: Craig - My butthole was offended by your comment and would like an apology

Kendra: Good strategy, good implementation, didn't punch Craig in the face...you know you are on a reality show right?

From the Yahoo Apprentice site: "You saw them on "The Apprentice," now you can wear your very own! These Hanes tees feature cool designs and great colors. Click to buy on-line at Walmart.com, or go to your local Wal-Mart store." For only $9.96! I wonder how those art collectors feel about being blatently lied too about these things not only being limited edition, but being mass marketed by the most prolific, blue-collar store in America. Ha.
Finally Alex is gone, but Tana has definitely begun to wear out her welcome. My hate for Craig knows no bounds. I agree Kendra, he is a b-hole.

Meh. I knew they'd try the old fake-out. There's no way Tana was going before Alex when you compare track records.
So now it's Tana, Craig and Kendra. I can't picture Trump hiring any of them, after tonight.

And the "reward"...boy. At first my jaw dropped at the prospect of these two engaging in an aerial grudge match over the skies of Manhattan, blasting huge chunks out of skyscrapers (whoops, sorry Trump Towers!), but ultimately, like almost all rewards, it turned out to be pointless and anticlimactic.

Maybe if they had used live ordnance...

...

Kendra just doesn't seem to lose .. I'm stretched to think how can she might not become Apprentice #3?

(ok, she was part of the big team that lost the first fast food task under Todd, and part of the cucumber porn team when absolutely everybody lost, but otherwise she's a winner, time and time again. Never seen a final boardroom, and I think that's a record - even Amy got to go there at least once).

Who were those silent guys in suits that came in with Magna's artist? Do they get Secret Service protection?

So it was a limited edition t-shirt, only 300 in the world, eh? Now that it's on Yahoo, there's 300,000 I suppose.

Bye bye Alex, won't miss you at all. I don't believe for a second he forgot his record. He was just hoping Mr. Trump wouldn't remember his loserness either.

Tana's problem was she spent too much time on the creation and not enough on the other stuff. I don't think putting a few rhinestones on would lower the value. As long as she didn't over do it and go crazy, I think it was a good idea. I just think she went overboard that she specifically need the Bedazzler to do it. She didn't need to go to Staten Island. She just needed to go buy some simple rhinestones from a store, buy some glue and that's it. Honestly, had Networth put even a little thought into marketing, based on what they were selling the shirts for, I think they would have smoked Magna.

Difference is I think Kendra thought marketing first, Tana thought design. Personally, I liked the Networth design better but Kendra gets props for her marketing work.

Tana seemed like a goner in the boardroom until her last little speech at the end. That saved her and Alex's little snafu of not remembering how much he lost.

Ah well, can't wait to the interviews. Should prove interesting. Kendra deserves to win at this point based on work ethics. I can't say I care much for the little bit of her personality I've seen, I think Tana is more fun...but Trump aint hiring based on fun.

The Bedazzler Debacle was hysterical. As someone who lives in Brooklyn, I can tell you one of ten thousand "As Seen On TV" stores that carry those.

Comedy gold, people. Yay!

Oh that damn damnesia! Only Trump is allowed to have a selective memory.

I did laugh at some of the snark Alex dished out during the show. I wish I could remember it now.

The cab interview was funny. Alex seemed delusional. Must be something in those cigars he has been smoking.

That was great. For the longest time I really thought Tana was a goner, but one CWA opened his smarmy mouth in the second part, he was toast. Never, never, try to pull a fast one on Trump and the viceroys with numbers. Kelly almost didn't live to tell about that either. At least he won more than once.

Once. That's it. Moron. Plus, the whole taking notes about to tell the principal. Trump hates brown-nosers to a degree and tattling is never rewarded. It really hurt that Tana wasn't from the city and didn't really know about the gallery scene and Alex didn't pitch in because he didn't know squat and was setting up Tana from the beginning. Rock Star Couture? how does that tie in with Hanes 50th anniversary?

Can the combination of Tana & Alex be more Maria? The pointy finger, blinking excessively and the bedazzler?? Staten Island for beads????

There is NO way Craig can be in the final two...please let that be true. He was the assiest as who ever assed to Kendra. BTW, what was up with that red blotch on her face?

Damn me for saying this, but Craig's T-Shirt Culture turned out very nice, but ragging about the star vs. the heart? Moron #2. If they had used the star, they would have had nearly matching shirts. Interesting.

The 288 on the back of Magna's shirt was really good. It gave people the reminder that it was a limited edition shirt.

Hey I hate Craig with as many nuns as you do, but I do have to say I saw his point here. (Even though he didn't really MAKE the point. I made it up myself.)

I would think more men would buy a star shirt than a heart one. Women would buy either. I just don't picture a lot of men buying shirts with hearts on them.

Ha!! So that building with the big "260" on it? That was 260 Madison Ave. -- where I work!!!
(Not for Hanes.)
Can't believe I didn't know TA was being filmed in my building!!
(Woops! "Now" is not the same as "know"!)

Alex, you forgot you led the Staples task? That was last week!!!

Funniest moment was when Alex said: Don't mess with me, I'm dangerous, I have nothing to lose {and points to his brain.}

Alex was good in the BR tonight I thought. I was worried for Tana until the end because I thought Alex might slide into the final 3.

For once, it was funny watching them on a task.

What do you do when your performance sucks? Focus on strategy. Alex almost, almost got away with it tonight. His first strategic move was leaving Kendra with the old Craig ball-and-chain. Next, he set Tana up as project manager, and then kept his list of mistakes for boardroom fodder. Who knew Tana would be so weak in the boardroom? Alex has been a rotting corpse for weeks, and she almost let the little maggot beat her. Tana, honey, I don’t think anyone was bedazzled by your performance tonight.

In other news, Kendra once again comes up with the marketing killer app that wins the task. And on the flip side of Alex’s strategy, Kendra chose to focus on winning the task instead of setting her teammate up for the loss.

BTW, I think Kendra needed a cigarette after shooting down Craig. Ah, Jester’s dead.

Please, please, editors, enough with the clips of the construction-worker-berating. Trump never will stop doing it, but save the viewers from experiencing it.

Why have the women contestants not learned to dress for the job they want? In other words, dress like Carolyn, dumbasses. I don't recall Carolyn wearing a black leather skirt and jacket in the boardroom. Or sandals. I'm just saying.

Every single person Trump encounters in his working world is the "toughest", so the apprentice must be a warrior to keep up?

Now I understand where the term "trumped up" came from. Because this was the most contrived ending ever.

Let me get this straight. Trump believed Tana lied when she said Alex was assigned to be the marketing person. But he overlooked that. But when Alex lied about how many losses he had as PM, that lie was different, worse, less acceptable? And in fact, not remembering that you lost twice as PM, rather than once, is grounds for firing?

Please. Trump should have just said, "You both were miserable. I have to go by track records, and I like Tana's better. Alex, get the hell out of my office."

Notice there was no voice-over as Alex left the building. I knew there wouldn't be one. What could Trump say? "Yes, George and Carolyn, I know you both thought Tana did a lousy job and deserved to go. But the pressure is on me to hire a woman this season, and I have a better chance of doing so if we keep Tana in the picture. What else could I do?"

I think Alex should have been fired instead of Chris a couple of weeks ago. Of course, Chris should have been fired before that...So I'm not unhappy Alex is gone. But as I say, this seemed to me to be the most "trumped up" ending ever.

I would love to understand Carolyn. To me, she is an enigma. She generally seems so classy, but tonight I totally did not get her look of sheer amazement at what Tana was saying about selling her t-shirts in Salt Lake City. Unless it was edited out of sequence, I think Carolyn might have a superiority complex to match Alex's. As annoying as Trump is, I would never in a million years wish to work for Carolyn.

Couple of things seemed off this week (more so than usual). The part where Trump called out Alex for basically sitting back and waiting for Tana to fail seemed like an obvious voice over to me. I wonder if that part was edited after the negative response to Angie's firing.

The other being Alex's fuck off cab. Did anyone shudder thinking it was going to crash into the limo on the right lane on 5th avenue. Just me. Okay

As for the episode itself, Tana came off as a stereotyped Mary Kay executive who is all flash and no substance. Fuck mates, even I wasn't that happy when I got my bedazzler for my 8th birthday. Too bad she had such a narrow view on the task and that awful leather suit in the boardroom.

I still don't get the Kendra/Craig tension but did anyone else think that Craig was purposely offering discounts so that they can lose the task and get Kendra fired? Just me again? Wow.

And finally, Alex's interview in the cab when he mentions that he 6 new business ideas, the only thing I could think about was who was he going to blame when he sat back and watched the businesses fail.

Tana is so Mary Kay---not that it's a bad thing to be that, but that it's just clearly not going to be a good fit, as Trump pointed out. Loved the tweetling 1960's Avon-ad style music when she was calling round to the various stores.

I mean, Jesus, they had an original, if rather sucky piece of art, by a well-known artist. I just can't get over her thinking that the big fucking priority was getting rhinestones glued on to them. I think she's way better than Alex, but I don't think she quite gets the "concept" of marketing (which I reckon she sees as more of a customer relations task).

Kendra as usual rocked the marketing task. I wish she were more likable. I thought she was very patient and mostly very professional with Craig, but she shouldn't get too cocky. Or---wait. It's Craig and Tana. Craig, who has the most beautiful smile ever, but who is so very poor at communicating and Tana, whom Trump has already tagged as being all about gluing on little rhinestones. He clearly doesn't want her and I bet she'll have a horrible time if she "wins."

But there again: maybe it's another fake-out. I wish I cared more about any of them.



My God, I believe you're right. I didn't know what the fuck he meant. If he gets to be the apprentice, you might be able to get a job as a Craig to English translator. He's one of those people who likes big words, knows a lot of them, and always picks the one that is approximately correct.

Trump, let me say, this is the rare occasion that your final judgement and reasoning rocked. I was afraid you were going with Alex over Tana with the final 3. But you finally delivered justice when you caught Alex on his oh so facetious marginalization of his own losses. And you remembered Tana's track record. And yes, Tana was pretty bad in this task as you said and she forgot about the big picture. You best comment, Donald, was finally something that should
have been delivered to many contestants - "Alex, You waited for Tana to fail instead of doing something about it"

Kendra. Way to go. You are the first final four contestant in the last 3 Apprentices I am actually rooting for decisively against everyone else. You got spunk even if your facial expressions belies that. You are not the greatest artistic mind (Craig was right about the stars), but you definitely know your market and won't give up.

Tana: YOu are still #2 in my book, but you took a deep fall this week and are actually closer to Craig than to Kendra in my rankings. If you had half a brain, you would have decisively told Alex to stay home and take care of the marketing instead of wasting his time being your errand boy in the car. And why the hell couldn't you brainstorm strategies in the car? It's not like the phone
call took much of your time. a really horrible showing. If you were not against Alex, you deserved to get fired for your incompetence.

Craig: Still holding the #3 spot only because Alex is so useless. You may actually work decently if you had to work with Tana. But what a humiliating way to go at the end with the fighter jet loss. Ha ha. And why the hell was Craig so against price flexibility? Nothing wrong with lowering the prices at the end when time was running out. Why sell cheaply so early? Actually, if they were a team, they could have compromised on their both approaches. Raise the single price higher, but
give a discount on multiple items.


Alex: you weasel you. No fucking way you forgot your losses. If you were 2-1 instead of 1-2 , you would have remembered every tiny detail of your projects. NEVER GET CAUGHT LYING BEFORE SOMEONE YOU ARE TRYING TO IMPRESS.
You should have gained that bit of wisdom indirectly from that Art of War book, fool, even if it may not read that way.

KENDRA is the Apprentice. At this point, I don't think the other 2 are close.

Alex had to go if for not other reason than uttering the words, "Dude, that's hella far."

This was the first time in weeks that I wasn't able to call the bootee from the first three camera shots. I totally thought it was going to be Craig.

Later I thought it was going to be Alex.

Then I thought it was going to be Tana.

And later, it was finally Alex. (Finally!) And I found myself wishing that it had been Tana. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I wanted Alex to be sticking around any longer, but Tana outright lied at least three or four times in the boardroom. That really pissed me off. And I thought they were on to her, too, especially Carolyn (who could only bring herself to say that Tana was a good saleswoman and a nice person. I think Heidi got more than that) until Alex got hung up on his record. I do believe him when he said he misspoke.

Nothing can convince me that Tana didn't encourage Alex to pick her so that Kendra and Craig would implode. They really screwed up this task--they had the better artist. They should have plastered that Friends credit everywhere they could think of.

Who was it who said weeks ago that Alex was one bedazzler away from being Man-Maria? Props to you!

I understood what Craig was thinking about the star. He probably thought that it would be more unisex. I don't know why he didn't just say that, though. As it stood, it looked like he was just trying to spite Kendra. Maybe he was, a little, but there was a point there. He just didn't seem to make it.

One time, I wanted a bedazzler because I wanted to recreate some expensive jeans I saw at Bebe. So I went to Michael's and bought one. It was fifteen bucks. It's not rocket scientist.

Was Craig giving a discount AFTER the deal had been closed? I just want to confirm that he's a super-moron.

You think maybe Tana was listening on while Donald and the Viceroys were conferring?

Carolyn: I don't think she has fire.
Tana: Hmm.
Donald: All right, send them in.
Tana: (smokes Alex)

I didn't. I've done that at my boutique when we have to sell a large quantity of shirts or handbags. We don't know from the editing whether it was near the end of the day or not when he started discounting. If he was really trying to push the shirts so they'd sell more, he might've done that to attract the cheapskates. I was quite surprised, too, that he backed down so quickly when Kendra asked him to stop. I like him, but expected him to respond with a hearty "bitch, please". I'm glad he didn't.

Something about this task just feels...wrong. The task was to sell the t-shirts, not the artist. Yet Kendra/Craig somehow "decide" to feature the artist's bio and that he was a selling point? That's a little too suspect for me.

It wasn't clear to me that they were selling in a gallery space or an actual store. Can someone please clear that up for me?

Kendra and Craig both desrve loooong time outs. Neither one knows how to take the high road. Even in the boardroom when they won! "My dad was a top gun instructor/My dad was in the airforce!" Oh my god...both of you shut the fuck uuuuppppp.

And I totally believe Craig's asserion that Kendra does not manage time well. She also has no idea how to back up her decisions.

"We coudl price the short sleeve at $25 and the long sleeve at $30."
"$40 is too high a price point."

Based on...what? Market research? I totally agreed with Craig when he was nudging her for a further explanation and that she generalizes her ideas. She mever backs up her ideas. If regular joes bought a regular t-shirt from Tana at $40, then the whole shi-shi art crowd would have easily spent $50 or more on Kendra and Craig's since it was a "limited edition" design. They knew to market the artist's fan base, but didn't know to price it accordingly, too? That whole task seems fishy to me.

This is the most incompetant, ignorant, boring final three I've ever seen.

I do agree with that, but the artist assigned to Magna seemed to be famed for his heart designs -- like his (IMHO, hideous) shirt, which was covered in them. Since they were primarily reaching out to his fan base, I can understand why Kendra decided to go with the heart.



Snerk. I got a good laugh out of that.

What on earth was with Tana's Bedazzler obsession? Couldn't she have gotten other kinds of rhinestones, at a more accessible location? I'm not surprised that Carolyn seemed completely baffled by it.