The "She's unmanageable and hard to work with" argument is getting soooo old, even if it is true. Puh-leez - what else 'ya got? I'd never make that my defense because it just begs the response, "So?"

The thing is, has Kristi done anything that offsets her obnoxiousness? I remember thinking that the Donald was being the Doofus in the first episode when he said their gym-thingy was a "total failure," because the totals were so close, but I also wondered if the PM planning the work-out was the best use of her time. I mean, she got rid Psycho!Melissa, but that was really a team effort.

Not that I think Jen M is brilliant (I'd rank her above Felicia on credit for understanding branding), but I can't think of too much that Kristi has particularly contributed, which makes it easier for me to overlook the fact that the presentation was what lost the task--although I think that concept was shaky, too, and not too well-thought out.

I am no Kristi fan, but I seriously felt that Jen M had screwed up this time. I have mixed feelings about this episode. Jen M wasted a lot of time in going shopping when she should have focused on putting up signs for the name, which was very important. Moreover, she did so badly in the presentation, and its so embarrassing that she mispronounced the name of the movie. Kristi is brash and outspoken, but she worked very hard for this task. The float was the problem but so was the name / marketing / banner, and Jen M had a say in the float.

But then again, when Randal says that there is something wrong with the team, I cannot disagree with him. Maybe team dynamic is more important than time management at this stage. It may be that the team is so desperate for a win or sick of losing that any negativity is enough to turn the members off and wish the negative source removed. Given that, Jen M is definitely easier to work with than Kristi, and hence Kristi's departure may work in the team's favor.

I cannot help but think that maybe Marshawn may have commented against Jen M in the boardroom which may have been cut to justify Trump's decision to fire Kristi. Although this season's candidates may have better backgrounds than last season's, they are still not very good at marketing. Last season, candidates really focused on research in almost every episode which helped them win. Somehow this season's candidates do not have the 'spark'.

Moreover, I wish the process involved in making every decision in the project was shown. How do we know Kristi came up with the float? Did she come up with the entire design? And how was work distributed among the guys? Did they all just start working on making planets, or was some process involved in the idea? It would be interesting to know these things - at least then we would see less of Trump where he says 'Hold all my calls, I am going to Sony', and 'Money is important because...'. I mean, are we that stupid that he needs to tell us why money is important? Is that a pearl of wisdom that he is handing us? And did he not schedule the meeting with Sony, that he had to ask his secretary to hold all calls? I am sick of his acting as if we should hang onto his every word, lest we lose out on knowledge enlightenment. Maybe he loves the sound of his voice so much that he needs to exercise his vocal cords as often as he can.