PuffinJay
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:06 pm
That was hot. Not too much playing around, either. I'm glad Carolyn shut Josh down...he was just obnoxious.
I can't believe they shoved all 4 of them in the backseat! One more, and they would've needed one of those minivan-taxis.
I wonder if the show has to compensate Dick's for the 34% loss in sales, since Excel was pretty clearly the cause of it. George & Co. probably make sure there are pretty tight contracts with coverage of those kinds of circumstances, though, and Dick's gets advertising from being featured on the show, so I guess it all works out in the end.
JuliaCarpenter
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:05 pm
WOW!
The best taxi ride ever...amazingly uncomfortable, awkward and just pathetic...
I.
Loved.
It.
(Thank God Josh is gone!)
Kabelvision
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:05 pm
WOOOO HOOOO!!!!
"You're all fired. All four of you. Go home."
Isn't it illegal to have four people in the back of a NYC Taxi?
The silence in the taxicab of shame is precious...
Moncheechee
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:05 pm
Holy.Fucking.Shit! Though it doesn't seem like Mark should have been fired -- not that I miss him after that unfortunate Ice Cream Genie outfit. Still, what was he supposed to do? Leave the batting cage non-operational?
coastcat
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:06 pm
My compliments to the editors. At first they led us to believe that Excel would stomp all over Capital Edge... and then suddenly we were all reminded of the actual goal of the task, at which point it was clear that the task was a blender and Excel was a pint of strawberries.
Markus honey, you have to take the wire cage off the champagne bottle before you do the knife trick.
So, Mr. Trump, how's that whole "I was disappointed with last season's candidates so I personally hand-picked everyone for this season" thing going?
Wow, Trump was so pissed at this failure that he wouldn't even pay for separate cabs? Hee!
Broette
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:06 pm
The hell?
Poor Mark and James, they should not have been fired. Sure they didn't really do much, but it wasn't their fault they lost. Someone had to run the batting cage. I don't think the batting cage was that bad an idea, either, since it got people interested in their baseball department. Jennifer should have been fired anyway for the way she was yelling in the Boardroom.
Loved the four-person silent cab, though.
SeaBass8
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:06 pm
I don't think I've ever wanted to immediately watch an Apprentice the second time.
That was for sure the best Apprentice EVER. Carolyn taking over for Trump, Trump's funky hand on the golf course (was that skin? A bad glove?), Marcus being somewhat useful and the most wonderful boardroom I've ever seen. The cab ride. Fantastic.
My Way
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:06 pm
That did not disappoint at all. Ah Trump. They did deserve it, although I'll miss Josh. I was to the point of thinking that as long as Jen is fired I'll be happy but man...wooh.
And the cab was the best, with them all pilled in like clowns!
And next week, Trump fires a wookie? With a pink suitcase? Hee.
pablito
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:05 pm
I think Trump made the right decision. Josh had potential to go far, but based on the task, I think that he had to go now. James was ineffective, Mark should've gone instead of Chris, and Jen was delusional.
This episode definitely brought back the edge to the show. Carolyn taking over, Bill making some great observations, and a changeup that should've favored Capital Edge.
alynn
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:05 pm
I am shocked.
He fired Chewbacca for ethnic reasons, AND made him drag Erin's pink suitcase? Way harsh, dude. I think he has a lawsuit.
As for that other stuff? Wow. Firing hot Mark (I think it was Mark--I still can't tell these people apart) along with everybody else hurts. But on the other hand, that NotCabterview was hilarious. Nobody got to ride shotgun. I thought that thirteen people left seemed a little high. This was totally planned at some point during the season. I'll never believe otherwise.
LLalltheway
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:05 pm
Agree the clown cab ride was the funniest part of the episode, but Markus mispronouncing one of the marquee Champagne houses was a close second. Hee.
AlmondEyes
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:05 pm
why fire four people in one shot other than for the sheer shock value of it. [/quote]
The shock value played a role, no doubt. But it was oh so sweet. Oh, yes. As was the Cab Clown Car of Shame and Humiliation.
jinx, LLalltheway!
YoureSoUrban
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:06 pm
Day-um. All 4?? That was a "first" for the Boardroom, for the doorman and the cabbie!!
muchsarcasm
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:07 pm
[Phil Rizzuto] Holy cow! That Trump kid just hit a grand slam! [/PR]
What I think is funny is that if it weren't raining out, Excel probably would have done worse, since it seemed half the people were there to have their kid smack a few baseballs.
starfish11
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:06 pm
M I B 3 1
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:06 pm
I sort of saw that coming, but was surprised nevertheless.
And the lack of reaction in the taxi? Priceless. Not one syllable!
Someone get Martha on the phone and giver her that suggestion.
Morrigan8472
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:06 pm
Okay, that was the funniest thing I've seen in ages! The silent, cramped cab ride was hilarious.
oakgal
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:06 pm
That was so satisfying. Enough to make me post about this show.
The cabride of hell was brilliant and so funny, but the look on Josh's face when they were all dumped? Fantastic. I thought he was going to cry.
I love it when they thin the herd. There might be hope for this season yet.
Pinkears
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:07 pm
Finally, some excitement to shake things up. Finally.
I agree with all four firings. All screwed up, all made excuses. They didn't plan, didn't work and didn't sell. Any of the four could have made a difference but they didn't.
I have a question, though. I always had read that the exit scenes were taped in advance - the luggage to the cab. But obviously this wasn't. Are they really taped after the boardroom after all?
Khajiit
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:07 pm
Yes, it was quite the ending, and it was definitely a shocker, but now there's no more pretty James! (Yes, that's all I care about. Trump? Whatever.)
SeaBreeze341
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:06 pm
Damn! I was only joking about the taxi ride to Sequesterville in the Spoilers.....Who knew that I was actually right?? That was a crowded ass ride to sequester! Dayum!
The silence in the taxi was too funny.[/quote]
For real (although I still think it would've been funnier if they all departed via a Pattywagon or the ambulance of death as if they just got whacked on CSI).
GuyInGA
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:06 pm
WHOA. Glad to see Josh and Jennifer M gone, sad to see James and Mark go. I particularly like James and Mark because they are the type of guys I want to emulate and be around (as well as Randal).
radiostar
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:07 pm
Clearly, even Donald knows that Bill is the only real Apprentice - could you imagine Kelly or Kendra being all cool and personable and still laying the smack down like Bill does? Trump should just give up the whole idea, hire Troy and Kwame, and call it a day.
NotTheBox
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:06 pm
Wow. Didn’t see that coming!
Can’t really blame him. The whole focus was wrong from start to finish. I loved the interview “this was a huge ass kicking of exponential proportions.” Hah. It really was.
Sometimes it’s more interesting to look at winning team, though. I thought Felicia was good at her greeting station with a soft sell approach- come in and look around, and take a look at the merchandise and see if there’s anything you’re interested in. I know salespeople are trained to be all obnoxious and pushy, but it turns me right off and I think she did a good thing by not turning people off right off the bat. Later, was it Alla that seemed to have annoyed the woman buying the shirt, when she was holding a hat up above it? The woman snapped “you’ve already sold it!” like she was being real pushy.
I guess those tactics work, but I refuse to buy from pushy salespeople so that really stood out to me.
Clay is a whiny bitch, isn’t he? Alla can be brusque but she knows when an idea is stupid and sticks to her guns. I see her as a good contender for the Final Four.
greeneyesdm
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:07 pm
Read the thread before posting.
4greyhounds
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:07 pm
I wonder if the producers influenced this decision at all. Did they want the season to be three episodes shorter?
And Carolyn is so much better than TD with the scripted lines.
ToniW
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:07 pm
Go, Trump! That was great television.
tommytimp
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:08 pm
So here I thought the promo monkeys were assing it up, then he...well.
That was odd.
And Markus's team keeps winning. Schmoozing Carolyn couldn't have been all bad.
meowing
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:07 pm
You're fired. You're fired. You're fired. You're fired. Oh yeah. I wish Trump would've done it that way. Just fired them in order.
Great stuff, but I was waiting for the line from the previews, something like "there's something missing in you." What was that about and who was it addressed to?
So now what will TA do with 3 extra weeks of airtime?
Jodeci
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:07 pm
Shame the Clive Owen lookalike eye-candy has to go.[/quote]
Thank you! That's who James looks like!
Oh, I think Carolyn should have gotten Martha's show instead. She rocks as NotDonald.
ladolce
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:07 pm
And to think I thought Alla was crazy to send Rebecca and Marshawn (but not Jennifer) over to the other team... I was sure Excel was unbeatable. And now three of the people I thought made it that way are gone!!
JuliaCarpenter
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:08 pm
Off-topic and creepy.
foultemptress
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:07 pm
Whu-huuuh??
I can't wait to see next week when the others are all sitting in the suite, waiting, waiting, waiting...
Knick
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:08 pm
That was awesome! That was even better then the double firing in Season two!
So, as Clay said:
"We want people to come here, to touch the putters and the wood. . ." Erm, well, there was lots of unintentional imagery in this episode. Plus Markus with the champagne bottle. Boy, that's got to mean something.
Is it me or are Trump's final remarks sounding more and mroe like the closing of almost every Law and Order ever?
NYGirl
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:08 pm
I think we could make a case for each one to have been fired.
Josh as PM
Jennifer for not selling
Mark for suggesting the batting cage
James(I can't remember his name) for just concentrating on the batting cage.
Very good episode. I especially loved the cab ride too. Jennifer looked like she was going to burst out laughing.
I am especially happy Marshawn and Rebecca were spared.
YoureSoUrban
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:08 pm
Read the thread before posting.
auntiemame
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:08 pm
Well, my eye candy (Josh and James) is gone forever. And what do I get in return? Felicia's follow-the-craters face and Markus using the wrong side of a chef's knife to open champagne. And that's not how it was done in Napoleon's time, Mr. "Mutton Roshield" pathetic-French-accent-faker. It was done with a sword, not a Henckel, asshole. And the Mouton-Rothschild faithful have a conniption fit at his shaking the champagne bottle all over the place as if he were shaking his wee-nis after using the urinal.
I was taken aback by Jen's shrieking harpiness in the BR (thanks, Jenthura, for making the men roll their eyes at an overemotional woman! We needed that!) and her "You will be sorry" Tony Soprano moment to the Hair.
Carolyn was awesome. And the firings were so. deeply. satisfying.
Obladi
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:08 pm
I'm so glad I decided to watch this episode. That was a very cheap thrill.
Joshit goes before Clay OR Markus. Sweet sweet sweet. Know what I love the most?
I'm pretty sure that if he had not treated them like shit time and again, ridiculing them and trashing them, they would not have worked this hard. I think Clay at least was motivated by wanting to beat Mr. Potato Head. And he did! Fantastic. I was very happy for Markus too.
Markus was not being very careful with that LETHAL knife. I was waiting for someone to try to stop him.
Lambchop
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:09 pm
Josh is a slightly less nerdy George Constanza.
It so doesn't surprise me he caused the biggest loss, and the biggest mass firing in Apprentice history!
growsonwalls
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:09 pm
My Carolyn love hopped back into place this week. Her giggling about the golf lessons was cute. "You know where I work right?" Hee.
But my favorite line was when Josh was going on and on about Jen failing, Carolyn cuts in with: "Josh? You failed too."
The four of them cramped into the cab was priceless. That being said, I think only Josh and Jen needed to go.
alynn
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:09 pm
Along with this massive firing, can we finally also fire the phrase, "Step up to the plate"? [/quote]
Only if we massively fire it with "At the end of the day." Nobody who's not in the road company of Les Miserables should say it that much.
druish princess
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:09 pm
Jenthura looked like she was trying not to crack up during the cab ride. Since golf equipment is a lot more expensive than baseball, and more adults play golf than baseball, I can see how the team got their asses kicked.
Theo99
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:09 pm
So, the three weakest Excel members must be thanking their respective deities that they were dumped off to the other team. Who would have thought that Markus would have survived the Boardroom Bloodbath? Oh well, it will make his (I'm guessing) eventual firing much more savory.
And, oh yeah, what an awesome ending. The boardroom was knee deep in blood at the end of this ep. I thought they'd make a bigger deal out of The Donald coming back from wherever he was, though.
stopeslite
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:09 pm
Loved it. Mr. Stopeslite said "I wish he could fire them all".... and then, there it was. I imagine there will be a few 2-parters to make up for it, although I also think that one of the big factors in the decision was to spice up the ratings a bit.
Did you see Bill get a glimmer of his own penis back for a few seconds?
Jen: I'm a good salesperson!
Trump: Yes, you are.
Bill: No, she wasn't!!!!!
Bill, nanoseconds later:Um, sorry Mr. Trump, whatever you say, Mr. Trump.
Or was that James chiming in with that comment? I had a hard time keeping track, since they were all just screaming past each other.
Loved how Jen kept talking faster, and faster, and faster as she saw the light of the train heading for her.
I did feel sorry for the batting cage guy - Mark, was it? It was already said earlier, but his job WAS the batting cage, so he shouldn't have gotten dinged for focusing on it. However, it made the scrunching in the cab that much funnier to have all four of them there. Hee! Best cabride ever.
n00b
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:09 pm
Holy crap!
Mark got totally hosed. Somebody has to do something other than selling, there's no way he could know how miserable the salespeople were doing. It was the PM's job to assign more people to sales if he sees the ship sinking.
Jen's probably the most incompetent contestant ever, the 4 firees can thank Trump's Dick for keeping her around and getting everyone fired. "Derrrr, I love radar guns."
Does Marshawn ever do anything or interact with her team? I remember she was PM once and she had the rest of her team do everything. Every other time I've seen her it's been in interviews or in the boardroom bitching at her teammates. Can't wait for her to be PM again and get exposed.
Sweet vindication for Alla, she's been on the ball since day 1. Marcus is still Marcus, I liked the way that Alla gently pointed out what a total boob he is while he was almost cutting off one of his own limbs with that big knife he was fumbling with. YOU KNOW WHO THIS IS!? Yeah, the jackball who just wasted all our champagne.
ghettofabman
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:09 pm
The only thing I anticipate next week is seeing the reactions of everyone else! That shit is gon' be funny as hell!
baconrocks
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:09 pm
I'm all for multiple firings, but those four?? There's been TONS of opportunities to take out worse people than Mark and James. And Josh too! Damn, that sucked. Should've been last week, he could have fired Kristi and Jennifer, and then saved Markus as a throwaway for the next time someone on his team failed. (Or as Carolyn would say, "faiyled")
Josh's "we weren't on the right boat, we didn't have the right whores"...
(I totally know he said "oars", but whatever)
ladolce
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:09 pm
I'd love it if the rest of the Apprenti were waiting around... and waiting around... and waiting around.... and then Trump walks into the suite.
dreamy
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:10 pm
NottheBox, my gosh, you are capable of analysis? I'm impressed. Seriously, you make good points about the 'winning' team. Because we shouldn't forget, even if they hadn't gone don 34%, let's say they increased sales 50%, they would have still lost. 74% is pretty great.
Another sad issue (well, sad about me). James and Mark were completely not on my radar. I kept looking at them and thinking, have I seen you before?
I love all the recaps, but I'm really looking forward to this one.
The only thing I anticipate next week is seeing the reactions of everyone else! That shit is gon' be funny as hell![/quote] gettofabman, I didn't think of that. Hah!
PinkyTuscadero
Oct 27, 2005 @ 9:10 pm
Annnnndddd...I'm done. I think.
That? Was nothing more than some strategically planned sweeps stunt. It was so unfair to fire James and Mark. They both sat there saying nothing in their defense because they didn't think they'd have to. Jesus...talk about blindsiding someone.
Josh? Suck it, asswipe. You've been bitching for weeks about how lousy everyone is as PM and when you finally "step up to the plate?" You blow it. Like, yoogely. I loved watching him get all flushed and bloated in the boardroom. He didn't take an iota of responsibilty for that loss. He finger pointed and eye-rolled and "Yeah...she did suck, didn't she'd" his ass down to the street. He was one of the worst PM's (next to Chris in TA2). He had no plan, he wasn't monitoring sales, he had no idea what everyone was doing. He just sat there giving batting tips. (Oh...BTW, Josh? Who are you kidding? No way I'm buying you anythign more than a nerdy dweeb in highschool who played the team mascot or was the waterboy. The jock act is so transparent.)
Jen, dear? You were bordering on screaming "I won't be ignored, Dan." You sold lemonade in between flirting. Your sales ability is all about shaking your ass and flashing a smile. "Ineffective" is putting it politely.
Felish? Don't get too comfortable. You still have shown nothing in terms of business sense or skill.
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