Oh, Adam.

Were the Editors comparing the Aprentai to Star Wars characters? I was only barely paying attention, but when they showed Chewbacca, then showed a side view of Rebecca so that all you could see was hair over her face. Absoultely brilliant if it was intentional, and it made me wonder who others were shown with?


Then later in the episode the Editors struck again:

The camera showed a Vader helmet then cut to Clay giving orders.

Then the camera showed a Yoda statue, and cut to Randall being ask to teach everything he knows...

*squeeee*

Although they lost a bit of my respect with the cornball credit rip-off with Capital Edges name. That was just lame, and they didn't even do anything with Excel's name.



The Randal love keeps on growing. He was the only one on his team who knew anything about Star Wars. I wouldn't really think that it was actually possible to find that many people who even if they avoided the latest imitation of Star Wars movies, would at least have some idea of what the main story was about. Where do these people live? I mean it was hard to turn on a TV, surf the net, go shopping, or heck even drive down a road without being assaulted with Star Wars ads about Vader's beginnings.

Marshawn you are an IDIOT. I don't care if you don't know crap about Star Wars. When something is POPULAR, you use that!!! There's a reason that Nintendo sticks Mario into about 500 games that he has no business being in. There's a reason that companies reate identifiable mascots. IDIOT!!! Add in her pulling a Howie (and a Markus since she didn't do squat) and the writing was on the wall for her.

Brian's display, yeah that was something that a stockboy would assemble to promote a movie with cut-outs sold at the local party store. And saying that Vader would takeover the display...just wow and after how Randal told you how important it was to use characters that people know. Also Brian you dumb ass don't ever say that you are horrible at any business skill. And of course you dumb ass to live in New York and think you can commute in no time...

Yet I still didn' think that Donald could actually afford to fire both of them, his season is really gonna become short unless he does a NEB (Non-Elimination Boardroom, which would be something new for this show. he can just take that person's suitcase and all their money. Seriously that would probably work better here than it does on TAR.)

Lucky lucky people getting to spend the day with boyfriend Bill, poor Bill having to spend it with Clay though... Since the building was under construction I was half expecting a piece of plaster to fall on him

Not including Darth Vader in a Star Wars display, especially Episode III is rudiculous.

This is probably how they'd do "The Greatest Story Ever Told":

Brian: Who should we put in the center of the display?
Rebecca: How about this guy?
Marshawn: That hippie guy with the beard? No, I think Peter is the guy that'll draw more attention.
Randal: I think the other guy is more important in the film.
Marshawn: No. Besides he dies halfway through anyway.

Loooved the beefcake ad on the street during the cab ride. This game is clearly Randall's to lose.
I am so glad that Bill inspired Clay to be an even bigger asshole.
How is it possible that these people don't know about sports OR star wars. In my mind, you are either into sports or a star wars geek.

I did not expect Rebecca to make it past this round solely based on the spoilers, but I'm very glad that she is still around. I think Randal, Rebecca & Alla are definitely final four material.

Once again, Clay shows himself to be a big, whiny BITCH.

So happy that he didn't get exemption! Good for Alla for mentioning that Clay stole her ideas.

Marshawn? How could you think that backing out of doing the presentation 20 minutes before wasn't going to get you fired? Dumb, dumb, DUMB.

Brian, you live in NY and you didn't realize you need an hour to get to Chelsea in rush hour? Even DUMBER.

Trump, you rocked with the double-firing. Good for you.

I predict we'll see "no, you take Clay", "NO, YOU take Clay" fighting from both teams next week.

I also predict Alla and Randall as the final two.

Wow. Another double! I totally agree with this one. Ultimately, missing the meeting was the key thing that led to the loss, but bailing on the presentation was so bad TD could not let it go.

And Marshawn? She seemed so good up to this point, and then she went on that "I thought Brian should present, no, I thought Rebecca should present." I wonder if she thought Star Wars was trivial or beneath her. In which case, I am so glad she's fired.

I love Rebecca, Randal, and Alla, and Felicia is totally growing on me. Clay could have gained so many points by recognizing Alla was the creative force and allowing her to present her concept. Ultimately, it was like he was happy to let her run the show and be awesome and lead them to a win, but then he got worried that it would look bad that he did nothing. And this was before he learned from Bill not to respect his teammate. What fucking ever!

Holy crap, who put insane in Trump's water? He fired Marshawn!

Yes, I agree she wimped out by not doing the presentation. But why was that grounds for firing when the presentation wasn't what hurt them at all? o.o

Also: My condolences in advance, Jacob, for next week. I'll send you a toy or cookies or perhaps fudge if it makes you feel any better. (And I'm actually serious if you want to take me up on it. XD )

Thank God Marshawn was fired. When Brian was fired, I was pissed for about two seconds until I realized it was yet another multiple firing. Not only did Marshawn not step up, she flat out lied about it in the Boardroom. I was so wrong about her.

What the heck was Brian thinking??!? He knew he needed at least an hour in advance to get to the executive meeting due to Rebecca's injury alone! Can't say that I will miss him.

Marshawn disappointed me, but she could have saved herself had she said that she didn't do the presentation due to lack of knowledge of the subject. She had no prior knowledge of Star Wars.

What the heck??? Brian dear... you cannot go 30 blocks in Manhattan in FIFTEEN minutes, ANYTIME OF THE DAY, ESPECIALLY the middle of the morning!!!

Marshawn... ugh.

That was a surprise to me! Two firees? I was screaming for Trump to keep going and call Clay down to the BR.

Marshawn, what happened? Was it that you just didn't know anything about Star Wars and couldn't fake it? And Brian, how could you screw up that meeting. If only one person was going to be fired, it deserved to be you.

Wow, those kids are dropping like flies.

So, only one out of eight people have seen any Star Wars films, apparently, and all other seven candidates have been asleep for most of the past few years (or decades, given that none of them knew to focus on Vader), completely oblivious to the extensive advertising campaigns that they could have drawn from.

The Capital Edge display looked a little cramped and claustrophobic.

A traipsing-around-an-unbuilt-building with Bill reward. Enthralling. They must have been so excited to not be receiving incredibly expensive clothing or jewelery or something.

Was anyone else as frustrated as I was that Marshawn never got the chance to explain herself? Carolyn tried to give her the chance at the very end, but Trump cut her off AGAIN! You could see Marshawn getting more and more frustrated that she couldn't just SAY what she wanted to say. Because you know she's eloquent and logical - she could have explained it, but no, Trump has to hear his own voice...

But man, she owned that cab ride! Brian just sitting there uncomfortably while she eloquently talked about how much he sucked. Awesome.

Just what I've been waiting for, FINALLY useless Marshawn gets exposed. The same strategy she's used on every other task flops when someone actually requires her to do something substantial. Way to sulk the entire time your team's giving the presentation, too. She had no problem presenting? Rebecca said she wanted to present? Not true that she said she didn't want to present? Bullcrap, bullcrap, bullcrap. And wanting to use that character that I don't even recognize as the focus of the display? Jesus H.

Giving them 15 minutes to get to the meeting, I refuse to believe that Brian lives in New York. His complaint about Randal getting off the hook with his exemption was bogus, too. Randal wanted to be PM. The rest of the team didn't want to him to be PM because of his exemption. And Brian, for God's sake, defend yourself in the cabride. Marshawn was just begging to see the back of your hand.

Finally a chink in Randal's armor: Wayyyyyy too into Star Wars. Was kinda cute seeing him go into total nerd mode, though. :D As far as the producers comparing the contestants to Star Wars characters, I thought bloated Trump really looked like Yoda. Too bad they didn't show a shot of Clay after a C-3P0 clip. I liked how his internal translator took in Bill's advice and turned it into, "Be a bigger bitch to my teammates. Check!"

The double firing was beautiful and totally unexpected, I was so sure that Trump would give Marshawn another chance. She sucked worse than Brian, though, and hasn't done squat all year.

More Alla ass-kicking. She did need to chill a bit with the squabbling in front of the client during the presentation. Alla vs. Randal in the finals FTW!

So are there less episodes this season? There have been a total of 4 aditional firees now. Just curious.


Rebecca and Randall would be my ideal Final 2.

Good Lord -- he's going to be down to firing Carolyn and George soon.

Was this the week for front running Apprenti to suck? First Howie, now Marshawn? How can someone go from being so good to tanking so fast? I think we are the victims of creative editing.

BTW Marshawn, Brian was in the cab beside you. He may be short, but he was there. You chose not to speak for the task. I guess you saved it up for the cabterview. Now I must rethink my final four.