Alla was so impressive until now, and I think she even did so-so on the task. I was shocked at her "All I can do is laugh" attitude to Felisha's unhappiness. I think Randal is equally or more skilled than Alla but he's way more compassionate.

Edited to add that Alla was horrid in the boardroom. What was all that phony crap about how shocked she was that Felisha supposedly lied about the person responsible for filling that video up with incomprehensible text? And just how smug was Alla prior to the boardroom, suggesting that Felisha should just bow out gracefully?

Ugh, I was rooting for this woman! (but happily, not as much as I was rooting for the cute, giggly, in-love-with-his-wife Randal).

Edited yet again to add that I thought the Rebecca/Randal video was hopelessly amateurish. I didn't think either video was particularly good, but I'm pretty sure Trump knew from the outset who he wanted to lose.

Rebecca and Randal in the finals, are you fucking kidding me? Biggest mismatch ever, way to have just about no point in even watching. Randal vs. Alla would've been fun, too bad Trump had to go and ruin this season. I wonder if he was afraid of the possibility of Alla tearing Randal a new one in the final boardroom and making him unable to justify this season's pre-planned affirmative action hire.

Yeah, Alla was completely right about Felisha's insecurity. I don't think it was because of Alla actually being overbearing, it was about her feeling the need to show to the boardroom that she was in charge, particularly after Carolyn's bitchy comments during the last boardroom. Felt bad for her, I could feel her sense of panic, and it was really uncomfortable to watch her implode like that-- I think I felt more sorry for her than I have for anybody else on the show at any time.

All the hemming and hawing about making Alla director and then not letting her direct was driving me nuts. And I think Rebecca sucks, but it seemed like the same thing was happening to her.

Rebecca's stupid mumbling actor sucked, she shouldn't have said "That's fine," she should've got someone else in there. She was lucky Randal was there to tell her exactly that. That actor better hope nobody sees his shitty national audition tape. Randal was hideously over the top, but it was a cute performance. :D

Oh holy hell, Felisha and Alla's video was horrible. So much for the suspense. The silence! The words flying by! "If you want to know what the hell you just saw, visit http://microsoft.com/livemeeting." Oh man. That was so bad it even turned most of the sympathy I'd been feeling for Felisha into plain annoyance. It made me start to want to see a boardroom bloodbath.

I'll let others snark on Rebecca's boyfriend, I don't wanna kill the warm thoughts of seeing Randal and Zathura being happy together.

That's pretty bogus and confirms for me, at least, that the 5 call win margin last week was rigged. Felisha definitely needed to go. But Alla? She's definitely stronger than Rebecca and deserved to be in the final 2.

When I read the stuff on The Smoking Gun about her, I wondered how Trump could have Alla as a legitimate executive. Now I guess we see he couldn't.

I don't know, the whole thing seems fishy to me.

But, hey, at least it saves me from having to watch any more episodes this season.

I think Trump already had his mind made up before the boardroom...he knew he wanted Randall and Rebecca for the final 2, so while it was stunning (IMO) to see both Felicia and Alla fired, I think he knew it before he got into the boardroom.

And that said, I think Alla was truly stunned to be canned...

I was disappointed in Alla. Nobody wants a crybaby on their hands, but a good manager is also capable of feeling and exhibiting sympathy when appropriate.

Rebecca's boyfriend? He seemed sweet, but they don't "match", in terms of appearances. Randal and his wife were freaking adorable though.

Alla is one tough cookie!

I saw the double happening. Doesn't mean I like it.

Am shocked, but do understand it. Just can't verbalize it.

I know the firing of Alla is going to light up the boards, but I think that was F*CKING AWESOME! I would shoot myself if I had to work for or with Alla.

Boy, that Melania is a lucky lady. Sex with The Hair AND spaghetti?!?! What a man.

Randal got to see his wife! Hee hee hee! Adorable!!

It seemed like Alla was getting "the bitch who needs to be put down" edit. Starting with the clip show where she was shown as the orchestrator of the anti-Toral campaign ("there'll be nothing left of Toral," I think she said), then showing her play Adam and Felisha against each other, now this task and the clip of her saying "All I can do is sit back and laugh [at Felisha's tears]" -- there was something of a "she's too strong, take her down" tone that I didn't like. However, I did have issues with her performance on this task. She undermined Felisha repeatedly and the video had her touches all over it -- remember the too-fast-to-be-understood video from the second task she designed? I have no problem believing it was her idea to do the text blurbs on the Microsoft Office video.

I'm loving these double-firings. It's not to have so many Dead Apprentices Walking stuck around; just cut to the chase and get rid of the ones you won't hire, Donald. Save us all some time.

Ha. That totally made up for the suckitude of last week. I still don’t know how I feel about the result but it sure was an entertaining show!

I thought at the beginning Excel had it locked up because they seemed like they were going to show the product, and CE was more focused on showing the problem and not the solution. When they switched gears at the end after they had too much material, I thought Alla was going to pull it off again. She’s been so fun to watch. Like a superhero that you kind of want to root against but can’t help rooting FOR.

But their video truly sucked. Alla SEEMED to be into it but I’m not convinced she didn’t get sick of Felicia and just muck it up to send her home. Since Felicia should have recognized Alla as the rightful winner anyway. Ha. She’s got some pretty good ego there, but she was also absolutely right.

Did Rebecca say, on the boat, “We looked up and saw the HORROR of my boyfriend and Randal’s wife?” I thought she said that in a joking way but it doesn’t seem right. When I first spotted her boyfriend I thought he was David from TA:Martha come to be put on one of their teams for the final task.

LOVED Randal squeeing- “I got to see my wife!” If I didn’t love him before I did after that. No way does he not win this. He sure has gotten better looking as the season went on.

I think word of the reward leaked to Alla & Felicia and they dressed for the reward instead of the Microsoft presentation. Geez. They don’t do professional dress all that much, do they?

I don’t know what I think of the final boardroom yet. I’m stunned. It was fun to see Alla told “sit back down” and find out Trump hasn’t already painted her name on a parking space. But on the other hand- DAMN, why is she fired and Rebecca still there? But it was great. But it was terrible. AUGH. I can’t decide. But I loved the episode!

Next week- Randal and Rebecca crap their pants when The Hair comes in, thinking that in a boardroom first, Trump has decided to fire the winners instead of the losers. HA. I love this stupid show. Even when I hate it.

I only suspected Alla being fired when Trump started to interrupt her and not focus on Felisha's mistakes. She was insecure and she did overcontrol... however, Alla's arrogance and bad karma finally bit her in the ass.
I probably should have picked up on the over confident Alla interviews too, but I didn't catch any of the spoilers prior to the double fire.

I am not sure when Alla's stripper backgrond came out, but I always suspected that it would be an impediment for Trump, whether he said so or not.

It's official. The double-firings have gotten old. However, this last one was worth it. "Alla, sit down." This is followed by Trump making the walk back toward the suite. Priceless!

Yay for Rebecca for winning as P.M.! And yay for Randal and Rebecca's reunion with their S.O.'S!