Brent did nothing but eat on last night's show. I felt like crying just like Andrea did as Brent walked back into the suite. Pepi was hot and missed last night.

"B/c he had the tragic idea of suggesting "Killer Instinct" or whatever for their team name. Synergy is such a better, more unique name. Next time, why not just name the team "Outside the Box?""

Team "Outside the Box": That was laugh-out-loud funny. It is ironic that it is those who are deep "inside the box" who use such meaningless expressions. I guess we can expect, with fear and loathing, to have a Team "Proactive Paradigm"; Team "Transitioning" and Team "Growing Your Business". Personally, I'm waiting for Team "Brand X".

To ConanGrammarian who wrote:"WTF is a “razor system?”
A razor system is the result of too many marketing courses and too few English courses. It is a simple equation: Marketing>English=Nonsensical language.

I am mystified that there are some out there who think The Apprentice is a legitimate job interview. This is a television show with a fictional character named Donald Trump (played by a real estate developer of the same name) and a fleeting cast of bit players and extras, one of whom wins a lottery at the end of each season. As such, it is loosely based on the 1950s show, "The Millionaire" wherein a wealthy eccentric gave away a million dollars to some unsuspecting person.

Perhaps. We know it as "Reality TV", which is kind of an oxymoron, since tv is obviously not reality. But there IS a job that the winner gets. As far as I know, none of the four Apprenti have claimed that they didn't win a job with the "real" Donald Trump. There IS some reality involved. However, I think that most people do know that it's television, and so a lot of things are for or as a result of ratings. But in some ways, it's like a job interview. That's the premise of the show. I don't think it's all chance, though I'm sure chance does play a part (example: Rebecca making it to the final two).

Please stick to the topic, which is the episode, rather than your overarching theories on all television and its nomenclature, or whether this is a real interview. It's not.

I've just seen this episode and I kind of was on Brent's side the whole time. Which doesn't mean that I like Brent or want him to stay on the show.

Stacy kept on interrupting him and when he decided to confront her about it, she told everybody that he threatened her. Oh, come on. That is so, so lame. Even lamer was when she tried to take it all back and couldn't remember ever using the word "threat".

Also, bringing back Michael to the boardroom was stupid. So, it was his idea that they wore bathrobes and that's why he should be fired? Everybody agreed to that idea, so if no-one spoke up and mentioned how bad an idea it was, the whole team should be in the boardroom. I think it is incredibly lame to bring someone to the boardroom because he had an idea that everybody agreed to (including the PM) and which turned out to be a bad idea. Lame, lame, lame.

I do love me some Lenny, though. He seems to be so very down to earth and sensible, it's just wonderful.

And I started to love Roxanne, simply because she was wondering about Stacy's wishy-washy statements about what had actually happening. Plus, waking up the whole team was a pretty good idea.

Also, I haven't spent a lot of time in New York, but I would have never gone to Times Square. A lot of foot traffic doesn't equal a lot of attention. Why not go to a park or somewhere where people actually hang out and are more likely to listen to you. That's what Gold Rush did right. Sure, they were at Times Square, but they picked a spot where people were waiting for something and not rushing by on their way to some place else. Stupid, stupid choice of location, Synergy. It doesn't take a New Yorker to pick the right spot, it takes basic common sense.

IIRC, she actually said he confronted her in a threatening manner, which isn't quite the same thing. A threatening manner could be just her perception. An actual threat is usually more clear. I agree with Bill that we'll never really know, as what we saw looked like a reshoot to me. I suspect the camera crew was covering the meeting, Stacy ducked out for a moment, and Brent took the opportunity for a quick off-camera confrontation. But, it turned out to be important, so we got what we got. There have probably been a lot of times over the seasons when something had to be redone for the camera, but probably not where it mattered so much exactly how things originally went.


Yet, repeatedly, that's what Trump wants. Understandable if you presume that he really doesn't know what he's doing and doesn't want people who might bring him bad ideas, because he wouldn't know the difference.