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[bryant]

Excellent second to last episode of The Apprentice tonight. I’m already looking forward to the next season, when competitors will know the format better. There wasn’t a lot of metagaming in this season, and that’s got to be partially due to the lack of information about the full rules. Next year, contestants will know that they’ll see their fired peers again, and they’ll know that they can keep allies on their team safe even when it gets down to three people per team. More important, they’ll be more confident about the twists.

I also enjoyed the interviews, and wouldn’t have minded watching more of them. There’s no question but that this episode demanded a completely different set of skills than previous contests. In particular, Amy’s lack of substance showed up in a big way. Given what Trump’s looking for, it’s going to be very clear who has no chance next year.

I liked Kwame’s tactic of hiring his old team, since they weren’t as ego-ridden as Versacorp. Most of Bill’s people were pretty clearly unhappy about losing. Of course, Omarosa’s screw-ups may have blown that tactic. Albeit… he picked second, so he was going to wind up with Omarosa no matter what. So the real question is whether giving Omarosa a little egoboo was worth not picking Nick. And I think it was; Nick was showing some serious attitude at Bill. So since Kwame was going to get Omarosa no matter what, he was smart to get Heidi over Nick.

Now, why Bill would choose both Nick and Amy is beyond me.

Comments

[adamjury.livejournal.com]

I'm wondering if some of the other team members have been instructed to specifically sabotage the event, to see how Kwame and Bill will react. Omarosa certainly seems to be doing a wonderful job of it, intentional or not, and Kwame did not rise to the task; he should have stripped her of all authority the moment that she lied to him.

[bryant]

Yeah, I was wondering that too.

I'm not convinced that Kwame didn't strip her of authority -- the editing is always tricky. He sure didn't leave her alone to fix the problem. Next week will tell the tale...

[adamjury.livejournal.com]

It's possible, but the presentation makes him look like he's really taking a hands off role and letting her and Troy sort things out on their own.

Also, I suspect that Trump may be fucking with them too, deliberately putting people on different flights, etc.

[bryant]

Oooh, I hadn't thought of that. I bet you're right; I bet Trump is playing games. The issue about storage on the golf course task could be the same thing.