Alex’s failure to sell led to his demise in The Apprentice Season 10 Episode 2, and he was fired. I never get why people come on this show without being salespeople.
Back in the suite, Liza’s in the process of having her meltdown, alienating everybody on her team. If they didn’t like her before, they’re going to like her even less now. She says that her personality just needs to come out. Scratch that. Reverse it. I’ve seen enough of her personality.
Meanwhile, James is wary of the guys attacking him, but he is being professional about it, rather than throwing a hissy fit.
For her reward as the winning project manager, Poppy gets to meet with Jack Welch, who is on the show to promote his online business school, where you can earn an MBA online for $20k. This is Poppy’s gift at no cost to her.
Each team will run a hotel and spa… for dogs. They will be judged on the execution, creativity and sustainability of the value they add, and the overall experience. They will be judged by the hotel owners and Cesar Millan, who Ivanka tells us is a world famous dog whisperer.
James will be the project manager for the men. David, who gets more asslike every week, hopes to lose the task based on his hatred for James. Tyana will be the PM for the women.
As a dog lover, Wade comes up with the idea of having a webcam to update people on the status of their dogs.
Mahsa is afraid of dogs. She’s never had a pet, so she would like to be at the front desk. As if she’s good with people. Tyana would prefer to be at the front desk because she’s Miss Cougar California (I don’t want to meet the people who awarded her that title). Her task, her decision. Now Mahsa, who was on her side not long ago when they were trying to get rid of the same person, believes this decision is based on Tyana being a jealous cow.
In their meeting with the spa owner, David feels he’s being ignored, so he believes this would be an appropriate time to throw a tantrum and start swearing. In front of one of the task’s judges. James warns him he’s going to be benched if he keeps doing this, and he drags him out of the room to give him a lecture.
The women have decided to offer a gift bag and a report card on the dog’s day.
Wade has been assigned to decorate the entrance, which he is not happy with because he believes he has the most dog experience.
When the owner returns to meet with the men again, James asks him to wait for them for a couple minutes. He didn’t seem to like that request, though he complied.
Don Jr’s visit is Mahsa’s first chance to take a stab at her project manager. He agrees that her fear of dogs does not make her placement in the back with the dogs a wise move.
Ivanka greets James to find him fumbling over her words.
David, Wade, and Gene are back from their shopping trip. Their red carpet for the entrance? It’s green. They also don’t have any nails with them. Dave believes he can turn binder clips into nails. He also tells James to shut up. With that said, does anybody else know how to set up a webcam? Dave can leave now. This is why you’re unemployed.
Liza has spent the day designing the graphics, and as a result has not had any time to train on any of the stations. 15 minutes before the deadline, they call to say they can’t open the files. For all the drama this causes, they still get what they need done.
Cesar is pleased with Tyana’s energy. However, he’s not as impressed with Mahsa, who seems to have been set up for failure anyway.
For the men, Cesar sees a different story. Too many people want to run the show and step on James’ toes. He loves the webcam idea, though.
Trump gets his best question of the way first. What does David think of James? Oh, here we go. David still believes it’s justifiable to tell his boss to shut up, which is blatant insubordination.
Needless to say, Mahsa does not believe Tyana was a good leader.
Stephanie believes Liza is the weakest player. She didn’t like being called that last week, and she gets emotional again. At least she’s not calling anybody a bitch this week.
The judges loved what the women did, and the men have lost. For her reward, Tyana will meet with Russell Simmons of Def Jam.
The negative feedback from the judges centered around the negative energy of the team, which was obvious to everybody who was watching. They also felt they were so focused on the execution that they failed to understand the business.
Anand calls James a poor leader, and nobody respects him.
David and Wade are coming back to the boardroom. David is an obvious choice. Wade is being brought back for being content to stay in the background, which is an odd statement because he would have liked to have been given more responsibility.
Don Jr. suggests that maybe James’ problem is that he’s an elitist.
Wade would fire James. If James is fired, he will be project manager, and he will be able to manage the hothead.
Because he was the reason for the loss, James is fired. I wouldn’t call this an unfair decision, but David clearly cannot work with people. As James is leaving, Wade tells him not to let the door hit him in the ass, to which James just shakes his head. Great, another person with a chip on his shoulder who doesn’t know how to control his emotions. Is there anybody competent on this show? Since leaving the show, James has started working at the New York Attorney General’s office.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Apprentice Season 10 Episode 4, which airs Thursday at 10/9c on NBC.