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The Apprentice Season 10 Episode 3

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.

Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 4

Raj has been skating on thin ice for some time. As heavy as he is, that was bound to crack eventually, and in Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 3, he was eliminated, in spite of being on the winning team.

The men are excited to be rid of Raj.

About half of the people there smoke. Ramsay asks that they (try) not (to) smoke for the next 48 hours. Louis is onboard. Trev couldn’t care less.

For the challenge, the chefs will be creating their own ravioli from scratch. They have 30 minutes to create one ravioli dish, after which they will taste each other’s dishes and rank them from 1 to 6. Sabrina doesn’t know how to do, well, anything, including but not limited to opening the fridge. Louis views Trev merely as a tool to be used. When they are done with their rankings, the men stay put, but Gail would like to be ranked last.

Melissa and Vinny are up first. Melissa’s dish is very nice and balanced. Vinny’s is delicious, but his raviolis have burst. 1-0 for the women.

Jillian and Rob are the second pair. Jillian’s dish is delicious. Rob’s is, too. Both receive a point.

Nona and Russell (there’s a Russell on the show?) are next. The men are now tied.

Emily goes up against Louis, who promptly loses with probably the worst dish of the bunch.

Boris and Sabrina both have delicious dishes, but Sabrina’s have burst. That ties them at 3.

The final showdown is Trev and Gail in the battle of the lowest ranked dishes. Gail’s dish is nice, and she should have had more confidence in herself. Trev has cooked his nicely, too. The problem is one of the dishes is underseasoned. The men win the challenge. Not content with the win, Trev throws his team under the bus and says that nobody bothered to taste his dish.

Vinny’s ravioli is going on the menu. Just don’t burst them.

For their punishment, the women will be cooking pasta and mozzarella from scratch and prepping both kitchens. The process of making fresh mozzarella starts with milking cows. Sabrina continues to grate on the nerves of the others. The men will be going to Palos Verdes by helicopter for a round of golf. Trev views this as an opportunity to whine some more. And some more after that.

When Vinny returns, he says that the women have not made the raviolis correctly.

Status update on smoking? Trev and Brenda have cracked already. Nona and Vinny have not.

Melissa starts off by not delivering enough raviolis. When she does deliver the second one, it’s another mistake, as she rushes it out. Afterward, she demonstrates she can’t count to 9 either. Russell, however, gets the men off to a successful start on appetizers.

Problem is that once again the men are failing on fish, with Louis delivering uncooked salmon. Can Sabrina get it right for the other team? That would be a no. She doesn’t know how long it will be, or when it’s done for that matter. Melissa bails out her nemesis.

Rob serves up pizza that’s burned on the bottom, so he has to go eat it as a punishment. I don’t think he’ll take issue with this.

After much drama, Sabrina finally delivers perfectly cooked pork on her own. However, she leaves Gail hanging without a time, which means they have to wait for her pasta. Once served, though, the pasta is crunchy, so they’re going to have to wait some more.

Back to Louis and his continued struggle on the grill. Boris decides this would be an opportune time to wash dishes. So… after he gets thrown out, Louis delivers raw chicken. Now he’s out, too. Vinny views this as a chance to save the day.

The red team, finally working together as a team, once again finishes first, so they’re sent over to help out the guys, who don’t know what’s going on. This does not last, and everybody gets thrown out.

Do the men lose as they should this time? No. Both teams can nominate two people.

Sabrina nominates Melissa and Gail. Jillian agrees with her. An angry Nona still wants to get rid of Sabrina.

Rob nominates Louis and Boris. Boris nominates Rob in turn.

The first nominee for the women is Melissa, and Gail is the second nominee. Or is it? No, it’s Sabrina. Are you sure about that, Nona? The men have nominated Louis and Boris (because he washed dishes).

Melissa can get back in line, a surprise to her. Boris can get back in line as well. The person leaving Hell’s Kitchen is Louis.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 5, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.

Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 3

Curtis was eliminated in Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 2, apparently because Ramsay considered him too boring (surely his performance wasn’t the worst).

Meanwhile, that lunatic Raj is still around, and he’s acting stranger as the night progresses. Trev believes Raj will listen to him.

On the other side, Jillian thinks that bitch Emily needs to go.

At 5AM, two hours after Raj is done screaming, they are awakened by EMTs telling them to do things like bend over and cough. The chefs will be making breakfast for them and the rest of the paramedics in the city. Hopefully there are no major catastrophes in LA in the next couple hours.

Nothing can be sent out until the fruit is gone. Ramsay tells them maybe they should consider getting 2 or 3 people on fruit. The women heed this warning, but the men let Rob go it alone. He delivers after a while, but forgets the pineapples. Once they’re done with the fruit, Boris messes up the eggs. Raj’s eggs are better… just unseasoned. So he sticks his head in the fridge again. The women, however, seem to be doing fine, altough they hate Emily’s guts still, as she fails to watch the bacon and lets it burn. Regardless, they easily finish first to win the challenge.

For their reward, the women are heading to Santa Monica for a poolside lunch. Supposedly it will get better than that. I hope so. The big surprise is they go to trapeze school.

For their punishment, the men will be polishing dishes and cleaning the kitchens. This presents another opportunity for people to argue with Raj, fighting with him just because they can. If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.

Sabrina, a prep chef by trade, does not want to do prep with the rest of her team, viewing the task as a waste of time and beneath her.

Trev and Sabrina are put in charge of the cocktails for the service. Perhaps without Trev in his face, Raj will do better tonight. No such luck. On the first table, he cooks the scallops too early.

Emily insists something is wrong with Jillian’s taste buds because it’s obvious to her that there’s not enough salt. She adds more salt. And more still. This dish is promptly rejected. Ramsay makes them taste the dish, and Emily thinks it tastes just fine.

Raj’s cooking techniques are not cutting it with Ramsay, but Melissa sees to it that he’s not alone. Then Raj tries again. Still no good. It’s raw. Raw! (Where are Boris’ impressions when you need them?) Not content to keep quiet, Raj would like to stop to explain himself. No explanation wanted. Vinny jumps in to help him finally get the fish out.

Nona’s mad at Emily for not doing her work for her.

Boris is unable to deliver the meat because it’s raw. At least he realizes this on his own rather than trying to serve the food. No entrees are leaving the kitchen, but Raj is getting hungry, so he starts munching.

Gail’s food catches fire. She doesn’t notice. However, her next attempt is successful.

Back to Raj. He’s finally got the hang of things. With that, it’s time to cook and cook and keep cooking. Who cares if they need all the food he’s making? Adding to his woes, he’s run out of the sole special. When he goes out to the kitchen to talk to the customers, the men start working together.

The winning team will be based on customer comments. The men’s customers loved the food but hated the wait. The percentage of customers who rated their experience above average was 54. For the women, they only scored 50%. That’s a loss, no matter how relatively well they are working together.

Jillian votes for Emily. Gail agrees. Nona, too. And Sabrina. Obviously, she is the first nominee. Sabrina votes for Melissa. Jillian agrees with her. Nona votes for Sabrina based on prep. With a 2-2 split, Gail will be the tiebreaker.

Joining Emily is Sabrina. Ramsay has the same argument as Sabrina had to defend herself. She wasn’t anywhere near service. Why has she been nominated? The result here is obvious (unless Ramsay throws a curve ball), but not before Sabrina calls Melissa more horrible than Emily, who by the way sucks. With that outburst out of the way, the person leaving Hell’s Kitchen is… Raj. He should have been sent home last week, not Curtis.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 4, which airs next on Fox.

Survivor: Nicaragua Episode 3

Shortly after uttering his homophobic and bitter last words, Shannon was voted off the island in Survivor: Nicaragua Episode 2.

Everybody pretends to be getting along now that tribal council is over, except for NaOnka, who doesn’t like anybody anyways.

Marty’s jealous of Jimmy Johnson. Still.

Marty’s decided to reveal to the tribe that he has the hidden idol, which he says they can use together against the other tribe.

Dan doesn’t want to admit he’s struggling. He insists he’s as strong as any of the women.

For the challenge, both tribes will race to collect 10 tribe-colored barrels and place them in a pyramid. Then they will toss sandbags, attempting to land them on top of each barrel. In addition to immunity, they are playing for reward, a Survivor garden: sauces, spices, fruit, and a sustainable herb garden. The medallion advantage is slightly less ridiculous than it was last week, allowing for 2 out of the 10 barrels to be completed at the start of the challenge. La Flor decide not to use the advantage. La Flor starts off quickly, as the younger group gets their 10 barrels set first, allowing them to make the first score. The tribes put their money on Benry and Tyrone in what evolves into an individual game. Tyrone pulls ahead 3-2. 4-2. 5-2. 6-3. A few tosses later, it’s tied at 6. Then it’s 7-6 for the younger tribe. 8-6. Neither of them is budging to let anybody else have a shot. 9-6. 9-7. With the challenge having run away from them, the older tribe have decided to put Jimmy T in as a substitute tosser. He makes it 9-8, but that’s as close as it will begin. La Flor wins immunity and reward.

Inside the reward basket is a hidden immunity idol clue. Kelly B spots this. Unfortunately for her, so does NaOnka. When they get back to camp, a chick fight ensues, which NaOnka wins, promptly walking away with the clue after smushing the bananas. She says she just got hood on her, but that should not be confused with getting ghetto. As much as she’d like to keep this all to herself, she’s not smart enough to figure it out, so she shows Brenda.

Jimmy T blames Jimmy J for the loss. He should have been in there instead of Tyrone. When in doubt, blame the coach. As per usual, Marty piles on the coach as well. Like Jimmy T, he’s wanted to get rid of him since day 1. He wants people to follow him around like the puppetmaster because following Jimmy J around as the puppetmaster instead would be stupid. I’m onboard with the get rid of Marty theory, but sadly that does not seem to be materializing.

Dan’s argument is that he’s average. At least he’s not the worst. For that matter, nobody wants to admit to being one of the weak players on the team, with the exception of Jimmy J.

Votes
Jimmy J
Dan
Jimmy J
Jimmy J
Jimmy J
Jimmy J

Hope as they might to keep the celebrity in the game, with 5 votes, Jimmy Johnson has been voted off the island. Now maybe Marty and Jimmy T can find something new to whine about.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Nicaragua Episode 4, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Biggest Loser Season 10 Episode 2

In an aggressive process of trimming the cast, 7 people were eliminated in The Biggest Loser Season 10 Episode 1, leaving us with a remaining cast of 14 contestants heading to the ranch.

Bob and Jillian have been granted the chance to each save one person. Bob chooses Aaron, hoping it will be good for him and his son. Jillian chooses Elizabeth, who fainted at the challenge.

Alison wants to make one thing clear. They may be wearing matching shirts, but they will not be competing in teams. It’s an individual game already.

Lisa says the first day’s workout is much worse than natural child birth.

Tina is from Boring, but falling off the treadmill is certainly eventful for her. Not far behind, Rick passes out. Elizabeth continues to struggle with shortness of breath.

It’s time for the first visit to Dr. H for a wake up call. Lisa gets to view a picture of herself, which is worth 1000 words. In addition to her terrible eating habits, she also smokes, combining to make her inner age 62, double her actual age. Tina has fat being deposited in her organs, including her heart. Aaron is 51% fat and has diabetes. Patrick has the arteries of a 65 year old man. For a normal 54 year old, the risk of heart problems is 4%. Rick’s risk of some sort of heart catastrophe within the next 5 years is 32%. Adam’s mother died due to diabetes and obesity, both of which he also suffers from. Allie had gastric bypass surgery at age 14, but it’s eliminated muscle along with the fat, leading to her having the highest percentage of body fat on the show.

Bob has an obvious point that should be clear to an average grade schooler (but more and more isn’t). Their problem is that their food portions are huge. This isn’t rocket science here. Calories in minus calories out. The quality of the food can certainly make a difference, but the amount of food is their biggest problem.

During workout number two, Brendan has a question for Bob. “Are we almost done?” Really?

After the workout, a few of them get a special delivery. Their favorite foods, which contain more calories than they need for a full day, let alone one meal. They actually make sandwiches with fries on them. And as if regular helpings of mayo and bacon aren’t bad enough, double bacon and double mayo is somehow viewed as a good concept.

It’s been over two weeks since they were weighed in at home, and their weight loss journey should have begun then. Tonight’s weigh-in will be the same as any other. They will face the scale, and there will be a yellow line. It’s just moved. Up and up and up. Half of them will fall below the yellow line.

Mark: 380 pounds (-41, 9.74%)
Tina: 247 pounds (-16, 6.08%)
Patrick: 378 pounds (-22, 5.50%)
Rick: 314 pounds (-36, 10.29%)
Allie: 305 pounds (-17, 5.28%)
Frado: 340 pounds (-27, 7.36%)
Sophia: 258 pounds (-14, 5.15%)
Ada: 240 pounds (-18, 6.98%)

Due to how the yellow line works this week, from this point forward, every time somebody weighs in, one person will fall below the yellow line.

Burgandy: 219 pounds (-12, 5.19%), putting Sophia below the yellow line
Jesse: 339 pounds (-30, 8.13%), putting Burgandy below the yellow line
Jessica: 268 pounds (-14, 4.96%), putting herself below the yellow line
Adam: 368 pounds (-34, 8.46%), putting Allie below the yellow line
Lisa: 272 pounds (-16, 5.56%), putting Patrick below the yellow line
Brendan: 331 pounds (-31, 8.56%), putting Lisa below the yellow line
Elizabeth: 232 pounds (-12, 4.92%), putting herself below the yellow line
Aaron: 438 pounds (-30, 6.41%), putting Tina below the yellow line

7 of the 8 people below the yellow line are women. The only woman not below the line was Ada, who was one spot above. These chicks need to woman up, or risk being steamrolled. They are joined by Patrick, who for his weight and age should be performing a lot better.

Rick has the highest percentage of weight loss this week, which means he will have the opportunity to save one person. In addition, there will be a challenge for the people under the yellow line.

Before the very first elimination challenge, Rick is able to make his decision. He chooses to save fellow green shirt wearer Patrick, leaving only women in danger.

All of the contestants will race to reach a flag, and the first person to reach it will be safe. The remaining players will race again. The two final people without a flag will be up for elimination, with the decision to be made by the eight players above the yellow line. Sophia wins pretty easily. In the second heat, Elizabeth takes off and pushes through her asthma. Burgandy is not happy, blaming Jessica for participating in full contact sprinting, but she’s happier (I guess) in the third race when she wins. This is followed by a win from Lisa. That leaves just one safety spot remaining, which Jessica wins in a close race with Allie.

Allie and Tina are in danger of being eliminated. It’s the oldest contestant going up against the youngest. Allie does not feel she has learned enough. Tina feels sympathy for somebody who’s the same age as her kids, but she knows she needs to be there, although she’s not entirely sure she wants to be.

Votes
Aaron: Tina
Brendan: Allie
Ada: Tina
Rick: Allie
Mark: Allie
Jesse: Allie
Frado: Allie

I’d have gotten rid of the person who’s not sure whether she wants to be there, but with 5 votes, Allie is not The Biggest Loser. From her starting weight of 322, Allie now weighs 262, for a total loss of 60 pounds. However, she has learned that she cannot count on her mother, who refuses to change her ways in spite of her stroke. Unable to count on her real family, she went to Biggest Loser 8 winner Danny for help.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 10 Episode 3, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

Brad Womack Is The Bachelor 15

Okay, seriously, why is this putz returning? I believe the phrase I’m looking for is jump the shark.

Three years ago, Brad Womack was presented with a choice between 25 beautiful women. He chose nobody. The whole concept of proposing after a few dates, and hence the entire premise of the show itself, is all quite silly. That said, for someone to be unwilling to even attempt dating one of the hand picked women is just ridiculous.

Nonetheless, in spite of the fact that he dropped all of the women and became probably the most hated bachelor ever, Brad Womack will once again be The Bachelor for season 15. I’m going to assume that every other potential candidate turned ABC down, so more suitable choices like Chris Lambton were not picked. Given the choice, I’d rather see Wes.

The Amazing Race 17 Episode 1

The Amazing Race is back for season 17 with a new cast of 11 teams racing around the world to compete for the $1 million prize. Tonight’s episode is scheduled to start half an hour late. I just hope they come close to that target.

Chad & Stephanie have been dating for 8 months. He plans to propose on the race. Odds are this will not end well. Connor & Jonathan plan to sing a lot on the race. Nick & Vicki don’t want to be judged by the covers they’ve spent so much time ruining their bodies with. Thomas thinks he’s always right, a disastrous attitude to have on the race.

We start off in Gloucester, MA, a small town on the bay. Not exactly the place where you would expect them to start.

Phil has a warning. There’s a twist. I hate twists. Whoever checks in first on this first leg will receive an express pass, which can be used to skip any challenge at any time up to the eighth leg of the race.

There are two flights at Logan Airport, and the first is scheduled to arrive 30 minutes earlier. It has room for only three teams. They will be flying to London, England and driving to Stonehenge.

Ron & Tony arrive at the airport first, followed by Chad & Stephanie. The third team to arrive is Jill & Thomas. Katie & Rachel are there shortly after, but they fuss around at their car rather than hopping on the same shuttle. The rest of the order is really quite irrelevant since everybody else is on the second flight. Nonetheless, Gary & Mallory and Brook & Claire make sure to leave Nat & Kat behind rather than letting them on their shuttle.

They have a special counter setup for the racers. Chad & Stephanie didn’t get the hint, and they decide to wait in line. This causes a bit of drama but merely makes them the third team to arrive, with the blondes shortly behind them.

As everybody else sits around the airport killing time, Connor & Jonathan finally show up in dead last and are just lucky to be getting out of Boston.

First flight (departs at 7:15PM): Ron & Tony, Jill & Thomas, Chad & Stephanie
Second flight (departs at 7:45PM): Katie & Rachel, Gary & Mallory, Andie & Jenna, Brook & Claire, Michael & Kevin, Nat & Kat, Nick & Vicki, Connor & Jonathan

When they get to London, the first trick is to figure out what side of the street to drive on. I just hope nobody came on the race and was stupid enough not to know how to drive stick. Ron & Tony make sure they get a map at the first chance. Chad is already yelling and willing to make this a miserable experience.

Half an hour earlier departure does not necessarily mean half an hour earlier arrival. However, the first flight still has a 21 minute advantage.

Nat is a diabetic, which will be a challenge to manage during the race.

Speaking of not knowing how to drive stick, Andie knows how, sort of, but hasn’t done it in a long time. Their car dies in the middle of traffic. That could be a game ender. Connor & Jonathan try to help to no avail. After a lame cliffhanger commercial break, the car starts moving again. Like I said, lame. She’s not alone. Katie is also struggling with her driving.

The point of visting this bunch of rocks? To get a clue. This clue tells them to go to Eastnor Castle. Flight order is proving irrelevant, as the first people arriving at Stonehenge are Nat & Kat, who were on the second flight. They decide to work together with Brook & Claire for some girl power.

Once at the castle, teams must climb the wall, being guarded by a mob of peasants, then travel across the moat using an ancient boat that will sink more times than not. Jill & Thomas join the girls as the first three teams at the castle, all running neck and neck. Behind them are Chad & Stephanie and Katie & Rachel. Here we see the difference between the supportive Thomas and the hot headed Chad. Chad’s impatience isn’t helping them any either, and their inability to work together will cost them at least a couple spots.

Hopelessly lost, Gary & Mallory stop at a gas station… where they get a flat. Connor & Jonathan aren’t sure what to do now. Do they leave them there or wait? The choice is obvious. Man up and go on ahead. Problem is Gary & Mallory now have a donut on their car, which won’t get them very far or very fast. At least they’re going somewhere, though, whereas Ron & Tony are still looking for Stonehenge.

After the boat ride, the road block for this leg of the race is to use a ballista to fire watermelons at a knight 50 feet away, knocking all the armor off of it.

Road block (in order of arrival): Thomas, Claire, Nat, Rachel, Connor, Chad, Gary, Michael, Jenna, Nick

Everything seems to be going fine for the first couple teams. That is until Claire goes to make a shot, and it backfires and hits herself in the face. I don’t think they thought this challenge through very thoroughly. She says she can’t feel her face, but she has to finish and hope she doesn’t get struck in the head again. There is no out. They don’t call it The Amazing Race for nothing.

By this point, three teams are bringing up the rear, still searching for the castle: Andie & Jenna, Ron & Tony, and Nick & Vicki. Andie & Jenna finally buy a map, which has the castle on it, and should eliminate their worries. Ultimately it’s Nick & Vicki who arrive after them, leaving Ron & Tony with merely a hope that somebody struggles on the boats or at the watermelon challenge. Nick & Vicki being unable to figure out what a flag is may help some. They can’t figure out what the boat is either. This all just seems like extra drama to make it seem closer than it is, though, as it would appear that Ron & Tony are goners.

After the road block, teams must search the grounds to find the pit stop, which is a meadow at Eastnor Castle. This proves to be a tall order for one team. Chad & Stephanie had been in sixth place after the road block but wandered around aimlessly for some time.

First: Jill & Thomas (win the express pass)
Second: Nat & Kat
Third: Connor & Jonathan
Fourth: Brook & Claire
Fifth: Katie & Rachel
Sixth: Gary & Mallory
Seventh: Michael & Kevin
Eighth: Chad & Stephanie
Ninth: Andie & Jenna
Tenth: Nick & Vicki
Eliminated: Ron & Tony

In an anticlimactic conclusion, Ron & Tony have been eliminated from the race.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 17 Episode 2 A Kiss Saves the Day, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Apprentice Season 10 Episode 2

Nicole was the first casualty in The Apprentice Season 10 Episode 1. I’m still not clear why. Trump kept saying she was a great leader, but he fired her anyway, apparently because she dared to take the risk of being the first project manager, something none of the other women were interested in doing.

The women are very excited to see Tyana and Mahsa return. I can’t imagine why.

David, a big risk to be a loose cannon, has volunteered to be the project manager for the men this week, before finding out what the task is. It turns out to be an ice cream selling task. Poppy will be the leader for the women. Dave is confident because he has sold for years, but Poppy has never sold anything.

James hoped to fly under the radar, but he realizes that location will be a large part of this task. Since he is from New York, he volunteers to pick out the location. Mahsa is assigned to location on the other side. Liza, who’s not very good at sales, is in charge of the accounting. Anybody who knows her in real life knows she’s not an accounting kind of person either.

The day starts off at 9:30 (for the guys anyway… the women show up half an hour later). Not the most prime of ice cream selling times.

James doesn’t like the hard selling or the lack of a plan. He’ll be happy to go on a trip to the costume store to get himself away from selling.

Liza is trying to offer people discounts. Stephanie hates this. She would prefer to stick to the $5 price tag no matter what. With that, she needs Poppy to put her foot down. It’s clear that Stephanie believes she is the PM on this task.

David has decided that Alex is the puppy dog of the team. You can’t put a puppy in front of people in NYC and expect them to sell ice cream. So why not assign him to an alternate task?

The women have moved a couple times before settling on a spot they think is working really well. That spot happens to be the same spot that the men abandoned earlier in the day. They opt to move elsewhere. As the afternoon progresses, things start to slow down for the women. When Don Jr. arrives, the biggest flaw he sees is that they are 20 yards from probably the biggest subway stop in the city, but they don’t have anybody working the entrance or exit.

The men have chosen a lower price of $3, and their new location is a park, a contrast to Union Square. They are relying on Steuart and Anand for their sales efforts.

Stephanie continues to be the bulldog. Poppy is just letting her run over her and everyone else.

For day 2, the men have decided to go back to Union Square, in spite of their lack of success the day before. Once again, the men show up more than half an hour before the women, who are surprised to find that the men are in their spot when they arrive. Rather than bow out gracefully and accept the fact that they need to stop sleeping in every day, they decide to set up right next to the men, which at best should merely serve as a way to decrease the sales of both teams.

Eventually, the women realize this was a silly mistake, and they decide to move to the park.

George sees a lot of aggressive activity from the men, which is exactly what is needed to sell ice cream in New York City.

Toward the end of the day, Tyana comes up with an idea. Take their last ice creams and give them away right in front of the boys’ truck. While this will harm the sales the guys can do, it’s not doing anything for the women either. I can’t imagine Trump will be impressed.

Poppy does not want to say who her weakest player is. Trump’s going to make her say a name, though. That name would be Liza, who was not good at sales. Brandy would fire Liza given the choice between her and Poppy. So Trump says “Liza, you’re fired.” Nope. Just kidding. Really?

Liza says that the whole task was run by Stephanie. However, if they lose, he should fire Poppy.

Mahsa would not fire Poppy.

David calls Alex and James the weakest players. Alex takes too much management. James overthinks everything.

Gene would fire James. Wade agrees.

One team made $1500 in profit. The other team made $1800. That team was not the men. The women win, and for her reward, Poppy will meet Jack Welch.

Do we really even need to go through the formalities of the next few minutes? It’s already clear that David will bring James and Alex back with him.

When the women get back to the suite, Poppy thanks everybody for doing a great job, and that’s why she struggled to name names when Trump made her say who the weak link was. Liza’s response, “Don’t even friggen look at me, bitch.” Somebody has issues.

David is not even going to consider bringing anybody else back. Everybody but James and Alex rocked out loud. If that were so, they should have been more successful.

James believes that Alex is the weakest player on the team, but David made some critical errors. He doesn’t care who gets fired as long as it’s not him. Dave is on the same page. And by the way, he has 5 children, for those who haven’t gotten the message yet.

Since he sold the least and really isn’t saying much, Alex is fired. Since leaving the show, he has gotten a job in construction management.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Apprentice Season 10 Episode 3, which airs Thursday at 10/9c on NBC.