The Vampire Diaries Season 1 Episode 17

While Stefan and Damon were busy finding out they’re not the only vampires in town in The Vampire Diaries Season 1 Episode 16, Jeremy decided he wanted to join their fun and be turned by Anna.

Anna tells Jeremy that he shouldn’t believe anything he reads about vampires. So why does he want to be a vampire anyway? Because…

Frederick’s plan is to kill everybody. Pearl suggests that maybe that’s not the best plan.

Stefan goes out for some food of the non-soccer mom vareity, and he’s promptly stabbed by Frederick, who kidnaps him and takes him back to their lair. They intend to torture him for a while before they kill him. After stabbing him a few more times, they tie him up with vervain soaked ropes. Harper disagrees with these tactics, but he’s told that Ms. Pearl is no longer in charge.

Elena and Damon go to Alaric. If he helps, the woman in charge may be able to help find his wife.

Jeremy’s come up with a reason why he wants to be a vampire. He doesn’t fit and doesn’t have anything else. That’s all he needs is an eternity like that. Anna’s response is that she doesn’t need him to do her dirty work, doesn’t want revenge, isn’t bored, and doesn’t love him. Not just yet anyway.

Pearl and Anna meet Mayor Lockwood. Maybe they will stick around at the restaurant for a while.

Damon doesn’t want to be distracted by concerns for Elena’s safety, and he insists she does not go with them.

Caroline insists on going out in the middle of a terrible rainstorm that’s washed out Route 5. She’s one of those people who, rather than pay attention to the road during potentially dangerous driving situations, hops on her cell phone to chat and get distracted. Shortly after her phone reception dies, she gets stuck in the mud.

Alaric pretends his car broke down. He’d like to use the phone. They invite him in with plans to kill him. Alaric escorts Ms. Gibbons outside to Damon. He confirms she doesn’t have any family or anyone else living there. That’s sufficient for her to die. Now it’s free for anyone to enter. This is a surprise to Alaric, who expected him to compel her, rather than snapping her neck.

As Pearl and the mayor are discussing how his family owns a lot of property, much of which they came into in 1864, she sees a boy smiling more than she’d like at her daughter. That would be a Gilbert, the people responsible for trapping her for 150 years.

Not one to follow instructions, Elena leaves the car to go check out the situation at the house. She heads to the basement, where she’s lucky Damon is there to ask her if she’s insane.

Wandering around in the downpour, Caroline slips and falls and then slips some more.

Since her mom is angry at her for hanging out with Jeremy, Anna decides she’ll turn him.

Elena and Damon free Stefan. They leave Harper tied up but alive. Then the real battle begins as Damon heads inside to kill some more vampires and confront Frederick. In the melee, Frederick flees. Damon might want to hurry because he’s after Stefan. Luckily he misses the heart (so it can be assumed) before Elena stops him.

Following their time inside killing off the vampires that are there, Damon and Alaric head outdoors, where they see more vampires than they want to deal with, so they head back inside.

Caroline shows up at Matt’s door with the sheriff. Jeremy finds out from the mayor that they’ve found Vicki, or at least her body. This death thing is news to him.

Elena’s not going to just let Stefan lie there, so she offers him her wrist.

Alaric has realized something: the part about being able to find his wife, that was just a lie. Pearl shows up in time to prevent any further bloodshed. Within the house anyway. A deranged Stefan fully charged on human blood eliminates Frederick.

Now that he knows Vicki’s not a vampire, Jeremy seems to have lost interest in turning. He just wanted to be with her.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Vampire Diaries Episode 18 Under Control, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on The CW.

Survivor: Heroes Vs. Villains Episode 8

Coach and Jerri flipped to allow for Boston Rob to be voted out in Survivor: Heroes Vs. Villains Episode 7.

Now we get to hear more about how great Russell is. Last season it was entertaining. This season it’s just getting old.

Coach complains that he did not want Boston Rob out. There was a simple solution: don’t vote against him (the cowardly move of voting for Courtney still counts as a vote against Rob). Jerri, who was the one of that pair to write Rob’s name down, says she misses Rob already.

The Heroes may have made a deal to go look for the idol together, but that doesn’t stop JT from going off on his own to search and find it. Amanda discovers him before he can move. Candice is right behind her. Since everybody will know anyway, he decides to show the rest of the tribe.

Treemail leads the Villains to assume they’re merging, to the extent that they pack up their camp and bring it with them. Are they really that desperate to move on?

The Heroes point out that it looks like the Villains have got an all girl alliance.

When Jeff greets them, he points out the very nice feast behind them. Before they move any further, he tells everybody to drop their… expectations. It’s not a merge. Both tribes have an opportunity to win this challenge (Survivor bowling). They win it, they eat. Sandra and Courtney sit out for the Villains. Probably not the smartest move if the immunity challenge is remotely physical, and Coach’s influence and desire to eat is likely to get the blame in hindsight. Parvati gets a gutter ball. Rupert scores 3. Parvati gets a second gutter ball. Heroes lead 1-0. JT knocks down 6. Danielle misses. JT stays at 6. Danielle’s gutter ball brings the Heroes to a 2-0 lead. Russell gets a gutter ball. Colby follows suit. Russell knocks over 5 pins. Colby hits just 1. Villains are behind 2-1. Coach hits 5. Amanda does the same. Coach hits 1 on his second roll. Amanda hits 2 to win reward.

The Heroes consider it a silly move to have gotten rid of Boston Rob, their best physical and mental competitor.

Jerri says that every single person on their tribe is an idiot. Oh, and voting Boston Rob out was stupid, and they’re screwed in an immunity challenge since they sat out Sandra and Courtney. As Jerri stands there whining, Sandra’s sitting right behind her, not clear why they’re blaming her for their loss.

Sandra decides she hates most of her tribe, and she suggests getting even with Coach. Russell’s the kind of person who will vote for someone who’s gunning for him. What if the rumor starts that Coach wants him out?

Russell eats this up pretty easily. He’s onboard with getting rid of Coach, which further would make it even easier for the Heroes to believe it’s a women’s alliance.

For the immunity challenge, they will be belted together in pairs, going through a muddy obstacle course to retrieve flags. Jerri and Danielle sit out for the Villains. Russell and Sandra go against Amanda and Candice. Amanda and Candice have the lead the whole time, which opens into a massive gap as the leg plays on. Heroes lead 1-0. Coach and Rupert go against each other in the one-on-one challenge. Coach is leading at the start, but Rupert passes him on the way back. In a footrace to the finish, Coach edges him out to tie it 1-1. In the final round, Parvati and Courtney go against JT and Colby. It’s pretty obvious what’s going to happen here. Heroes win immunity.

Danielle is upset. She doesn’t want people who can’t compete in challenges in the tribe. If she weren’t following Russell around like a lost puppy, she would have done something about that last week and gotten rid of Courtney instead of Boston Rob.

Coach kind of wants to vote out Russell, but he’d rather get rid of the weakest link, Courtney.

Russell would prefer to get rid of Coach. However, Danielle tries to get her point across to Russell that they should get rid of Courtney. He doesn’t want to hear a word of it and walks away.

Shortly thereafter, Russell says he’s changed his mind. Now he wants to vote out Courtney.

Jeff points out the result of voting out Tyson and Rob: the tribe has now lost 4 times in a row. They’re pretty much getting what they deserve. Whatever blame he may want to assign to Courtney, it’s not her fault. She didn’t vote them out.

Votes
Coach
Coach
Courtney
Courtney
Courtney
Coach
Coach

By a vote of 4-3, Coach has been voted off the island. Interestingly, Russell voted for Courtney, but his girls did not.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Heroes Vs. Villains Episode 9, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

American Idol Season 9 Episode 29

The top 9 performed in American Idol Season 9 Episode 28. Tonight one more will go home.

Siobhan Magnus goes to the center of the stage. Crystal Bowersox joins her. Katie Stevens joins them. Randy does not think any of them will be heading home. He is correct. They are all safe.

Lee DeWyze goes to the far side of the stage. Michael Lynche goes to the near side of the stage. Interesting because I’d have thought both of them are not in the bottom three. Casey James joins Lee. Aaron Kelly joins Mike. Tim Urban joins Lee and Casey. Andrew Garcia joins Mike and Aaron.

One group is safe. The other is the bottom three. Ellen guesses the group nearest to Seacrest. She is correct. That means that Tim Urban has finally escaped the bottom three.

Aaron Kelly returns to safety.

Of the remaining two, Andrew is safe. Michael Lynche is going to sing for his life. He’s the first boot pick with a prayer of being saved. By a unanimous decision, the judges have agreed to save him.

That means two people are going home next week.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol 9 Episode 30, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on Fox.

Lost Season 6 Episode 11

Jin and Sun had their adventure in Lost Season 6 Episode 10, in which he was kidnapped and she ended up unable to speak English. Jin was brought to the package, who turned out to be Desmond.

Desmond wakes up to be greeted by Zoe. He’d like to see his wife, but instead he’s stuck with old man Widmore, who informs him he’s been brought back to the island. Violence ensues.

The crew is trying to get the generator running again, which it hasn’t done in 20 years. During the process, they inadvertently turn it on while somebody’s inside the machine. That somebody is now dead and extra crispy.

Having seen that, Widmore has a test for Desmond. He wants him to hop inside, too. His question is whether he can survive a catastrophic event again.

Flashing sideways, Desmond meets Claire at the airport. He offers her a ride, but she’s got a date with a cab driving felon. He doesn’t want a restaurant or any “companionship” when he meets up with the driver. He’s just there to work. For Charles Widmore. In this too coincidentally small world, Charles wants Desmond to get the drugged up bass guitarist of Driveshaft to his wife’s event. Charlie’s preference would be to get drunk and talk about the new love of his life, who he saw for a moment on the airplane when he was choking to death.

Charlie reluctantly agrees to go for a ride with Desmond. As they’re dirving along, Charlie grabs hold of the steering wheel, driving them directly into the water. The alert Desmond is now forced to save Charlie’s life. In doing so, he has a flash of a hand saying “Not Penny’s Boat”.

When he gets to the hospital, the CAT scan is inconclusive, so Desmond’s going downstairs for an MRI. 30 minutes in a cramped super loud machine. This should go well. And actually, it kinda does. He remembers Penny. This is the moment Charlie was talking about when he discussed being in love. He’s gotta find him. Perhaps Dr. Jack can assist. No need after all, though. Hard to miss the half naked man running down the hallway.

Since Charles is afraid of his wife, he sends Desmond to break the bad news that he’s lost the rock star. She’s taking this surprisingly well. What she doesn’t appreciate is his request to see the guest list when he hears the name Penny. He’ll need to stop looking for whatever it is he thinks he’s looking for. He’s not ready yet. For something.

As he’s getting ready to leave and/or get drunk, he’s approached by Daniel Widmore, the guy who was hoping to play with Driveshaft. Daniel, too, is going on and on about love. After he saw the women he loved at first sight, he wrote something in his notebook. Since he’s a musician, he has no clue what he wrote, but a friend of him says it’s quantum mechanics so advanced that only somebody who had been studying physics their entire life could have come up with it. What if this wasn’t supposed to be their life? What if they had some other life and somehow changed things? That said, he thinks he already did set off a nuclear bomb. Seeing as Desmond’s asking about a woman named Penny, he must have felt this shift, too.

Acting on a tip from half brother Daniel, Desmond heads to the stadium, where he finds Penny running. With that, he wakes up inside the machine. Not so dead after all. Now he says he understands that he’s there to do something important. When do they start?

Zoe is escorting Desmond through the jungle. Sayid comes up, kills some people, and tells her to run.

Back in the stadium, Desmond fainted when Penny shook his hand. Perhaps she’d like to go for a coffee.

One last thing he needs from his driver George: the manifest from the flight.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Lost Season 6 Episode 12 Everybody Loves Hugo, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on ABC.

American Idol Season 9 Episode 28

Didi Benami was sent packing last time. Tonight the top 9 perform songs from two of the four Beatles, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Simon says certain songs shouldn’t be changed. Others they can. So basically they’re damned if they do and damned if they don’t.

Aaron Kelly
Song: The Long and Winding Road
Randy: Great voice, beautiful tone. Sleepy song with a bad arrangement.
Ellen: Felt like a long and winding song.
Kara: Good. Not great. Feeling like the same performance every week.
Simon: Very old fashioned. Very boring. Got to become young and relevant.

Katie Stevens
Song: Let It Be
Randy: Your best performance ever.
Ellen: Perfect example of changing it just enough to make it your own without disrespecting the song.
Kara: Never looked better and never sounded better.
Simon: Leaning in the direction which I’ve hinted at very strongly. That’s why you got it right.

Andrew Garcia
Song: Can’t Buy Me Love
Randy: Really solid performance. Sounded good, interesting arrangement, a little corny at times.
Ellen: Perfect song choice. A lot of fun.
Kara: Nothing new from you this week.
Simon: Band overpowered the whole arrangement. Corny, old fashioned, irrelevant.

Michael Lynche
Song: Eleanor Rigby
Randy: The parts that did work were great. Could be on the radio.
Ellen: Can do anything.
Kara: Fire. Amazing vocals.
Simon: The sort of thing you see and hear in musicals. Not contemporary at all. Too over the top.

Crystal Bowersox
Song: Come Together
Randy: Solid performance. Don’t know if it was your best.
Ellen: Loved the way you changed the song.
Kara: Favorite performance.
Simon: Could hear that on the radio.

Tim Urban
Song: All My Lovin
Randy: A much better performance than in the last couple weeks. A good Tim performance.
Ellen: Perfect song choice for you. Your second best performance.
Kara: Took some of the criticisms.
Simon: Did really well.

Casey James
Song: Jealous Guy
Randy: Really impressed you took this kind of leap.
Ellen: Your best performance. So soulful.
Kara: Showed vulnerability, which has been lacking in other performances.
Simon: Best performance of the night. Ginormous week on week difference.

Siobhan Magnus
Song: Across the Universe
Randy: A little sleepy but liked the whole tender side.
Ellen: Should always honor who you are. Cooled it on the high notes as suggested.
Kara: Hit the notes, showed control. Very restrained, very polite.
Simon: Much, much stronger than last week. Unpredictable.

Lee DeWyze
Song: Hey Jude
Randy: You got this. Another hot one for you.
Ellen: Loved it.
Kara: Some off moments, but it’s hot.
Simon: Wouldn’t have done that with the bagpipe player.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol 9 Episode 29, which airs Wednesday at 9/8c on Fox.

The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 12

Stephanie was sent packing in The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 11, but we ended the show with on extra person since both Victoria and Melissa returned.

Melissa doesn’t get why the rest of the house is not playing the game still. Here we are in week 12, and they’re talking about some steel sharpening steel nonsense.

With the simple push of a button, somebody could win immunity. Each person gets a card, which gets them access to the scale any time they want. Each card tells them how much weight they have to lose. The first person to lose more than 2% of their body weight this week wins immunity. They only get one shot, and nobody gets to try once somebody else gets immunity. Last week, 7 out of 12 people did not reach 2% by the weigh in, and 3 of the other 5 made it by a pound. When they hit that button, everybody will know because they’ll hear the sound of a siren that sounds like a tornado warning. Furthermore, if they hit the mark successfully, they will have those extra days added to the following week.

Melissa’s wheels are spinning as usual. Bob warns her that if she plays the game, it can bite her in the ass, so she needs to tread carefully.

Dr. H says it’s perfectly safe for them to lose 2% of their weight in terms of fat. However, if they lose muscle, water, etc., it may potentially be dangerous.

Sunshine has decided that she’d rather hit below 200 pounds than weighing in early.

The evening of day 2, somebody hits that button. Way too early. It’s Victoria. She has to lose 6 pounds, but she has not yet hit that mark.

To win the challenge, they will need to carry 100 1-pound weights from the bottom of the swimming pool. Reward is a two week trip for two to The Biggest Loser Resort at Fitness Ridge. The penalty for coming in last is a one pound disadvantage at the weigh in. When they’re done getting all their weights, they’re free to help a friend, or not. There are colored weights everywhere.

Sunshine takes the early lead, and Sam is right behind her. People start getting kicked in the head pretty quickly as everybody goes down for weights in the same spot at the same time. Sunshine hits 50 first. Sam is right behind her at 50 as well. Victoria is 48. The rest of the field is out of it with Michael and O’Neal competing for last at this point, although it’s pretty clear that once Sunshine finishes, she’ll boost her father to safety. Sunshine’s still got that lead at 90, as Sam retains his gap of a few steps. At 98, Sam finally passes her by a second, but she retakes the lead on the final leg to win the challenge. Her immediate goal is to save her father, who’s been running in last place throughout the challenge. Koli says he’s fine, and he sends Sam to help O’Neal as well. Victoria finishes third, an impressive showing for someone who just got to campus. Once O’Neal’s safe, they have another option to pursue: they can screw over Melissa, who’s been running third to last. That’s exactly what happens. She’s amused they’re helping one of the biggest players in the house. However, this shows that she may be playing the game, but she’s not necessarily playing it smart. All these people who have alliances are the ones who aren’t guaranteed to be dead in the water the first time they go under the line.

Sam and Koli wait until everybody goes to sleep to get in a good workout. They plan to hit that buzzer in the morning. There’s no question that Melissa will be pressing that button. She’s awake at 3:00 on the fourth day working out. That morning, Andrea wakes up to the sounds of a siren. It’s Sam. He has 6 pounds to lose. Not only has he made it, but he’s actually lost 10 pounds, or 3.82%.

Jillian wants Sunshine to be an independent woman, rather than living her life under her father. That encourages her to go to O’Neal and tell him she feels proud of herself for the first time and can do it on her own.

Koli: 276 pounds (-5, 1.78%)
Daris: 233 pounds (-4, 1.69%)
Michael: 372 pounds (-9, 2.36%) – over 150 pounds lost
Ashley: 264 pounds (-7, 2.58%)
Sunshine: 195 pounds (-7, 3.47%, immune)
O’Neal: 283 pounds (-8, 2.75%) – over 100 pounds lost
Victoria: 272 pounds (-11, 3.89%)
Andrea: 225 pounds (-2, 0.88%) – complaining it’s all for nothing
Melissa: 175 pounds (-3, +1, 1.12%)

That puts Melissa and Andrea below the yellow line. No point in even bothering with the formality of a vote. Neither can win, but this vote is personal. Andrea claims she realized this week that she deserves to be in the final four, although that begs the question what all that talk about the week being a waste of time was about. Melissa’s argument is that she’s the safer choice. In terms of potential weight loss, she’s certainly the lesser threat, even if her results of weight loss percentage throughout the season thus far are about the same as Andrea’s.

Votes
Koli: Melissa
O’Neal: Melissa
Daris: Melissa
Michael: Melissa
Victoria: Melissa

With 5 votes, Melissa is not The Biggest Loser. She says that her marriage with Lance has now been saved. 6 weeks later, they run a half marathon for her 40th birthday, apparently without a ride from a producer.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 13, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Episode 7

Timbila switched things up and turned on Sandi in Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Episode 6. Meanwhile, Gys and Izak were caught in a tribal shuffle.

Gys continues to spread his efforts to break up Hanna and Sade. Now he’s trying to convince his new tribe that it would be a good move.

Nico is passing out parchments. Everybody must rate everybody else on a scale of 1-10. Afterward, they will get on stumps based on how they are ranked.

First: Okkert
Second: Louw and Izak
Third: Gys
Fourth: Hanna
Fifth: Kaseran
Sixth: Sade
Seventh: Ashley
Eighth: GiGi
Ninth: ProVerb

Okkert says he should be somewhere in the middle. Pro says he’s underrated.

It’s time to merge. The new tribe name is Kululama. As the lowest ranked member, ProVerb will leave immediately for his new beach. Everybody else gets a beach bar from Liqui-Fruit. While they get refreshment, Pro’s not completely screwed. No, he gets a clue to the hidden immunity idol, although his time alone is insufficient to allow him to find it. However, he believes he has found where it is, but he’ll need to find some time to dig.

GiGi wanted everybody else to be ranked higher than her so that they are targets. Granted, if you finish that far below everybody else, it’s hard to claim it’s intentional.

Sade believes that Chibudu has the numbers, seeing as Izak’s been with their tribe for a couple of days. On the contrary, Izak tells Kaseran that his plan is to get rid of Sade first, although he says he’s never going to vote for Okkert out of respect.

Ashley’s already planning for the future. Her request is that nobody on her side chooses alliance members to go on rewards.

At the immunity challenge, they are given 15 seconds to memorize symbols, which they must then replicate on their own structures. The lowest scores after the first round are Ashley (8 out of 10), Okkert (8 out of 10), Sade (9 out of 10), and Izak (8 out of 10). GiGi, Louw, Gys, Kaseran, Hanna, and ProVerb will all play round 2. The lowest scores are GiGi (5 out of 10), Louw (6 out of 10), Gys (6 out of 10), and Pro (6 out of 10). Hanna and Kas advance to the final round. Hanna got 1 wrong. Kaseran wins immunity.

Following a puzzle challenge, the logical move is to get rid of Okkert. They may not get a lot of opportunities. It does not seem likely that is the move the tribe will pursue, however.

Chibudu is targeting Louw, apparently because Izak suggested it when they were on a tribe together. Now Izak seems to be shying away from a Louw vote. They don’t care. They’re voting for Louw anyway.

Timbila now wants to get rid of Hanna, instead of Sade.

Votes
Hanna
Hanna
Louw
Louw
Louw
Hanna
Louw
Hanna
Louw
Hanna

We have a tie. Since this is a new tribe, no prior votes are considered. Therefore, we go to an elimination game known as the skull. Hanna and Louw both step forward. When the clock starts, they must count to 30 seconds in their head. The closest to 30 seconds survives. Louw touches first and Hanna immediately after. With a time of 47 seconds, Louw is safe. Hanna has been eliminated, shifting the power Timbila’s way.

Stay tuned to dingorue for another recap of Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Episode 8.

The Celebrity Apprentice 3 Episode 4

Darryl Strawberry quit in The Celebrity Apprentice 3 Episode 3, saving Michael Johnson from being fired in the process.

Michael nominates Rod Blagojevich for project manager. Selita Ebanks volunteers for the women. The project managers will be getting on a plane and be separated from their teams.

When they arrive at the airport, the project managers are given the task. They will be flying to the Universal Orlando Resort to check out The Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction. Then they will report their findings back to their teams, who will create and present a 3D interactive display to generate buzz. After their tour, they will fly back to NYC to rejoin their teams. Per FAA regulations, they must turn off their cell phones until they land.

Cyndi has brought in a dry erase board on which they can write down their ideas. A very good plan. Unless you ask Holly, who shoots it down. Sharon tells them that, without Cyndi, they’d be like watching ice melt.

Curtis Stone has a concern. Rod has no clue how to use a computer. If the task is to manage them remotely via the web, they’re pretty well screwed. Luckily, the project managers have two choices of communication: text or telephone. We know Rod can handle the latter choice.

Selita uses the flight to brainstorm. As for Rod, well, the flight is pretty much a waste of time.

The governor finally figures out how to use his new fangled phone to call his team. He tells them the task, hoping they know what a 3D display is because he doesn’t. Bret has been assigned to manage the design, Curtis is in charge of communication, Goldberg for graphics, and Michael will handle finances and timing.

As the girls go at each other, Maria sits back, not really supporting either side’s argument.

Selita’s able to text her team on the limo ride to meet with the executives. All Rod can do is sit and look around.

Upon arrival, she’s also able to take pictures with her phone, which he presumably does not have any idea how to do.

One good thing Rod did was to assign tasks. Bret’s already got an idea developing, whereas the women are mostly just sitting around unwilling to make a decision because their project manager is not there. Problem is he delegates task, then his responsiblity ends there.

On the plane back, Selita keeps watching the DVD over and over again. Rod? He’s sleeping.

Sharon’s still sickly, and the sawdust isn’t helping her any.

George, who was Trump’s right hand man on the show until the Trump children took over, is back for the week. He thinks the women have a great project… if they can pull it off.

His counterpart is Erin Burnett from CNBC. Bret keeps talking to her because he thinks she’s hot. Her concern is Rod’s lack of technical knowledge.

Rod is happy with what he sees when he arrives, although he’s not happy that Michael and Curtis are eating dinner. Really?

Selita likes what she sees as well, but she nitpicks over some things that she doesn’t like. She also finally assigns some roles to her team.

Rod has decided to do improv for the presentation because that’s what kids respond to better. So the plan for the presentation is simple: they don’t have one.

The guys are still missing a lot of stuff, so Curtis and Michael head to the prop store. Rod doesn’t have any ideas and tells them to use their judgment. This is becoming a common theme with him.

When all’s said and done, the women’s display is a wand room, while the men have recreated a castle.

The women think they may well all have come off as crazy ladies. The men have opted to go with a fog machine, so whatever they’re doing becomes irrelevant because nobody can see after a while anyway. Bret acknowledges that it was a disaster. He hopes to win them over with free candy and merchandise.

A key factor here is that the kids will play a role in the decision. Working with kids can be difficult and unpredictable.

Michael thinks that Rod didn’t give a lot of direction. What he did give he gave mostly to Bret.

Curtis would have liked to have some more communication, either by text or e-mail. Erin got the feeling the guys were trying to fill in the gaps as a result.

Maria denies that there was a weak link. Summer agrees, for a change not tearing into Cyndi.

Trump has a question: who will Selita take back if they lose? She doesn’t want to answer that question just yet.

The executives and the kids liked the overall display from the guys. They also liked putting the spell on the tree, although they were concerned the tree looked too Goldberglike and that there were some inaccuracies.

As for the women, the audience liked the costume and the wind. However, they didn’t think they gave enough attention to the theme park.

The women are the winners again. Selita will be receiving $20,000 for her charity, Shine on Sierra Leone.

In defending himself, Rod still doesn’t know any of the words he’s talking about.

Bret will not be coming back to the boardroom. Curtis and Michael will be. This provides Trump the opportunity to debate whether Bret should come back for 10 minutes. It’s very clear that no matter how much Trump pushes, Rod’s not going to change his mind. So Trump, stop asking him over and over again.

Based on this project, Rod says that Curtis should be fired.

Curtis thinks Rod was a poor project manager who didn’t know how to communicate.

Following an excessively and unnecessarily drawn out boardroom, Rod Blagojevich has been fired.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Celebrity Apprentice 3 Episode 5, which airs Sunday at 9/8c on NBC.