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puddin:
Didn't catch it but , from what I read on another board Elizbeth was fired ...
Riverrat:
yep. She was in charge of an advertising campaign for NYPD. Andy was the other one. Elisabeth didn't want to go military with it but she let her team sway her to and fro. Honestly she couldn't make up her mind about anything. The Donald didn't even let her go to the board room with the two guys she had picked. He said it was a waste of time and" Your Fired." As soon as she said the team disagreed with what she wanted to do and she had to back down, I said "ut oh." She deserved to be fired really. It was pitiful.
Andy wouldn't be swayed from his course of action. No one else really had any input because he told one he would not do military and, he would not do sex appeal with topless cops on their bikes. LOL The commercial he made was out standing.
puddin:
thanks River..I was trying to watch it but, our Rob wouldn't shutup B:) 88)) :)*
The Apprentice 2 - Episode 8 recap :: Permalink
Posted by: Zinc on Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 11:04 PM
Ok, so far we've had boy's toys, food things, pearly whites, rested restaurateurs, lively Live TV and fashion flops. Last week we went to the dogs… what's next?
The eleven candidates are off to recruit officers for the NYPD. How did they do? Well, to be honest, it was a no brainer which team would win and which candidate was going.
Read on and find out …
The show started with the usual shots of the candidates waiting for the Board Room results. They all thought Andy would go so they were completely blown away when Andy returned from the Board Room. Stacey was fired.
This week, they were told to be ready by 8:00 a.m. and wait by the TV in their suite.
Donald welcomes them via their TV to week 8 of their 15 week job interview. Donald advises the candidates that he was on his way to the Miss Universe pageant. He also advises them that Bill, last season's winner, was meeting him there. (I'm sure Raj would take full advantage of that job perk.) Mr. Trump pointed out that Jennifer is exempt this week.
The Challenge:
They are to make up an advertising campaign for the NYPD to recruit new police officers. The team that does the best recruiting campaign for the NYPD will win.
Apex - Jennifer, Raj, Chris, Kevin, Ivana and Elizabeth :
Elizabeth is project manager. It should be noted that this is Elizabeth's second time as project manager. She was on the losing team the first time she was the project manager so she doesn't want to end that way again.
They arrive at the police training facilities and start to strategize. They realize that they have the entire training facilities including helicopter, swat team, etc. at their disposal. Sweet.
They spent a great deal of time in discussion about the direction of the advertising campaign. It quickly becomes apparent that Elizabeth wants to go one way and the team wants to go the other way. Because so much time is going by, Elizabeth decides they must start shooting before they have all the shots figured out. Raj wants a military campaign. Elizabeth does not. Things seem confusing.
Later that night, we see Kevin and Elizabeth staying up late to come up with some new ideas for the campaign. As they are heading back to the suite, Elizabeth notes she is going to make some enemies the next day.
The next day Elizabeth presents the ideas to the team. Elizabeth kept flipping back and forth on the decision so much so that it was hard to follow. Five hours before they must give their presentation to the advertising executives, they still don't seem to have a firm plan. The team actually starts discussing mutiny, (you know, firing Elizabeth), so Kevin goes as far as telling her to her face that she's in trouble with the team. But she just won't listen. Kevin admits he had to take drastic action to get Elizabeth to listen. Time was running out. He tells her she MUST make a decision on the campaign and stick to it.
It was very clear that it is Elizabeth against the team. Even Carolyn noted Elizabeth's inability take control of the leadership role has lead to animosity in the team.
But, time has run out. So they make their presentation. Chris made the first part of the pitch and then Elizabeth presented the printed ads and the TV commercial. Their campaign had a very dark side to it … almost a scare tactic.
Mosaic - Wes, Sandy Maria, Andy, Kelly
Andy is Project Manager. Maria and Andy start off locking horns a bit because Maria said she has experience in advertising and tries to take over but Andy has ideas of his own and stops her. Andy really likes his idea and enthusiastically presents it but Maria seemed worried that they stripped the sex appeal out of the campaign. Kelly sided with Maria on this point and mentioned this may come back to haunt Andy in the Board Room if they lose.
They too must film their commercial in a limited amount of time. But there's a problem … clouds start rolling in. With the weather turning, Andy acknowledges that he can't lose his composure and must stay focused. They have to get the filming done before the rain starts.
When it is time to give the pitch, Kelly felt very strongly he should be the one giving the pitch but Maria thought Andy could do it. Andy said he would introduce it and let Kelly do "the rest" as Kelly put it.
At last it is time for Mosaic to present their campaign to the advertising executives. Their campaign had a tag line "When was the last time… " which ran through out the posters and commercials. It was obvious that Mosaic would win.
No surprise, Don Deutsch announces it wasn't even close … Mosaic wins by landslide.
The Reward:
Donald announces "The city is going to do something amazing for you … be ready at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning." So the next day a limo picks up the Mosaic team. Then, for no apparent reason, the limo stops in the middle of Time Square. To their amazement, they realize that their ad is running over Time Square. They LOVED IT! They felt it was incredibly rewarding to see their ad running like that and even Maria thought it was "very cool".
The Board Room:
The candidates enter and are seat. Then the Donald makes his grand entrance.
Donald asked Elizabeth what went wrong. She said they didn't have a good idea when they started shooting. She said she didn't think it was her fault - more just a team problem. Donald asked her if she was a good leader. She said she stood by her decisions. Donald asked to see the ad. We had "the pleasure" (and I use the term loosely) of watching it again. After viewing the ad, Donald said "Based on that, I feel like I live in a police state" Carolyn thought it was "pretty bad".
They next discussed Raj's support of the military theme. Raj firmly believed it was better than any other alternative because there were no other alternatives. It was the only idea. No one felt Raj was to blame. They felt the leader was weak and ineffective. Kevin pointed out that Elizabeth and him had hammered out an idea for 2 or three hours. They had agreed it was a good idea. But the next day, after discussing it with the team, she changed her mind again. Donald pointed out that she let the team change her mind for her. "I see no leadership."
Donald asked her who she would bring back in the Board Room with her and she picked Raj and Chris.
With a sudden change to the usual format (which caught me quite by surprise) Mr. Trump suddenly looked up and said "Honestly Elizabeth, I don't think it is necessary, you're fired."
It was a no brainer. Good move Mr. Trump.
And then there were 10.
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puddin:
11/4 Raj is fired........updates to come later
RudyRules:
Raj is whoo hoo handsome, but too cocky for his own good. He sure goofed up w/ that bathroom barely in place!! How pathetic to evne think his team would win w/ such a sloppy job. 88)) He deserved to get fired!! :)()
Interesting eppy tho and ohh...how I do love the NYC scenes!! Have never been there, but would love to! What a city! ^:)^
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