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dont you think that his choice of clothes were a little odd :)*
The Apprentice 2 - Episode 9 Recap :: Permalink
Posted by: Zinc on Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 11:23 PM
Donald loves to throw in a few surprises - and today's show was no exception.
The candidates had a real surprise with this week's challenge … talk about reoccurring nightmares! The candidates welcomed back (and I use the term loosely) four candidates that had previously been fired.
Read on and find out …..
WHO WAS FIRED THIS WEEK!
The show starts with five candidates returning from the Board Room. Those waiting were surprised as they heard about the way Elizabeth was fired. Maria summed it up rather nicely "every freaking time we go into that place, something insane happens".
It should be noted that Donald's Chief of Operations replaces George for this week.
The Challenge:
The teams are given $20,000 each to renovate two houses that are in a truly dilapidated state. The winning team is the team that increases the value of the house by the highest percentage.
As Trump is handing the credit card to Raj (project manager this week) he states, "Make sure to spend it on the house, not on the women".
But Donald wasn't finished yet. He tells the candidates that in life you have to work with people you don't like so he was bringing the teams a couple of assistants. It turns out the new assistants are four of the previously fired candidates. He brings back Rob and Jennifer to work with Mosaic and Bradford and Stacey to work with Apex. Ivana did not look too happy with this news at all.
Donald noted that Andy is exempt from firing this week should his team lose as he was project manager of last week's winning team.
The commercials for this week's show promised to stir up the mix and we weren't let down. The returning candidates didn't waste a minute. Stacie decides she should approach the girls individually. Stacie starts by talking to Ivana because Ivana said she was "crazy" in the Board Room. Ivana defended herself by saying "it was a safety issue". And the fight was on!
Eventually, we cut to a (much needed) commercial.
Today's Donaldism:
"Control your contractor"
You have to know how to deal with contractors and you have to be tough because they will pick your pocket and you won't even know what happened.
Apex -Raj is the Project Manager, Chris Elizabeth, Ivana, Kevin, Stacie and Bradford:
The team head for the house and immediately start planning the reno. They have a contractor "Carlos" that they hire because Kevin wanted him. Raj said he was nervous about Carlos because contractors don't always do what they say. Raj goes to work making the four bedroom house into a three bedroom house. Jennifer did not agree with this decision and voices her opinion. Chris says the team has "no chemistry".
Jennifer felt the contractor was "screwing around with Raj" not "taking it seriously". In the last 20 minutes before their time is up, the house seemed to be in complete chaos. Raj was concerned about the upstairs bathroom. Carlos had all the appliances ready to be set but it "looked like nothing" according to Raj. They showed us (the viewers) the toilet, shower, etc sitting there, not hooked up at all.
But time was up. So Raj showed the house to the appraisers. His sales pitch was that they would "leave the prospective buyer with as much opportunity in terms of imposing their own ideas of décor and finishes as possible." In other words, they didn't finish their work. It was also noted that they had new carpet put in and someone dirtied it so the new carpet needed to be replaced.
Mosaic - Sandy is Project Manager - Andy, Wes, Maria, Kelly, Jennifer and Rob:
The team head straight for the house and with meeting the contractors. They start out pricing projects. Rob went into it with a hands on approach. We watch him working outside, inside, back outside, all over the place.
It is raining outside and they are running short on time and the contractors were running late. Kelly said that if it doesn't get finished, it's squarely on Sandy's shoulders.
Sandy thought the team was slowly losing track and could "smell defeat". Andy realized that the contractor was in serious trouble. It appeared that Andy got some new guys in. They had contractor "John Jr." working and next thing they know they have all the contractor's cousins starting to show up. But work appeared to be getting done even though there seemed to be a lot of them standing around.
When their time was up, the appraisers came through. Sandy said she was proud of the house and made her sales pitch as if it were her own. She talked about all the work they did including adding in a full bathroom upstairs. It looked good.
The Decision:
Apex - original appraisal - 385,000
Reappraised $412,500 - increased by 7.14%
Mosaic - original appraisal - 390,000.00
Reappraised - $430,000 - increased by 10.26%
The Award:
Mosaic wins!! Their reward is a trip to an estate in the Hamptons and to enjoy a little well deserved R & R. They will fly by Helicopter with Rob and Jennifer. But Mr. Trump noted that Rob and Jennifer will "get lost" after enjoying the reward because they had already been fired.
Mosaic team loved the helicopter ride. Some of the candidates had never been in a helicopter but they all enjoyed seeing New York. They said the view from the helicopter was just incredible. Wes commented, "It gives you a taste of what it would be like to be Donald Trump."
They get out of the helicopter and into a limo. The house they visited in the Hamptons was just massive. After touring the house, they went to the beach and enjoyed the ocean. As Andy stated "The hungrier you are, the better the food tastes". The worked hard and really enjoyed the reward.
Before the Board Room:
Raj is upset with himself. Jennifer M. said it would be easy to go after Raj but they should focus on who they want on the team. Jennifer felt Ivana was the weakest member of team and even told Ivana to her face. Jennifer M. said she would back Raj.
The Board Room:
The candidates enter and are seated. Mr. Trump makes his usual entrance. Raj said they were over promised and the contractor didn't deliver. Raj said he was the person who picked the contract. He accepted that responsibility.
It was noted that Ivana and Kevin backed the choice of contractor. Jennifer said that Stacie did a great job. Even Trump said that she was terrific. Then, for some reason, Ivana butts in that Jen said Stacie should be taken off the window job she was doing because she was not doing a good job. Donald asked Ivana "why are you so nasty". He said that there was no reason to do that; she did a good job so leave it alone.
Donald asked Bradford who he would fire and he said Ivana.
Trump thanked Stacie and Bradford for a great job and then asked them to leave the Board Room.
Raj picked Kevin and Ivana to go back to the Board Room.
The rest were dismissed. But instead of leaving, Chris said he had an important point to make. Chris said the chemistry was horrible on the team. Carolyn said it "sounds disloyal". Donald then offered the opportunity to have Raj bring in Chris to the Board Room based on that statement. Raj said no. But you could tell Donald wasn't happy with Chris' outburst. He said "I have teams that are a mess, I don't like hearing about it."
Carolyn said don't tell us about it, fix it.
After some further discussion, Donald said Chris would be the project manager next week. If I were Chris I would be worried because Donald said "You will be the project manager next week and I'll be watching very closely."
The Board Room:
Donald asked Raj who he should fire. He picked Ivana.
Donald pointed out that Kevin picked the contractor but then Kevin said he didn't. Donald point out that now he said he didn't but before he said he did. He stated that Kevin was the one that pushed the contractor.
Ivana said she was plugging hole. Raj said that that was his job. But Ivana said, about Raj "sometimes he requires adult supervision".
Donald then told Raj that Ivana shouldn't have been brought in and that he turned a four bedroom into a three bedroom. And finally "when Chris opened up his stupid mouth … you didn't want to bring him back to the Board Room". "I think you made a lot of mistakes." "Raj, you're fired. Too many mistakes."
True to form, on the way out of the Board Room, Raj tried to get the receptionist's phone number.
And then there were 9.
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Bathfizzy:
What was Raj thinking when he changed a 4 bedroom house to a three bedroom house??? I knew he was in trouble when the contractor said he would get to something once he finished his taco. I think based on Raj's ability to be so bold and ask any beautiful woman for their phone number--they should develop a show just for him. It should be called " Rejection: A single man on the loose. :()() :()() :()()
Riverrat:
Thanks puddin. I missed the show this week.
WENDY:
Puddin- I thought Raj's choice of clothes were hideous! He is awful! He seemed like he could be smart- but he was trying to be too much of a leader when he lead the team- and ultimately was fired for it... He should have paid more attention to the bathroon, like RudyRules said... :)*
puddin:
I beleive it was Chris that got fired tonight..details to come
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