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puddin:
Teams Changed..Khristi Fired

February 5, 2004

The group was stunned to see Nick return, but not Bowie. The women couldn't help but notice how the men's morale was plummeting. Nick knew that success or victory during the next task rested squarely on his shoulders. The women chose Kristi to lead them in the next task. Donald requested that the teams meet in the boardroom, with the Project Managers seated directly in front of him. When they arrived, they found Carolyn and Donald, but not George. He was on a business trip, so another one of Donald's trusted employees, Bernie Diamond, was sitting in. Donald announced that due to the men's consistent failure, he'd be doing a "corporate reshuffle." In business, he explained, when things aren't working then it's time to mix it up. Nick chose someone to join his team first, then Kristi chose someone, and so on until there were 2 men and 4 women on each team. The new Versacorp team was: Nick, Amy, Bill, Katrina, Ereka and Tammy. The new Protégé team was: Kristi, Troy, Jessie, Kwame, Heidi and Omarosa.
For their first task on their new teams, the players were given a thousand dollars to purchase whatever items they wanted. However, they would have to resell those items at a flea market, hopefully at a higher price. The team that made the most profit would win the task. The men seemed happy with the team reshuffle. Bill said he thought the new Versacorp was stronger than the new Protégé. The proof would be in who performed well at the flea market.

Nick's team decided to sell women's clothing and jewelry that they made themselves. They split up to buy supplies and Nick consistently deferred to the women on the decision making. Tammy thought this was a mistake on Nick's part since he was the Project Manager. Meanwhile, Kristi's team wasn't as focused. Jessie thought they should sell seeds with bags of dirt. Troy brainstormed on that idea, but Kwame wasn't too receptive. Later, Kristi and her group walked through the flea market to get an idea of what was selling. None of them were very impressed with items for sale. Heidi was especially negative. Eventually, the team split up to search the city for appropriate and potentially profitable items. At 7pm that evening, they still hadn't made a decision. Meanwhile, Nick and Katrina did some dumpster diving and actually found a wardrobe wrack to display their custom shirts, plus some items they could actually sell. Would anyone actually buy any of it?

The day of challenge, Protégé got up early and claimed an indoor booth when they saw it was going to rain. They had decided on an Asian theme and were selling rice-paper umbrellas and other Asian inspired items. Versacorp's previous confidence was dampened by their outdoor, rain-soaked location. Bill suggested a blow-out sale due to the low traffic in the outdoor areas. As the day wore on, however, things inside slowed down for Protégé. Heidi was aggravated by Kristi's lack of strong decision making, and felt they team should move outside if the weather cleared up. She and Omarosa made a plea to Kristi to move the booth outside in the hopes of increasing interest and sales. Elsewhere outside, Nick continued to consult with Katrina and the other women. He said it was because they had won four challenges, so why not get their feedback? As the sun peaked out through the Manhattan skyline, the after-church crowd descended on the flea market. Versacorp ended on a high note when they sold everything down to the tablecloth! Back at the suite, Protégé regrouped to tally the receipts. Omarosa was in charge of her team's finances and realized that they were missing over a $100. Kristi felt that Omarosa was setting her up for failure.
The next day in the boardroom, Carolyn and Bernie presented Donald with the flea market results. Carolyn started by saying that she initially thought Nick's team was going downhill because they only bought small and medium sized t-shirts. However, she admitted that they were able to pull it off and the team finished with a profit of over $600. Bernie then reported that Kristi's team tried to divide and conquer, which ultimately failed. They came in with a net loss of $75.78. Nick was finally on a winning team! As a reward, his group would pay a visit to Yankee's owner George Steinbrenner at Yankee Stadium. Over the course of 30 years, Steinbrenner has led the Yankees to 6 world championships, so Donald thought it fit that the winning team meet a true winner. Later, Kristi got very emotional and upset with herself for the team's loss.

As Nick and his team prepared for their outing to Yankee Stadium. Heidi conveyed her anger and frustration over her team's failure. She and Omarosa were sure that their heads were on the chopping block. Kristi tried to calm Heidi down, but Heidi didn't want to discuss it further. Yet, Heidi continued to discuss it loudly with Omarosa. Meanwhile, Kristi and Jessie tried to strategize about their boardroom appearance. Jessie advised Kristi to just be honest, humble and straightforward. She was a bit worried that Kristi would crumble under boardroom pressure.

Nick's group was much more upbeat as they pulled up to the Yankee Offices. Donald met them out front and together they arrived at George Steinbrenner's office. George told them that the secret to victory is desire. He advised them to always enjoy what they're doing. "You've got to want to do," he said. Tammy then asked George about his "bling-bling" – referring to his championship ring. The others were mortified by the comment, but George didn't seem to mind. Next, the group stepped out of the Owner's Box to have a closer look at the ballpark.

Next stop for Donald: The Boardroom. Kristi, Troy, Jessie, Heidi, Omarosa and Kwame filed in. Kristi started off by saying she tried to lead by group consensus, which she now realizes was not a good idea. Bernie chimed in that he saw a lot of errors in judgment, which may have somehow contributed to the missing cash. Donald admonished them for losing money, then asked Kwame which team member did a lousy job. Kwame said first it would be Kristi for being an ineffective leader, secondly Omarosa for losing track of the money. Not surprisingly, Omarosa assured Donald that she could have done a better job as project manager. What was surprising was that Jessie piped up to blame Kristi for the team's failure. Heidi remained quiet until Donald addressed her directly. When Donald asked Kristi to choose two team members to join her, she chose Heidi and Omarosa. Once everyone left the boardroom, Donald asked Carolyn and Bernie what they thought about Kristi's failure. Carolyn thought maybe Kristi is a good employee, but not a good employer. Donald still thought Kristi had potential, but would he fire her anyway? The three women were called back in for Donald's decision. He told Kristi that he thought she'd been a star up to this point, but he was disappointed that she didn't fight for herself in previous discussions. Kristi was fired!

Mamaschatzi:
I'm enjoying this show immensely.  I'm so glad they have moved it to Thursday after Survivor.  I had forgotton about American Idol until the last 10 minutes.  I was so mad.  

Bathfizzy:
I love this show too Mama.  I felt bad for Kristi because she was doing so well and it looked like Donald really liked her but she was very indecisive as Project Manager but then when you have the two biggest bags on your team I guess that was her downfall.  I missed the first 10 minutes so I don't how the teams were chosen.  I could not beleive the language spewing from Heidi's mouth.  Totally no class and not fit to run one of Donalds company.  I don't care for Omarossa either.  She is very cold, manipulative and out for herself (not good to run the Donald's business.)  And Tammy made some embarassing comments to George Steinbrenner.  Maybe she was just in awe of where she was.  I think this week's show Omarossa is the Project Manager.  I like to see her fail.  ohhhhh look at all the venom spewing from me. :-[

WENDY:
I am not sure I really like any of the women... yes- they were "smart" in the beginning but I feel like they are starting to crack and fal apart. I bet Donald takes a man in the end.... Hopefully those girls step it up a notch and BLING BLING till the end.. ha ha

puddin:
I taped the Apprentice last week and just got caught up watching it..is it me or is Omarosa a little sneaky?? All  Kristi had to do was defend herself..she took full blame for the lost money..It was like she threw in the towel and quit  ::)..I think that you may be right Wendy..I'm trusting the guys a lot more than the girls.. ;).

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