Are there ANY rules at all on The Apprentice? As gossip-worthy as it may be when Trump makes things up as he goes along, he threatens to undercut viewer loyalty in doing so. Firing four people at once was exciting and unexpected, sure... but it didn't feel fair to the players. The responsibility for such a devastating defeat fell on project manager Josh-- who, up until now, had my money riding on him to go all the way. He should have realized the problem with their plan when the batting cage started to dominate, and adjusted accordingly to correct it. Jennifer could be justly critized for not meeting her own hype, but Josh called the play. You can say the other two guys should have focused on sales, but they were just doing what their project manager asked them to do. They worked together well, they were just working from a poor playbook. The responsibility for that shouldn't fall on the rank-and-file, and by firing them en masse Trump has once again demonstrated how to be a crappy boss.
And on an entirely different level, was that sound I heard in the background Mark Burnett having a heart attack? In a single stroke, Trump just deleted three episodes from the series. Are we going to get three extra clip shows now? Will they bring in alternates? Will they perhaps expand the final four interviews-- which I thought was the most fascinating part of past seasons-- into a full episode? They've got a contract to fill, and now they're three people short. Brilliant.
Posted by Peter at October 28, 2005 12:38 PM