TV Review: The Apprentice: L.A. - Episode 5
Published February 12, 2007
By this time I usually have a handle on which team will win the task despite not having the Business Tips as we did in past seasons. But, both teams seemed to do fine with the harvesting, then fell apart from that point forward.
Aimee was useless as PM, at least from the editing we saw. There were lots of shots of her looking lost, getting coffee and other oh-so-important endeavors. But then, Aaron wasn't leading his team much better. At least Arrow had lots of fun on the assembly line. How long will the good times last? Well, at least until the boardroom.
Both teams had a decent price for the product. I actually think that Arrow had an edge on promotions until Derek took matters into his own hands and donned a beekeeper's suit going around the store. That seems to be where the tides turned in favor of Kinetic.
The initial boardroom was led by Sean with Trump via a conference call from his Minnesota Trump Groupies Cult Meeting. Um. His motivational speech. Yeah, that's it.
I don't know. The crowd looked brainwashed to me. After all, if they think he should be President, something must be in the water.
Both teams had weak leaders, so either could have lost. In the end, Arrow sold 217 jars for a total of $775 while Kinetic sold 345 jars for a total of $836. Kinetic trumped Arrow. For their reward, Kinetic attended a training camp given by the Los Angeles Lakers. Until I saw them there, I wasn't thinking it much of a reward. But the focus was on teamwork and I think it would have been better than a Trump Motivational Brainwashing.
Back at Arrow, two things were obvious. One was that Aaron didn't do well as the Project Manager of the task. He offered little to no direction at all. The second obvious thing was that Surya would be a target as he had just joined the team recently from Kinetic. They liked him when they were winning, but losing is something entirely different. Surya realized immediately that he was in danger and talked over the hedge to Derek from Kinetic. Yep, Aimee (who sits in on the firing as PM of the winning team) would make sure Surya wasn't thrown under the proverbial bus.
- TV Review: The Apprentice: L.A. - Episode 5
- Published: February 12, 2007
- Type: Review
- Section: Video
- Filed Under: Video: Television, Video: TV Recap, Video: Reality TV
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Why wasn't Arrow exempted from the task this time around. Seems I remember Kinetic got a reward and an exemption. Meanwhile Arrow was split for a head to head bus feascos. Doesn't consistancy mean anything in business? This is the most lopsided and lame reward & punishment system to date. Apprentice 6 has surpassed #5 on the LAME-o-meter.
Caption for pic: Tongue twister
"Four Fat Fish Fly high in the sky."
Now have apprenti repeat the tongue twister. Then have apprenti repeat the tongue twister again this time using the hand gesture (you bet... that one!) when the /f/ sound is made. It helps aprenti identify the /f/ sound if they drag it out. Say the tongue twister slowly with me "Ffffffffour Fffffffffaaaatt Ffffffiiish youuuuurrrr're Fffiiiirrrreeeedddd."