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A Dose of Reality: The Apprentice 2 - Episode 6: The Cat Walk
by Beth Gottfried Published: October 15, 2004
This week's episode brought some more juice to the table. The gals stepped up to the plate, well a few. Once again, our token munchkin/Wicked Witch of the West just ruined the first half of the show for me. After making the "We've been hard core, let's be harder core" pep talk to the chicas, I thought I was going to gag. I shouldn’t be so harder on Stacy, she's just so terribly unlikable. If I have to hear her repeat, "Mr. Trump, do you want another Enron on your hands because that's Pamela." again I think I just may be required to devote an entire supplementary column to her w-h-I-n-y ways. Some people were blessed with the gift of rhetoric and eloquence; let's face it, Stacy aint one of 'em.
LET'S GET DOWN TO THE HEMLINE
Trump Model Management grosses $2 Gazillion a year in revenue. Just kidding, but Trump does say that New York is the Fashion Capital of the World. Silly me, here I thought it was Paris. Backtrack: Visual of Kevin picking up the phone in his boxers. None of my fantasies could even conjure up a hotter bod. We now return to our chronological sequence of events. The goal of the week is to produce new clothing lines that will showcase an emerging designer at the Avon Fall Fashion Show. Whichever team earns the most $$ based on how many stores at the show are interested in picking up their product line, wins.
Maria is Project Manager of Apex, Her qualifications for this week's role: she minored in Home Ec and her mom was a Home Ec teacher. I didn't know people actually went to college for this and I'm not sure what it has to do with fashion, but hey , baking a cake sometimes requires putting out fires, and with Elizabeth arguing every possible issue, Maria definitely has her hands full. Or should I say her oven mitts ?
Mosaic's Project Manager, John, opts for Elsa's designs. As resident high maintenance drama boy (must be a CANCER, astrologically speaking), John does a good job looking pouty and brooding, but I don't personally see the boy sweat very much and I can't say I have much respect for him. There isn't enough discipline in him and personally speaking that stuff gets old after a while. The guys separate with Kevin and Wes going to the buyers to assess the market and to determine the pricing of the product line. The rest of the men: Kelly, Chris, Raj, and John go to Parsons School of Design to sketch out designs. Lacking any cohesion/focus, Kelly decides to take control and rescues the team from its delinquency, sketching away like a pro Designer. Chris makes a statement about Kelly wearing "pink camouflage underwearS." A few things stump me about that statement, but I'll go with the obvious: PINK CAMOUFLAGE???
Over at Apex, the gals are doing well. Having rid the team of Elizabeth and her meddling ways, Maria, Sandy, and Ivana are getting a lot of work accomplished. Aside from the camera panning an unflattering shot of Sandy's bad root job, it's a class act. Is Trump's tacky vernacular rubbing of on me?? The girls play dress up with the clothes and are in good form going into the fashion show.
The men appear to be in reverse form. Transforming into dorkier versions of their already dorky selves; Raj, Andy, and the rest of the guys, flirt with the models shamelessly and act like teenager boys who have just discovered their first hard-on. Guys, get over it. The chics over at Apex are just as beautiful, if not more so. You'd think these men lived in monastery by the way they act when they are in the presence of an attractive woman, when in reality they are sharing a penthouse with some of America's most photogenic women. Trump hand picked them so you can be sure there are no eye sores, or women over 100 lbs for that matter. Before you refute my comment, the camera adds 10 lbs. Think about it.
Raj is screwing up royally sucking all the energy out of poor Elsa. Kelly finally intervenes and tells him to step aside and let Elsa do her thang. This came after Elsa's "This guy is asking the stupidest questions." comment. I may not speak German, but I do well with universal signs of moronese. I've sat thru 3 presidential debates in the past few weeks. John looks on as Kelly reprimands Raj, secretly thinking, "Man I wish I'd thought of that." Yes John, but then you'd have to grow some balls and I don't see that happening anytime soon. Do you?
FINALLY!
After the fashion show, the teams reassemble. The guys are clad in sunglasses (inside), all cool and fashion-like. Personally, unless you're Prince or Elvis, you don’t need to be wearing sunglasses indoors. You're just not worthy. And these guys are far from that exalted status which is why I couldn't be too heartbroken when the gals grossed triple the amount in sales. Besides, as much as Apex gets on my last nerve sometimes (or most of the time), they needed a win. There just wasn't any competition going on. As a prize, the gals get to attend a Hugo Boss Celebrity party with Cirque de Soleil freaks contorting their body in unnatural ways. The only "celeb" I see in the mix is Lil' Kim and I'm sure she was paid a pretty penny by Trump just to attend for like 5 minutes. Can I have her life? Or maybe just her breasts? Oh wait, they're silicone, never mind. I'd be too tempted to poke at them with sharp needles while intoxicated. Speaking of breasts, did you get a load of Stacy's push up bra? The lot was overflowing and it wasn't a pretty sight.
In the boardroom, John decides to take Kevin and Andy down with him. As Kevin was in charge of the pricing, this makes sense. However, Wes was also in charge of pricing and he was spared the execution round. Inevitably this is what gets John fired. He had no place bringing Andy in for personal reasons. And honestly, maybe I'm witnessing a different Andy from the one John described, but I think Andy has demonstrated some strength as a leader. He's stepped up to plate on more than one occasion. More shocking was Carolyn defending John and disappointed in Trump's decision. More disturbing however and further testament of Trump's poor people assessment, he says" John is outstanding. I hate firing people so good." Since when did whiny, ineffectual mama's boys make good leaders? I'm with George on this one. Andy's a keeper.
DISCLAIMER: POTENTIAL SPOILER
No confirmation, but I foresee Kelly and Jennifer M in the final two. Also Pamela will be back to raise more havoc before season's end. Or maybe just to get her just desserts. And no, Maria won't be cooking.