"The Home Stretch" - May 12
As we prepare to see who is
going to become the Apprentice, we have one more task
left to watch and evaluate before the winner is chosen.
As you may remember, Kendra was assigned the Best Buy
World video game championships and Tana, the NYC 2012
Sports exhibition. Worse yet, each was given their own
set of dysfunctional children to work with. Chris,
Kristen and Brian were assigned to Tana while Michael,
Danny, and Erin were given to Kendra.
Opening up, Kendra was attempting to remedy the
Playstation game space (basement) as Sony had threatened
to pull sponsorship. Kendra assigned the job to Michael
figuring that the job wasnt anything that a few posters
couldnt fix.
Meanwhile at the restructured Net Worth, Chris and Brian
are changing the locations for hanging banners, peeving
Kristen, who complains to Tana and thus revolves the
circle of pain and torment. This is only a taste of the
hell that is to come for Net Worth however, as the next
morning it seems as if some of Tanas troops are less
than willing to wake up. In one of the few ugly moments
she has had on the show, Tana showed us how Iowa moms
deal with children who dont get to school on time (and
believe me, its not pretty). Fortunately, after a
little extra goading, the whole team is out the door.
Meanwhile, Magna is getting ready to rumble as they are
constructing a boxing ring to match the theme of the
headlining video game, Fight Night 2. Even better, upon
a second inspection of the newly refurbished Playstation
game space, Sony is more than content with the changes
that have been made. In fact, the quality of work was so
good that it even got the George Ross seal of approval.
Things are looking up at Webster Hall
Chris, who is on of the few people actually putting
forth effort, is getting aggravated at the lack of
organization on the Net Worth side. He tries to get Tana
to give him more detailed information but he is quickly
brushed off. However, brushing off the Governor of New
York wont be as easy for Tana as his aide consistently
demands of a schedule from her which she does not
produce. Amongst this and multiple other complaints,
Tana was hit with the atomic bomb. Apparently someone
who made the souvenir programs added additional
unflattering information about the athletes,
(::cough
.KRISTEN!...cough::). Tana immediately pulled
all of the programs and worked to squash this
potentially career-crushing faux-pas.
Enter the Governator (sorry, wrong Governor). George
Pataki enters with smiles and talks it up with Trump,
meaning as Tana puts it, that it is showtime. In
organizing the processional of flags the Governor wanted
to march with the American flag, and while the flags of
nearly 100 nations were held by the children, no
American flag was to be found. That is until you look
up. Hanging up in the rafters is the American Flag, but
the flag is not in the hands of the NYC youth. So, with
an introduction from Bruce Jenner, and a speech from the
Governor, the games begin.
Now, while everything might be running smoothly if this
were a regular event, this is a reality show therefore
something must go wrong. Chris is working with the
athletes to make sure that they will have enough warm-up
time and accordingly he adjusted the time of their final
race. When Tana came over and joined the conversation
two minutes after it was done, she negated Chris
decision and Carolyn noted that she somewhat berated her
team for any and every problem that might arise.
Regardless, Tana is confident as she is amazed at how
well things were accomplished and feels that we are,
looking at the next Apprentice. Positivity can only
get you so far, my dear.
However, positivity is getting Kendra everywhere, as all
of the sponsors seem to love what she has accomplished.
After a stop to thank rapper Fabolous for hosting,
Kendra enters the ring with the Donald to kick off the
event. As easy as that, people are beating the crap out
of each other, and the Donald gets knocked out by a
girl
in the video game of course. In what isnt that
detailed of a point of view, we are led to believe that
everything has run smoothly on the Magna side. Kendra is
even made a job offer from one of the video game
insiders. Of course, there has to be something to argue
in next weeks finale, so lets head back to Trump
Tower.
Both candidates feeling extremely confident rehash the
tasks and Tana quickly becomes irked that Kendras team
seemed to be much more cooperative than her Net Worth
counterparts. Not caring, the two combatants hug and
cry, before getting some well deserved rest. All right,
enough with the nice stuff, on to the boardroom.
While discussions started out with praises of both
candidates for successful events, Tana is quickly
attacked for the lack of the presence of the American
flag. A quick explanation of the expectation that it was
packed in with the other flags suffices as an admission
of fault. Then the Donald attacks Kendra for leaving
Danny alone in a meeting with high level corporate
sponsors claiming that she should have known that he was
a loose cannon. Kendra somewhat babbles around this
issue claiming that Danny swiped the sponsors without
her knowledge, sufficing the Donalds curiosity.
Then, at the core of this boardroom came the question of
education to which Tana responded that she felt she was
just as qualified as Kendra. Kendra rebuked this,
claiming that when she starts something she finishes it,
pointing out that Tana spent 3 years in college and then
quit. Tana admits to quitting but only so that she could
stay with her husband as start a family raising
children, forcing the Donald to immediately back off.
As far as records go, Kendra is 3-0 while Tanas sole
loss came at Kendras hands. The employees have not been
heard from yet, but we can be sure that they will have
fun griping about the taskmasters that were once their
equals. Further, the question is on the table of whether
Kendras effort garners more merit because of its clean
execution or if Tana should be rewarded for succeeding
in the face of adversity. Its going to be a jam-packed
hour next week, and after youve imbibed on your fill of
the Apprentice, your GSNN recap will be there in the
morning to help you sober up. So until then, may the
Trump be with you. |