I'm tired of the same old tasks--make a marketing pitch for a product. There is certainly more to business (and Trump's business) than this constant hyping of product. If these "contestants" are as smart, competitive, etc as he keeps saying they are, then surely the producers can come up with tasks that utilize finance, legal, and operations and give the viewers a new and fresh view of businesses.

The storyline has gotten really, really old.

How satisfying to see Clay finally get fired. What a jerk. I have co-workers who bug me sometimes, but I can't even imagine working with someone like that!

So glad he's gone. . .but shows like this lose something when all of the "villains" are gone!

I just can't believe how smug he was about everything. I love how he thinks that everyone is going to fail at their tasks now that her is gone. Whatever dude you aren't that special..no matter what yo mamma said.

I feel, though, as if the lovely Rebecca should've taken the fall. Sure, Clay may be an obnoxious prat, but Rebecca made a terrible decision. The whole point of something like XM Radio is to deliver to niche markets. You can't say, "Well, this channel is for devotees of Mongolian throat-singing, but let's give them a death metal song instead." This sure looked like a case where she became enamored of a singer and decided to "challenge" the listeners and make them like her choice, even though she really sensed it wasn't a perfect fit. She kept going on about how the listeners would be sophisticated and intelligent, and that just sounded like she was trying to argue herself into believing that they'd go for Jide, even though she knew his sound didn't match the station's mission.

Not sure if any other Apprentice-watchers are working today. . .If I had to pick a favorite of the Final 4, it would be Randal. There is no one in my mind who obviously doesn't belong in the Final 4, but I will say Alla (sp?) seems a bit harsh to me. Not so sure I could work for her.

I like Randal. I think he would be the best for the job. Alla to me really has not done much. She lets others come up with the ideas and she picks what she likes best and goes with it. I do agree with the firing last night but I think Alla should have been there too. She was PM and was just as responsible for the decision of using the buggies as the guy. She didn't disagree with him.

Who was fired Thursday night?

I agree about Alla-I am suprised the Donald let her off the hook so easily. Although it was Adams idea, they all agreed to it, and the amount of the budget that the carraiges ate up limited the labor budget. The carraiges would have been ok on a smaller scale, to allow more $ for the labor. I was somewhat suprised Trump, et al were so impressed with Randall and Rebecca "stealing" the megaphones.

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I was somewhat suprised Trump, et al were so impressed with Randall and Rebecca "stealing" the megaphones.

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That didn't really surprise me. I thought they would like what they did. I thought it was quite clever and funny.

Yes, it was Adam. His team, led by Alla, lost by five phone calls. Considering that Randal's team had 60 temps walking around with sandwich boards bearing the 800 number, and Alla's team had only 15, arguably her group got a better return on their labor investment or deployed them more wisely. So Trump was right to say that just one or two more temps would've pushed them over the top. But they blew 60+% of their $10,000 budget on Adam's pet idea of plastering carriages with the ad, and those adhesive pictures just looked terrible.

Of course, Alla helped her numbers along by basically stopping random people, dialing the 800 number herself on her own cellphone, and then having them put in the request for the free product.

So our F4 are Alla, Felisha, Randal, and Rebecca. Felisha has done all right, but she's been Alla's puppet for the most part. Rebecca has done little other than be intense. Randal, on review, actually hasn't done a whole lot either other than have five degrees. His contributions seem to be to mainly add quiet value to a team and keep people stabilized. Alla is ferocious and has shown mad skillz, but it's unlikely Mr. Trump will hire a former stripper. I mean, I know that's held my own career back a few times.

I was surprised but happy that both ladies got fired last night. While Alla has been competent, she showed her true colors last night. I was so mad when they showed them in a restaurant and Felisha was crying her eyes out, then a clip of Alla talking about how when people act like that, she just has to sit back and laugh. And all the while, Felisha kept talking about how Alla was a caring person, etc. Yep, if you mean caring about herself! My vote is on Randal for the win.

2 got the boot? - I wasn't able to watch - who is gone and who is left? Anyone? ...thanks I appreciate the update

Rebecca and Randall are the last 2 left. Alla dn the other girl both got fired.

thank you

I had to laugh when Alla started to get up after Felicia was fired and Donald told her to sit. She knew what was coming after that. Alla and Felicia together was a nightmare. Alla is so brash, and Felicia was so afraid Alla was going to outshine her throughout the task that they just couldn't get it together. They both deserved it. My vote is also for Randal to win.

It will definitely be interesting to see who wins - they both have their strengths. The dynamic I find very interesting (and I am fairly confident that the producers are thinking about this) is that to date, they have not had a woman or a minority win. This year's edition will now definitely address one of those issues.

The last apprentice was a woman.

I was really impressed with Randal last night. He may not have the most brilliant (risky?) ideas, but he wants to keep things rolling and doesn't need to make a scene to do so. He called Rebecca out of the room last night and helped her make a Project Manager decision without forcing it on her. He is my pick for the win also.

any chance they both do great in the final task and Donald hires them both? - he's fired more than one at a time, could happen

Did anyone else find it funny, when Rebecca was talking about how great her boyfriend was, how he stuck with her through thick and thin, blah, blah blah. Of course he stuck with you no matter what, you are much better looking than him. That guy was a mess.

Hey, DS I love your screen name! I don't watch the apprentice, but I just had to view the post to see what "DSchrute" was saying! I laughed out loud just seeing the name.

don't want to hijack the thread, sorry!