Craig and Kendra wait to see who survived. Craig says it’s the toughest boardroom to call.
Tana arrives, yelling, “Honey! I’m home!”
Tana says this is destiny.
Kendra is concerned at how close Tana and Craig are. She feels like it’s her against the two of them.
Craig answers the phone the next morning with an Afro pick in his hair, immediately bumping him up to the top of my list. They are to meet Trump in the penthouse of Trump Towers.
They meet The Don on the 90th floor of Trump World Towers. Interview time. Interviews with the CEOs of Dominos, Burger King, QVC, and a large real estate company whose name I missed. Someone’s getting fired today.
Tana interviews with the QVC CEO. She stresses her entrepreneurial spirit.
Craig interviews with the Domino’s CEO. He gets pretty tongue-tied.
Kendra interviews with the real estate CEO. Kendra stresses her desire to become a developer.
The Burger King CEO notes that Craig has jumped around from job to job.
Questions are flying much faster than I can type, so I give up. Just note that they have all been put through the wringer, and let’s leave it at that. Hey, I’m a recapper, not a transcriber!
The Don meets with the CEOs.
The Domino’s CEO says he would hire Tana. Craig was hard to pin down, and Kendra was too assertive.
Tana, Craig, and Kendra pack.
The QVC CEO says she would hire Tana. Craig was interesting but had no substance. She felt that Kendra was completely scripted.
The Douglas Owen CEO says he would hire Kendra. Craig wants to change too much stuff, and Tana can’t make it in the big city.
The Burger King CEO says Craig was too hard to pin down, Kendra was aggressive, and Tana was a balance between the two.
The Don thanks the CEO’s and calls for the apprentices.
Tana, Craig, and Kendra enter the boardroom.
The Don tells Craig that the CEO’s felt Craig lacked substance, and he has to go by what they think, so “Craig, You’re Fired.” Craig thanks The Don and leaves. Well, I guess The Don’s really hiring a chick.
In the cab, he says he did a poor job of really getting deep with the CEO’s and that cost him.
The Don congratulates Tana and Kendra and tells them to get a good night’s rest, because the next day they have the mother of all tasks to do.
In the suite, Kendra and Tana celebrate.
There’s a bottle of Dom and a picture book of all the fallen Apprentices. They reminisce on all those who are gone.
The next day, Kendra and Tana hit the boardroom. The Don talks to them via video. Time for their final tasks. Kendra will run a video game competition at Webster Hall for EA and Best Buy, while Tana will run a sports competition at Chelsea Piers to promote NYC2012. Whoever does the best job is the new Apprentice.
Their employees come in. Kendra gets Danny, Michael, and Erin. Tana gets Chris, Brian, and Kristen,
George points out that they can use or not use these people as they see fit. It’s up to their discretion.
The employees leave, and Tana says she has a question. Tana wants to know if they can swap people, and George says no. Part of the challenge is working with difficult employees.
Back in the suite, Tana thinks it’s a sick joke. Tana gets all the tempers, Kendra gets a bunch of scatterbrains. Kendra is worried that her fate rests in these people’s hands.
Kendra calls her Magna employees. Michael can tell she’s not too happy with her selection of employees, but he thinks they’ll do fine.
They arrive at Webster Hall and get shown around. Kendra says they need to begin to get their plan together.
Tana meets up with her employees. Kristen tries to put on a positive spin. Tana seems less than enthused. They have to juggle a wide variety of sporting events. Tana tells them she trusts them to make any decisions on whatever she puts them in charge of.
At Webster Hall, Kendra tries to get everyone on the same page. The Best Buy people show up, and Danny has to start the meeting without Kendra, who is not around. He opens the meeting with a little jingle, which goes over like a lead balloon. Danny begins to bomb badly. The Best Buy execs openly ask where Kendra is. They say that they have no clue what will be going on, and they’re frankly concerned. Erin goes looking for Kendra.
Kendra shows up to the meeting. She’s pissed at Danny, and pulls the Best Buy execs from the meeting. She shows them around the hall, and the Best Buy people are impressed with her and her vision.
At Chelsea Piers, Net Worth heads off to meet the heads of NYC2012. Tana rides to the meeting with Caroline, and lets Caroline know how frustrated she is with her choices.
Chris, Kristen, and Brian drive to the meeting and immediately begin to argue. Kristen and Brian rip on Chris for not keeping up with Tana’s limo.
Tana, Caroline, and Brian go to the meeting while Kristen and Chris look for a place to park. As Tana tries to hold the meeting, Kristen and Chris blow up her cell, and Tana has to leave the meeting to Brian and deal with them.
Chris complains that they can’t find a parking space on Wall Street during work hours. Tana tells him to deal with it and goes back to the meeting. Kristen is pissed and says that she’s tired of getting screwed on tasks and that she’s not going to get screwed this time.
At Webster Hall, Michael takes receipt of the Playstation kiosks and takes them to the basement, since the agreement with EA specifies that no one share their space. Kendra meets with the Playstation exec and shows her around. The hall looks jacked. Kristen promises to make it look better before morning. The Playstation exec says if their area doesn’t look cool, they’re pulling out.
TO BE CONTINUED…
