Previously, Michelle was nicknamed “Johnny” for reasons most of us still can’t comprehend. Michelle hated the living conditions at camp. Michelle reluctantly became a project manager for half an Arrow. Michelle was a complete disaster. Michelle, sensing she’ll be fired, quit.
Oh yeah, and the next time you need an over-hyper person to emcee your next event, call James.
THE TEAMS
With Michelle walking merrily towards Inglewood, our teams consist of …
Kinetic: Heidi, Derek, Aimee, Marisa, Angela, Surya, Muna, Jenn, Kristine.
Arrow: Frank, James, Aaron, Stefani, Tim, Nicole.
SOMEONE GO HELP ARROW
The teams get a call from Trump. He looks for volunteers from Kinetic to go to Arrow. Marisa, Aimee and Surya volunteer. Arrow asks Surya to give up his room in the mansion and join their tribe. It may have seemed a mistake at first as Surya starts lecturing them about discipline, structure, and rules. What did Arrow get? A new teammate or a new head coach?
THE TASK
Executives Steve and Karen from El Pollo Loco, a chicken chain, ask the teams to create a new version of their Pollo Bowl and whoever sells the most of the new product wins. And for the first time, a former winner, our favourite Englishman (he says sarcastically), Sean, joins the fray to observe.
Aaron continues as project manager for Arrow. Stefani creates the “Chicken Tortilla Bowl” and they forge ahead. Kristine puts mango pineapple into Kinetic’s bowl.
This is where the animosity between Marisa and Heidi goes into full gear. Heidi and everyone back at the shop like the name “Paradise Pollo Bowl.” Derek and Marisa, in charge of marketing, don’t like it and Marisa suggests “Bravado Bowl.”
Heidi quickly says no. Marisa tries two more times and gets the same answer.
Arrow goes full boar with a party atmosphere. Big signage, balloons. Wow! Something’s going on at El Pollo Loco. Let’s check it out.
Kinetic’s restaurant looked as busy as the “Hair Cuttery” location Charmaine was running in season five. Dead. And despite asking customers if they want to try the new bowl, the paying public want what they’re comfortable with instead. Marisa and Derek are stuck standing outside giving samples. Marisa had suggested someone in a chicken suit. The restaurant had no special feel and only Marisa was trying to change that.
Arrow meanwhile has a huge lineup at their store. Aaron takes a chance, sending Frank and Tim to local businesses to try and get a bulk sale. It looked like a stupid move considering the horn-honking at the drive-thru but Frank and Tim do get an order for 22 bowls.
THE RESULT
Kinetic sold $315. Arrow, $480. Arrow wins!
THE REWARD
World renouned musician and singer Andrea Bocelli gives the team a private concert by the beach. Later the team is treated to a shrimp and lobster dinner. Tim then heads to the piano left behind by Bocelli and shows why he’s nicknamed “The Musician”. Nicole talks about her and Tim possibly having a connection. Hmmm …
The evening is ended with a huge fireworks display. Hell yeah, Arrow’s win deserves hugh pyrotechnics.
BACK AT CAMP: Kinetic finds that Arrow left the camp in what Muna called a “dis-goosting” state. (Muna is a contender for the Reality TV Honor Roll solely on the basis of that breathtaking accent of hers), and the team begins to clean up. While Arrow is shown dining on the lobster, Kinetic is shown dining on canned spaghetti.
Heidi decides she has to bring one marketing person (Guess who that might be), and one “point of sale” person. Heidi also says the only person on the team that really needs to be managed is Marisa.
THE BOARDROOM
Trump wasn’t impressed by Kristine’s fruit and chicken combo. Sean said Arrow convinced people to try the new bowl where they could not. Marisa claimed her ideas could have created a spectacle but were shot down by Heidi. Sean goes into a long speech which caused viewers to yell at their TV, “Sean, you’ve won this show already. Shut up, will ya?”
Marisa defended the chicken suit saying the restaurant’s English translation is “The Crazy Chicken”. Aimee says Marisa is the weakest member of the team and Muna (with that amazing accent again) comments that Marisa is not a team player. Heidi brings Marisa and Aimee to the boardroom.
Marisa is very surprised that she was brought back, despite the fact that everyone (spare for Angela, who hasn’t muttered one word since episode one), saying she was the one they’d fire.
Marisa again tries to defend herself but Trump fires her anyway, saying he has to listen to the team. I bet he regretted it while watching the episode at home.
MARISA:
Had a couple of ideas that would have brought a lot more life into their team’s task. And Heidi without taking any time to think about them whatsoever, shot her down. Then Heidi rallied the team to point their guns at Marisa in the boardroom. The bloom is off the rose, Miss Hottie! Someone did make a huge mistake in this episode. Donald Trump. Worst Firing Ever.
Have a good Super Sunday everyone and we’ll talk to ya in a couple of weeks.
