Let me begin by saying that I have not decided as of yet to continue doing recaps
of "The Apprentice".  I will be doing my usual recap of "Survivor" at my website,
www.survivorreview.com.  We'll just have to see what sort of mood I'm in next
week.  Frankly, I do enjoy The Apprentice more.   On to the recap…

We of course begin with the conclusion of last week's episode, when Trump fires
Brent.  Synergy returns to the loft and Gold Rush greets them.  They are also
happy that Brent is gone.  Lenny says that Brent was getting on his nerves.  Not
a good thing!  I wouldn't want to get on Lenny's nerves.  His pals in the MOSSAD might assassinate me.  LOL!  Later, Andrea and Roxanne exchange concerns as
Andrea did not appreciate some of Roxanne's boardroom remarks.  But the two
seem to straighten it out.  Roxanne wants to be Project Manager for the next task.

The next task is a doozey.  Both teams are gathered onboard a Norwegian cruise
liner.  Trump arrives with Viceroy Carolyn and wannabe-viceroy Bill, along with
two execs from Norwegian Cruise Line.  Trump explains that the cruise industry
does ten billion a year.  The teams are to each make a thirty second commercial.
But there is a catch.  The ship is sailing at 3PM sharp, so they must act fast.  With
time so crucial, Dan from Gold Rush just appoints himself PM and starts barking
orders.  The rest of GR is irritated by this, especially the two ladies, but a plan
begins to gel.  Lenny comes up with the idea of having a castaway rescued by
the cruise liner and then followed by scenes of the castaway enjoying all that the
ship has to offer.  The ladies pow-wow in the bathroom about how the whole thing
sucks and make several attempts to provide input to Dan, but he's not accepting
any.  Lee spends most of his time schmoozing with Bill and Carolyn.

Synergy also exploits Norwegian Cruise Line's theme of 'freestyle cruising', mean-
ing that customers can set their own agendas and not follow any particular sche-
dule of activities.  Both teams film their scenes in time and leave the ship before
it sails.  Now comes the editing of the commercials.  Gold Rush relies on Tarek
of Mensa to handle this.  He hits on using a lot of text super-imposed on the
scenes of the castaway enjoying himself.  Lenny says this is a bad idea, that they
should use a voice-over instead.  But Dan and Tarek veto any changes.  Over at
Synergy, Andrea and Tammy try to run rough-shod over Roxanne over cutting
the initial five seconds of their commercial.  The scene in question is of a couple
just sitting at a table not doing anything.  Roxanne argues that this scene sets
the theme for the rest, and is also irritated that Andrea and Tammy are not giving
her the support which she had given them when they were PM.  All of this ties in
with Trump's Message-of-the-Week:  Listen to your people.  Trump advises the
world that you should hire smart people and then listen to what they say.  DUH!!!

Both teams take turns presenting their commercials to the NCL execs.  Synergy
arrives wearing black blouses with blue scarves, the NCL colors.  Gold Rush opts
for ties instead.  The Donald arrives wearing a very nice magenta tie.  The execs
inform him that Synergy's commercial was better, as it used voice-over instead
of text-only to explain each scene.  Trump is satisfied and declares Synergy the
winner.  Once again, Synergy gets a great reward.  They are to visit the Brinks
Vault and check out diamonds.  They will even be allowed to take some home.
I have to laugh at this.  Thus far, Gold Rush has won for their rewards a day of
picking clothes out for poor people and a cooking lesson.  Synergy was won
lunch with Donald and a swim-with-shark  session.  Now they win diamonds!  I
guess it's good timing on their part.

The trip to Brinks is fun.  Everyone is hustled through a labyrinth of passage ways
and security checkpoints.  The vault itself is stuffed with sacks of cash, bars of
gold, and numerous trays of diamonds.  I'm waiting for Eric Idle to leap forward and sing 'The Money Song'.  The manager tells Synergy they have about
$100,000,000 in diamonds alone, on hand.  Each are given some diamonds
to play with and a short lesson on how to examine them.  The manager then says
that they can each keep one diamond from their lot.  Roxanne is permitted to
wear a tiara worth some $2,000,000.  Back at the loft, Dan and Tarek pow-wow
about what to do in the boardroom.  Tarek advises Dan to take both Lenny and Lee
back after the initial meeting.  Lenny and Lee are allies and they need to be broken
up.  Tarek also says that in the boardroom, Dan will not have any friends.  Dan
awaits for Tarek to say something like, "except for me", but it doesn't happen.
Dan gives Tarek a funny look and is now really worried.

It's boardroom time and Gold Rush enters and takes their seats.  The Donald then
arrives on cue.  Trump thinks their commercial stunk and wants to know who's
idea it was.  Lenny fesses up.  Donald says the last thing a cruise line wants is
any reference to castaways or trouble on the high seas.  Dan accepts that as PM,
he approved the idea and adds that the entire group liked it.  A major argument
then erupts concerning Leslie's attempt to intercede.  Charmaine backs her up,
saying that Leslie tried several times to let Dan know she had video production
experience and ideas to improve the commercial.  Dan acts like he's never seen
Leslie before.  The bickering goes on till Carolyn scolds them all for acting like
ten-year-olds.  The next topic of concern is Lee's schmoozing of Bill and Carolyn.
Dan says that Lee dropped the ball for the team by being preoccupied with ingra-
tiating himself with the viceroys.  Trump doesn't buy Dan's reasoning, and says
that it had no bearing on the failure.  When Trump asks Lee who'd he would fire,
Lee points the finger at Tarek over the use of text.  Lee lets Donald know that
Lenny had tried to argue for having a voice over instead of the text, but that Tarek
and Dan vetoed the suggestion.  Trump then goes after Tarek, poking more fun
at Mr Mensa.  Even Lenny joins in with a quip about taking an online test and pay-
ing $100 to get a Mensa membership.  Trump thinks Mensa needs to improve
their tests so that idiots like Tarek can't be a member.  The Donald then asks Dan
who will he bring back in to the boardroom.  Dan says Lee and Tarek.  Trump is
surprised by this and wants to know why Tarek, as it's obvious that the two are
allies.  Dan explains about the "no friends in the boardroom" remark.  Trump then
offers Dan to bring back a third person, namely Lenny.  Dan decides not to, as
then Lee and Lenny would gang up on him. 

Trump and his viceroys confer.  All are in agreement that Dan should be bringing
Lenny back in and not Lee.  Tarek is considered a failure regardless.  Trump
signals Robyn and the three return to meet their fate.  Most of the discussion falls
on Tarek's overall shortcomings, and Dan's poor choice of not bringing Lenny
back.  Lee is given a 'back to the loft for free' card by The Donald.  Tarek is drag-
ged through more ridicule as being not as bright as he claims to be.  But the
hammer falls on Dan for his decision to excuse Lenny.  Trump fires Dan.  Donald
then tells Lee and Tarek to pass along to Lenny that his days are numbered.  Dan
accepts the decision, and in fact was expecting the outcome.  In the cab, Dan is
not sullen at all, and in fact is happy that he'll be returning to his family.  Back at
the boardroom, the viceroys agree with The Boss.  Trump is satisfied, again!

SPOILERS:  Both teams are tasked with making a jingle for Arby's natural chicken
sandwich.  Neither team seems to have any musical talent, what so ever.  We
also get a clip of The Donald dancing.  Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!