The Apprentice (US Season 2) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Apprentice 2 is the second season of The Apprentice
The Apprentice (U.S. TV series)
The Apprentice is an American reality television show hosted by real estate magnate, businessman and television personality Donald Trump, created by Mark Burnett and broadcast on NBC...

, which began on September 9, 2004 on NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

. It featured 18 candidates, whereas the first season only featured 16.

Three new twists were introduced to The Apprentice this season. First, each team was unexpectedly forced to trade one member of their team for a member of the other team, resulting in a male on the female team, and a female on the male team. The traded members then became the project managers for the first task. Second, it was revealed that the project manager of the winning team would not be eligible for firing the following week.

Finally, the losing project manager could choose either two or three people to bring to the boardroom to be considered for firing. Surprisingly, the option to take three people to the boardroom was only used twice, with the first person (Ivana Ma) to bring in three people had been pressured by Trump to do so. Although this season did not match the ratings of the first and dropped out of the Top 10 Nielsen, it still performed strongly overall, ranking #11 with an average of 16.14 million viewers.

Teams

Team 1	Team 2
Apex	Mosaic

Applicants

Detailed information on the candidates in this season can be found at The Apprentice 2 candidates
The Apprentice 2 candidates
This page gives biographical information on the eighteen candidates on The Apprentice 2:Kevin Allen, Raj Bhakta, Maria Boren, Bradford Cohen, Jennifer Crisafulli, Pamela Day, Sandy Ferreira, Rob Flanagan, Elizabeth Jarosz, Stacie Jones Upchurch, Andy Litinsky, Ivana Ma, Jennifer Massey, Wes Moss,...

.

Candidate	Age	Residence	Result
Kelly Perdew Kelly Perdew Kelly Crawford Perdew of Carlsbad, California was the winner of The Apprentice 2.-Before The Apprentice:Perdew was born in Lexington, Kentucky and was raised in Florida and Wyoming... - Software Executive	37	Carlsbad, California Carlsbad, California -2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Carlsbad had a population of 105,328. The population density was 2,693.1 people per square mile . The racial makeup of Carlsbad was 87,205 White, 1,379 African American, 514 Native American, 7,460 Asian, 198 Pacific Islander, 4,189 from other...	Hired by Trump
Jennifer Massey - Attorney	30	San Francisco, California San Francisco, California San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...	Fired in the Season Finale
Sandy Ferreira - Bridal Salon Owner	28	Rockville, Maryland Rockville, Maryland Rockville is the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is a major incorporated city in the central part of Montgomery County and forms part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. The 2010 U.S...	Fired in week 14²
Kevin Allen - Law Student	29	Chicago, Illinois	Fired in week 14²
Ivana Ma - Venture Capitalist	28	Boston, Massachusetts	Fired in week 13
Andy Litinsky Andy Dean (radio host) Andy Dean is an American radio talk show host and political commentator. Beginning on August 8, 2011 his show "America Now with Andy Dean" is syndicated nationally on Premiere Radio Networks. His previous radio show, "The Andy Dean Program" was broadcast on WSB in Atlanta, Georgia... - Recent Harvard Graduate	23	Boca Raton, Florida Boca Raton, Florida Boca Raton is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA, incorporated in May 1925. In the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 74,764; the 2006 population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 86,396. However, the majority of the people under the postal address of Boca Raton, about...	Fired in week 12
Wes Moss - Private Wealth Manager	28	Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...	Fired in week 11¹
Maria Boren - Marketing Executive	31	Virginia Beach, Virginia Virginia Beach, Virginia Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay...	Fired in week 11¹
Chris Russo - Stockbroker	30	Long Island, New York	Fired in week 10
Raj Bhakta Raj Bhakta Raj Peter Bhakta is an entrepreneur and American public figure. Bhakta was a contestant on the second season of the reality show The Apprentice... - Real Estate Developer	28	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...	Fired in week 9
Elizabeth Jarosz - Consulting Firm Owner	31	Marina del Ray, California	Fired in week 8
Stacy Rotner - Attorney	26	New York, New York	Fired in week 7
John Willenborg - Marketing Director	24	San Francisco, California San Francisco, California San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...	Fired in week 6
Pamela Day - Investment Firm Partner	32	San Francisco, California San Francisco, California San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...	Fired in week 5
Jennifer Crisafulli - Real Estate Agent	31	New York, New York	Fired in week 4
Stacie Jones Upchurch - Restaurateur	35	New York, New York	Fired in week 3
Bradford Cohen - Attorney	33	Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...	Fired in week 2
Rob Flanagan - Corporate Branding Salesman	32	Frisco, Texas Frisco, Texas Frisco is an affluent city in Collin and Denton Counties in the U.S. state of Texas and a rapidly growing suburb of Dallas. As of the 2010 Census, 116,989 people were living in Frisco up from 33,714 in the previous census. Frisco was the fastest growing city in the United States in 2009, and also...	Fired in week 1

¹ - In an unannounced move, Trump fired two candidates week 11. Boren was fired first.

² - As planned, Trump fired two candidates week 14. Allen was fired first.

Weekly results

Candidate	Week 1 team	Week 5 team	Week 7 team	Week 11 team	Week 12 team	Application result	Record as project manager
Kelly Perdew	Mosaic	Mosaic	Mosaic	Apex	Apex	Hired by Trump	3-0 (win in weeks 2, 10, & 12)
Jennifer Massey	Apex	Apex	Apex	Apex	Mosaic	Fired in the Season Finale	1-0 (win in week 7)
Sandy Ferreira	Apex	Apex	Mosaic	Mosaic	Mosaic	Fired in week 14	2-0 (win in weeks 9 & 13)
Kevin Allen	Mosaic	Mosaic	Apex	Apex	Apex	Fired in week 14	2-0 (win in weeks 3 & 11)
Ivana Ma	Apex	Apex	Apex	Apex	Apex	Fired in week 13	0-2 (loss in weeks 2 & 13)
Andy Litinsky	Mosaic	Mosaic	Mosaic	Mosaic	Mosaic	Fired in week 12	1-1 (win in week 8, loss in week 12)
Wesley Moss	Mosaic	Mosaic	Mosaic	Mosaic		Fired in week 11	0-2 (loss in weeks 7 & 11)
Maria Boren	Apex	Apex	Mosaic	Mosaic		Fired in week 11	1-0 (win in week 6)
Chris Russo	Mosaic	Mosaic	Apex			Fired in week 10	1-1 (win in week 5, loss in week 10)
Raj Bhakta	Mosaic	Mosaic	Apex			Fired in week 9	1-1 (win in week 4, loss in week 9)
Elizabeth Jarosz	Apex	Apex	Apex			Fired in week 8	0-2 (loss in weeks 3 & 8)
Stacy Rotner	Apex	Apex	Mosaic			Fired in week 7
John Willenborg	Mosaic	Mosaic				Fired in week 6	0-1 (loss in week 6)
Pamela Day	Mosaic	Apex				Fired in week 5	0-2 (loss in weeks 1 & 5)
Jennifer Crisafulli	Apex					Fired in week 4	0-1 (loss in week 4)
Stacie Jones Upchurch	Apex					Fired in week 3
Bradford Cohen	Apex					Fired in week 2	1-0 (win in week 1)
Rob Flanagan	Mosaic					Fired in week 1

Elimination chart
Candidate	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	16
Kelly	IN	WIN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	WIN	IN	WIN	BR	IN	HIRED
Jennifer M.	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	WIN	IN	IN	IN	IN	BR	IN	IN	FIRED
Sandy	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	WIN	IN	BR	BR	WIN	FIRED
Kevin	IN	IN	WIN	IN	IN	BR	IN	IN	BR	BR	WIN	IN	BR	FIRED
Ivana	IN	LOSE	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	BR	BR	IN	IN	FIRED
Andy	BR	IN	IN	IN	IN	BR	BR	WIN	IN	IN	BR	FIRED
Wes	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	LOSE	IN	IN	IN	FIRED
Maria	IN	IN	BR	IN	BR	WIN	IN	IN	IN	IN	FIRED
Chris	IN	IN	IN	IN	WIN	IN	IN	IN	IN	FIRED
Raj	IN	IN	IN	WIN	IN	IN	IN	IN	FIRED
Elizabeth	IN	IN	LOSE	BR	IN	IN	IN	FIRED
Stacy R.	IN	IN	IN	BR	BR	IN	FIRED
John	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	FIRED
Pamela	LOSE	IN	IN	IN	FIRED
Jennifer C.	IN	BR	IN	FIRED
Stacie J.	IN	BR	FIRED
Bradford	WIN	FIRED
Rob	FIRED

The contestant was hired and won the competition.

The contestant won as project manager on his/her team.

The contestant lost as project manager on his/her team.

The contestant was brought to the final boardroom.

The contestant was fired.

The contestant lost as project manager and was fired.

Week 1: Toying with Disaster

Air date: September 9 (A special 2 hour version aired on NBC on September 11)
Corporate shuffle: Initially, the team were divided by their gender, just like in the previous season. But when the candidates settled into Trump Tower, they were given instructions before their first task. In their first opportunity to "roll with the punches", both groups had to give up one person that would not only serve on the opposing team, but become the project manager for the first task as well. Both Bradford and Pamela volunteered to go to the other side and lead their new teams.
Project managers: Pamela (Mosaic) and Bradford (Apex)
Task: Develop a new toy for Mattel
Mattel
Mattel, Inc. is the world's largest toy company based on revenue. The products it produces include Fisher Price, Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels and Matchbox toys, Masters of the Universe, American Girl dolls, board games, and, in the early 1980s, video game consoles. The company's name is derived from...

. The product deemed most viable would be the winner.
Trump monologue: Be Quick But Be Careful - To be quick and not careful is a bad decision. Trump prefers is somebody carefully takes their time and makes the right decision; but a good decision made quickly is the best combination.
Result: The team with mostly men (Mosaic) developed a line of mutated animal Transformers called "Crustacean Nation". The team with mostly women (Apex) developed a radio controlled car called the Meta-morpher with parts that interchange.
Winner: Apex Corporation. Mattel said their product fit in nicely with their existing popular Tyco RC car line and the children in the focus group responded well to it.
Reward: Dinner with Trump and Melania Knauss.
Dramatic tension: When deciding on corporation names, Raj clearly disliked his team's name (Mosaic), and even Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump, Sr. is an American business magnate, television personality and author. He is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization and the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts. Trump's extravagant lifestyle, outspoken manner and role on the NBC reality show The Apprentice have...

believed it was not good. Trump was also puzzled that Raj decided to bring a cane with him to the first task. On Apex, Bradford struggled to fit in with his all-female team, and Stacie J. completely alienated the members of her team during the wait before a winning team was decided. On Mosiac, Pamela makes fun of the weight and haircuts of the children in the focus group
Focus group
A focus group is a form of qualitative research in which a group of people are asked about their perceptions, opinions, beliefs and attitudes towards a product, service, concept, advertisement, idea, or packaging...

, which offended Carolyn. In the boardoom, several team members state that Rob did not contribute as much as he could have, but Rob claimed he was underutilized. He also curtly cuts off Carolyn in the boardroom when she interrupts him to ask a question. Although he came up with the "Crustacean Nation" concept, Andy insisted that he was brought into the final boardroom simply because of his youth.
Loser: Mosaic
Sent to boardroom: Pamela, Rob, Andy
Who gets fired: Rob - for not being assertive in the task and for not coming forward with his ideas.
Notes:
- On September 14, 2004, Mattel announced that they would begin producing the winning toy under the name Morph Machines. It retailed for $30 and became available in early 2005.
- Episode One Recap at NBC.com
- Read the Episode 1 Recap at Yahoo!'s Apprentice 2 Website

Week 2: Scoop Dreams

Air date: September 16 (A special 2 hour version aired on NBC on September 18)
Project managers: Kelly (Mosaic) and Ivana (Apex)
Task: Create, develop and market a new flavor of ice cream
Ice cream
Ice cream is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavours. Most varieties contain sugar, although some are made with other sweeteners...

with the Ciao Bella Gelato Company for the Trump Ice Cream
Ice cream
Ice cream is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavours. Most varieties contain sugar, although some are made with other sweeteners...

Parlour.
Trump Monologue: Get Organized - A lack of organization is a lack of leadership and without leadership, success is impossible.
Result: Mosaic developed a chocolate doughnut
Doughnut
A doughnut or donut is a fried dough food and is popular in many countries and prepared in various forms as a sweet snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries, supermarkets, food stalls, and franchised specialty outlets...

flavored ice cream. Apex's flavor was based on Red velvet cake
Red velvet cake
A red velvet cake is a cake with a dark red, bright red or red-brown color. It is usually prepared as a layer cake with either a vanilla, or chocolate flavor, topped with a creamy white icing or a cookie dough filling...

.
Winner: Mosaic wins by almost $250. Although they had to buy their own ingredients, they opted to give a portion to the Leukemia-Lymphoma Society as a marketing gimmick in a successful attempt to make more money. Kelly also ended up choosing a good location, which was near the Times Square branch of Toys "R" Us (the briefing location in the previous task), because he remembered Trump calling it the country's busiest toy store. After they won, project manager Kelly asked Trump if their entire winnings could be donated to the charity, to which Trump agreed.
Reward: Dinner at the Petrossian
Loser: Apex
Dramatic tension: Although both teams initially struggled to find a place to market their ice cream, Mosaic made a critical error when they left their business plan in the open for Apex to read. The men also struggled dealing with John, after he demanded that the team forgo any sort of lunch or snack breaks so that they could sell ice cream all day and not spend any profit. When Raj stated that he had hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemia or hypoglycæmia is the medical term for a state produced by a lower than normal level of blood glucose. The term literally means "under-sweet blood"...

, which would be grievously aggravated by not eating anything during the day, John started yelling at Raj, accusing him of being lazy and making up excuses. Apex started somewhat later than Mosaic, and were forced to move from their original sales location near the TKTS
TKTS
The TKTS ticket booths in New York and London sell Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, music and dance events and West End theatre tickets, respectively, at discounts of 25–50% off the face value.-New York:...

center when existing street vendors demanded to see their permit. In the process, Apex became separated and their carts lost contact with each other for several hours. Apex tried to bring the carts back together, but Stacie J. misidentified their location as the junction with 7th Avenue, when they were actually standing at the junction with Broadway.
Boardroom tension: Ivana was castigated for her unorganization and her loose leadership. Bradford messed up Carolyn's name, which visibly irked her. Ivana stated that Stacie J. was responsible for losing the cart for as long as they did and that she needed supervision. Trump asked Bradford to be frank about Ivana's performance, noting that he was the only person in a position to do so, thanks to his immunity. This led to Bradford offering to waive his exemption, and he stated that because he felt like he performed to the best of his abilities, he did not need his immunity. Even though Apex collectively agreed that Ivana was a poor leader, they unanimously thought that Stacie J. was a bigger liability.
Trump thoughts: Trump didn't like how Ivana was indecisive, and that she kept changing her mind about who and how many people to bring to the boardroom. He also felt that Jennifer C. shouldn't have been brought to the boardroom initially, because she brought in a huge profit. But when Jennifer C. kept interjecting her thoughts, it annoyed Trump, and he flirted with the idea of firing her. Overall, Trump was especially concerned with Bradford (who he explicitly identified as the strongest contestant in the final boardroom), and that his impulsive decision outweighed Ivana's bad leadership, Jennifer's interruptions, and Stacie not working well with the team, because Trump believed that Bradford would be able to instantly destroy a business with a stupid decision such as his.
Sent to boardroom: Ivana, Stacie J., Jennifer C., and Bradford
Who gets fired: Bradford - for his rash decision to waive his exemption.
Notes:
- Bradford became the first candidate to ever leave Trump Tower without his luggage, because (due to being initially exempt) he did not pack his bags.
- Ivana selected Jennifer C. and Bradford to go into the boardroom so they could advocate against Stacie J., and believing that because they had been the strongest performers on the task, this would give Trump no choice but to fire Stacie. Despite her error over the cart's location, Trump did not hold Stacie J. accountable for the loss, and even told Ivana that she would have been fired had it not been for Bradford surrendering his immunity.
- Episode Two recap at NBC.com
- Read the Episode 2 Recap at Yahoo!'s Apprentice 2 Website

Week 3: Send in the Crowns

Air date: September 23
Project managers: Kevin (Mosaic) and Elizabeth (Apex)
Task: Develop a launch promotion for Crest's newest flavor of toothpaste. Each team has a budget of $50,000.
Trump Monologue A Penny Saved is a Penny Saved - Trump is basically quite critical of the budget that is set. This could possibly be a typo, because the saying is typically A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned.
Result: Apex selects Mike Piazza
Mike Piazza
Michael Joseph "Mike" Piazza ; born September 4, 1968) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher. He played in his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Florida Marlins, New York Mets, San Diego Padres and the Oakland Athletics....

to endorse the toothpaste at a cost of $20,000. Mosaic, after an abortive attempt to have a million dollar contest, gives away several smaller money prizes with circus performers.
Winner: Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble is a Fortune 500 American multinational corporation headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio and manufactures a wide range of consumer goods....

felt that Apex clearly generated the most buzz from their event, but a budgetary overage of $5,000 gave the win to Mosaic.
- Reward: Dinner on RMS Queen Mary 2
  RMS Queen Mary 2
  RMS Queen Mary 2 is a transatlantic ocean liner. She was the first major ocean liner built since in 1969, the vessel she succeeded as flagship of the Cunard Line....
Dramatic tension: Mosaic is told the night before the event that they cannot have a million dollar contest and is forced to regroup, but they come up with a strong plan and execute it well. When Apex's budget is broken by 10%, Elizabeth blames Maria because of her sloppy contract negotiations, which allowed the company in charge of producing their publicity material to invoke an overtime clause and inflated their original $1,850 estimate to a final price of $6,950.
Loser: Apex
Sent to boardroom: Elizabeth, Maria, Stacie J.
Trump thoughts: At first, Trump didn't understand why Ivana was not brought back into the boardroom, because she was responsible for monitoring the budget. Elizabeth disagreed and said that Maria and Stacie J. were both more responsible for the loss than Ivana (although Elizabeth had the opportunity to bring Ivana back). Trump asked why Stacie J. was brought back, and Maria then brought up the incident with Stacie J. in the first task. While he felt Elizabeth was a poor leader and that Maria should have taken accountability for the bad deal she made, Trump became concerned with Apex's feelings concerning Stacie. He called everyone from Apex back to the boardroom to discuss their feelings about Stacie J.'s behavior during the first task. When brought back, all the women agreed that Stacie J. acted very odd, and Ivana went as far as calling Stacie J.'s actions "borderline schizophrenic". Although Stacie J. insisted that she wasn't crazy, Trump told her that something must have happened because her entire team was concerned with her behavior.
Who gets fired: Stacie J. - for being a distraction within her team and due to fears that she is mentally unstable.
Notes:
- For the first time in the American version of The Apprentice, the entire team is called back into the boardroom by Trump.
- Episode Three recap at NBC.com
- Read the Episode 3 Recap at Yahoo!'s Apprentice 2 Website

Week 4: The Last Supper

Air date: September 29
Project managers: Raj (Mosaic) and Jennifer C. (Apex)
Task: Open a new restaurant in 24 hours. Each team would be given an empty space in Manhattan. They would be responsible for chef selection, decor and stocking the restaurant. The winner would be the team that scored the highest on the Zagat Survey
Zagat Survey
Zagat Survey was established by Tim and Nina Zagat in 1979 as a way to collect and correlate the ratings of restaurants by diners. For their first guide, covering New York City, the Zagats surveyed their friends. As of 2005, the Zagat Survey included 70 cities, with reviews based on the input of...

of customers.
Result: Apex chose an Asian fusion theme while Mosaic went with standard American.
Trump Monlogue: Be Respected - There are several varied traits of a leader, however respect is the common trait in all of them, without respect one can not be a leader.
Winner: Mosaic, receiving a very positive review from the survey and a score of 61 points.
Loser: Apex, receiving a score of 57 points. They had only lost by 4 points, but did particularly worse in the decor and service category than the men did. The women were also reprimanded for the overall appearance, for although they had chic
Chic (style)
Chic , meaning 'stylish' or 'smart', is an element of fashion.-Etymology:Chic is a French word, established in English since at least the 1870s...

style clothing and a nice modern look to their restaurant, it did not fit with their middle-class locale. Guest judge Bill Rancic
Bill Rancic
William "Bill" Rancic is an American entrepreneur who was the first candidate hired by The Trump Organization at the conclusion of the first season of Donald Trump's reality television show, The Apprentice...

also noted that Apex did not have a lot of energy throughout their service and seemed very tense.
Trump thoughts: Trump felt Apex should have hired a cleaning crew the night before like Mosaic to avoid fatigue the next day. He was also surprised that Sandy was not called back to the boardroom, because she was responsible for the poor design in the restaurant.
Dramatic tension: Kevin lambasted the women for their treatment of Stacie J., and Elizabeth is attacked by her team for choosing her to go to the boardroom in the previous episode. Stacy R. and Jennifer M. met with Zagat's people beforehand and tried to convince Jennifer C. that going with the complicated Asian fusion concept was a bad idea, but Jennifer C. stuck with it anyway. Apex continued to struggle throughout the task, and Elizabeth even had a breakdown when she felt that she was being set up for failure. Stacy R. took offense at Jennifer C.'s judgment of two Jewish women who were over-critical of their restaurant, and they clashed over this before the boardroom. In the boardroom, Jennifer C.'s leadership was criticized, and she was rebuked by Carolyn more than once for interrupting her while she was talking. When Jennifer C. chose to bring Elizabeth and Stacy R. to join her in the boardroom, Bill warned Jennifer C. not to choose people to go to the boardroom to settle personal scores, as this would lead to a quick exit. Jennifer C. was suspected of bringing Elizabeth and Stacy R. mainly for personal reasons, because Trump and his advisors knew that Sandy was primarily responsible for the loss, because she produced the restaurant decor that scored poorly.
Sent to boardroom: Jennifer C., Elizabeth, Stacy R.
Who gets fired: Jennifer C. for her bad leadership and terrible decision making, which included not bringing in Sandy for the boardroom. Trump saw no reason to fire Elizabeth or Stacy R. and called Jennifer C.'s firing "easy".
Notes:
- This episode is moved to this day due to US Presidential debate.
- Bill Rancic
  Bill Rancic
  William "Bill" Rancic is an American entrepreneur who was the first candidate hired by The Trump Organization at the conclusion of the first season of Donald Trump's reality television show, The Apprentice...
  
  , last season's winner, fills in for George Ross on this task.
- Jennifer Crisafulli was fired from her job at a real estate agency in Manhattan the day after this episode aired. The firm cited her comments regarding the Jewish women as the reason for her dismissal.
- Episode Four recap at NBC.com
- Read the Episode 4 Recap at Yahoo!'s Apprentice 2 Website

Week 5: Lights! Camera! Transaction!

Airdate: October 7
Corporate shuffle: Trump sent Pamela over to Apex and he appointed her as the project manager for this task.
Project managers: Chris (Mosaic) and Pamela (Apex)
Task: Select a product from the QVC
QVC
QVC is a multinational corporation specializing in televised home shopping. Founded in 1986 by Joseph Segel in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania, United States, QVC broadcasts in five countries as QVC US, QVC UK, QVC Germany, QVC Japan and – QVC Italy to 200 million households...

inventory and sell it on-air. The winner would be the team that has the most gross sales.
Trump Monologue: Price is Right - The right price is extremely important, if the price is marginally high it can kill the marketed products or restaurant, if it is marginally lower it can do wonders, pricing is very important.
Result: Apex chose a cleaning product called "It Works!". Mosaic went with a more costly electric sandwich maker.
Winner: Mosaic barely squeaks by, winning by only $10, even though they sold far fewer units.
- Raj tempts the fates and makes a pass at Anna Kournikova
  Anna Kournikova
  Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova is a Russian retired professional tennis player. Her beauty and celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis stars worldwide, despite the fact that she never won a WTA singles title. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name...
  
  during the reward. He loses a dare to her and is forced to run around the Arthur Ashe Stadium
  Arthur Ashe Stadium
  Arthur Ashe Stadium, a part of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center located within Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens, is the main tennis stadium of the US Open, the last of each year's four Grand Slam tournaments, and also where the annual Arthur Ashe...
  
  in his boxers while John McEnroe
  John McEnroe
  John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...
  
  and the rest of the team lob balls at him.
Trump thoughts: Trump expressed admiration for Pamela for being able to switch over to Apex and become the project manager, but he was also concerned that she couldn't admit she lost. Pamela kept saying it was a tie, but both Trump and his advisors strongly disagreed, and they felt that it was the price of the item which caused Apex to lose.
Dramatic tension: Pamela begins her leadership of Apex with a speech where she admonishes the team for their behavior, and during her speech, Pamela criticizes them for interrupting and not paying attention to people when they are speaking. Raj and Kelly disagreed over the price of the sandwich maker; Raj argued that setting it at a slightly lower price might lead more people to buy it, but Kelly insisted that it should be sold over the $70 price point. Chris, the project manager, accepted Kelly's idea, and although it annoyed Raj, it was key in getting the victory for Mosaic. In the boardroom, Pamela believed that Apex would have won if their item was priced even higher, and this led Stacy R. to tell Trump, "If you want another Enron
Enron
Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. Before its bankruptcy on December 2, 2001, Enron employed approximately 22,000 staff and was one of the world's leading electricity, natural gas, communications, and pulp and paper companies, with...

on your hands, here's Pamela."
Lost: Apex
Sent to boardroom: Pamela, Stacy R., Maria
Who gets fired: Pamela for setting the price of the item too high, which ultimately caused her team to fail. Trump also felt that she couldn't admit she was wrong, that she was a poor judge of her team's skills, and assigned them to the wrong jobs.
Episode Five recap at NBC.com
Read the Episode 5 Recap at Yahoo!'s Apprentice 2 Website

Week 6: Crimes of Fashion

Airdate: October 14
Project managers: John (Mosaic) and Maria (Apex)
Task: Select a designer, develop a clothing line to present at a fashion show for buyers from several upscale department stores. The team with the highest revenue from orders wins.
Trump Monologue: Know Your Market - Trump reflects on all his endeavors, and discusses the importance of the demographic the product is catered towards.
Result: The women's team worked very smoothly, completing the task without any major problems and had a designer who accommodated them by walking them through most of the steps. The men's team floundered throughout the task, partly because their designer was not helpful.
Winner: Apex wins, with roughly triple the sales revenue of Mosaic.
- Reward: A celebrity party with Cirque du Soleil
Dramatic tension: Several women on Apex believed that Elizabeth was a distraction, and Maria had to divert her away from the group in order to get the task done more efficiently. On the men's team, Kelly rose to occasion by organizing the team, even though Raj was slowing the team down and John was the project manager. Mosaic's designer also failed to complete production of the clothes until the last minute. Although it was acknowledged that Kevin and Wes were responsible for the loss, Raj and Kelly suggested that Andy should be brought into the final boardroom, because of his overall performances in the tasks were seen as lackluster.
Trump thoughts: Trump felt that Mosaic set their prices too high, which resulted in lower sales. He continued to be puzzled by the tactic of bringing only two people into the boardroom, and also wondered why John would bring only one of the two people responsible for pricing and not the other, especially when John had the opportunity to bring back all three men (Kevin, Wes, and Andy).
Loser: Mosaic
Sent to boardroom: John, Kevin, Andy
Who gets fired: John for making too many mistakes, including choosing a bad designer, not being involved in the pricing decisions, for bringing Andy into the final boardroom, and for not bringing in Wes otherwise, after both Kevin and Wes were jointly responsible for the bad pricing.
Episode Six recap at NBC.com
Read the Episode 6 Recap at Yahoo!'s Apprentice 2 Website

Week 7: Barking Up the Wrong Tree

Airdate: October 21
Project managers: Wes (Mosaic) and Jennifer M. (Apex)
Corporate restructuring: After the project managers were chosen, Trump told them to each select three players they did not want on their team. The chosen players would go to the opposing team, making each team have three men and three women. Jennifer M. chose Sandy, Maria, and Stacy R. to go to Mosaic. Wes chose Raj, Chris, and Kevin to go to Apex.
Task: Create a dog
Dog
The domestic dog is a domesticated form of the gray wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term is used for both feral and pet varieties. The dog may have been the first animal to be domesticated, and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and companion animal in...

service business in the Central Park
Central Park
Central Park is a public park in the center of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The park initially opened in 1857, on of city-owned land. In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition to improve and expand the park with a plan they entitled the Greensward Plan...

area and bring in more profit than the other team. (Allen Weisselberg, Donald Trump's Chief Financial Officer, filled in for George as overseer in this task.)
Trump Monologue: Sell Your Ideas - Similar to last season's monologue Believe in Your Product, Trump talks about the faith you need to have in your products or the idea, you have to fight for it.
Result: Mosaic got a late start and was unable to come up with a solid business plan. The Apex team was able to expand their services beyond washing by offering dog massages and nail clippings.
Winner: Apex won, with nearly triple the sales revenue of Mosaic.
Dramatic tension: Andy left Mosaic's cellphone in a taxicab
Taxicab
A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their choice...

, limiting his team's ability to communicate.
Trump thoughts: Trump said that Wes did a lousy job as a project manager and that Andy made a horrible mistake by destroying the team's ability to communicate, but he didn't like that Stacy R. did not take any responsibility for her actions and that she was unable to sell her ideas to Wes, adding that you can't just blame the project manager when you are unsuccessful in getting your point across.
Loser: Mosaic
Sent to boardroom: Wes, Andy, and Stacy R.
Who gets fired: Stacy R. for making too many excuses, not taking responsibility, and for being unable to sell her ideas to the project manager.
Episode Seven recap at NBC.com
Read the Episode 7 Recap at Yahoo!'s Apprentice 2 Website

Week 8: A Tale of Two Leaders

Airdate: October 28
Project Managers: Elizabeth (Apex) and Andy (Mosaic)
Task: Create a recruiting ad campaign for the New York Police Department with Donny Deutsch
Donny Deutsch
Donald “Donny” Deutsch is an American television personality and advertising executive. He is also the former host of the CNBC talk show The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch. The television audience first became familiar with him on February 11, 2005 when he appeared on NBC's The Apprentice with Donald...

's advertising firm.
Result: Apex created a campaign designed around a military theme. Mosaic's integrated campaign revolved around the question "When was the last time you saved a life?".
Trump Monologue: You Have to Love It - In order to work for Trump, he needs to see a genuine drive and dedication that is visible by how much you love what you do.
Winner: Donny Deutsch felt it wasn't even close, and awarded the win to Mosaic.
- Reward: Watching their ad played on a large screen in Times Square.
Dramatic tension: Andy had to fight off interference from Maria, who wanted more sexuality in the ad. He also fought off Kelly, in order to produce what he felt was right. Apex had to nearly mutiny when an indecisive Elizabeth went back and forth on what the ad will be, and didn't make a final decision until Chris openly threatened to depose her and take over the task.
Loser: Apex
Trump thoughts: Trump felt Apex's ad, mainly based on Raj's ideas, was frightening and seemed like life in a police state
Police state
A police state is one in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic and political life of the population...

. He questioned Elizabeth's leadership style, because it widely accepted by her team that she was very wayward.
Sent to boardroom: No final boardroom - When asked by Trump who she would back to the boardroom with her, Elizabeth chose Chris and Raj. Trump immediately fires her, however, stating he didn't "want to waste a lot of time".
Who gets fired: Elizabeth, for her very poor leadership. Trump fired her on the spot, without letting her bring Chris and Raj to the boardroom.
Notes:
- This is the first time in the history of The Apprentice that a candidate was fired without the need of a final boardroom.
- Episode Eight recap at NBC.com
- Read the Episode 8 Recap at Yahoo!'s Apprentice 2 Website

Week 9: Bringing Down the House

Airdate: November 4
Project Managers: Raj (Apex) and Sandy (Mosaic)
Task: With a $20,000 budget (and the help of 2 previously fired candidates), each team would renovate a home in the suburbs of Long Island. The team who has increased the value of their home by the highest percentage would win. Rob and Jennifer C. joined Mosaic and Stacie J. and Bradford were assigned to Apex.
Trump Monologue: Control Your Contractor - Trump talks about contractors and he states that although they may not have gone to Harvard, they aren't inferior. They are tough, smart and can pick your pocket without you knowing it.
Result: Apex opted to make the house three bedrooms instead of four. Kevin found a contractor through his contacts that didn't finish before time was up. Mosaic's contractors descended upon the house in waves, many of them related to the main contractor, making the task far easier than it otherwise would have been. Apex was unable to completely finish the renovation project before the task's time limit expired.
Winner: Mosaic wins in the appraisal battle by more than 3%.
Loser: Apex
Trump thoughts: Trump was very impressed with Rob's work and enthusiasm even though he was previously fired. He questioned the wisdom of making a four bedroom house into three bedrooms, pointing out that this may have cost them the win. He didn't like Ivana's cattiness toward Stacie J., although it seemed Ivana's anger was aimed mostly at Jennifer M. for politicking on Stacie J.'s behalf.
Dramatic tension: Stacie J. went on the offensive, attacking Ivana and the other women for labeling her crazy weeks ago. Raj is forced to accept the uncompleted work of a contractor who went on break. Jennifer M. and Raj decide to target Ivana in the boardroom, but their efforts misfire when Trump says that Ivana didn't belong in the final boardroom.
Sent to boardroom: Raj, Ivana, Kevin
Who gets fired: Raj, for choosing three bedrooms over four, not finishing the task, targeting Ivana instead of Kevin in the initial boardroom, and for not bringing Chris into the final boardroom. Trump cited that Raj made too many mistakes, a detriment to The Trump Organization.
Notes:
- Matthew Calamari is the sub judge for George Ross.
- When Trump released Chris and Jennifer M. from the initial boardroom, Chris turned to Trump and said that he didn't think Apex had any chance of winning another task due to the poor atmosphere within the team. Trump was outraged by this act of disloyalty and very nearly fired Chris on the spot, but allowed him to stay after he volunteered to lead Apex and restore the team's harmony in the following task.
- After Raj is eliminated, he asked Robin Himmler for her phone number; while she didn't give him the number at the time, she later revealed she and Raj did go out for coffee after the show was over.
Episode Nine recap at NBC.com
Read the Episode 9 Recap at Yahoo!'s Apprentice 2 Website

Week 10: Runaway Pride

Airdate: November 11
Project Managers: Chris (Apex) and Kelly (Mosaic)
The task: Open a bridal shop and sell dresses.
- Mosaic had a huge advantage in this task because they had Sandy, who had worked in a successful bridal shop before the show, on their team.
Trump Monologue: Believe In Yourself - Echoing the age old theme of a positive attitude and self confidence.
Winner: Mosaic, their sales stands at $12,788.96.
Loser: Apex, their sales drops to $1,060.47.
Sent to boardroom: Chris, Kevin, Ivana
Who gets fired: Chris, for mentally checking out of the task early on, losing the drive he had in previous tasks, and for not bringing back Jennifer M. into the final boardroom.
Episode Ten recap at NBC.com
Read the Episode 10 Recap at Yahoo!'s Apprentice 2 Website

Week 11: The Butt Stops Here

Airdate: November 18
Project Managers: Kevin (Apex) and Wes (Mosaic)
Task: The teams are asked to create an in-store advertising catalog for Levi's Jeans. The team who created the better ad catalog, as determined by Levi's president, would win.
Corporate Shuffle: Kelly is sent over to Apex, in order to even the teams.
Trump Monologue: Never Lose Your Cool - Trump discusses the importance of maintaining your composure, noting that it can be used as a tool to get employees to work effectively and efficiently.
Winner: Apex wins, with a campaign revolving around "The Perfect Fit" and a circular wheel helping customers pick the style of pants that's right for them.
Reward: Watching musical guest with 2003 Tony Award Winner, Billy Joel in theater.
Dramatic tension: Jennifer M. is left to do busywork throughout much of the task because (according to her team) she was not on the same pace as they were. She also jumped in during the presentation of the campaign, which essentially made it look like she had came up with the idea for the wheel, although it was wholly Ivana's concept. When asked by Trump who on Apex did the best job, the Levi's president stated that Jennifer did the best, which angered Ivana.
Loser: Mosaic
Trump thoughts: Trump was peeved at both Maria and Wes for various errors throughout the task, and he called out Andy for not saying much in boardrooms. After a smooth response by Andy, Trump let him off with a "nice answer".
Sent to boardroom: Wes, Sandy, Maria, Andy
Who gets fired:
- Maria, for taking too much control in the task and ultimately being responsible for the loss, along with her blatant disrespect for her team and the project manager.
- Wes, for being too feeble and for failing to control Maria, allowing her to take the reins and work with a bad strategy and a terrible catalog, in addition to his shoddy leadership.
Notes:
- Bill Rancic fills in again for George Ross.
- Episode Eleven recap at NBC.com
- Read the Episode 11 Recap at Yahoo!'s Apprentice 2 Website
- This was the first multi-firing (outside the interview stage) in the history of The Apprentice. Ground for this can be seen here in WikiQuote.
- Because it was not planned for Trump to fire two people, Maria and Wes both had to share a taxi. This led Wes to amusingly quip during the exit interview "I would have at least liked my own cab".

Week 12: The Pepsi Challenged

Airdate: November 25
Project Managers: Kelly (Apex) and Andy (Mosaic)
Task: The teams are asked to create a new bottle for Pepsi Edge, and present it to Pepsi
Pepsi
Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink that is produced and manufactured by PepsiCo...

's entire advertising team.
Corporate shuffle: Jennifer M. is shunted onto Mosaic, which Ivana refers to as a tumor
Tumor
A tumor or tumour is commonly used as a synonym for a neoplasm that appears enlarged in size. Tumor is not synonymous with cancer...

being lifted from the team.
Result: Apex develops a bottle that has the letters D and G carved out of plastic, providing the grounds for a theme of hiding things in the inside of the D (referred to by the team as "What's in the box?"). Mosaic develops a theme of "The Best of Both Worlds", designed to appeal to the "dual users" of both diet and regular colas. The bottle is shaped like a regular Pepsi bottle with two halves of a globe on the bottom and top. A contest revolving around collecting areas of a continent to win a "Trip to the Edge" is also proposed.
Dramatic tension: Andy refused to let Pepsi employees eat their pizza when it was delivered, because they hadn't finished part of the task. He also gave cash incentives to the Pepsi employees, because he thought it would motivate them. Despite Sandy's clear objections, Andy (who was the project manager) gave the cash anyway.
Winner: Apex, because their bottle "represents what Pepsi Edge is all about"
Loser: Mosaic; their bottle was derided for not showing anything inside the bottle (the entire bottle was shrinkwrap
Shrinkwrap
Shrink wrap, also shrinkwrap or shrink film, is a material made up of polymer plastic film. When heat is applied it shrinks tightly over whatever it is covering. Heat can be applied with a hand held heat gun or the product and film can pass through a heat tunnel on a conveyor.-Composition:The...

ped), and for being unappealing (one of the advertising executives stated he didn't remember "when the last time geography
Geography
Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...

was cool")
Boardroom tension: Before the boardroom, Andy approaches Jennifer M. and proposes that they gang up on Sandy, because Andy believed that Jennifer did the better job. Over the course of the initial boardroom, Sandy figures this out, and begins to deride both of them for attempting it. Showered with a debate
Debate
Debate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...

raging on both sides of him, Andy appeared helpless as Jennifer and Sandy scream at each other constantly until Trump bangs on the table to get their attention.
Trump thoughts: Trump agreed with the ad executive's decision that the bottle was too boring, lifting it as a dumbbell
Dumbbell
The dumbbell, a type of free weight, is a piece of equipment used in weight training. It can be used individually or in pairs .-History:...

at one point. Trump got upset at Andy for his performance in the task and when he started to get yelled at on both sides of the women during the boardroom. He also wondered why Jennifer M. always gets defended by the project manager.
Sent to boardroom: Andy, Jennifer M., Sandy
Who gets fired: Andy, for coming up with a terrible idea for the bottle and for his unprofessional behavior to the Pepsi employees. He also let himself get bombarded by Sandy and Jennifer during the boardroom, which did not show any of his abilities as a debate champion.
Episode Twelve recap at NBC.com
Read the Episode 12 Recap at Yahoo!'s Apprentice 2 Website

Week 13: Sweet & Lowdown

Airdate: December 2
Project Managers: Ivana (Apex) and Sandy (Mosaic)
Task: The two teams are assigned to produce and sell the M-AZING candy bar, a new product from M&M Mars
Mars, Incorporated
Mars, Incorporated is a worldwide manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products with US$30 billion in annual sales in 2010, and is ranked as the 5th largest privately held company in the United States by Forbes. Headquartered in McLean, unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia,...

. The team that makes the most profit from selling the candy bars is the winner.
Result: Apex produces about 329 candy bars, while Mosaic produces only about 290 candy bars.
Winning team: Mosaic
- Reasons for win: Despite making less candy bars, Jennifer M. and Sandy priced their candy higher than Mosaic did, which gave them a greater overall revenue. The women also wore flashy outfits, which attracted them to their buyers.
- Reward: Flying to Chicago to meet Bill Rancic
  Bill Rancic
  William "Bill" Rancic is an American entrepreneur who was the first candidate hired by The Trump Organization at the conclusion of the first season of Donald Trump's reality television show, The Apprentice...
  
  at the Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago.
Losing team: Apex
- Reasons for loss: Apex's price point was too low, and Kevin started selling his candy bars even lower after being initially unsuccessful with the set price. Ivana also acted in a completely unprofessional manner by dropping her skirt
  Skirt
  A skirt is a tube- or cone-shaped garment that hangs from the waist and covers all or part of the legs.In the western world, skirts are usually considered women's clothing. However, there are exceptions...
  
  to sell a candy bar to a man for $20 on Wall Street
  Wall Street
  Wall Street refers to the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, or...
  
  .
Sent to boardroom: Ivana, Kevin, Kelly
Who gets fired: Ivana, for her bad record as a project manager, horrible team record, for failing to make a case as to why Kevin should be fired (instead targeting Kelly, who was immune, and then Jennifer M., who was on the winning team), and for her unprofessionalism, which included her act of desperation on Wall Street.
Episode Thirteen recap at NBC.com
Read the Episode 13 Recap at Yahoo!'s Apprentice 2 Website
Notes:
- Ironically, Ivana had said in the second task that she'd rather lose with dignity than resort to using her sexuality to sell something. This would completely contradict her performance in this task, when she was willing to drop her skirt to anyone who would give her $20 for her candy bar.
- Kelly's exemption from the previous week meant that he was not in danger of being fired (unless he did "something incredibly stupid" as Trump put it, which may have been a reference to Bradford's actions in Week 2), but Trump had him come back to the final boardroom anyway, to help decide whether Ivana or Kevin should be fired.
- Ivana struggled pleading her case to Trump against Kevin and Kelly, given her history of failing in the tasks and as a project manager. Ivana angrily exclaimed that Jennifer M. had exactly the same team record as her, but Jennifer was not even in the boardroom.
- Right before he fired Ivana, Trump stated that it was because he did not want to hire a stripper
  Stripper
  A stripper is a professional erotic dancer who performs a contemporary form of striptease at strip club establishments, public exhibitions, and private engagements. Unlike in burlesque, the performer in the modern Americanized form of stripping minimizes the interaction of customer and dancer,...
  
  .
- In her exit interview, Ivana defended herself, claiming that she was wearing more than Mosaic (which was arguably untrue) and that she had worn even less at the gym, and saying that albeit it wasn't her proudest moment, she was able to successfully sell her item.

Week 14: Intellectual Horsepower

Airdate: December 9
Prologue: Teams, rewards, and project managers no longer apply per the final four candidates, and Trump showed the final four a preview on how he views the life of The Apprentice.
Task scope: The candidates will go for one-on-one interviews with four prolific executives. These executive will personally interview the final four candidates and then advise Trump on which two candidates should be fired. The interviewers are as follows:
- Alan Jope, Chief Operating Officer of Unilever
  Unilever
  Unilever is a British-Dutch multinational corporation that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products....
- Dawn Hudson, President of Pepsi-Cola North America
- Alan "Ace" Greenberg, Chairman of Bear Stearns
  Bear Stearns
  The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. based in New York City, was a global investment bank and securities trading and brokerage, until its sale to JPMorgan Chase in 2008 during the global financial crisis and recession...
- Robert Kraft
  Robert Kraft
  Robert K. Kraft is an American business magnate. He is the Chairman and was the Chief Executive Officer of The Kraft Group, a diversified holding company with assets in paper and packaging, sports and entertainment, real estate development and a private equity portfolio...
  
  , owner of the New England Patriots
  New England Patriots
  The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...
  
  football team in the NFL.
Boardroom details: The executives unanimously liked Kelly, even though one felt he was a bit stiff. The interviewers liked Kevin, but found him to be aimless, and stressed to Trump that they would not hire anyone with excessive uncertainty. Although the interviewers liked Jennifer M., they felt that she was just giving them what they wanted to hear, rather than what she really had to say. The executives did like Sandy, but they deemed her unworthy of working for Trump, mainly because they were unsure of her ability to transition into a corporate environment, and also because her skills fell short to Trump's par.
Who gets fired:
- Kevin, for excessive procrastination
  Procrastination
  In psychology, procrastination refers to the act of replacing high-priority actions with tasks of low-priority, and thus putting off important tasks to a later time...
  
  and failure to pursue a strong professional career path due to his lengthy educational efforts.
- Sandy, for unmet skills in the corporate world.
Episode Fourteen recap at NBC.com
Read the Episode 14 Recap at Yahoo!'s Apprentice 2 Website

Final Task: The Task of All Tasks

Airdate: Part one was televised on December 9, and part two was televised on December 16
Tasks:
- Jennifer M.: a NBA Charity Task, involving professional basketball
  Basketball
  Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
  
  players, including Chris Webber
  Chris Webber
  Mayce Edward Christopher "Chris" Webber, III , nicknamed C-Webb, is a retired American professional basketball player. He is a five-time NBA All-Star, a former All-NBA First Teamer, a former NBA Rookie of the Year, and a former #1 overall NBA Draftee...
- Kelly: a polo
  Polo
  Polo is a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Sometimes called, "The Sport of Kings", it was highly popularized by the British. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a...
  
  match which would be followed by a concert starring Tony Bennett
  Tony Bennett
  Tony Bennett is an American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz....
Teams:
- Mosaic: Jennifer M. with Chris, Pamela, and Stacy R.
- Apex: Kelly with Elizabeth, John, and Raj

Decision Time

Airdate: December 16, the conclusion to the Season Finale was televised live from Alice Tully Hall
Alice Tully Hall
Alice Tully Hall is a concert hall at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. It is named for Alice Tully, a New York performer and philanthropist whose donations assisted in the construction of the hall...

at Lincoln Center, New York City with Regis Philbin
Regis Philbin
Regis Francis Xavier Philbin is an American media personality, actor and singer, known for hosting talk and game shows since the 1960s. Philbin is often called "the hardest working man in show business" and holds the Guinness World Record for the most time spent in front of a television camera...

as event emcee.
Decision: Sandy, Kevin, Ivana, Wes, and Chris felt that Kelly should win. Andy and Pamela felt that Jennifer M. should win.
Hired: Kelly, for his proven record and expertise was preferred over Jennifer M.'s, even though Trump cited that Kelly couldn't bring a military background to business and had doubts over Kelly's leadership style (despite his 3-0 record as project manager).
Fired: Jennifer M., for excessive losses in the tasks (5-8) and for her unpopularity with most of the other candidates. It was also the first time a runner-up was told in the finale: "You're fired".
What is next for Kelly: Kelly decided to oversee a project in New York City over the other choice on the Las Vegas Strip
Las Vegas Strip
The Las Vegas Strip is an approximately stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada; adjacent to, but outside the city limits of Las Vegas proper. The Strip lies within the unincorporated townships of Paradise and Winchester...

.
See the Episode 15 Recap at NBC.com.

External links

NBC.com: The Apprentice 2
Yahoo!'s Apprentice 2 Website with Unaired Footage and Detailed Outcomes

Candidate websites

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.