The Apprentice Season 1, Week 3, Weekly Summary...^^..
Week 3: " Respect"
Task: The teams are given a scavenger list of items which they are
required to purchase during the day at the lowest possible total
price.
Judges: Donald Trump; Carolyn Kepcher; George H. Ross
Monologue: The Art of Negotiation – Buying the right thing at your
price, fitting it into the budget.
Team Protégé, Project Manager: Jessie(Jessie Connors;21 )
TeamMates: Kristi Frank;30, Ereka Vetrini;27, Tammy Lee;36,
Omarosa Manigault Stallworth;29, Heidi Bressler;30,
Katrina Campins;24, Amelia "Amy" Henry;30.
Team Versacorp, Project Manager: Sam(Sam Solovey;27) In a
" put up or shut up" maneuver, Sam is appointed project manager
by the men, as Bill states Sam will either do well and redeem
himself or do poorly and get fired. He splits the men into
two teams, with him and two others staying back at the suite
to perform research by phone and over the web.
TeamMates: Troy McClain;32, Bill Rancic;32, Bowie Hogg;25,
Nick Warnock;27, Kwame Jackson;29.
Winning Team: Protégé
Reasons for Win: The women split into two groups, each of which
goes into a different part of the city. While some of the women
attempted to use their sex appeal to seduce the sellers into selling
items at a nice discount, Amy was able to find a huge bargain when
buying a golf club. They negotiated an average saving of 22% on
the list price of their items.
Reward: Dinner at the 21 Club restaurant.
Losing Team: Versacorp
Reasons for Loss: The men only negotiated an average saving of
9%, largely because they had to carry out most of their deals at
the last minute and didn't have time to properly negotiate the
prices. In addition, Sam's obsession with buying the gold at the
expense of other items and his poor research skills (he got a
phone number for a store that didn't sell golf clubs and then
sent them to a store that wasn't amenable to bargaining to a
lower price) doomed the men.
Dramatic tension: Ereka and Omarosa fought in the previous episode,
and it continues in this episode, and Katrina stepped in and tried to
make them reconcile, unsuccessfully. Amy said it might be worth
losing a task at some point to get rid of Omarosa.
Sent to boardroom: Bowie, Kwame, and Sam
Fired Person: Sam Solovey – for being sent to the boardroom three
weeks in a row, being incredibly difficult to work with, having no
respect from his team as a leader, negotiating for the gold bar
instead of other items that would have been easier to bargain for,
and for letting his emotions affect his decision-making.
Trump's comments:
Trump is displeased at the men's failure for the third week in a
row. In particular, he felt that Sam's decision to send his team
members away from other tasks to buy the gold bar (which would
have a very small discount compared to the other items on the list)
was one of the primary reasons the team did not succeed. He also
wasn't happy about Sam bringing Bowie and Kwame (who were
the most critical of Sam, with Kwame bluntly saying he did not
respect Sam and needed to be fired if lack of respect for Sam
was a sticking point) instead of Nick (who was the nicest to Sam)
back into the boardroom. Trump says his trademark dismissal
quote, " You're fired !" to Sam three times, who famously stared
for an extended duration of time until Trump further prompts
them to leave.
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Norshahuddin Edited April 2014...^^..
