Episode Report Card Miss Alli: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Wall of confusion
By Miss Alli | Season 3 | Episode 6 | Aired on 02.23.2005
When Tara's presentation is over, the guys tell her that they'll bring in the focus group, so the team can back off. The focus group enters, and the team backs off. The focus group is asked to just provide reactions, and then we don't get to listen in, except to members of Net Worth talking about how much the group is sure to love their mural. The focus group finishes up, and Glasses and No-Glasses head off to meet with Magna.
At the Magna wall, Alex explains to Glasses and No-Glasses that they emphasized the "E" that says the game is for "Everyone." He also points out the prominent title of the game at the top. Basically, their mural has a city skyline, but it also has desert and mountains and stuff, and then Alex misuses "mad props" really badly and stupidly before wrapping up by pointing out the little motto at the bottom, where it says, "The Drive of Your Life." Have I mentioned that I can't wait until the "Alex coughs up some 'hip' 'lingo'" business is over? Now, the focus group comes in to look at this ad, and Magna goes off to stand in the corner and feel like a pack of nitwits. As he looks at the focus group, Alex voices over that before the presentation, he was fairly sure that his team won, but once the presentation had happened, he wasn't sure. He felt like the ad was compelling to the executives, but wasn't sure it would be compelling to the focus group, and that was kind of the way they were going to be judged. At any rate, the focus group finishes its day and is sent away.
Sunset. Ding! Time to go in and find out how the task went. But first, the teams are forced to cool their heels in the lobby, because Glasses and No-Glasses are giving the information to Trump about how they think the ads went and who won. Glasses says that artistically, he was impressed with both presentations. But one of them did a better job than the other in understanding the product and selling it. The time-lapse clock on the wall claims that this meeting goes on for, like, an hour, which I can't imagine, and then we see Trump wrapping it up, telling the guys that it sounds like whoever won did so fairly handily. Yes, the guys agreed. No, it wasn't a difficult decision. That Team That Won definitely beat That Other Team. Isn't the suspense just killing you? Don't try to tell me you don't care. Oh, you care. Trump wishes Glasses and No-Glasses well and throws them out.
And now, Glasses and No-Glasses pass the teams on their way out, and then it is time for the teams to enter and face Trump. They go in and sit down. NotCarolyn is looking very angry today, that's for sure. She just doesn't seem like a happy person. Trump tells the candidates that he was just talking to the PlayStation guys, but he's also going to play for them some of the comments from the focus group about their ads. The Magna feedback comes up first. A lady says that she likes the variety, that there's desert and city and stuff. A kid who is not a member of the 18-34 demographic, like, at all, says that the money represents making it and getting to the next stage. A mom, who is also not a male aged 18-34 and whose son isn't either, says that she would buy the game for her son, because it's got the big "E" saying it's rated for Everyone. The clip ends, and despite the fact that the Magna feedback was pretty positive, Net Worth is feeling confident about what's coming up next. "So, you think yours was better?" Trump asks Net Worth. They all nod confidently. Seriously, they all nod so confidently.