Episode Report Card Miss Alli: C- | 1 USERS: F YOU GRADE IT The court of public Trumpinion
By Miss Alli | Season 3 | Episode 17 | Aired on 05.18.2005
The audience cheers, and then Trump starts in about the sponsors, including Pontiac, and how well everyone did. It has nothing to do with anything, but he has to say it, because the Mark Burnett Accounting Firm and Alligator Wrestling Company promised everyone another mention before the end of the season.
And now? It is time to speak to Chris. What did he think of Tana? Chris calls her a "good leader" with "an incredible personality." However, he says that after seeing the show, he has to question her lack of "loyalty and integrity to her team." Hee. Meaning, "I cannot believe how much she shit-talked us, and that the best thing she could think of to say about me during the Walk of Dead Apprentices was that I was good-looking." Tana has an absolutely numb, flat-eyed expression as he says this and she realizes that Chris is actually about to sandbag her. Which he is. But first, Trump asks Chris whether he was "disappointed" or "excited" by Tana. Chris can't make heads or tails of that any more than I can, so he's like, "Er, excited?" I really, really hate where this is going, but then Trump suddenly blurts out that he can't believe Chris is so calm, like he expected him to get into a fistfight or something, which sucks a little bit, because I'm sure Chris can feel embarrassed by his failings without help. Chris plays it off and tries to get back to his answer, which is that he wasn't "overly inspired," and he thinks that Kendra and her "real estate background" are a better fit for the organization. Tana jumps in, insisting that Chris never worked with Kendra. In other words, "She could suck just as bad! He doesn't know!" Good one! Trump points out that Chris did live with Kendra, after all, and knows a little bit about her. Chris adds that while he didn't work with Kendra on the show, "Outside the show, I've been involved in some things that we are potentially going to be doing together." The entire audience is twelve, so they all go, "Ooooooh!", and someone wolf-whistles. So Chris starts loudly clarifying that he's talking about business -- BUSINESS! Seriously. Chris would never sleep with a girl like Kendra who balances her own checkbook. Trump encourages Kendra to respond "quickly." "We're trying to save your reputation here," Trump says. Of course, it would be her reputation and not Chris's at stake, right? Right? Because she's the girl, and if they were having a fling, that would make her a bad person. Sex is wrong for girls! Unless they are models! Sleeping with billionaires! You know, between his old-fashioned beliefs about purity and his ownership of the Miss Universe pageant, I am sometimes amazed that Trump's head doesn't explode from all the cognitive dissonance he must be experiencing. Maybe he's not bright enough to experience it. Kendra clarifies that she and Chris are working on something in Vegas. But not like that! I'm not helping her reputation any, boy howdy! Now, Trump cuts her off. Which is a relief.
Because…Carolyn! She needs to talk now, before we run out of time. Carolyn says that they're both "spectacular women," but as to the last task, she has this to say: "I don't think a bad sense of humor is an excuse for the way you led your team." Carolyn rules all, as usual. "I was not impressed the way you led your team," she says simply. "However," Carolyn says, "up until that point, I think you were fantastic." And she calls Tana "a very good salesperson." Which is basically what a lot of subpar candidates on this show have been. All sales, no management potential. Carolyn turns to Kendra, complimenting her on the great job she did on the final task. She thinks Kendra came to the PM job too late, however.