Episode Report Card Miss Alli: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Tooth Hurts
By Miss Alli | Season 2 | Episode 3 | Aired on 09.22.2004
Later, after the promotion is over, Maria, Ivana, and Stacy gather at the Alliance Agency to go over numbers. The flyers have come back at $6950. "Not even close," Maria says tightly. OME agrees to call up the printer, which he does on the speaker phone as the women sit and stew. Maria argues to the printer that he agreed to honor a price of $1800, and he reminds her that he warned her that it would change and he wouldn't have a final number until morning, and that this final number includes overtime charges. Ivana jumps in, telling him that she's got a budget, and that charging her $6950 is "raping" her. That is not only disturbing, but also incredibly idiotic. I mean, I don't care if you think it's common -- you never know who you're dealing with. Ivana says that this one situation caused them to be over budget by $5000, and it happened because there wasn't "clarity" in the discussions with the printer. It also happened because you spent $20,000 on Mike "Flawless" Pi-yowza, but...whatever.
The teams go back to meet with P&G and get the results from the task. Trump enters and joins them. First, Mr. P&G reviews what Mosaic did, and he gives them high marks for their "fun, engaging event." And then Ms. P&G reviews what Apex did, and says she thinks their Pi-yowza event was "great." However, they've just learned that the women are $5000 over budget. "That's a big thing," Trump remarks somewhat meaninglessly, using small words and still constructing a clunky sentence. "So when did this happen?" Elizabeth reports that she just found out about it practically this minute, which doesn't make Trump happy at all. "You should know, as the project manager," he tells her. She has no choice but to agree. Trump turns the matter back to the P&G executives, who report that although they liked the women's campaign a little bit more (at least Ms. P&G did), the budget issue pushes it the other way, so the winners of the task will be Mosaic. Trump praises both campaigns, and tells Mosaic that they will have dinner on the Queen Mary 2 (it's yooge!) as it's leaving New York Harbor (also yooge!). Also, Kevin will have an exemption next week, and also, Apex will be in the Boardroom again. The women look around nervously.
Queen Mary 2. The men board, and are introduced to the crew and staff. Wes interviews that he thinks the reward is "unbeatable," given the yooge nature of the ship. Yooge! (Sorry. Really, once you get going, it's very hard to stop.) (Yooge!) (See?) They enter the dining room, where they are all frankly quite underdressed. You put on ties to sell ice cream, fellas -- you couldn't comb your hair for dinner? They eat lobster and steak, they drink wine and champagne, and Raj toasts to "the continuous defeat of the ladies." Except for Pamela, who doesn't seem to mind the temporary constructive removal of her girl parts. Out on deck later, several team members look drunkenly over the railing and try to appreciate the view. When they see the Statue of Liberty, they are moved -- unfortunately -- to sing "America the Beautiful." Memo to future contestants: Do not sing. At all. Even patriotic songs. Especially patriotic songs. If you absolutely must, you may hum. Quietly.