Episode Report Card Miss Alli: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Kelly and Jen, sitting in a tree
By Miss Alli | Season 2 | Episode 14 | Aired on 12.08.2004
Up in the Boardroom, Jen and Kelly are told that they're the final two, and tomorrow, they'll get their instructions for the final task. They get up and leave.
Later, in the suite, Kelly and Jen are the only two milling around. "Jen sucks," Kelly says, reading my mind. "She's difficult to work with, she's unpleasant to sit with...all I do is get away from her as quickly as possible." Yeah. Neither of them is a gem, really. I would rather be boiled in a pot with, say, Nick, than spend five minutes with these pipsqueaks. Jen, for her part, claims that Kelly has been "very manipulative," both with her and with "people that [she's] become friends with." The editors really missed the boat there by not inserting the sound of crickets chirping, if you ask me. We watch Jen take off her makeup as Kelly says that he doesn't respect Jen, and thinks she's afraid to lead, and then Jen says that she's going to kick Kelly's ass, blah dee blah. They both need to be given big, big wedgies.
We learn that Trump does not look good in sports uniforms as we return to his black-and-white motto, which is, "Winning Is Everything." And what is he doing? Well, he's running with the pretend Olympic torch as part of the campaign to get the Olympics to New York. Because you know what New York needs? More damn people. All the natives will tell you. "Not enough tourists," they say. At least this part is over quickly.
And then, Jen and Kelly go into the Boardroom to meet with Trump and the viceroys, and I am flooded with memories of how Carolyn and George grinned at Bill and Kwame when they had this same meeting last year, because everybody was genuinely excited to have them both do well. This time, they're both totally stone-faced, because who could have anything like warmth or affection for these two buffoons? Trump explains that each of them will run a big event. (Actually, technically, he says that each of them will run two events, but he doesn't mean it.) Kelly will be running a charity polo tournament, and Jen will be running a charity basketball game. Trump gives a plug to Genworth, which is the financial services company that's the client for both events. He then tells them that they're now going to get the chance to "pick some employees." And six people are sent into the room: Pamela, Stacy, Elizabeth, John, Raj, and Chris. As Trump acknowledges, not all of these people got along with each other, which isn't surprising, since they're all kind of pricks. But Trump thinks that sometimes, you have to get good performances from people you don't like, so that's perfect for this situation. Because who could like any of these people at this point? Kelly leads off by taking Elizabeth. Jen takes Chris. Kelly takes John, Jen takes Pamela, Kelly takes Raj, and that leaves Stacy to be sent to Jen's team. Aw, last one picked. Poor thing. That breaks my heart. Trump reminds Jen and Kelly to act like bosses to their teams, and also reminds them that George and Carolyn will be watching. With horror, undoubtedly. Employees will go by van to the events, while the bosses will be driven in awesome chauffeured cars, yakkety yak. Now, shoo!