Project Putt-Putt

Previously on Adventures In Neighborhood Stereotyping: The teams put together graffiti ads for Gran Turismo 4, a PlayStation game involving the mysterious, ultra-modern concepts of "bling" and "props." The candidates made their very own halting, awkward attempts to reach out to "urban" and "hip" Harlem, and Net Worth PM Tara maybe reached out a little too much, to the point where her ad seemed to be an ad sponsored by PlayStation rather than an ad intended to make you feel obligated to purchase anything. Net Worth took the loss, and when Tara's best argument for self-preservation was her own lack of awareness regarding the basics of the product she was supposed to be promoting, she took it on the chin and was sent home, even after several team members took the opportunity for shots across the bow at Audrey. And I missed Carolyn, because NotCarolyn just is not the same. Eleven candidates left. Who will be fired tonight?

Manhattan. Trump Tower. Aspiring Corporate Weasel Death Watch. For some reason, we come in on an extreme close-up of a rose -- do I smell the most dramatic task ever? -- as we hear Tana and John explaining how they differentiated for Trump between Tara's failure on the task in particular and Audrey's level of suck in general. Stephanie tells the stressed-out Net Worthingtons that perhaps this will be the day a "weak link" takes the hit. "Everyone was waiting in suspense to see who was going to walk through the doors who had survived the Boardroom," interviews Kendra, in what seriously has to be the most pointless sound bite of all time. It's like sticking a sound bite in the Boardroom that says, "So then we all waited for the part where Mr. Trump, a rich billionaire, would turn to one of the best and brightest in the country and declare that person to be 'fired.'" Just then, Audrey and Craig return, and everyone says, "Ohhhh," as they always do, pretending that they care one way or the other. I believe it's still Kendra who tells us that the first person they saw was Audrey, and that she looked like she "felt abandoned by her team." Poor Audrey. She shouldn't feel so bad. You can't really be abandoned by people who have been trying to destroy you since the moment you met them.

Craig tells the tale of the Boardroom, and makes the truly ridiculous claim that Audrey should understand she shouldn't "take it personally," which is quite a statement from someone who took slapshots at Audrey'smarriage, of all the ridiculous bullshit, as a way to upset and disparage her. There may be somebody who has credibility in saying it isn't personal, but it sure as hell isn't Craig. In her room, Audrey quietly interviews that she was very hurt that her team described her as "a weak link." She goes on to talk about how she thinks she's just as much of a person as anyone, and she doesn't need anyone to "pull [her] weight" or "do anything that [she] can't do." She describes herself as "sick to [her] stomach." Back out in the living room, Craig says, "Keep it away from the personal issues." Nice try, asshole. time, leave the lady's husband out of it.