Rock the Catwalk The Apprentice USA

Twelve candidates hit hard by the recession remain in the competition

for the ultimate job.

The Apprentice is the most important job interview in my life.

Last week, Wade made a promise to Mr Trump that he didn't keep.

In the boardroom, I said I'd step up as PM and bring us to a win.

-Are you going to be upset if I take it?

-No, I'm not.

I'm not going to create problems before we even step into a task.

As they started their task, creating a viral video for Popcorn Indiana,

the men lost a team-mate.

David has an emergency. His tooth fell out. He's getting it handled.

-Take care, man.

-Yeah, go get better.

'If I had broken my tooth off, I would have still stuck around.'

But I will be overjoyed that he's not there.

And project manager Clint put it all on the line,

staging a popcorn fight outside of Trump Tower.

We had to go big or go home.

Action! Hey!

Woo!

On the women's team, Tyana disagreed with project manager Mahsa's approach.

Old couple getting fresh with each other.

This is supposed to be one huge scene.

As the task progressed, tension between Tyana and Mahsa escalated.

If this doesn't work for us, we might just try to use something funny.

'Tyana was saying that she didn't like

'any of the ideas we were coming up with,'

but she contribute anything creatively to this task.

And their battle continued right into the boardroom.

What was your idea, Tyana?

-My point is...

-What was your idea? What was your idea?

Can you let me know when I can talk?

Then Mr Trump turned the spotlight on Wade.

Wade, why didn't you step up as project manager?

I tried. Clint had said that he wanted to be project manager.

I'm stepping up next week.

But when the results were announced...

The men's team did a better job.

Yes!

..Mahsa was in the hot seat.

Mahsa, why shouldn't I fire you?

Then, the women turned on Tyana.

-You don't get to check out of a business because you don't agree with what's going on.

-I never did.

So you're telling me that Tyana maybe was against,

-but she had no ideas.

-Exactly.

-Correct.

And in the end, Mr Trump agreed with the majority.

Tyana, you're fired.

So, who's going? Mahsa?

I think Mahsa deserves to go. But Mahsa's a great fighter.

-I know.

-Tyana should be back.

And Liza should not be fired, either.

Wait a minute. Let's see who it is.

Woo!

Lisa, there we go. All right.

-Give that lady a drink!

-Thank goodness!

-WOMEN CHEER

-Mahsa. Mahsa.

-Oh, my God.

-Uh-oh.

-Wow.

-Wow.

Guys, that was the least fun thing I've ever done.

I don't ever want to go in there again.

'Mahsa did her job as a project manager,'

but she is lacking a certain polish.

If she takes that finger of hers

and points it at a businessman in the real world,

that finger's going to get her nowhere.

So you're stepping up next round.

-Yep.

-I'm going to bleed me some Wade.

Anything you need, I don't care how dirty it is.

I need you guys' creative minds, is what I need.

'I was more than ready To step up as project manager.

'Mr Trump said he was disappointed in me'

that I hadn't stepped up, so this was an opportunity

for him to see how I could manage a team, see my leadership style.

-We took a risk.

-We did. It paid off in the end.

-Hear, hear.

-To Steve Forbes.

-To Steve Forbes!

-Let's stay that way, guys.

'Wade has been a very, very good follower to date.

'But Wade has never really stepped up to the plate'

above and beyond being told what to do.

'And for the first time since we've been here,

'he has to actually do something.'

MUSIC: "For The Love Of Money" by The O'Jays

# Money, money, money, money

# Money!

# Money, money, money, money

# Money! #

People are going through tough times now.

-Suddenly you thought the world was at your fingertips.

-Yes, sir.

Now you're a ruined man. How did you get back on your feet?

I'm in the process of that right now.

It comes credible from somebody who's been through it.

If anyone's going to make it, I can.

'I was project manager and won our task,'

so today I get to meet Steve Forbes.

'He was a presidential candidate. He's Mr Business.'

People like Abraham Lincoln went bust.

Harry Truman - depression came in the early '20s and wiped him out.

You're a man who's been through adversity but you also have that glint in your eye,

looking to the future.

'Clint was the kind of person who soaks up advice.'

That's the kind of individual

who will, one way or the other, move ahead.

But also, you're going to get curve balls.

Sometimes it's your fault, sometimes it isn't.

Life just throws things your way. And be prepared for it.

'I was a real-estate developer, making millions.

'I'm now living off the little credit we have left, with no income.

'But after being in the presence of Mr Steve Forbes,'

I'm seeing a great future for myself,

for my wife, my three boys.

We're going to make it - make it big.

-Thank you so much, sir.

-Appreciate your coming by.

-Good morning.

-ALL:

-Good morning, Mr Trump.

Footwear is a 100 billion business.

One of the finest and one of the best companies in the business

is Rockport.

With me is Michael Rupp,

the CEO and president of Rockport.

Michael.

Thank you, Donald.

Rockport's philosophy is simple - walkability.

As we are about to launch

our spring/summer 2011 product line,

your task will be to present a fashion show

to our key buyers - like Zappos - tonight.

-Men, you will present the women's line.

-Awesome.

And, women, you will present the men's line.

So I wish you good luck for tonight.

-Thank you.

-Thank you, sir.

My advisers for this task

are Catherine Roman and Juan Betancourt.

They are executive search consultants,

Also known as head-hunters.

'Mr Trump introduced us to Catherine and Juan,

'who are executive head-hunters.

'But for those people who are unemployed,'

looking good in the eyes of those executive search consultants

is extremely important.

Who is your project manager, men?

-I am.

-OK. Wade.

-Women.

-I am, sir.

-Stephanie.

-Yes.

Good luck. Do well.

Have fun.

Just to set the tone,

I want today to be completely different.

Today is Operation Win,

Not Operation Pick On Whatever Each Other's Weakness Is.

'Being the project manager on this task will be very refreshing for me.'

Focused leader with vision.

'Do your job, and if you do it, we'll win.'

Kelly, I know you're very fashion-oriented,

So I'd like you to help with the fashion show itself.

'When Stephanie was putting me front and centre on the creative side,'

I felt good that I have at least seen several fashion shows,

So I at least had some background to draw upon.

Poppy, you could aid in the whole creative aspect with Kelly.

Lisa, you have a good eye for all this fashion as well,

so I want you to help with the creative.

Mahsa's going to keep us on time.

-Check.

-OK.

Brandy, I'm really comfortable with you being the emcee.

'I delegated the emcee to Brandy.'

She's very beautiful. very polished.

She's an elegant speaker.

That's who I want on the microphone.

I feel like there should probably be a larger theme to this.

-Right.

-The story can be "a day in the life".

He wakes up in the morning, he goes to work,

so he wears his work shoe. Then he wears the shoe he wears to the gym.

-So we could do a whole...

-Right.

Whatever a sophisticated, chic name is that would represent him.

Tristan. I like Tristan. A day in the life of Tristan.

A day in the life of Tristan.

'I have always loved the name Tristan

'ever since I saw Legends Of The Fall,'

that scene where Brad Pitt comes off that horse

and his blond hair in that ponytail.

'So, immediately, I thought, "Tristan".'

You know what?

I want to take a little more risk to put us over the edge.

What if we had them all come out for the finale

in just boxer shorts and shoes?

And we have them all line up.

It's edgy. It's pushing the envelope, you know? It's not safe.

-I like it.

-I love it.

-That's it. That's what we're doing.

I'm so ashamed of myself right now.

You love it!

'For the finale of the show,

'we decided to bring all the models out

'in their underwear and in their shoes.

'We want to be edgy, but we don't want to offend the executives.

'And so I began to have reservations

and wishing I had never put the idea out there to begin with.

-OK, So that'll be our finale.

-OK.

-Cool, perfect.

All right. You guys ready to go?

-Yep.

-Go get 'em.

I'm not going to give a really long speech.

We've got a really creative team. Let's just have fun. Let's not bicker.

Let's not dick around. Let's not panic.

Wade is an under-the-radar guy.

Right away, it was just a real laid-back type deal.

But we are under intense time restraints here.

My obvious choices, I think, for the models,

if it's OK, for their clothing.

-I think you guys would do well.

-No question.

'I asked Anand and Steuart to be in charge of clothing.'

Two of the more stylish guys on the team.

They work well together and I think they'll do well with it.

-I need an emcee.

-I've done this before. I'll do it.

-Unless David feels good.

-We could co-emcee.

-You know how fun it is to play off somebody?

-Let's do that.

OK. Just be careful. Don't have smartass David stuff.

This isn't stand-up. I mean, I... This is a different crowd.

'I needed an emcee. Gene raised his hand

'and David raised his hand at the same time.'

So I said, "Gene and David, you guys work on it."

If David's going to work with anybody,

I guess Gene was the guy that I felt he could work best with.

I'll work on the transition.

Should I say, "I'll hand it to my brother from another mother"?

-No.

-Gene!

-But let's transition that, though.

'Wade had a calm demeanour about him, I thought was pretty good.

'But we didn't really have a theme for our show'

and that was a concern of mine.

-Do you have white suit?

-I do not.

We could reverse the ebony and ivory.

That would be so hilarious!

-CLINT:

-'I was absolutely worried that David could be a liability

'because David has a history of being a bit of a loose cannon.

'Combine that with the fact the guy could possibly be'

hopped up on painkillers because of his tooth -

To me, that's too much of an x-factor to trust.

-If you're not wearing Rockports, you're just a sad sack of

-BLEEP.

-Hi, I'm Wade, project manager.

-Hi. Catherine.

-Pleased to meet you.

So, how do you feel about attacking a fashion challenge?

-It's a little bit out of the box for you?

-Yeah, it is, but it's fun.

I got two little girls at home,

-so I got plenty of shoes at home.

-Great.

'Mr Trump's eyes and ears, the so-called head-hunter, arrives.

'I hope she wasn't put off by the fact that I was really focused'

and wanted to make sure the team delivered on this.

Gene, you feel you know the product well enough to talk about...?

Yeah, once I got a description on every shoe, I'm good.

You guys will be able to flow together?

Yeah, yeah. We're going to rehearse.

We're not going to go out there cold turkey.

'Wade seems to be doing really well.

'In some areas, he doesn't seem to be really doing a lot,'

but the way that he has delegated

all of the different pieces of the task

seems to have been extremely well thought-out.

-Hi, ladies. How are you?

-Hi, ladies. How are you? Anand.

-Steuart.

-Pleasure!

-Andrea. Nice to meet you.

You all have a seat.

-GENE:

-The models get there

and Wade had assigned Steuart and Anand.

It's like putting wolves in the hen house.

I mean, those guys were...

Take your shoes off, get comfortable, get ready.

You'll be trying on a few pairs.

You have very well-manicured toes. Nice to see.

I really like that, because the pink and the darker skin, I think it looks really good.

Steuart, real quick, which one do you like better?

No question, the flats.

Anand and I have a good sense of style.

So it's a clear choice for us to go pick out the outfits with the models.

I think we're set.

You girls will all come shopping with us, so...

You guys get to spend the whole day with Anand and I!

-Yay!

-All right!

-THEY LAUGH

The brand personality - sexy, savvy, modern American.

So, Kelly and poppy, think GQ, good-looking men.

Oh, here's the models. Hi, guys!

Hi. Do you want to come... Let's go in the living area,

-cos there's going to be more space. BRANDY:

-Hi!

'You could definitely see the women were excited

'that there were a bunch of male models around.'

That doesn't happen to me in my normal life every day,

so it wasn't bad.

The overall theme is walkability.

So what I'm really going to be looking for

is if you can convey the walkability message

while you're modelling.

-I'm Stephanie.

-I'm Juan Betancourt. Hi, Juan, nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

Our eyes and ears on this task was Juan, who's an executive recruiter.

'It's important to make a good impression

'because there could be potential for the future for me. I'm excited.'

-I'm a banker by trade.

-OK.

-And Brandy's an attorney by trade.

So we're not so creative.

-We're putting together exactly how the evening's going to unfold.

-OK.

And then I've delegated the creative

to the creative girls on the team.

'Stephanie is demonstrating a lot of qualities of great leadership.

'It sounds like they're on track.'

And so this is a fun task that it's theirs to lose.

38 regular. 31 waist.

-That will work.

-Yeah.

'Kelly and I were assigned to shopping.

'Time was of the essence,'

And if we had eight models with us,

it would be way too much.

'So we took one of our models with us

'sort of as a Barbie doll in the dressing rooms.'

-This is a 40?

-Yeah.

-OK, it's good.

We're using all three v-neck shirts. Perfect!

Nope, nope, nope.

Medium. OK.

'The look of the modern Rockport man Was literally resting in our hands.'

I honestly think that we had the biggest responsibility.

I want boxer briefs.

That's good. OK, awesome. You are completed.

I can officially say that I just outfitted a man in underwear.

Awesome.

What we're going to do is get clothes and then also some accessories.

'We had a limited amount of time but we wanted to get to know them,'

make sure they were comfortable with us,

make sure we were comfortable with them.

You know what? I'm actually a shopaholic.

I love shopping. So this will be super-easy for me.

So you've got great legs,

-so I want to definitely utilise that.

-Oh, thank you.

-You're welcome.

-STEUART:

-This is going to make us such better boyfriends

and/or future husbands, just better men altogether.

-You can just, like, lift up your dress - not right here, but...

-Yeah.

I'm getting distracted here, all these beautiful women.

I think my favourite model Was Megan, Tracy, Alicia.

I mean, I like 'em all.

What?

-We're both

-BLEEP!

-We're both totally

-BLEEP!

What about this?

For what, bro? Let's focus on what we need.

I actually like that a lot.

Maybe, like, a bandana? Like, a red bandana or something?

-For what?

-Just to tie around her neck or something.

I think even headband.

I would not complain about hanging out with eight models. Ever.

'But this is definitely the hardest thing I've had to do.'

-You think this is slutty?

-Yeah, I don't like it.

-It's not going to be see-through.

-I really don't like it.

-You think this dress would work with it?

-No, don't like it.

Is this a dress or a shirt?

This is a 38. What does that - what does 38 mean?

Wait, what is this? Is this, like, a bikini?

This is so much harder than I expected it to be.

Number three. That's this guy right here. So, just powder.

'When we arrived at our fashion-show location,'

I talked with the make-up and hair people,

sort of got them up to speed on the looks for each of the models.

He's also look 11, and then he's also look 17 in underwear.

-Everyone's a 17.

-No.

-We don't have eight underwear.

-So, we got seven?

-No, we have one.

We're doing one guy at the end?

That ruins the whole thing. We need the line-up of naked men.

This is the finale, Poppy. It's the most important part.

So you have to figure out the underwear.

'Poppy, she gets back from the store, there's one pair of briefs.'

Who told you one pair? We said eight models, eight pairs!

'And everyone knows this grand finale

'was the guys in their briefs.'

-This is like an hour before the show. Who has time for this

-BLEEP?

I'm really pissed.

-Why are so many people so

-BLEEP

-incompetent?

-Why can't you manage one

-BLEEP

-thing?

Hello. Hello, ladies.

-You still have to get your hair done, right?

-No, this is my hair now.

It looks great. I like it.

"You can be comfortable with reduced shocks,

-"smooth rolls and soft strikes."

-'David had been working diligently'

on putting together his opening and his closing.

Gene knew what he had to do,

as far as delivering the information about the product.

-Dude, you look like a rock star.

-That is so cool.

You ladies look beautiful. You look great.

I was keeping the balls in the air, making sure everybody had what they needed.

-You guys doing OK?

-Wonderful.

-Hey!

-Hey!

-Hey!

-OK, talk to me.

-We have a bunch of boxer briefs.

Are they black? Awesome.

'We fixed up Poppy's mistake of the underwear.

'I had to send Brandy to run to the store last minute.'

I like Brandy because she figures it out.

OK, we got to go rehearse right now. Let's go.

Yeah, line up right here, one to eight.

We got up to rehearse our runway show.

I thought it was crucial that we know what we're doing.

OK, Brandy, when you're ready.

This evening, we will take you on a journey

through the day in the life of Tristan.

Soon as you hear that, come right here.

You're going to give me your best GQ-ness.

When she gives you the second sentence, which is...

-Tristan is a sexy, attractive...

-And now we're walking.

Suave. Sell it. Sell it.

You're the first person we put out here,

so you set the tone for the rest of this evening, OK?

Look two.

It's 4:30am, and Tristan...

Think shock absorbency! think shock absorbency!

-A little more bounce, though. There we go.

-Love it!

-Yes.

-Let's bring look three out.

'Kelly did such a great job

'at directing all the models down the runway.'

I really saw her come out of her quiet little shell

and you saw that personality come out.

Tristan heads out of the office into the hustle of the busy metropolitan...

-He's not wearing that, is he?

-Yeah.

-With the shorts?

-Mm-hmm.

'I notice this guy wearing shorts

'and he's got scabs on his legs. I was not in charge of the fashion'

But in my mind, I'm thinking, "My gosh. He needs to cover those legs."

OK, we're done. Let's go.

All right, We're going to rock this.

Rehearsal's in ten minutes!

Outfit number one, please.

All right, how long before you're going to be able to run through this with me?

Uh, I've got...

One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, eight, nine more shoes.

Are you kidding?

'I was getting myself ready.

'I was hoping that Gene was getting himself ready.'

But I'm not babysitting Gene.

-Oh, Gene, she's going.

-OK.

-Let's go.

-Do you have an in?

No, I don't have anything ready.

-You don't have this?

-No, that's what I've been telling everybody.

-I don't

-BLEEP...

Patent leather and easy to maintain. Beautiful...

-That's not strapless.

-No...

-What kind of order is this?

-I've got the order here.

Arch cookie and support comfort. High heels, 88 millimetres.

Gene, you better be ready to do this.

I look over in the corner and I see Catherine.

You could see the look of almost horror on her face.

This is Cheryl.

Cheryl is sporting the blah, blah, blah.

We don't know which one. Gene hasn't done his research.

Are you ready yet, Gene?

Here she comes now with shoes!

'Almost like a scared child,'

Gene ran away.

This might be Jada. I'm not sure.

But it's the only name I have on my sheet, so Jada's...

'Today, this is the most frustrated I've been.'

It was probably best that I just kind of sit in a corner

for a few minutes

and kind of gather my thoughts.

-Are you OK, brother?

-I'm good.

-All right, man.

-Cos I'll hand it to David if you're not.

-I'm good.

-You'd have no shame in telling me.

-I'm good.

-All right.

-CLINT:

-'All hell was breaking loose on the catwalk.

'The rehearsal was no rehearsal.'

I don't know what's going on in Wade's head. He better be worried.

'Unless things change, this thing's going to be a disaster.'

This is it.

-Michael.

-How are you?

'We had the hustle going on behind the stage. I was excited.'

I was jumping up and down inside, ready to go.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the premiere

of the Rockport 2011 spring collection.

Now.

This evening, we are excited to offer you

a journey through a day in the life Tristan.

Tristan is a sexy, attractive,

savvy, modern American man.

Tristan is the Rockport customer.

Tristan is your customer.

Tristan is about to begin his day.

The marathon is only a few weeks away

and Tristan feels confident in his training

while wearing the Hydro-Sail

From Rockport's Hydromotion 2 collection.

APPLAUSE

Whenever possible,

Tristan navigates these busy streets in Rockports,

truly understanding their simple philosophy of walkability.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

There was great reaction. I could hear giggling

and Brandy definitely kept the story going.

And there was a connection with the audience. It was great.

Tristan heads out for some face-to-face time

With his company's vendors.

Tristan is wearing the Ranbart in dark tan

from Rockport's office style collection.

Dressed to impress, Tristan greets the love of his life.

With style as unique and sophisticated as Tristan's,

how could any woman possibly say no?

Woo!

Get somebody down here and start pulling his clothes off immediately.

'Right before the men went out in their underwear,

'I thought, "Oh, God, are we doing the right thing?"'

So sorry.

'Either this finale was going to go over really, really well'

or undermine everything that we had just done.

So Tristan, as your consumer, looks good longer.

LAUGHTER

Rockport has always been one step ahead of the times.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

And the 2011 spring collection certainly is no exception.

Rockport thanks you for joining us this evening

in the day in the life of Tristan

and wishes you a stylish and comfortable good night.

APPLAUSE

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

Guys, let's just have fun. We've done all we can do at this point. I appreciate you guys' help.

I know we've had a few stumbles. Let's do it.

'I have no idea how the women did.'

I can't worry about how we've screwed up in the rehearsal.

This is take two, and hopefully we can nail it.

Team Octane would like to introduce you

and welcome you to Rockport's women's 2011 spring line-up.

The theme for tonight is simple.

Rockport wants you to look good longer.

So let me introduce you to Gene.

Gene's going to tell you about some fabulous footwear we have for you.

Gene?

Come on, Gene. You can do this, man.

First up, we have Andrea

sporting our Luciana bubblegum patent leather sandal.

The foot-bed is lined with our adiprene technology,

which ease... ease and comfort in the heel,

cushioning the foot in a responsive

and dynamic push-off.

APPLAUSE

'For somebody who loves to give long, drawn-out soliloquies,

'I don't know what was going on.

Maybe he was nervous. Maybe he's not a good public speaker.

I don't know what to say.

Next, we have Cheryl,

who's wearing the quarter strap woven in a Biscotti colour.

The full-grain letter... leather is durable and easy to clean,

extending the product life.

The breather... breathable polyurethane,

moisture-absorbent and odor-resistant cushioning

helps keep the foot dry and comfortable.

Next, we have Audrey...

Audrey's the name of the shoe!

..wearing our Jada quarter strap stripe

in a uniform winter white.

'I almost threw up when I hear Gene

'mixing up the names of the shoes and the names of the models.

'It was awful.'

It was like watching a horse die out there.

'I felt the energy in the room and I felt there was none.'

So I quickly made my exit, stage left.

Christine is sporting our Katja sandal slide, in brown.

Alicia is showing our bubblegum star leather mule.

The fabric lining has Agion anti-micro-bio...

"Micro-bicrobial!"

Lastly, Tracy is sporting our Luciana sling black

in an ultraviolet patent leather.

The arch cookie for support and comfort

makes the shoe, and you, look good longer.

APPLAUSE

'All he needed to do was deliver at this point.'

It was really disappointing

because I felt like I had a winner

All the way up to the runway show.

Unless the women sent naked men out onstage

or did something completely stupid,

we've absolutely blown this task.

Stephanie, why did you choose Brandy to be your emcee?

Because she represents the definition of the brand,

which was "savvy, sexy, attractive, contemporary

-"or metropolitan American."

-Did you think she did a good job?

She did a fabulous job.

Kelly, what did you think of Brandy as the emcee?

She did an outstanding job.

-Mm-hm. Brandy, have you emceed before?

-No.

You've never done it before?

I haven't, but I was excited about the task

and did the best that I could.

You know, it's amazing. I think you were fantastic.

Thank you. That's a really big compliment.

I really do appreciate it.

OK. Catherine, do you have any questions?

Ladies, I do have a question

-about your choice in the models and the wardrobes.

-OK.

There was one model in particular who had very scabby legs.

-Oh.

-That was not very attractive to watch.

I agree with that 100%. This guy looked like he was in a fight

and he was wearing shorts, right?

He was. Why did you choose him for that outfit?

-Do you know who we're talking about?

-I do not.

Kelly and Poppy cast the models.

Yeah, I don't know which model you're referring to, but...

How could you not know? He was... He had scabs all over the place.

-Everywhere.

-Mr Trump, I did ask Kelly.

I said, "Is that what he's wearing?" She said, "Yeah."

-And I was like, "OK."

-And this was...

Why? Because you saw the same thing that I did?

He came down the runway and I thought it didn't look right.

Were you grossed out?

I didn't think that he should be wearing it...

-He shouldn't have worn shorts.

-But at the same time...

I mean, if you had followed that with, "His legs are scabbed,"

I would've tried to fix it.

-But you should have seen that, Kelly.

-I did miss the scabs.

-I was like, "Ugh!"

-It was a gross situation.

-I did miss the scabs.

It was very obvious from the front row.

I think a number of people commented on that.

Whose idea was it

to have the men come out at the very end in their underwear?

Although a bold statement, it's a huge risk.

I know that, in life and in this task, we need to take risks.

I don't want to be good. I want to be great.

So I knew we had to push it and we were very classy.

They were black shorts over their underwear.

-Oh, the weren't shorts.

-They were...

-They were NOT shorts.

-They were boxers.

When you're dealing a male model and shoes,

it's hard, because they're not in skirts and dresses.

-So the pant covers the shoe.

-Yeah.

So we wanted to be able to feature the shoe in the last finale.

Well, the fact is, I think you've done an amazing job.

I thought your choice of the model was disappointing,

but I really did think you did a great job.

And I've never done this before, ever...

But your team so blew away the men

that I don't want to waste a lot of time with you.

I'm going to ask you to go back to your suite, enjoy yourself.

You're going to be meeting Stephanie and Michael Rupp from Rockport.

-Wonderful.

-He's going to give you some advice. He's an amazing guy, the CEO and president.

-Thank you.

-I think you're going to learn a lot.

But you really did a fantastic job.

And, again, I've never done this. But just get out of here.

-You were fantastic. Congratulations.

-Thank you.

STEPHANIE: Awesome.

Blew them out of the water!

First time ever!

Men, you were terrible.

Stay here. Somebody's going to be fired.

I can tell you it wasn't even close.

Wade, what was that mess all about?

That was a total mess.

It was, I was embarrassed.

-I owe you an apology.

-You know it?

I knew this was coming. I was embarrassed.

-I owe you a complete...

-How do you pick Gene,

who obviously has never done this before,

talking about crap that nobody wants hear?

Whose idea was this?

Gene did say he had some experience in public speaking and emceeing.

-Do you think he did?

-I've got to believe a guy when he tells me that.

But every other word was, like, mispronounced

-or... It was terrible.

-I don't disagree.

I watched Brandy, who was so professional.

Is that a correct statement, Catherine?

She was so good, it was incredible.

She was a pro.

I'd use her right now.

In fact, if I do something, I think I'm going to use her.

-See, Brandy?

-Wow, Brandy!

-Damn!

You were polished, girl.

Brandy was unbelievable.

And I think throughout... my time meeting Gene, Gene has carried himself well.

-Gene's got a good voice.

-He carries himself well.

But he didn't carry himself well with respect to being an emcee.

First all, Gene, you walk in with this big computer.

Why not take a piece of paper? See this?

I have a lot of notes on this piece of paper.

I put it in front of me. I see what's going on.

I look down every once...

You walk in with this big clobby computer.

You couldn't even see half of your body.

And you start reading off a computer.

And you were having a hard time reading, obviously,

because every other word was mispronounced.

And I don't know what the hell happened.

Well, that wasn't our plan.

By the way, David wasn't great, but Gene was terrible.

-You talked about every aspect of these shoes.

-Right.

-The only thing you didn't talk about was their beauty!

-Right.

"It's technologically this. It's odourless.

-Every

-BLEEP

-damn shoe. I don't want to hear about odourless.

-I want to hear that they're beautiful.

-I totally agree.

But at the last minute, at D-day,

I did not have the description that I wanted,

-so...

-Was Wade a terrible project manager?

-No, he was good.

-Oh, he did great(!)

He picked two guys that shouldn't have been chosen.

You should have picked Steuart and Anand.

They're smoother guys.

They would have made a nice presentation.

-I sure as hell don't see David doing it.

-Yeah.

And, frankly, in retrospect, I thought Gene was...

He couldn't have been worse.

David and Gene said they had emcee experience.

-I had to rely on that.

-Excuse me. Don't you test them?

I mean, you test them.

-Gene said...

-Say, "Gene, speak."

-You know, Gene...

-Then you say, "Anand, speak."

And you say, "Steuart, speak."

Let me ask you this question.

Why didn't you pick Steuart? Why didn't you pick Anand?

Steuart and Anand work well together. They are very stylish.

I had confidence that they would

pick out a good wardrobe for the show.

Gene's got a very nice voice, as you can here in here.

Gene's got a nice voice? I don't know if he has a nice voice.

-He couldn't

-BLEEP

-read! He couldn't read!

He's looking at his computer and he's,

"Um, well, let's see... This is really great."

This is the worst job I've ever seen as an emcee.

Catherine, let me ask you. You followed the team.

What did you think?

What really struck me while I was there watching

is that it sounded horrible right there and then.

Why didn't anybody say, "Stop. We've got to rethink this"?

Clint, Wade, you were both there listening.

What did you this?

I came out on stage and said, "This is not what we need to be doing."

And what did you see wrong?

-Did you see Gene as the wrong guy?

-No.

What had happened was, Gene didn't have the paperwork he needed

-in time for rehearsal.

-How much paperwork do you need

to talk about a pair of shoes, right?

90% of this task is your emcee.

He let me down, he let the team down.

Wouldn't you have known that if you'd checked it?

You think he would have been fabulous if,

-as an example, in a rehearsal...

-Mm-hmm.

Clint, do you think in a rehearsal he would've been fabulous and blown your socks off?

No, sir. And he didn't even per...

There was no rehearsal by Gene.

-Was there a rehearsal, Wade?

-There was not a rehearsal.

Why? How can you not rehearse?!

Because I checked in on Gene

every hour, on the hour. I said, "Gene..."

Did you check to see whether or not he could perform?

-Gene, did I ask you throughout the day...?

-You did.

No, no. I don't want to hear about asking.

Did you check and see whether or not he could perform?

Gene did not perform to me, no.

-But I can tell you this...

-Excuse me.

You didn't know whether or not he could perform

until you saw him make a total ass of himself up on the stage.

-But I felt confident in...

-Excuse me.

You didn't know whether or not he could perform.

He told me he could and I felt confident in Gene

because I've known Gene for several weeks,

I've heard him speak and Gene is a very good speaker.

That has nothing to do with being on a stage.

Because he can speak well to you

when you're all together someplace

has nothing to do whatsoever

With whether or not he can perform on stage.

I don't under... How did they not rehearse, though?

-That's almost

-BLEEP.

-Who does that?

Him rehearsing wouldn't have anything to do with being on stage.

-Why do you say that?

-Being on stage is different than rehearsing.

I disagree. That's pressure. He's got to rehearse

in front of you. You're the boss. If he didn't do well then,

he won't do well when there's more pressure.

Look, everybody's talking about my speaking ability.

I'm not just a good soldier.

-I've spoke for a very long time and I know how to sell

-BLEEP.

The last thing I wanted to do is go on stage,

describe their shoe... Gene, but your speech was so boring

and I'm talking about the content. People knew that you lost

as soon as you started talking, Gene.

Women, turn off your television. You've seen enough.

What? He didn't ask him to bring three people back.

No, he's going from there.

He's going to fire someone right now.

-It'll probably be more than one person.

-Yeah.

Steuart, what did you think of Gene

and what did you think of the decision to use Gene?

I think that was one of the major errors,

But, Mr Trump, I was not present during most of the day,

as Anand and I were out developing the styles

for the ladies we were tasked to find outfits for, so...

You know, the one thing the executives really liked

Was the outfits.

I think I picked the two best guys to do it

-and this is what I was left with here.

-Give me a break.

-I...

-Give me a break.

Mr Trump, there was four hours for them to have everything prepared.

And when we came back, we were shocked, and I was...

That was plenty of time to have a speech written up.

When David rehearsed,

when he started his intro speech,

it just started getting completely dysfunctional.

I saw you out there kind of looking at us

and trying to see where we were going.

Just out of curiosity, how do you pick David to go up there?

This isn't about comedy.

Nobody said anything about my selection.

I picked it. Nobody challenged it.

They both said they had emceeing experience.

What did you think of your selection

to go up there and make a jerk out of yourself?

Sir, I put my hat in the ring for it.

You more than put your hat in the ring.

What does that mean, Steuart?

He was adamant. And I will back Wade up here.

He said to Wade, "I have done this over and over, time and time again."

So, why didn't you put your hat in the ring?

-Cos he wants to harass women.

-I knew how much

we would have on our plate during the day.

-"He wanted to harass women"?

-Yeah, he feels...

There's women in the area, so he wants to find them.

He didn't want to do anything else but go shopping with women

so he could he pick out bras and clothing for them.

That's completely incorrect.

Wade immediately came to both of us

because he apparently thinks

we're the two stylish ones on the group,

Which I don't think has anything to do with harassing women.

-You know...

-When you say "harassing women,"

-you're saying he likes women.

-That's a harsh accusation.

That's a pretty... The word "harassing,"

He doesn't have to harass women. He's good looking.

-Did you see me harass one person?

-No.

OK, he's not harassing women.

Juan, how do you feel about this?

I think there are two individuals in my mind

who should be considered to be fired.

I mean, having a fashion show without an emcee is like

Seder dinner without matzo balls.

I mean, it's clear you need the emcee to steal the show,

and you failed miserably.

-Excuse me, Mr Trump.

-Yes?

I take responsibility for the performance that was given.

I will take responsibility for that.

Gene, who should I fire?

You know, you got to make that call. You know?

Like I said, with me, as far as backing up my project manager,

I wanted to give Wade 120%.

The performance could've been better.

-Could've been better?!

-Yes.

But I'm not a guy who's going to run around blaming people.

That's fine. That's fine.

So if you want to fire me, go right ahead.

All right. Gene, you're fired.

Wade...

you're fired.

Go. Good luck.

Go ahead. Thank you.

The rest of you guys, go back to your suite.

You were terrible. Terrible.

Juan, I think I had no choice.

I agree. It was clear.

-Catherine?

-Yes, sir. I agree 100%.

Unfortunately, I think I got fired

because I put too much trust and confidence in someone else

and I swore to myself I wouldn't do that.

But I had fun working for Mr Trump.

It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

and I tried to have as much fun with it as I could.

It is never a good feeling getting the axe.

But, you know, I let my project manager down

and my team down, and I got fired.

It's a bad feeling.

Rockport presents Next Steps.

I left with a lot of optimism, a lot of hope.

And, you know, I started my company.

Right now, it's an employee of one.

I've got a really big project.

I'm building a technologically advanced

assisted-living facility. That's my desire and my dream.

Thanks to The Apprentice, I'm the most well-known

real estate agent in Minnesota. It's gotten my name out there,

which, in my industry, is huge.

The ultimate dream for me is to own as much real estate

as Donald Trump owns in New York.