Andrea goes home on The Apprentice

Last night’s episode of The Apprentice was really good. It was a great task, a good boardroom, and even though you knew what was going to happen about 10 minutes in, it was really enjoyable to watch.

I loved the task. Yes, there was a corporate sponsor (because there’s always a corporate sponsor), but that’s not what the task was about. It was creative, sales, and actually did something good for others. It was such a breath of fresh air – it was a lot more like the tasks on the original Apprentice where it wasn’t so much about selling crap.

I also loved that Trump’s kids were on the episode. His daughter is really pretty…Donald Jr….well…as Letterman would say, he’s a hump. I hope he’s nice, because he’s not a looker.

You just knew that Lee would pull out a win, and that Andrea was going to keep Synergy from winning. And even though Charmaine thought that they won in spite of Lee, he did a good job leading the team. It was such a good move to get up early and stake out their spot to sell. And even if Synergy had arrived at the same time, Gold Rush’s brochure was just so much nicer.

Which brings me to Andrea. I think that everyone knows someone like Andrea – someone who claims to be an expert in nearly every field, yet almost never is. She’s been talking for the whole season about her graphic design expertise, yet the brochure she designed was horrible. And there’s no way she is actually good at sales…she was actually driving people away. I also thought the way she handled criticism was appalling. A few weeks ago she didn’t take it well when Roxanne said she wasn’t as good as Allie; this week she just couldn’t handle it when the other girls said she was the weakest player. I would never want to hire someone who responded to criticism by name calling and foul language.

So, no surprise at all that Andrea was fired, although it was interesting that Allie didn’t even get the chance to bring her back. I think that Trump knew what had been going on all along. And did you just love that he told his kids at the end what a good job they did, then sighed…it was a great look on his face that he probably didn’t realize had been captured on film. Fabulous.