Did you know that they don't have jingles in Russia?

Tonight, on a very special episode of The Apprentice…a team pulls together, only to ultimately fail. Oh, the humanity…

So, after a miserable task last week, Bryce started Gold Rush down the right path. He was a great leader – pulling them all together to attempt to end their bickering. And they really did work much better together than they had before. Bryce seemed to be a good leader – the type that people really respond to. Of course, good leadership can’t always fix bad decisions. Like, who schedules a meeting for 30 minutes from now? In New York City? In the rain? And then doesn’t leave for another 10-15 minutes. Did they not learn anything from last season? And Lenny. I don’t care if you don’t know what a jingle is. You’ve watched tv…you know what commercials are. Step up to the plate and stop playing the “I’m from Russia” card.

Over at Synergy, ladies man Sean has a much stronger team working for him. And with stronger players (and an on-time meeting with the execs), you’re bound to get a better product. Their jingle really was good – way better than most of what you hear on television. It was clear that they were the winners – now go eat your $4000 dinner.

Ok, so Gold Rush has to go to the boardroom (after a tearful moment in the suite), and this is when I started to get angry. Very angry. Lee missed this task because he was observing Yom Kippur. For those of you who don’t know, Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish year. Jews spend the day in synagogue – no work or school. But because this was the second task that he missed, he came under fire from some members of his team. It bothers me that Bryce would bring him in to the boardroom. But it makes me angry that the producers put Lee in that position to begin with. How hard is it to look at a calendar and not schedule a task for Yom Kippur? It’s one day – have the task be the day before or after. Could you imagine the uproar if candidates were required to do a task on Christmas Day, and then were criticized for attending church instead of the task? Someone on this show has got to learn some tolerance.

So, Bryce brings back Lee and Lenny, which pretty much assures that he will be fired. He had to know that Trump would not risk the backlash of firing Lee for observing the holiday. And while it seemed like he was resigned to the fact he would be fired, he still should have fought a little harder. Did I miss the game for this?...