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Martha Stewart Apprentice: I had a hard time getting interested in the task itself, which was negotiating with celebrities for a charity auction. The auction itself was more interesting. David was “sent home” for being young. At least it wasn’t for making a huge blunder, and at the end he piqued Martha’s interest with ideas for the internet side of her business.

I wince every time I see Martha’s secretary–for some reason she really grates on me.

Donald Trump Apprentice: What a disaster! The goal was to sell sporting goods and increase sales in the department. Alla kept her Capitol Edge team on task, selling golf equipment and accessories, with a little putting area to draw in families. They increased sales by about 70%. The Excel team chose baseball, probably less of a money-maker to begin with, and unwisely let a batting cage push aside the merchandise and take over most of their floor space. Result: a significant decrease in sales (over 30%), even with people lining up for the batting cage. So Excel got slaughtered in the task, and even more slaughtered in the boardroom, where four (!) members of the team were fired. This included Jennifer, who was more or less on probation from the week before. Project manager Josh didn’t even get to pick who came back into the boardroom with him; Donald did, and they all were fired. Four people, not talking, squashed into the back of the cab! No one left to tell the remnant of the team what happened!

For their reward, Capitol Edge got to go deep sea fishing. I was cringing, having read Jaws just recently.