The Apprentice - Season 08, Episode 03

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AI GeneratedTwo teams compete to raise money for charity by selling wedding dresses. The women's team (Athena) employs a professional, high-end strategy to secure a victory, while the men's team (KOTU) is plagued by internal chaos, lack of discipline, and poor leadership. The episode culminates in a boardroom confrontation where the project manager is fired for incompetence.
Previously on the Celebrity Apprentice,
the teams were tasked with creating a comic book character and costume for Zappos.com
and presenting it to the CEO.
This is great.
On KOTU, the men were off to a rocky start.
We can get a transvestite, a guy.
And Tom felt he was being shut out.
Horse or maybe a motorcycle. He could be on a motorcycle.
Okay, okay, well, just shut up right now. Right now, shut up.
You know, I definitely feel a lack of respect for my ideas and what I'm talking about in there.
Over on Athena, the women quickly came up with their concept.
And our hero emerges and she's like, da-da-da, Miss Z.
Love it. Perfect.
With time running out for the men,
project manager Scott Hamilton finally came up with their comic book character.
How about E, just E?
I think it's distracting.
Why is her name E?
And they presented to the exec.
Zappos.com transforms Megan into our hero, E!
In the boardroom, Zappos had a favorite.
They loved the women.
Handing KOTU their second loss in a row.
Scott and Tom went head-to-head.
I think you didn't understand what I was doing.
I don't think anybody can understand what you're doing.
It was like, how about, no, let's get back to the z-z-z.
Tom, so far, I'm just not impressed.
And Tom stepped up to the plate.
I can control the team. I want to be the next project manager.
Ultimately, Mr. Trump had heard enough.
The E was a big mistake, Scott.
Scott, you're fired.
Let me ask you a question. Who do you think it's gonna be?
I think it may be Scott.
Really?
Yeah.
Hershel did almost beat up Tom.
Like, he added, like, a new syllable to a word.
He was like, right now!
You shut up!
And I'm like, whoa!
Tom did say he want to be the PM for next task.
Like, you want him to be?
You know what? That may be the best thing for him to do.
The reason why, it may make him show leadership.
Uh-oh, uh-oh.
Uh-oh.
Yes, yes. Get ready.
Uh-oh.
Aww.
Hi, guys. How you doing?
Hi.
Okay.
You know, I think Tom, he's just one of those creative dudes
that's kind of a d**k that you just gotta put up with.
Well, I lost money because I thought it was gonna be you.
No, that's a joke.
But he did actually say a lot of stuff that made sense.
You know, zapatos means shoes in Spanish.
We're well aware. Thank you.
Zapatos means shoes in Spanish.
Okay, so...
You know, I think big behavior and loudness and all that,
I think it's funny as hell, but to command respect,
I think it has to be earned first before you can command it.
Gorgeous.
Thank you. You look very handsome.
How's the charity doing?
I'm here playing for the Brent Shapiro Foundation
to bring drug and alcohol awareness.
Brent Shapiro was a dear friend of mine.
His father is Robert Shapiro,
who's a lawyer with my father on the O.J. Simpson case.
I did a challenge, which I was project manager of.
I won my challenge, and I have a little...
Oh, well, congratulations. Congratulations.
Thank you.
Oh, wow. This is fabulous, and it will go to great use.
Brent Shapiro passed away from drug addiction.
I personally have had mistakes.
I've had a DUI very publicly,
which, you know, it's been really hard,
but it's taught me so much,
and I want to vocalize that and teach people from my mistakes.
Thank you so much for doing this.
Yes.
Good morning. Good morning.
Joan Rivers won't be with us this morning,
but you'll be back with us tomorrow.
Now, we're standing on the steps of St. Bartholomew's Church,
a magnificent cathedral.
One thing it's known for, weddings.
People love weddings.
I love weddings. I've actually had a couple of them.
Your task today is to sell wedding dresses
at a retail shop that will be provided to you.
I'm already feeling like we're getting screwed
from the beginning.
Women spend their whole lives
waiting for Prince Charming to marry them,
and all we do as men is hope we never get there.
You have 125 dresses per team,
and they're donated by RK Bridal.
The one that makes the greatest profit will win.
It's very simple.
George Ross is on my left.
Ivanka's on my left.
They're going to be my eyes and ears.
Dennis, you know about wedding dresses.
Don't I remember?
Love your style, baby. Yes.
Dennis should be very, very good at this task.
I want you now to choose your project manager.
Go ahead.
Okay.
Tom, you said you wanted it. Yeah.
Well, if you remember,
Tom wanted to be project manager last time.
I'm happy to do it. What do you think?
You're right. I'm happy to do it.
I knew I was going to be a project manager.
I don't think anybody else on our team
could manage us to a win.
I just don't think anyone else on our team
is going to be the apprentice this year.
Do you want to do it? I'll do it.
Athena, who is your project manager?
Brandi. Brandi.
This was the perfect task
because it sounded like something
that would be in my realm,
and it sounded like something
that would be a lot of fun.
Now, so you have two great project managers.
Somebody's going to make a lot of money for their charity.
Let's see how you do. Have fun.
Coming up.
Where's Dennis? Give me a bucket of cranberry.
I'm having a little drink here or there.
I don't know how that's going to sell a wedding dress.
I'm having fun now.
Who do you think wants to take charge of the market?
Brian.
I think just getting on the phone
and trying to get people down.
It's a big money plan.
I really want to encourage you
to try to call some of your contacts
in the country music industry.
Target amount?
$100,000.
I intend to carry out the challenge Tom gave me,
which was to raise $100,000.
And if I have to exhaust all of my resources,
then that's what I'm going to do.
I'm going to hit you up for some money.
That's why I'm calling.
I'm sending an email to update my mother.
Okay.
This week's task is to sell wedding dresses for charity.
So how much would you be willing to buy the dress for?
I'd like to see, you know, at least four figures
in the number you're about to give me
and not some janky four figures.
I could probably do a better job.
Oh, my God.
It's me.
He's going to buy a $10,000 wedding dress, you guys.
So three grand. Got that three grand, okay?
All right. All right.
Three grand right there.
Awesome. Perfect.
That's us right here, guys.
Where's the girls at?
There's KOTU right here.
They're right next door.
Now, this is really the part that sucks
because it has to be something that we do
that's better than what they do.
We had a daunting task
because they put us next to each other,
but it's not where you're selling.
It's what you're selling and how you're selling it.
Oh, this sucks.
I'm really nervous about this task
because the guys I know are going to try and bring in
as much money as possible.
Dresses are arriving.
They know what kind of money we can bring in,
and they know we're going to bring it for this task.
Thank you. Shake hands.
Peace out.
Hey, it's Clint.
Okay.
You want to buy a wedding dress?
Let's work on this name.
Winter wedding sale.
Wedding dress blowout.
Bankruptcy sale.
Yeah.
How about this?
Red carpet wedding dress sale.
We'll set up a red carpet out there.
They come in.
We have one of those boards with all the logos on it.
I like red carpet.
I had already planned on our showroom looking minimal,
simple, clean, like an art gallery, you know,
and focus today on raising money.
All right, I got another 5K.
Hey, I got six coming in also and probably more.
Hi, Preston.
So good to see you.
Thank you so much for coming down and helping us.
I thought it would be a great idea to reach out to my friend,
Preston Bailey.
Chloe.
Preston Bailey is one of the best-known wedding planners.
You know, he's like that guy who comes in and says,
okay, this is what I see, and does it all.
We have 125 wedding dresses to sell.
And you just need to transform it.
We need to transform it.
Done.
I have total confidence in Preston,
but I am convinced the boys are pulling out all the stops.
Two losses to, you know, a bunch of girls
running around in stilettos.
A little bit humbling, a little bit humiliating.
We're going to be down here,
and, you know, we have 125 wedding gowns and stuff.
You know, they're really marked down, really.
I'll tell you the example that we have is...
Brian, can you help me with my zipper?
Absolutely not.
Are you serious?
You know, we have been having a little bit more
of a relaxed atmosphere today.
And you're doing this because...
And I think that'll translate into getting a lot done.
I hope, if anything, that I'm at least contributing to that.
Nobody coming down this street.
There's nobody walking down here.
You're right.
Dennis had the idea to generate hype for our event.
Do you want to go to Dennis and keep making calls?
All right, cool, man.
You ready?
How you doing?
What's your name, honey?
I'm Jessica Hershey-Walker.
My whole purpose of being in the street right now
is trying to draw business by this task we're doing.
Give me a bucket of cranberry.
Thank you.
Doing my thing, being Dennis Rodman, you know.
Boom.
What's happening, guys?
You got any money?
No, I'm fine.
Hey, honey.
Come here.
Sit down.
Hello, there.
How you doing?
We can have some real cool things going on right now,
me and you.
Oh, yeah?
What time you get off?
Out of my team, I think that I know women more than anybody.
I'm more like, you ever see the movie Ghost?
He came back as a ghost and got inside Whoopi Goldberg body.
That's me.
Love her style.
You have someone that all he want to do
is go around the neighborhood and have a little drink
here or there.
I don't know how that's going to sell a wedding dress.
Can we get one more drink, honey?
Yeah, what is it?
Bucket of cranberry.
OK.
I'm having fun now.
Hello, Tim?
Yeah?
Hey, it's Clint.
What have you got yourself into now?
Well, I'm competing in an event for charity.
Good to talk to you, man.
How's it going?
Can you text me your number, OK?
Awesome.
First of all, you'd be happy to hear from me.
Where are we missing?
Where's Dennis?
Dennis and Herschel.
Thanks.
It seems like you're already starting to call people.
Oh, yeah, we've been doing that pretty much all day.
Clint's been really working on that.
You know, Brian's also been making a lot of calls,
and everyone has been.
Well, it's still in the early stages of the task.
They seem to all be working together quite
harmoniously as a team.
At least those who were actually present,
which was not Herschel and Dennis.
I have yet to totally figure out exactly where they are.
Architecture is beautiful in New York.
No matter where it is in New York, honey,
everything is beautiful.
The men's team is right next door, and theirs is code 2.
So don't go to them, because I don't want,
they're going to be stealing our s**t.
For me, the main thing now is raising money.
Because we have this great stuff we're doing,
but we don't have anyone to come by and then.
My personal goal is to make sure that the group raises
at least $100,000.
Will you come by a wedding dress, please?
Please?
But you could throw it away.
I need some of your rich friends to come by tomorrow
and buy some wedding dresses.
Joe, I know you're getting married soon,
so why don't you buy a wedding dress?
How about $5?
Okay, $5.
Thank you.
Here he is.
He's drinking already.
I had a good time, bro.
I got numbers.
You like the ladies, don't you, Dennis?
Oh, I love the ladies.
Do you like the ladies, Donald?
I like the ladies, too.
Oh, my God, bro.
I love the ladies, too.
The good thing about today is we found out
how to get Dennis to talk more and be more interactive.
The bad thing about it is
that it's vodka and cranberry juice
that makes him do that.
I'm gonna go and get some bottles.
Come here, get some champagne and stuff like that.
Okay.
A friend of mine owns a bunch of clubs
around the country.
He said, Dan, you need any girls?
I said, yeah, I need some girls.
He said, I'm gonna send you over a Russian girl.
Hey, guys.
Come on, you ready?
Hey, John.
Hey, one of the models.
Hello, how are you?
She looks good.
Were you from Romania?
I was born in Russia, Moscow.
Oh, I love Russian bitches.
Girls.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
I think the day went great.
Everybody did an amazing job.
Very beautiful.
How you doing?
We got, like, 150 things happen tomorrow morning
at 8 o'clock,
and it's just gonna transform instantly.
Okay, Dennis wants to get going, so...
All right.
See you, Jesse.
Thanks, man.
Awesome day.
We gonna go get a drink at the hotel?
Are you ready?
I'm ready.
I'm up.
We're out of here.
Boom.
Is this all of us coming in here?
Yes, sir.
I think so.
Just us four.
What happened to Tom and Dennis?
This morning, Tom and Dennis weren't there.
I need a ring.
Tom Green's room.
We said, let's go.
We have to go to work.
If it's gonna be four of us, fine.
Get the **** up.
Wake Dennis up and get the **** down there.
He has the phone?
Yes.
Say, hey, what's up?
Not you.
They said they were going down to the bar last night.
Are you serious?
They had that Russian girl with them.
That who?
That Russian model.
She ain't no Russian model.
Stripper.
You start adding things up,
and it looks like those guys had a pretty rockin' night.
Just gonna throw it out there.
I don't think Tom really is the best project manager.
Morning.
We're making a lot of money today.
It's very exciting.
This is going to be the biggest disaster
in the history of the Apprentice,
and I mean a positive disaster.
I'm so proud of my team.
I'm so proud of this woman here.
This woman is, I am so proud of you.
Bringing in money for the team.
That woman there's bringing money.
I can tell by the look on her face.
She's showing up.
Boom.
Well, if I fall, we now own Trump Plaza.
Okay, very good.
Yesterday I went out of town to do a lecture on survival,
and I've learned a lot about survival from here,
so it was a good lecture.
I'm so glad to be back.
Preston.
Right on time.
When he opened the back,
and all those flowers started coming out.
It's not fair.
Is this all for us?
Yeah.
It's not fair.
First of all, the smell hits you.
And so the smell of flowers, everybody's happy now.
This is like every little girl's dream room.
We're like, okay, it's going to be a good day.
This is so exciting.
I'm happy to bring people in and help get them their dresses.
Who's better do you think at wrangling, Natalie or Tiana?
Brandi's doing great as project manager.
She's very cool under pressure.
But we're going to win.
People underestimate Brandi.
She's smart, and she's ambitious.
And that's always a deadly combination
when you put it with looks.
Morning, everybody.
It's exciting.
It's literally just going to transform itself
in the next hour.
This is like, what else could possibly go wrong?
I don't know where Tom and Dennis were,
but they weren't with us.
And then our project manager shows up,
and he's still kind of a little bit drunk, I think.
I wonder if I can drink Herschel's orange juice.
Will that be fine?
I don't think he wants it.
You're the project manager.
You know what really is best for a hangover is cola.
Oh, yeah.
Why, were you out drinking last night?
No.
I was thinking that's what you were using
the orange juice for.
No, no, no.
I'm just having breakfast.
I'm working.
You know, the fact that Tom was late
and really frazzled when he did get here,
you know, I don't know,
if I put my I'm Donald Trump hat on right now,
I'd say that that's cause for termination.
But if Tom is able to do that and keep his team on task,
he was able to go out partying and pull it off.
Right next block over,
that's where all the bridal registries and everything are.
Yeah, yeah.
We should probably go over there.
Can you get Dennis down here to do it?
Oh, yeah.
I can't get Dennis because I don't know where he is.
Did you call his room?
Yeah, no, I called.
I went into his room physically enough
and the door, like, banged on the door.
Thanks.
Bye.
Dennis' guy called,
said he's having a lot of trouble
with his eyes this morning
and he's not going to be coming in.
Dennis is the most recognizable person
in our whole regime here.
You know, if we don't have him, I think it's detrimental.
And if we do have him, it can be.
But I think it is better when he's there.
We can start selling now, guys.
Let's make some money.
We're Dennis 11.
Welcome, come in, please.
Do you know how amazing it is
to walk into a dull, dingy space
and have it absolutely transformed?
A wedding that can be pulled together
in two and a half hours at this age
is very important.
It's good to get it done before the groom dries.
Are you looking for a wedding dress?
Yeah, my wedding's in September,
so I want to be, like, really traditional.
Yeah.
Well, here, look at this.
Throw it on.
I think we're a little more sensitive
to what women want,
especially how important
their wedding dresses are to them.
Look at that.
Gorgeous.
How fabulous is that?
Love it.
She loves it.
Okay, good.
Let's do it.
You're gonna be our first girl that cries.
Oh, my God, you're gonna make me cry.
I love watching cries find their way out.
Hey, how you doing?
How you doing?
All right?
How are you?
All good.
Men are excellent merchandisers,
but this group of men are not.
The store was not very inviting
for somebody buying a wedding gown.
How are you doing today?
I'm doing good.
Where's Dennis?
Well, Dennis is sick,
and there's something wrong with his eyes,
so they sent the doctor to his hotel.
Dennis says he's sick.
He's got a problem with his eyes.
I guess so.
Evidently, it's serious enough
that he didn't want to show off with the team.
Hopefully it's okay.
Okay, well, we'll see.
How's it going?
How's the team working?
Very well.
Everyone's working very well together.
Working well together?
Yeah.
Well, the women's store,
first of all, is very attractive.
It's a much more inviting place.
I think they made it more
of an entertainment experience,
whereas the men,
it was just trying on a dress.
Do you have any idea
how the ladies are doing next door?
A lot of people are excited
to go in and see Joan Rivers,
but hopefully we can win it
with the corporate funding.
That's, you know...
Yeah, I imagine they have some of that, too.
Hopefully Herschel's got the 30 he said.
Yeah.
And if I've got the 40 or 45 I've said,
I mean, that puts us...
Oh, my gosh.
I think we are going to win
if you got that, too.
Champagne, ladies.
Ladies, how are you?
Free champagne.
I think the first thing
I thought of this morning
was I had to put on my slickest suit.
I had to look the part.
Now, whether you need it or not,
you look damn good.
Oh, my, thank you.
Damn good.
It's about you.
The other dress is about the dress.
Seeing that somebody looks nice
and then having a man
who's a man's man tell you that
is a whole different ballgame.
This is the one.
Y'all coming to the right.
Keep walking this way.
Keep walking.
Y'all coming to the right.
We'll check out some of your dresses.
Check this lady out first.
Okay.
How y'all doing?
Y'all can get to meet
the best guys here.
There was one point in the day
when there was nobody out front,
and the men were out in front
grabbing customers.
Do you have anybody in there?
I'll tell you,
our store is packed,
but I'm saying if you want
to buy something, you can.
We got too many people in here,
but it's okay.
You can come work for us as well,
my dear.
I know.
Don't tell him that.
It got to be in the middle of the day,
and then we had nobody,
and the guys had people.
So I'm not sure what's going on
in their room,
and I don't know how much money
Tom's bringing in.
That guy's store is full of people.
We need people down there.
I don't know.
I'm a little nervous.
I really am,
because I really thought
we were going to have
a lot more money than this.
We've only got a few hours to go,
so it's a little nerve-wracking.
Make sure you can see the train
off to the side there.
We've got to have somebody outside.
The boys have a ton of people
in their store,
and nobody's pulling people over.
The task was to sell
as many wedding dresses as possible,
and we had no one in the store.
You don't sit down,
but you've got to make your quota.
We're going to stand out.
Right in front of there.
Don't go to the boys' side.
Girls only.
The boys suck.
Not worth your while.
They suck.
Come over here.
Come on over here.
It's at our store.
Go with Joan Rivers.
Stop taking me.
Go with Joan Rivers.
Hey, you cannot do that.
Hey, that is totally illegal.
Why are you guys
doing business
in front of our store?
Because it's working.
But next door,
it's ******.
Are you three
going to buy a dress today?
We were looking for a friend.
Do you have your credit card here?
I feel a little accustomed right now.
Excuse me,
I made you a promise.
Yes.
The checks are here.
We have a check here
from Sound Image
for $5,000,
and we have a check here
from a fantastic
country music artist
and good friend
Tim McGraw for $5,000.
Tim McGraw,
ladies and gentlemen.
Clint Black
brought $35,000 in.
I'm just officially
giving you possession
of these dresses right now.
You know,
I know we raise money.
It's just whether we raise
more money than the women,
but I'm happy
that we raise money.
$25,000.
$25,000 from QVC.
And you know,
this is the perfect dress
for some Joan Rivers stories.
Yes, it is.
That is for you.
Yes.
My friend Perry Friedman,
he actually took the red eye
from Las Vegas.
How much are you paying
for a dress?
$10,000?
$10,000.
Thank you.
Thanks, honey.
I'm really working
very, very hard
to make sure this team wins
and not just to make sure
I'm safe.
Happy to help
promote your charity.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Okay, guys,
we have nine minutes.
Nine minutes.
We had brought in
so much money.
Very exciting,
but I still had this worry
about the guys
because they're going to
pull out all their cards
for this one.
Grant Black checks
just showed up,
and my checks
are still not here.
This is the fourth quarter
with about two minutes left.
This is a two-minute warning.
Is there anybody
we can call
to find the person?
I'm trying to call
a run who can get a guy here.
But he should be here, though.
Yeah.
He's got to come quick now.
It's getting a little crazy.
Come in.
Hey, we got some more here.
Ladies and gentlemen,
let's have a hand
for Herschel Walker.
We have purchased
a charity today for...
How much we got here?
Wait a minute.
$16,000 right here.
$16,000,
ladies and gentlemen.
Yeah, all right.
Herschel Walker,
our hero fundraiser today
with Clint Black,
our other hero fundraiser today.
We need a victory right now.
To lose three in a row,
I think our morale
would just be shattered.
We haven't added it all up yet,
but I think we brought in
a lot of money.
Thank you, everybody.
I think this has been
a very successful,
successful day.
We really, really appreciate
all the help for charity.
Thank you, guys.
Thank you.
How'd you do, Brandi?
Well, I think that we did excellent,
and I really don't think
we could have done any better.
I have an extremely strong team,
and we all work so well together.
Who did a poor job?
I don't think anybody
did a poor job.
Who was your star?
Melissa and Annie.
That's nice.
Tom, how'd your team do?
Everybody did a great job.
It really was a great team effort.
I just think Clint and Herschel
were heroes.
I would call them heroes,
and, yeah, I think we did good.
Did you use Dennis' celebrity
at all, Tom?
I remember years ago
when Dennis wore the wedding dress
and it was, like,
the biggest star.
Did you use Dennis' celebrity
for your event?
I did in the sense that
Dennis raised some money
walking around on the streets
getting people excited
about coming down.
You know, unfortunately,
Dennis had an allergic reaction.
His eye was hurt today, so...
Reaction to what?
I'm allergic to cats.
To cats?
Yeah.
We went out last night
and we met some dot-com...
Would they be billionaires
or were they millionaires?
They were billionaires.
I think they may...
But they're not billionaires anymore.
Oh, yeah.
Okay, so go ahead.
It was the dot-com
billionaire's dogs
that gave you the allergic reaction.
Wait a minute.
Was it cats or dogs?
Cats, yeah.
Okay, who cares?
What does Dennis' allergic reaction
have to do...
Oh, no, it's just because
I wanted to...
You know, he was very sick today,
so we had a doctor came...
Yeah, but, Tom,
he wasn't there.
Yeah, no, that's...
Well, so, I mean,
what do you...
Say it like it is.
Yeah, no, he...
He wasn't there.
So at this point,
allergic reaction or not,
he wasn't there.
Yeah, today for the task,
but he worked hard yesterday
raising money, so...
Herschel, why wasn't he there?
Well, today,
I wasn't sure why
he was not there.
Yesterday, Dennis and I
hit the streets.
We...
We did what Dennis...
I'm not sure what we did,
but we...
Dennis, you don't expect
this one.
I'm not checking...
Go ahead.
My job was to do
one thing yesterday,
is be the billboard.
Let me go out and get,
you know, get some drinks.
That's my element.
All day.
That's what I do best.
So you and Herschel
hit the bars,
not the streets.
Absolutely.
We hit the streets.
We hit the streets now.
I was told to go with Dennis.
By who?
My...
My guy.
Your leader.
Because one thing...
What do you think of him
as a leader, Herschel?
He wouldn't be on my A-team.
One thing I want to know.
Who was your interior decorator?
Stevie Wonder?
This is supposed to be
a happy event.
I didn't see anything
in there that was happy.
We thought that if
the store looked minimal
and that it would look
almost more like
a clearing house, but...
By the way, I heard
the woman's store was fantastic.
It was.
Everybody told me.
Thanks to Melissa.
Our store was wonderful.
I heard Melissa also
sold a lot of dresses.
But you know what?
Here's the bad news.
They sold a lot of dresses, too.
And I know for a fact
they raised a lot of money.
You scared?
I'm scared.
You're scared because
you're the team leader.
And what does that mean?
Generally speaking,
the team leader gets fired.
I think it's time to find out.
Ivanka, RK Bridal
donated the dresses.
How many did the men sell?
The men sold 21 dresses
for a grand total
of $63,450.
Okay, George,
how many did the women sell?
The women sold 22 dresses
for $103,000.
That's fantastic.
Brandi, you're safe, Brandi.
You know, the women
are really kicking ass.
I mean, every week now.
Well, let me just tell you
what that all means.
That means that you won
$167,000 for your charity.
Brandi, what's your charity?
It's California Police
Youth Charities.
And it's for
at-risk children
that live in
low-income neighborhoods
that don't have money
to go to college
and they give out scholarships
and they give out computers.
They're going to like you a lot.
They already do,
but they're going to like you a lot.
All right, get out of here.
Good.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
Very good job.
Man, what's going on
with you guys?
Sadly, somebody's
going to be fired.
Well, fellas,
I'm a little embarrassed for you.
This is the third week in a row,
and that's a lot of losses.
Yeah, it's embarrassing.
They won easily, too.
They won by a lot.
Mm-hmm.
What happened?
I had a really difficult thing
to deal with here.
People were really,
really arguing
over the first two weeks.
Big arguments.
Constant bickering.
And I was working
at a real deficit,
so I said,
let's try to keep
it positive today.
Let's not argue,
and let's focus on our jobs.
You claim, though,
that you were
at an automatic disadvantage,
which you are,
in that you have a deficit
in terms of the number
of people on your team.
So losing
an additional person...
Look, I was very disappointed
that Dennis didn't show up.
He said it was
a medical thing.
When?
When you weren't there?
I had to stay back
at the hotel this morning
to try to get him
He wasn't even there.
Go ahead, Brian.
I had to go
to Dennis' hotel room.
He wasn't even there.
Wait a minute.
Brian, what do you say?
He wasn't there.
They called my room.
They thought I overslept,
and then basically
they started talking about...
But you're the team leader.
There can't even be
a perception
that you overslept.
I don't think
you're a great team leader.
All right, Herschel,
what do you think
of Dennis' job?
I don't...
I don't do what Dennis do.
I don't drink.
Do you think Dennis
was hung over
as opposed to something else?
Yes.
Who was knocking
on his door?
Well, see, I don't know
because we called Tom.
If you have an eye infection
and somebody knocks
I was knocking on his door
for about half an hour.
That's why I was late
getting to the...
May I say this, though?
Okay.
I and Tom,
I'm not throwing you
under the bus.
When I got there,
I asked...
And then what?
I asked Tom.
No, I asked Tom
if he got Dennis up
because Tom was late.
And Tom, you told me,
said, no,
he didn't get Dennis up.
No, I went to Dennis' room.
Why didn't you get Dennis up?
I went to Dennis' room.
I banged on the door.
Was he in the room?
I don't know.
Nobody answered.
And so...
How long did you bang on the door?
About 20 minutes.
Were you in the room, Dennis?
Yep.
You were.
So why didn't you
answer the door?
I didn't want to be bothered.
You knew it was him knocking?
It didn't matter.
Nobody was knocking.
Did you not want to be bothered
with, like,
the hell with the task,
the hell with the team?
No, no, no.
It's not that.
No, it's nothing about that.
I didn't realize
that he was in the room
not answering the door.
I just thought that he was asleep.
You just found that out.
But you know what?
I didn't answer the door
just because I didn't want people
to see my eyes like that.
But they can't see your eyes,
because you're wearing sunglasses.
I'm sorry.
You see my eyes?
Yeah.
I'm sorry.
They look good, Dennis.
I'm sorry.
Good-looking eyes.
So what do we think
really happened?
The cat reaction?
They said it was a cat
and a dog.
Well, once a cat,
once a dog.
Yeah, which one was it?
It wasn't any.
It was a girl named Kitty.
Or some bitch.
Or, yeah, or some bitch.
Did you refuse to see a doctor?
I refused to see a doctor
while I was playing in the NBA.
Same thing,
because, you know,
I know my condition.
And you don't think
it was disrespectful
not to just,
not even open the door,
just talk to him
through the door
and say,
Tom, I'm not feeling good.
You don't do that
to Phil Jackson.
You didn't do that
with Michael Jordan.
You respected Michael Jordan
a lot.
I know that for a fact.
If Phil Jackson's
knocking on your door,
you open that door.
Is that right?
I don't answer that question.
Honestly, no.
No?
No.
Michael Jordan did the same thing.
It's a piece of work.
I'll tell you.
Michael Jordan did the same thing.
If Michael Jordan
knocks on your door,
do you open that door?
I do not open the door.
You just say,
Michael, screw you.
No, no, excuse me.
Is that a mood thing, Dennis?
It's not a mood thing.
It's like saying,
you know what,
today I don't feel good today.
You know what,
can you guys help me out?
That's what a team's all about.
No matter who's out
or who's injured,
who's not this, this, this,
you expect that
when you're sick,
somebody's going,
hey, we got to stop
Donald Trump International Enterprise.
But if you don't communicate
that you're sick,
it just seems like
you're not showing up.
All right, Clint,
let me ask you this.
If you were me,
who would you fire?
Would you fire
the project manager
or would you fire Dennis?
Just out of curiosity.
In this situation
with just the two of them?
Yes.
If I were Donald Trump
and this were my company,
I would have made him
produce at least
three doctors
to tell me the same thing.
Dennis goes.
Yeah, maybe his attitude.
No, for sure.
Dennis is gone.
I don't think so.
Five bucks.
Come on.
Five bucks on who?
I'm taking Dennis.
She has Tom.
Jesse, what would you do
if you were me?
Right now, I mean,
you see what's going on.
What would you do?
Fire Dennis and Tom.
You'd fire both?
Yep.
And Tom because
he wasn't a very good leader?
Tom because
he didn't get up
this morning either.
I had to call and wake him up
and I had to tell him
when I came to wake him up
to wake up Dennis.
I wasn't late
because everybody had
specific tasks
that they had to do
and they were all
supposed to do them.
It was all taken care of.
They did leave without you
and it seems like
nobody believes
that you were actually
knocking for that
period of time
and I think there's
a little bit of
a scapegoat thing going on
in that it's convenient
that Dennis overslept.
I wasn't overslept, guys.
You know what I'm saying?
So what was the problem, Dennis?
I did not ask to do it.
I cannot say anything.
How can you not say?
Somebody's knocking
on the door for 25 minutes
and you're not answering
and you have no explanation?
I did not ask to do it.
But how can you be led?
I mean, do you mind
not being led
or do you mind being led?
Hey, what do you
want me to say?
No, but Dennis, Dennis.
If you're me,
do I fire you
or do I fire Tom?
No, no, you tell me, Dennis.
Do I fire you
or do I fire Tom?
Now look, you were late.
You didn't produce much
and you wouldn't
listen to anybody
and you certainly
wouldn't listen to Tom.
Do I fire you
or do I fire Tom?
Dennis, listen.
I'm listening.
Do I fire you
or do I fire Tom?
If I want to stay,
I say fire Tom.
Well, I'd like to say
something about Tom.
I was down in the store
and I asked you about Dennis
and you were very,
very protective.
You didn't even seem upset
that he wasn't there.
I was upset,
but I'd been told that he,
you know, like I said,
we were out.
I asked you directly.
What's that?
I asked you directly
where was Dennis.
You remember that?
Yeah.
All right.
And the answer was
that Dennis had an infection
and he couldn't show up.
You did not seem
the least bit concerned
about the fact
that he wasn't there.
There was nothing
that I locked on a door
for 20 minutes,
nothing that he was there,
nothing that you were late.
It's just like
you protected him
like it's okay.
Is that true?
No, the thing is,
is whenever something
negative has happened
over the last two weeks,
people dwell on it
and it turns into a big fight
and it wastes time
and it goes on
and on and on,
so I'm trying to keep
things positive.
What did Dennis produce?
He did bring some money down.
Did he bring money?
His agent brought six
or had several people
come in by dresses.
And what did you do, Tom?
Did you bring money down?
I didn't, no.
I was organizing everybody.
You didn't organize very well,
I'll be honest with you.
You had a lousy looking store.
Okay.
You had no control over Dennis,
not that anybody
can control Dennis
because I'm not sure
he can't be controlled,
but you had no control
over Dennis.
And you didn't bring
any money in.
I took a non-traditional approach.
You couldn't control him,
you brought in no money,
and you had
a lousy looking store.
You weren't much
of a team leader.
When you say I'm a bad leader,
you have to understand...
Well, you're not a good leader,
I'll tell you right now.
Well, you have to understand...
First of all,
you could have been fired last week.
You didn't get along
with your team.
This week, you're worse
and you're the project manager,
but you had a guy
that didn't even show up.
But that's also
under your leadership.
I think there's a misunderstanding
of what happened there.
Frankly?
You want to know the truth?
I think Jesse's in.
I think I should fire
maybe both of them.
Clint, if you were me,
who would you fire?
I'd fire both of them.
Brian.
I think when Tom
didn't show up this morning,
that showed that
he wasn't ready to leave.
Who would you fire?
Who would you fire
between the two of them?
Who would you fire, Brian?
Tom, period.
You would fire Tom
because he was
a lousy project manager.
And frankly,
you were lousy last week, Tom.
Tom, you're fired.
Go.
You were lousy last week,
lousy this week.
We have to do it.
Go.
All right.
That's fine.
Is that...
That's it.
Go.
Get out.
Good.
Go.
Out.
All right.
Thanks, Gus.
Try a little harder,
will you, Dennis, please?
I will try.
Oh, my God.
That was brutal.
I owe you five bucks, Brandi,
somehow, someway.
Excuse me, Tom.
He just wouldn't lead.
I think that's right.
I think he also
showed poor leadership
by sleeping in.
Yeah.
We did the right thing.
Well, I gotta admit,
I'm a little surprised.
I didn't think
I was gonna get fired.
Um...
But that's the way
the cards fell on the table.
I thought I had
the potential to win this game,
but that's cool.
And, uh, I guess I just,
I am a little surprised right now,
a little surprised.
