Mar 11 2007
'The Look of the Devil'
In the customary waste of tim-, uh, we mean 'opening segment' of the show, the survivors of the latest Boardroom recounted to their teammates what had happened, and Derek conveyed how Aimee had given him and Jenn a glare before getting into the car. He compared it to the look the little kid in The Omen gave at the end, calling it 'the look of the devil.'
First, Kill the PMs
If Kinetic and Arrow have anything in common, it's the fact that both teams seemed half-heartedly in support of their PMs. (For Kinetic, Jenn took on this responsibility.) In fact, Derek went so far as to say that he wanted Jenn to be PM so that it would be easier to get rid of her, deeming her the last remaining 'riffraff' that he wanted to get rid of on the team. And over at Arrow, James and Frank talked about the possibility of a coup against Surya.
Lexus Luxury
Teams were tasked with creating an event for 'preferred' Lexus customers to promote their new sedan, the LS 460 (that car that can parallel park on its own.) The teams are each given $50,000 and the team that scored the highest in customer satisfaction surveys wins.
Who?
Ivanka Trump is still MIA and Don, Jr is not around this week either. Neither is Sean. So Trump's 'eyes and ears' this week is. . .Randall. We actually kinda liked Randall, for the sole reason that he interrupted Trump in the Boardroom. A lot.
The Sixth Sense and. . .Go-Karts?
Kinetic's theme for their event was 'The Sixth Sense' and to promote this theme (as well as the new Lexus) they come up with the idea of having go-karts at the event. We still don't get how go-karts relate to a movie about seeing dead people, or how go-karts can promote a luxury car. Wouldn't most people rather drive the actual car at a car event, as opposed to little 'non-cars'?
Surya Scribbled. . . .
. . .while his team worked. We don't think the editors of this show like Surya very much as yet again, they edited him to look like an idiot. In the 'war room' at Arrow, there were numerous shots of Surya writing (and writing and writing) on a white board with the rest of the team basically ignoring him and going about their business.
Signs
Angela and Derek headed the 'creative' (aka 'marketing') aspect for Kinetic and ran into problems early when Angela couldn't decide on the graphics for their signs and banners. They ended up missing the deadline and winded up with a scant 4 signs for their event.
Showmances Make You Soft
The B-plot of this show was given its due with various shots of Tim and Nicole giggling and smiling at each other while working on the task. James didn't seem that thrilled with their display, saying that they had gone 'soft.'
It's the Car, Stupid!
It's not too much of a surprise when Arrow was declared the winner (scoring a 94 approval rating to Kinetic's 84) as their event had catered food, beautiful displays and actually allowed the customers to drive the car. Whereas Kinetic had. . .go-karts.
Poor Snoop Dogg
We don't know how he got wrangled into this gig but Snoop Dogg was the 'reward' for Arrow this week. Namely, they got to help him record a song. As Stefani put it, they 'all sucked at rapping,' so while it might have been a reward for the team, we think it might have been a form of punishment for Snoop and his recording team to listen to them rap. . .and rap badly. Not a single person on that team could rhyme from what we saw.
The Irony in the Boardroom Continues!
Derek, who spent much of the episode, trying to manipulate things (first with Jenn as PM so she can be fired if they lose, and then Angela, who he kept insisting was 'in charge' of all marketing/creative decisions) to his advantage, was fired abruptly when he jokingly called himself 'white trash' which angered and annoyed Trump.
