Trump reminds the teams about the Rachael Ray challenge. Cafe Metro will donate $35,000 to the winning team, which is... Unanimous! Will that save Paul's ass? TBD...
Trump says, "Lou, tell me about the gun show." Lou: "Huh?" The slang term "guns" has to be explained to Lou. There's a long song about how Lou is not as big as he used to be and blah, blah, blah. Trump also notes that Paul has some serious muscles and maybe people don't want to mess with him. Paul insists his leadership skills extend past his brawn. For the moment, everyone (especially Penn) is all rah-rah for Paul, but I know that shit is going to hit the fan if they lose. Unlike Patricia, Paul is a hard personality to take, and it doesn't sound like the people he's called out will take his blame-shifting sitting down. Not to mention the whole $500,000 thing. Basically, no matter which way you slice it, Paul probably didn't deliver what he promised.
But will that matter? Trump turns to Don to ask how Forte performed. Don says they set an Apprentice record for money raised on the first task. Their total was $126,962. Ivanka says the men's team raised $367,120 (including the sandwich contest prize). Paul explains that $305,000 of that total came from a single donor. Which means the guys only raised $27,000 and change on their own. Which, considering they weren't trying at all, is pretty impressive, but still it feels like a cheat. Then again, all's fair in love and the Apprentice! And, at the end of the day, it goes to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, so I can only do so much bitching. The men head upstairs and celebrate their victory (to the tune of $484,082 with Forte's fundraising), and Paul thanks all his team members for not being "bitches." Oh sheesh...
Meanwhile, the women have to face the firing squad. They're obviously dispirited. Aubrey thinks Patricia's charity should get the money that the women raised, but Trump shuts that down without even letting her finish the sentence. Those aren't the rules, sweetie. Patricia admits that she's especially frustrated because she raised 90-95% of the money for the team, so seeing it go to Paul's charity (albeit a great charity) hurts that much more. Ivanka tries to comfort her, saying she raised awareness for her charity. Meh. Awareness doesn't feed the cat.
Trump asks who besides Patricia raised the most money, and she points to Dayana. There's a whole gross part where Trump asks if Dayana's donor was her boyfriend (it wasn't) and whether her boyfriend is rich (he isn't). Trump insists it won't last. Like I said, gross. Patricia also says Aubrey and Teresa brought in money. Trump asks Debbie who he should be fired. She focuses first on pointing out what a hard worker Victoria was and how she was missed when she went to visit Rachael Ray. On the other hand, Cheryl was a slow poke. Cheryl tries to defend herself, saying she brought in between $10,000 and $15,000. Patricia interrupts, and it's clear Cheryl isn't enough of a shark for this competition. She insists she called an NYPD friend, who referred a lot of people that weren't specifically accounted for but still showed up. Patricia shakes her head and says there's no way Cheryl brought in $10,000.









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