apprentice, week 2

just finished watching last night's must see TV (which i missed while at the playhouse)... dude... know how i said i like this cast better than last seasons? i think i lied.

sure, there are individuals i respect... but as a whole, i couldn't believe how much in-fighting there already is on the networth team, and it's only week 2!... brian and kristin were absolutely ridiculous and kristin got completely off the hook for it in the boardroom... regardless of how justified her motivation, her attitude was loud, abrasive, and obnoxious... and brian... kudos to him for walking into the boardroom and saying "it was my fault, fire me"... but then turning around and trying to defend himself again... how much did he mean it and how much was him thinking he was saying what he should to throw the rest of the team off guard in the boardroom? his scene in the taxi after he was fired was the strangest one i've seen... he was too pompous, and i was glad to see him go, but there are a few others on his team that are a little out there too...

on the magna team, i could understand that verna was tired and stressed when she quit the task and walked off... it makes me wonder how she survived college without pulling any allnighters or anything... she claims she learned a lesson from it all, and i hope that's true, but i was amazed that she just kinda went into overload mode like that... going even to the beginning of the task, *before* she freaked out, she was kinda pushy with talking to the PM about details that she could have just figured out without irritating him, like she didn't get the idea that more was going on than just what she needed to think about... like i already commented though, she did claim to have learned a big lesson, so hopefully it'll be better for her next go around... the hotel-wide party though was a brilliant idea... for working with what they were, that had to be a big selling point, so go team... also, kudos to danny to still being an individual, but coming across as more of a professional than a crazy hippie running around with a guitar this week... i was impressed at the change

characters i still respect -- john, last week's winniing PM did a good job of working hard, and responding honestly to brian... although he may need to be conscientious in the future that his confidence (which so far has been grounded) doesn't block him from recognizing his own faults (so far i don't know what they are, but everybody has some, right?)... i thought craig's boardroom comment was quite astute... and i liked the morale of the magna team throughout this task, even after one of their members quit and came back.

next week's previews say a member will quit in the first 5 minutes... verna still seemed upset during the reward... i wonder if it's her? or if it's someone who's still disgruntled from networth... brian was a major issue, but there was a lot more going on than just him this episode that didn't get discussed in the boardroom.

dude... what a show.