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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DMScott" data-source="post: 1460269" data-attributes="member: 11734">I caught most of last night's episode because the Apprentice was mostly bad. MMH wasn't bad, but it really needs a more skilled production team. The show could be much improved with more interaction (and competition) among the alts, since that's where the voting power lies. Maybe something like have each alt pick a secret protegee in the first or second episode, and if a protegee wins the alt gets a prize as well. That would create an interesting subtext to the voting. There was a little of that last night - Art clearly wanted Nicole to stay while Fiona clearly wanted her gone - and more intrigue would make things interesting.As it is, it was interesting to see the two guys working on playing the game, where most of the others didn't seem to realize there was a game on. They were almost painfully bad at manipulation, though, but that should make for some fun TV when it all blows up in their faces.Among the alts:Art - the one I respect the most - it's not like he can walk away from his chosen lifestyle. He also seems to be pretty level-headed.Avocado - the least 'alt' of them, so far as I can tell. He's a normal guy who eats a lot of salad and likes to run around naked - maybe I'm jaded, but so what? I guess he could pose a challenge for people with strong nudity taboos, but usually people who sign up as reality show contestants aren't exactly level-headed.Don - I wonder if White Wolf will sign him as an official spokesman? I can't say I've ever had much respect for the "vampires" I've known, and Don hasn't changed that so far. Well, I guess I have a grudging respect for somebody who sleeps all day and goes to clubs a lot, and gets that portrayed as an "alternative lifestyle".Fiona - nice looking, appears to have a huge chip on her shoulder. Not shy about saying whatever comes to mind, either. That would be annoying in the real world, but on a show it just makes her good TV. If this show has another season in it, she and Art will have to give everyone else some pointers on how to play the cameras.Iya - she seems to be "most likely to be faking an alt lifestyle", which is an impressive accomplishment considering Don's in the mix. That "dive into the sacred voodoo goop and find the trinkets I bought at Wal-Mart" challenge was a hoot. She needs to be more vocal, rather than just trying to brood and look evil, to make better TV.All in all, the show has some potential if the producers are willing to make a few changes. Maybe Mark Burnett will buy 'em out <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> .</blockquote>

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