DMScott said:
The stage was for the finale, previous episodes did use a room in Trump Tower. However, the room used in previous episodes was also a specially built set, just located in Trump's building. TV Guide says it's actually on the same floor as the suite the contestants stay in, the "going up to the suite or down to the street" line is just for show.
Sounds about right. The room seemed "too right" to just have sitting there. I was thinking that it was a recently renovated room. Either way, next season there will be a new boardroom - at least that's what the preview looked like.
DMScott said:
Looked like he didn't realize that was an option - it certainly wasn't on any of the previous tasks. My pet theory is that the job was Kwame's to lose for a long time (the only way he could get so far is if Trump was protecting him), and the last challenge was largely about finding out if Kwame could handle a problem employee. He failed, and Bill won by default.
I actually didn't catch this right away until I thought about it later. The best thing about this show is that they
do play favorites and tip the scales on purpose. Just like in the real business world.
I like how Trump cuts right to it. There were plenty examples through the only show but the best example was in the interviews in the finale. People were all ready to schmooze and talk about things, just like it was a Survivor finale. He cut people right off and got the answers he was looking for or at least answers.
My one criticism was Trump live. He was a little stiff (I don't blame him) and things seemed to crawl at the end but it wasn't bad. It just stood out because the rest of the show went so smootly.
LightPhoenix said:
What I didn't: Why wasn't Kwame told he could fire Omarosa... reeks of ratings; the whole aftermath was pure cheese; too much emphasis on Kwame's team, not enough on Bill... again, reeks of ratings; the employees' opinions... no point.
Of course it reeks of ratings, it's TV.
Considering all that was at stake, he should have known that the rules all along were being made on the spot. Meaning that he could have dismissed Big O. On the show she was a liar and whiner. She had some charm but she was annoying and basically useless to Kwame. He should have shoved her to the side or just had her stand next to him and look pretty after the stunt she pulled.
Since we are talking business: I'm a manager with over 100 employees (even if useless none of them are easy to fire because of the union). One of the key parts of the job is knowing who I can trust and who is hurting things. It's very easy to shove one of them aside or just keep them right under my nose. At the very least he should have told her that she was to be Troy's assistant or something like that. Just get her out of the way - don't let her be on her own with anything important any more. Kwame was being too nice. Some more time in the business world will help him with that. I am curious to see how Bill would have handled it. I suspect he would have done something along the lines of what Trump said.
As for the employees opinions - I'm sure we all saw that coming a mile away. I'm a little surprised that they basically took sides at the end but I guess Bill & Kwame both did a great job so they earned their employees respect. The only person I could see saying something negative was Heidi. I thought for sure she would have said something about the Omarosa thing. Oh well. Trump caught it and that's all that mattered.
LightPhoenix said:
And what the hell was with the set just magically coming apart? I mean, I figured they used a nice room in Trump Towers, not a stage. Kind of took a bit of the flare out of it, in my opinion.
It's a Survivor thing. Burnett did the same thing there: constructed a live set that looked just like the show, had everyone done up just like they should look after 39 days and revealed the live audiance only after the winner was announce. I saw it coming a mile away when they announced the finale would be live.
