The Apprentice 3, Episode 16: The Finish Line

Tana, is your lack of education an issue, asks Trump? She says no, that she can handle people on the street any day. Unless, of course, they’re Chris, Brian, and Kristen, apparently. Kendra thinks it’s a liability. She believes that if you start something, you should finish it. Tana explains that she went to college for three years, then got married and her husband transferred somewhere else. Instead of finishing school, she had children. Trump says he respects that decision.

Trump says that New York is a tough place. Can they handle it? You know, I’m from the Midwest, and I really resent the implication that we are a bunch of softhearted morons who can’t be tough. Tana says that she can run with the wolves and is not needy, I guess implying that Kendra is. Kendra says she works with New Yorkers every day and has clients across the country. She’s used to working with tough people.

Tana says she’s strong, doesn’t frazzle easily, is nice, but has a killer instinct. Kendra says she wants the job more. Tana disagrees. She left her husband and children, whereas Kendra left nothing. Kendra thinks she’s better suited to work for Donald Trump and thinks that her education is a factor. She also says that she has the best record as a project manager, with three wins. And the time that Tana lost, it was against her. She adds that she has the longest winning streak – nine wins. Tana says that Kendra may have a good record, but she was the last to be project manager (that’s not quite true. Kendra was the last on Magna to be project manager, but the last overall was Craig). Tana says that she stepped up to the plate sooner. Kendra explains that that was her strategy.

Trump tells them that they’re both great and sends them outside. Carolyn says that they’re both strong. Tana is very nice, and Kendra is a good leader. George agrees that they’re both good. He says Trump should remember that the had tough tasks. With that, Trump sends in Tana and Kendra’s teams.

Next week, we have the season finale, and could it be a bigger anti-climax? Basically, unless Kendra punches George in the gut, she’s pretty much got this one sewn up. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I really don’t respect Kendra’s under the radar strategy. I don’t like the idea of someone winning after holding back for so many weeks. But the fact of the matter is, Kendra obliterated Tana on this task. She had difficult employees just like Tana did. It didn’t seem like that, but I believe that’s because Kendra managed them so much better than Tana did. Tana openly talked about how worthless her team was, yet delegated major tasks to them (the programs, for example) and didn’t follow up. Not smart. And if Tana had performed as badly in previous tasks as she did in this one, there’s no way she’d have made it to the final two.

Like I said, I don’t think there’s much suspense next week. I’ll tune in to see where Kendra will be working and what color her new Solstice is. See you then.

Betsy Wasser is the Associate Editor of Reality News Online and is prepared to admit that fellow Associate Editor Mike DeGeorge was right about Kendra. She can be reached with any comments at betsywasser@gmail.com

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