Ok, the show starts out with a 4 minute recap of last week.
Once the catch up is out of the way, in walks THE Gary Busey where one of the women squeal so loud that Lil Jon and Meat are shown taking a shot of a mystery beverage
Meat's face says it all. Disbelief, disappointment, and defeat in a way. What do they have to do to get rid of this guy?
Gary goes into an apology of sorts to the team that he wants to be involved in tasks more and he will be more focused. On the side...Gary says to John Rich, "you have something to say to me". And John Rich states his opinion of what he thinks Gary is up to. He's either crazy or a saboteur. Rich lays out the challenge for Gary to prove him wrong. Latoya is seen with a hand on Meat's shoulder as he sits in a side chair.
Next task is given out to pitch three items that Omaha Steaks has to offer. Criteria are set and project managers are chosen. Hope for team ASAP and Gary for Backbone. Immediately Meat is given the task of cook. Which learning, had a huge undertaking. Meat isn't a cook (says he). John Rich was given task of Menu and Lil Jon wasn't given anything until later. So, while Meat is learning the product, Lil Jon is taking web cam pics. Meat sets up John Rich to "Gary sit" while Meat and Lil Jon go meet with the prep chef. And omg the banter as to who was going to "Gary sit" was so funny.
The ladies were completely organized had a menu change, made adjustments and Hope led the team, made decisions and managed a fairly cohesive team.
Ivanka comes in to visit Backbone and Meat has no clue what's going on. Although he was frustrated, the way Meat was portrayed was actually very funny. I felt bad for him, but still he had highlights of humor keeping him sane I think. Sorry, I digressed. Gary totally mis managed the time and Backbone did not get a rehearsal. Sending Meat into a bit of head holding. Meat's always prepared.
The ladies team went first on presentation. They chose 3 presenters. Latoya, Star, and NeNe. The first two were prepared foods already and the third was cooked on set. The presentation was well organized and they had a set theme for Omaha Steaks Poker night "kit" if you will.
The men's team was basically the Meat and Gary show. Meat bringing enthusiasm to the presentation of cuts, cooking on set and warmly explaining what he was doing to the meat. Gary followed up by a visual story that was supposed to accompany the vision of Omaha Steaks. He missed the mark though. Lil Jon and John Rich weren't interactive much with the presentation part of the task.
The execs had wonderful things to say about Meat Loaf, but thought Busey's tales were too lengthy . On the women's side, the execs were happy with the presentation overall. And in the boardroom the women were declared winner of the task.
Boardroom pre winner: there was much discussion about the respected project managers. Meat was so shaken he could barely speak. The frustration and closed body language was so evident. Donald Jr and Ivanka both brought it up. He was livid that they didn't have a rehearsal and that was the fault of the PM. Plus the two typos that were on the Menu had Gary's sign off on the proofread. The menu itself was wrong and Meat had proof to back it up. Meat wasn't going down without a fight. After a bit of "who do you thinks", Gary said he had 3 solid team players and couldn't pick 2 to come back with him. Donald said to Meat, "I'm gonna make you happy, Gary you're fired".
The women were in unison for once and didn't get real catty this week, but wait until next week.
I was never so happy to hear those words, there was a Facebook celebration with many capital letters going on a chat. The only thing that would have made me happier would have been to see it happen one week sooner and Mark would still be part of team Backbone. But I have a gut feeling that Meat, John Rich and Lil Jon on gonna go on a winning spree.
Next week, Meat is shown saying Yipeeeeeeeeeeeee!
I've left out a TON of details guys, but you have to watch this episode. It's the most screen time I've seen Meat get all series.
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