[suzieq]

Oh boy this was three hours of non stop edge of your seat stuff here guys.

I mean right off the bat the switcheroo began. Trump asked NeNe and Star if they could iron out their differences for the sake of working on task. After the consensus was "no", Trump drafts Meat to team ASAP and NeNe goes over to Backbone. So new Backbone was NeNe, John Rich, Lil Jon, and Latoya. Meat, Marlee, and Star are ASAP now. The task was given to fundraise for a comedy show. The only credential was to draw as much money as possible and winner take all.

Project managers were Meat for ASAP and John Rich for Backbone. Meat gets things going with phone calls and has the full support of the ladies. The task wasn't easy, cause in the shadows is John Rich and his heavy wallet. This looms on Meat as he is highly emotional about the possibility of a losing it ALL scenario. It's at the forefront of his mind and sort of clouds him for the front part of the task. Understandably, because some of his ringers that promised the $$$ are thinking their money is going towards The Painted Turtle ....oddly their money could have gone towards Latoya's charity, which would have created an awkward situation. Meat is shown in the van emotional as all could be....it was beautifully heartwrenching. If people didn't love Meat yet, they sure would tonight.

The men, okay, they are getting money left and right, but John had already called in his heavy hitters for the art task. This left for slim pickings. NeNe had gone AWOL right after the task was set, no returned phone calls, no texts, no response at all. Trump had to call her himself. She's seen getting into a cab and she quit. Flat out quit because she said Trump gave Star what she wanted. Latoya isn't bringing in any large $ to speak of for Backbone either. John Rich had sealed a comic Jimmy Fallon for a spot in their show. Later on, when Fallon comes, he's holding $10,000 for the task.

Meat has his hands full of mostly his own head trying to clear the emotions out of the way, and Star and Marlee get Meat through the battle. Trump was called and there is some talk of possibly getting the money to stay with the losing team just as a safety net. Trump provides Meat with little relief. He's got to bust through this and he does. I know everyone has chips stacked against them in life, and even if this is for charity, Meat busted his ass to clear up the fear.

Meat pulled together and picked his comedians. Star utilized Tracey Morgan but not to the best she could have (IMO). Marlee had a spot on their programme. It seemed like it went well. I wish I would have heard more of the jokes because some of them were really funny. Edits and time constraints I bet contributed to that. Besides, it was based on $ only not whether they could chose the more funny comedians.

Boardroom. Donald goes on with firing NeNe for formalities I suppose. That's the first victim of the night. Much discussion about the phone call that Donald received. Trump asks Meat if he's alright. Meat gets emotional again....trying to compose himself so he can get out why the charity is so dear to him. Again, that is a hallmark moment and I reach for the tissue.

John Rich states to Meat that if Meat were to lose, he would match Meat's monies earned for his charity. They are really great friends. Do I even have to tell you that Meat is overwhelmed by the generosity. Meat states being on the Apprentice and meeting John Rich and Marlee makes him want to be a better person. I LOVE THAT!

Team ASAP's numbers are read...somewhere $102,000 or so. Team Backbone's numbers are read...$82,000 ish. And ASAP wins, Meat wins. Winner take all. Meat is so thankful.

Firing squad. There wasn't much fight here, Trump took the reigns and ended up firing LaToya for the second time.

Hour 1 done.

Suzieq