LAST EDITED ON 03-22-04 AT 05:23 PM (EST)

..This is episode 11 and next week is episode 12? ..

Yeah, it is confusing. This is actually Week 12 (March 25th) but only the 11th "real" episode (as last weeks "episode" was a "recrap"). So....this is the "Taj Mahal episode" (Week 12 of 15 total weeks (episodes)...if you count the "recrap" week (episode)). Clear as mud...right?

I don't see a mild person like Bill being a detractor.

Are you freaking kidding? Bill's been poor-mouthing other contestants every week, just like the rest of them.

I think Troy and Kwame are going to pick Bill. The previews showed the three of them walking together in the casino. Also the winning team gets a penthouse suite. That would mean that the two teams are in different hotel rooms. Amy, Nick and Katrina (according to the preview) are sharing a hotel room. That must mean they are sticking together on the same team. I wonder if that hotel room Versacorp is in is the penthouse suite, it didn't look that nice!

Hmm, I don't really see Troy & Kwame picking Nick, they are not that dumb to have forgotten the Planet Hollywood project, and his attempts to sabotage the whole plan.

I believe that the last episode, the recrap, at the end, showed a photo montage of Kwame, Troy & Katrina and then another montage of Amy, Nick & Bill. But then again, how could Amy & Katrina clash if they are not on the same team?

So it MUST be Bill who goes over to Protege. And, yes, I do believe he would be a detractor to Troy. I don't think he's mild mannered, but to present himself that way has been his strategy so far.

The way he sweating last week and talking about wanting to stay out of the boardroom since the beginning of last week's project. I don't think he would hesitate to attack Troy. Bill's own survival is utmost to him.

So it MUST be Bill who goes over to Protege. And, yes, I do believe he would be a detractor to Troy. I don't think he's mild mannered, but to present himself that way has been his strategy so far.

With Kwame and Troy making the choice, they're definitely going to take Bill. After Trump's comment about always picking Amy, they won't pick her. After the real estate task, there's no way they'd pick Katrina. And I think they'd look back on their experiences on the Planet Hollywood task and think Bill was a far better option than Nick.

Bill is not afraid to get in people's faces, as shown with his confrontation with Katrina in the last task. And if he's going back to the Boardroom, he will come prepared to defend himself at all costs, which he has shown on multiple occasions.

With Kwame and Troy, they've had too many bad ideas to count, but Bill is not necessarily safe, if his driving rickshaws in Disney character costumes gives an indication of what ideas he'd come up with when left unchecked.

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Much as I dislike disagreeing with you, I don't accept that they wouldn't take Katrina. They know she's dead meat the next time Trump runs into her.

Talk about the ultimate product placement. Trump Ice and now Trump Taj Mahal. Seems like the Don is getting alot of free labor for marketing his own special brand. I am starting to feel like I am watching an infomercial.

Trump hotels
Trump golf courses
Trump charities
Trump ice rink
Trump ice
Trump construction projects
Trump casinos
Trump yacht
Trump jet
Trump helicopter
Trump books
Trump hair

I can't think of any non-trunp item or venture that has been featured on this show?

lol well said subman. maybe we're all victims of Trump empire?

I think they might pick Bill. Troy and Kwame know Nick and Amy like each other, and when there're feelings involve in the task it's hard to stay focused and objective. The romance factor can be used against both players in the board room easy. If Nick (or vice versa) didn't pick Amy to go to the boardroom with him, the person he picked might try saying that Nick does that because he let his emotions get involved (although Amy did do a good job). And well, it's good for others (aka the boys) to keep Amy and Katrina together as cat fight is inevitable...as we have seen in many episodes already.

The hotel room in the preview...where Nick Amy and Katrina were in. I'm hoping it's not the penthouse suite as it looks so tiny..looks like just a normal hotel room.

Has anyone read article in peoples mag? "Some of his ideas can be flawed" that is what Trump said about Bill. Could he be the one taking down elevator this week? Just an obsrvation anyway =)

>Has anyone read article in peoples
>mag? "Some of his ideas
>can be flawed" that is
>what Trump said about Bill.
>Could he be the one
>taking down elevator this week?
>Just an obsrvation anyway =)

I did not get to read the People mag article. I think your reasoning is good that it is Bill who comes up with a dumb idea.

But I could be reading too much into it so...lol

Sure, LOL -- but your guess is as good as anyone else's!

Excuse my freakin ignorance but what the LOL does LOL mean? LoL.

LOL = Laughing Out Loud
LMAO = Laughing My A$$ Off
ROTFLMAO = Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A$$ Off

HTH!
(Hope This Helps!)

OK (OKAY)

howsabout SITC

Send In The Clown

you know, now that he's making guest posts in apprentice threads

If Amy is team leader, obviously they can't pick her because you can't pick the other team's leader. Otherwise, I think they would. Why wouldn't they? She hasn't lost a challenge yet!

I don't think they would pick her this time, although they could. Because that would draw too much attention to her, and DT might have a twist of his own. DT's"Maybe I should just give her (Amy) a job right now?" might just become real! lol

Actually, the project manager is not "officialy" chosen until the teams have been re-dividied, so Protege would be free to pick to pick Amy. Obviously, they don't. DT's earlier remark would have been taken to heart. Both Kwame and Troy DO listen and learn, which are great assets to have.

Actually, the project manager is not "officialy" chosen until the teams have been re-dividied

-The last time Amy was picked Nick and Kwame were already project managers beforehand

Bring back the spice rack
Congragulations to the apprentice Mr Kwame Jackson

We already know that "star candidate" Troy has a detractor in Nick, who's lost respect for him (and Kwame) since the Planet Hollywood charade. I wonder if the press release is alluding to that or someone from his one team. I doubt the boys would choose Nick or Katrina and they can't choose Amy because she's the other team's leader so by default, it's Bill. Troy and Kwame have been awfully cozy with each other lately. Funny how Erika got called "too emotional" when she didn't take Katrina to the boardroom but Troy isn't "too emotional" when he sends his buddy Kwame back upstairs. But anyway, wouldn't it be interesting if Kwame backstabs Troy in some way, hence becoming his "detractor".

This issue came up again and again but Troy-Kame is a different situation than Erika-Katrina. Erika was clearly emotional and let feelings run over her head. As for Troy's case, Heidi openly attacked him and that is why he chose her to go to the boardroom.

Troy and Kwame pick Bill -- Trump was on Regis this morning and they showed footage of the two teams at opposite ends of a lonngggg shuttle bus on their way to Atlantic City.. with Amy, Nick, and Katrina sleeping while the other team strategized in the back of the bus.

-SB

>with Amy,
>Nick, and Katrina sleeping while
>the other team strategized in
>the back of the bus.

Strategized, or coming up with a "dumb idea"? Haha. We shall see just what their strategizing amounts to.

Versacorps doesn't need to strategize. They'll just sit there blankly until Amy blurts out a great idea.

They'll just sit there blankly until Amy blurts out a great idea.

Isn't that the truth.

Meanwhile Protege will sit there and come up with dumb ideas, until Troy gets a recycled variant of one of his old ideas and tries to win that way again.

I'm looking forward to seeing Amy as project manager. It's true that she has great ideas, but is she a great leader?!!

Yes that would be interesting to see that in Amy. Although many people on this board don't like Troy's ideas, I think he has the charisma and makes a good leader.

LAST EDITED ON 03-25-04 AT 00:32 AM (EST)

Tramp's Casino is losing money badly according to the Fortune magazine. At the end of the article they questioned if Trump is going to "award" the winning apprentice with the job. Can't wait to see the episode!