MizJaz, I've had some time to think further about the editing and story arc creation idea. I tried to start another thread on this to consider additional options, but it got locked. So I'll try to advance a few other theories here.

1. If we begin with the premise that the entire show is scripted (and I believe that at least parts of it are), the crazy developments of the show begin to make sense.

2. The Donald may have wanted to avoid a lawsuit, which is what another poster suggested to me, so he and Burnett could have instructed Marshawn not to give her presentation so that they could get rid of her.

3. They could have created a faulty reason for getting rid of Alla, who was the best player for most of the season besides Randal.

4. They could have directed Randal to allow Rebecca to be PM, since she had no wins. Given her lousy track record, it makes no sense that Randal would take that risk otherwise. Had she gone into the finals with no wins, no one would have watched, because there could never be a claim that she deserved to win.

I still believe that The Donald has social problems with entire groups of people in this country. But given the millions of dollars he could have lost had he not pandered to Rebecca, it could be that his erratic behaviour in the finale had more to do with a benefit/cost analysis of what he would lose if he did NOT hire Rebecca, than with his own personal social imbalances.

What do you think?

--Singer