I was wrong about the rest being one-hour episodes... this 10pm episode was a one-time thing, apparently. We're going back to two hours next week.
Task: Sell 125 donated wedding gowns.
KOTU: All the remaining men, led by Tom Green.
Athena: All the women, led by Brande Roderick.
Eyes and Ears: Ivanka Trump and George Ross.
Outcome: KOTU sells 21 dresses for $63,450; Athena sells 22 dresses for $103,000. Athena wins.
Boardroom: They didn't get that far.
Fired: Tom Green, for lousy leadership. His charity, the Butch Walts and Donald Skinner Urologic Cancer Research Foundation (sorry, no URL, but you may be able to reach them at 1811 San Vicente Blvd, Santa Monica CA 90402-2308), gets nothing from this show that I know of.
Donation: $167,000 to California Police Youth Charities, which keeps California kids out of trouble and provides college scholarships.
In the suite, Walker says Green wanted to be project manager next time. He hopes this will be a good thing, making Green show leadership.
Kardashian delivers a check for the Brent Shapiro Foundation for Drug Awareness to Robert Shapiro, whose son Brent died as a result of drug addiction.
Joan Rivers isn't there when Trump explains the task; she's off somewhere giving a lecture on survival. (Lesson #1: don't be on one of these shows!) Each team will be given 125 donated bridal gowns to sell. Whoever raises the most money wins.
Green becomes PM for KOTU by prior agreement. I'm not sure why Athena chooses Roderick - it sounds like she volunteers, but we don't hear much of that conversation. (We hear her say "I'll do it" but we don't know if someone nominated her first.)
KOTU prepares
The stores are next-door to each other. Rodman isn't thrilled with their empty-looking space. Green challenges Black to raise $100,000. He gets everybody on the phones to raise money, but doesn't seem to be making any calls himself.
The men brainstorm briefly and the trend seems to be toward a clearance blowout. James comes up with a red carpet theme for the decor.
Green puts on a gown while Walker is on the phone. At first McKnight refuses to zip him up, but finally relents. Green goes outside in the gown to attract attention. Rodman notes the lack of foot-traffic in the area and offers to go out and generate some hype. Green sends Walker out with Rodman, maybe to babysit. Rodman talks to people on the street for a while - I can't tell if he even mentions the sale - and then settles down in a bar to schmooze with the waitress and drink.
Ivanka visits KOTU and notes that the group is more harmonious than it was the previous week. She also notes that Rodman and Walker aren't there.
Rodman and Walker finally come back. It's obvious that Rodman's been drinking. He tells Green he's got a friend who owns some "clubs" and will send them some "girls." One woman shows up, who's supposed to be a "model." She says she's from Russia. "I love Russian bitches, uh, girls," Rodman replies. "I'm sorry," he giggles. (I don't hear anyone ask her name.) Rodman and Green leave early with the woman. Inside the store, the other guys hear them talk about getting a drink.
Athena prepares
The women begin their telemarketing early. Duke sells a $10,000 dress while they're still in the car.
The women are much more enthusiastic about their store space, even though it's just as stark as the men's. Melissa enlists Preston Bailey, a prominent wedding planner, to help out.
The rest stay on the phones to promote the sale. Kardashian warns her friends that KOTU's store is next door, and not to go in there. Roderick sets a $100,000 goal for the team.
KOTU sells
The next morning, James, Black, McKnight, and Walker leave bright and early. They aren't sure where Green and Rodman are. James finally gets Green on the phone and and tells him to show up with Rodman. Black thinks they partied all night with the Russian woman.
Green eventually leaves the building alone, 65 minutes later. When he gets to the store, James thinks Green is still drunk. Black cross-examines Green, who tries a little to hard to pretend not to be hung over.
James suggests having Rodman promote the sale to local bridal registries. Green says Rodman never answered his door. Rodman's guy calls and says Rodman is having trouble with his eyes and won't be in.
The men have a red carpet and some signage. That is the full extent of their decorating efforts. George Ross says the store isn't inviting, and he wonders where Rodman is.
Black expects to raise $40,000-$45,000. Walker expects to raise $30,000. The men offer champagne to the customers, and McKnight compliments the women. They direct all customers into their store.
Green is doing a hard sell on a customer who is getting really turned off when Black's people show up with $35,000 in checks. Walker's guy shows up at the last minute with some money too.
The Russian model is standing outside in a dress, not really doing anything.
Athena sells
In stark contrast to KOTU's sorry, mostly-undecorated store, Athena has balloons and flowers and cupcakes and champagne. Ross is impressed.
Roderick notices the men directing women away from the Athena store and gets nervous. Kardashian and Joan bring them back.
Duke gets her $10,000 sale. Joan Rivers gets $25,000 from one buyer alone.
The postmortem
Roderick praises her team and says Melissa and Annie were the stars. Green calls Black and Walker heroes.
Trump asks Green how he used Rodman's celebrity and Green explains that yesterday he promoted the sale by walking around. He missed the actual sale because he's allergic to cats. Green and Rodman make some vague reference to visiting former dot-com billionaires and Rodman says he was allergic to the dogs. There's some discussion as to whether the allergy is dogs or cats.
Walker talks about walking around with Rodman, who was drinking. Walker says Green is not a good leader. Ross criticizes Green's explanation about Rodman and the under-decorated store.
Ross and and Ivanka reveal the final sales figures. Athena wins, and Brande Roderick gets $167,000 for her charity California Police Youth Charities, which keeps California kids out of trouble and provides college scholarships. The women go up to the suite to watch the boardroom on closed-circuit TV. Yet again!
Green says that he started off at a a disadvantage, and he encouraged the team not to argue. Ivanka says that's bad enough, but then they lost an additional person. Green said that was disappointing, but there was a medical excuse.
McKnight says Green wasn't there this morning either. Green denies oversleeping. Walker thinks he was hung over. Green says he knocked on Rodman's door for a half hour and didn't get any answer. Rodman said that he was in his room and didn't answer because he didn't want to be bothered. He didn't want anyone to see his eyes. He takes off his sunglasses to show his eyes, but you still can't see them with his hat on. Trump says his eyes look fine.
(Up in the suite, Melissa says it wasn't a cat or a dog - it was a girl named Kitty.)
Rodman refused to see a doctor. Trump says it's disrespectful not to answer the door. Rodman says he wouldn't have opened it even for Phil Jackson or Michael Jordan. He thinks his team should support him when he's sick. Ivanka says he still needs to communicate to them when he's sick.
(Up in the suite, Duke bets $5 that Rodman will be fired. Roderick takes that bet, predicting that Green will be fired instead.)
James says he would fire both of them, because Green was late too. Green says he wasn't late, he just had something else to do.
Trump doesn't understand how you wouldn't open your door to a project manager, and Rodman can't explain. Rodman says he wants to stay, so Trump should fire Green.
At some point, I'm not sure when, Ivanka accuses them of scapegoating Rodman. Ross says Green was protective of Rodman when he asked about him that morning. Green says he just didn't want to start a fight. Rodman's people brought money to the sale. Green admits that he himself did not raise any money. "I took a non-traditional approach." (I'd say that not bringing in any money is definitely a non-traditional approach.)
Trump says Green had no control over Rodman, brought in no money, and had an ugly store. He's not a good leader. Trump considers firing both of them. Black is on board with this idea. McKnight suggests firing just Green.
Trump says Green was lousy last week too, and tells him to go. "That's fine," says Green. Rodman looks momentarily confused, not realizing the show's over. Trump tells Rodman to try harder next time. Green tries to get on the wrong elevator.
My MVP
My MVP pick for this episode, not that it matters, :-) is... you know, I'm not sure. It seems that we didn't get to see much of the women's team, but Melissa said good things about Roderick, so I'll just take her word for it.
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