The Apprentice: "Thank you, Francis"
Week four of The Apprentice, and it was "Chopper" Simon who... well, got the chop. Sir Alan admitted that he fired him somewhat reluctantly, but it was probably a fair decision. Simon looked panicked and out of his depth: managing the team was beyond him.
That said, you had to feel sorry for him at the end. As he left the boardroom for the last time, there were tears in his eyes; his parting words to receptionist Francis could have been taken from a romantic old film; his last words in the taxi home were quite sad. Credit where it's due: of the three in the firing line, at least he had the courage to admit he had made mistakes, and to accept responsibility.
The other team-leader, Helene, proved to be just a dislikeable as her predecessors. In the brief scenes we saw her, she was rude and didn't show any real signs of leadership at all. Lucinda (in her Technicolour Dreamcoats™) was absolutely useless at her task within the group, but she can't be accused of not mentioning her technical retardation at the very beginning. Prince Raef loses brownie points this week for a) not sticking up for her in the boardroom, and b) for the hideous pink jumper/blue shirt/beige trousers combo he was sporting at the house.
Highlights of the week:
▫ "The grass is green, the sky is blue, and the women are orange"
▫ "I'm off for lunch with the Prime Minister"
▫ Nick Hewer's reaction to a lady in a red leather catsuit (above)
PS:
Chopper, just a quick note. Bluewater is in Kent – don't go claiming it as your patch when you know full well you should be "dahn Lakeside".
