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Laura11103
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08-13-2002

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 9:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Laura11103 a private message Print Post    
I bet Randal regrets this stupid move. Can only imagine the amount of fans he just lost in an instant, including me. What a disappointment. Funny cuz I knew all along that Trump was gonna hire both, I think Trump was shocked right along with the rest of the world, I hope he hires Rebecca anyway and we find out about it.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 9:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Yeah, I feel deceived by him as well. His niceness does seem totally fake right now. What did he have to lose by saying yes?

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 9:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
On top of everything, I think he made Trump look foolish and weak. I think that Trump was so astonished by Randall’s answer that he didn’t know what to do.

It would be a LOL moment actually seeing Trump stumble like that, if I didn’t feel bad for Rebecca (and also feel disappointment in Randall). Gosh you finally get a contestant that you can really like and cheer for and then he goes and does this. Yuk!!!

I agree that it was a terribly disappointing end to what could have been the best Apprentice ever.

Laura11103
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08-13-2002

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 9:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Laura11103 a private message Print Post    
Randal really expected to be the ONLY winner and to him if Rebecca had also won it would've taken away his glory. I'm sure in retrospect he'll realize he acted hastily and made a lot of people dislike him. Rebecca certainly looked disgusted but handled it with class.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 9:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Gee, somewhere in those five degrees of his, you'd think Randall would have learned that the plural of Apprentice is not Apprentii.

Yo, Randal, Oxford called. They want their degree back.

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 9:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
Trump may have stumbled tonight but I guarantee it’ll be Randal that takes the big fall...Trump will see to that.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 9:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
LOL - On a plus note though, it restores some of my faith that Reality television isn't completely scripted! I bet Trump is still shaking his head.

I'm appalled by Randall's decision.

Cpmfinster
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08-15-2005

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 9:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cpmfinster a private message Print Post    
Hey Randal...it's "Sole Survivor" NOT "Sole Apprentice!"

I can't believe how angry I am about this

Clutterfree
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10-24-2003

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 9:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Clutterfree a private message Print Post    
Jimmer said: I agree that it was a terribly disappointing end to what could have been the best Apprentice ever.

I totally second that opinion.
It's too bad that it was live and they were quite apparently running out of time (I was sorry that George's comments about looking at the two's track record was cut off...WAY too many commericials tonight). The Donald had to move very fast once Randal's response came, but I wish he had shown the strength of his apparent convictions and hired them both anyway.
Rebecca (who has shown her loyalty in the past) goes WAY UP in my opinion, and Randal WAY DOWN, snow job like someone above said.

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 9:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fruitbat a private message Print Post    
I am sure Trump was as shocked as every viewer but I trust he was prepared to act on either response. He is very big on plan B's.



Luvmykitties
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01-02-2004

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 9:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Luvmykitties a private message Print Post    
Before tonight I honestly thought Trump might hire both candidates. It was a season of several BR firsts, and there were 2 very qualified candidates in the end. I liked them both and would have been happy with either winning - but was really rooting that both would win.

So when DT asked the question, I was very happy - until I heard Randall's answer. Very disappointed with that response. As has already been said here - we was already announced the winner - it's not like he would lose anything. And it's not like they were in competition for the project. I just can't see any reason why he would have said NO, except for his ego. To be THE Apprentice.
I'm no longer as fond of Randall.

I am willing to bet DT will offer Rebecca a job in the organization. May not be $250,000/yr, but you could tell he was very impressed with her (rightfully so IMO) and would gain a very valuable employee.

IIRC, he extended an offer to the woman in the first season that made it to the final 3 (can't remember her name) but she didn't take it. I don't recall hearing any specifics about the offer though.

I really wish we could have heard George's comment about the "track record", because it sounded like he might have defended Rebecca's loses. All I heard is "about track records, sometimes..." and then DT cut him off.

And what the heck was up with Alla? Why does she dislike Rebecca so much? Was there an incident with them at some point?
Between Alla's last BR and tonight, she made a fool out of herself "speaking the truth".

Pirate
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06-20-2002

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 9:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pirate a private message Print Post    
I am glad Randal said no and I don't think that makes him selfish. He was there to win and he did and I think Donald asking Randal if he should hire Rebecca was, quite frankly, rude and took something away from Randal's win. If I worked my buns off to be the sole apprentice (for this season, which is what I took him to mean) I don't think I would want to share the win either.

Dark_isis
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07-27-2005

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 9:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dark_isis a private message Print Post    
I guess Randall's not so low-key after all, huh?

Dfng
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08-04-2005

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 9:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfng a private message Print Post    
Did everyone see how Alla was giving high fives to everyone after Randall was hired. What is with this women. Jeolousy is so ugly.

Randall's little speach was so ugly and not necessary. I still can't understand why he would ruin his reputation like that.

Clutterfree
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10-24-2003

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 9:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Clutterfree a private message Print Post    
I am going to go watch a Seinfeld rerun to cool down; hope it will help!
I am still so furious!!!!
Almost didn't watch this season because I so disliked the idea of the Martha Stewart version, caved because I HAD really like the Trump version. This has left me with just such a bad taste in my mouth. On other reality shows, there have been cases where one person has truly sacrificed a possible win because of where there hearts lay (I am thinking especially of Colby(?) and Tina on Survivor). Here there was nothing to lose for Randal except ego....Yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck. I can't think of anything he could say that would redeem him...Thanks for being here to vent with; I'm off to catch Seinfeld to get bad taste out of mouth.

Dark_isis
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07-27-2005

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 9:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dark_isis a private message Print Post    
I think Randall objects to sharing the "apprentice" title but I don't believe he has a problem with Rebecca being hired by Trump.

Pirate
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06-20-2002

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 10:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pirate a private message Print Post    
Exactly Dark_isis.

Nerovh
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06-12-2005

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 10:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nerovh a private message Print Post    
I can't believe how fast I went from really, really liking Randall to being totally disgusted with him. He had nothing to lose by saying yes, and a lot to gain. He would have come across as a hero as well as being the Apprentice. Letting Trump hire Rebecca would have cost him a lot less glory than what he has done. I expect that now he will not have nearly the positive response to his "win" as he would have had otherwise.

Luvmykitties
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01-02-2004

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 10:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Luvmykitties a private message Print Post    
I echo your sentiments Clutterfree.

I really enjoyed this season of DT's Apprentice, and would have been fine if randall was hired and that was the end.
But as soon as DT was yelling for Randall to come back, I thought this is it. This will be the cherry on the top!
But then for Randall to respond the way he did, left a bad taste in my mouth to the whole thing. I felt so bad for Rebecca! I wish DT would have just hired both of them, or not said anything.
This beat last year (or the year before?) when DT made it seem like the woman was going to be hired, and then at the end said "you're fired!" to her.

And when DT asked Randall about hiring Rebecca also, all I could see was Alla in the background shaking her head NO vehemently. (also saw Marcus and that other girl shaking their heads no, but not with as much force as Alla).
I can't remember any reason why Alla (and I guess a few of the others) disliked Rebecca.
Was it because Alla made a mistake by tossing Rebecca to the other team calling her "weak" - and then Alla went on to lose? She's trying to justify her mistake?

Luvmykitties
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01-02-2004

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 10:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Luvmykitties a private message Print Post    
I hope Matt Lauer is the one to interview Randall on teh Today Show tomorrow! I am sure he'll talk about this.

Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 10:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Auntiemike a private message Print Post    
I'd be ticked off at Trump for putting me in the position of making that choice. Afterall, it's Trump's organization and he should be the one making the decision on who to hire. I thought he could do what he wanted.

Maybe he wanted Randall to take a little fall.

Chicagolooper
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05-09-2004

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 10:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chicagolooper a private message Print Post    
Kitties, I agree that I expected DT to offer jobs to both. I think it would have been much more classy of DT to ask the question in the context of hiring both BEFORE he made his decision, in which case I would have been even more interested in the reaction.

IMHO, I think DT should have just offered the jobs to both of them and let it go. After all, he fired four at once for an awful job. In this case, both were so good, go ahead and offer jobs to both! Good TV.

But I am so disappointed in Randall. He really, really didn't have to say what he did in the way he did. It does show that he is competitive not only to the end, but beyond the end as well.

As we learned in the tasks themselves, we can all do with a bit of charitable giving.

Buggles
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09-07-2002

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 10:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Buggles a private message Print Post    
NOT surprised at all about Randall's unfortunate 'stabbing' of Rebecca. I have known guys like him - people never realize how egotistical and selfish they are... they've got the nice likeable guy image honed to a tee. I had picked up on this with Randall early on. Rebecca is the opp. - the real deal. She would wouldn't have done that to Randall, I would bet on it.

Trump couldn't have liked it all.

Puzzled
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08-27-2001

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 10:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puzzled a private message Print Post    
I was disgusted by Randal's reaction.

Trump was giving him a chance to show what a big man Randal was, and he would have been a real hero if he'd said Rebecca should be chosen, too. He went from a hero to a zero in no time flat.

Somehow, I think this will hurt him in the Trump organisation, too. Behind his suave ways and all his talk, they'll be looking for him to backstab them, too. Those he's supposed to "lead," will be wary.

What a disappointment.

I think Trump was probably not pleased, either. Randal made him look like a fool.

Pirate
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06-20-2002

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 10:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pirate a private message Print Post    
I am glad Randal said no. He would be forever joined at the hip with Rebecca. I respect Randal more for standing up for himself and The Donald less.