Did anyone catch Apprentice last night?

[Keef]

Lucinda Vs Raef would be my ideal final... However, from the footage they've shown of next week, Lucinda seems to be having a row with someone, hope she doesn't slip now... They're making an ad for tissues next week, and the clips also suggested that Alex might get a bit carried away with the "art of film"... That said, they are good at not giving much away with these teasers.

Couldn't say much to defend Sara last night, other than to say Micheal is worse, and should have gone... How did he manage to talk himself in to next week at the end, is Alan going soft?!?!? Nick looked shocked that he'd let Micheal off.

Despite wanting Lucinder & Raef, my money is on Clare Vs Lee.

[missd]

it was pretty cringe worthy -"please let me stay Sir Alan, please". if it had been me, i would've booted Micheal off too - just for that performance. but then i guess two leaving in one show can't continue, or the series wouldn't last as long!

totally agree on Raef's comment -i was laughing out loud at that one too!

[James]

Michael is the worst kind of snobby, sulky, supercilious over-indulged public school prat. Had he been born to a poor family he'd be stacking shelves somewhere. However his privilege has given him the false impression that he deserves to succeed.

I agree with Margaret's appraisal when she was told he read Classics at Edinburgh. "Edinburgh isn't what it used to be." Spot on.

[Keef]

The Edinburgh line was my favourite of the series so far!

[James]

Margaret is the best thing in it I reckon. Just for her withering stares. Does anyone else agree that if Margaret were an animal she would be an owl?

[TillieTrotter]

Ooer, would you believe it....Mr Smoothie fired. Come on Lucinda!!

[Ladygooner]

Can't comment yet as taped last nights episode due to a certain football match...........so wanted Michael to go though

[Keef]

Same as LadyG... I am pleased I also recorded "you're fired", as I imagine that would have been quite funny. Damn it, it's going to be boring now! At least he'll be back for the final.

[Fear 'n boozin]

why not watch it now?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b00bdnzq.shtml?src=ip_mp

[MadWorld74]

The Atishu advert was so f*cking bad I was nearly in tears on the sofa!! but they won God knows how. Lucinda is my gal. Her clothes are off the hook.......:-S

[Ladygooner]

Hoorah! Michael has gone - and about time too!

[buggie]

...and just a little bit overdue!!

[jimbo1964]

I think he took his firing with great charm. Nice bloke really. I can't see anyone but Claire winning it now.

Lee: Too thick

Alex: Too dull

Lucinda: Too mad

Helene: Too sour faced

[jollybaby]

Looking forward to the interview 'task' next week - always one of the best episodes.

[Keef]

I hoped Lucinder would have a chance, but can't see her doing it now. Lee and Alex dumped her, but she just whinged about it, and tried to show how mean they'd been, rather than just getting on with it. I think had she just gotten on with the job, Alan Sugar would have been impressed, as he knew she'd been dumped by the lads.

Lee is basically a bit thick, Alex has been a horrid bully since episode 1, and still is. Helene has no chance at all, so I'd have to agree that Claire is strong favourite...

Have to agree that Micheal actually came across as quite a nice bloke on the "You're Fired" show. He was basically playing the game, and very nearly slipped through.

[jimbo1964]

I thought Claire was really horrible in the early episodes but she seems to have taken criticism on board and tempered herself quite a bit. I think AS quite likes her now.

I agree that the interview process is always a cracking episode.

[missd]

Yeah i think you're right Jimbo1964 Claire used to annoy me a lot but think she has taken the criticism on board well and has made some changes. liked when she said that she is trying to regulate her talking and AS saying she had a moouth the size of blackwall tunnel

shame about lucinda whinging so much yes -she would have got more credit had she just got on with it. although having said that i think she's a better manager than a do-er, and definitely a better manager than lee and alex.

[Ted Max]

Well that was rubbish, wasn't it? I wanted to see Helene and Alex get minced, re-shaped into patties, grilled till charred and then thrown to the pigs. Disappointed.

And SRalan and his cronies are a bunch of sexist old gits - Lucinda would be good at interior design and decorating the board room, chuckle chuckle. How does she gross 100k pa contracting, then? That's a lot of candles to sell.

And SirAlan's "Nice to have a lady's view" to Karen Brady - shown his true colours there the patronising twunt. I hope he either picks fame-hungry passive aggressive nutjob Claire, or defensive, holllow streak of piss Alex, or even manipulative eye-roller Helen - he deserves all of them to be honest.

(stop me if I'm taking this too seriously, someone)

[Ladygooner]

Not wanting to cast aspersions on Karen Brady but wasn't there some suggestion of her only getting the job at Birmingham due to her "connection" with David Sullivan that Porn king?

[Ant]

I thought her interviews seemed a bit... weak, I suppose. Although maybe that's just in comparison to the other ones.

Also, did anyone else spot the slight spoiler in the clips from the final with Sirallun giving his reasons for firing the last three rejects? Looked to me like they'd inadvertently revealed the gender of the winner, and from that it's not too big a leap to predict who'd get it. (Can't remember now but they may have only been shown on the end of the You're Fired show on BBC2.)

[*Bob*]

It had its moments, but was a bit of a let-down compared to previous 'CV' episodes.

As ever, the need to continually up the television ante every series has turned it into too much of a circus.

The bald interviewee was completely wank this time. "I'M TOUGH! LOOK AT MY SHINY HOT HEAD! I MEAN BUSINESS!". These are supposed to be real people, ask them to act and it's just rubbish.

Who would I employ? Hmm..

Well Helene's eyes are too far apart, and sometimes seem to move independently - like a tree frog.

Claire just needs a cork in the mouth and a bowl of wee tipping on her head. If I see her do that eyes-looky-up-to-the-left/nose-wrinkle combo thing again I may have to do something drastic like, say, leaving the room and put the kettle on.

Alex is out on the grounds that he has a mouth like a cat's arsehole and cruel, pink, thin 'Joker Lips'.

So that leaves Lee. Who I quite like, for some reason.

[Ted Max]

Well Helene's eyes are too far apart, and sometimes seem to move independently - like a tree frog.

Charlie Brooker thinks Helene looks like a kit cat clock.

[*Bob*]

Ha Ha.. how many wrappers do you have to save to get one of those?

I think you're right about SRalan though.

Chipping away at the edges of his likeable grizzly no-nonsense merit-based boy-dunn-good persona is a bit of a tetchy old-skool (ie sexist) knob. Still a likeable knob though. At the moment.

[Keef]

Lucinda did herself no favours, but still it seems very harsh that she got to stay and all the others were allowed through!

[TillieTrotter]

She didnt come across well I must agree, a bit of a whinger really.