The Apprentice (U.S. Season 7) - Episodes - Episode 6 - Window of Opportunity

Window of Opportunity

• Airdate: February 7, 2008
• Task sponsor: Vera Wang by Serta
• Task scope: Each team is to create a living window, using actors and actresses in a shop window to promote Vera Wang's new mattress line by Serta.
• Hydra project manager: Lennox Lewis
• Empresario project manager: Omarosa
• Judges: Donald Trump; George Ross; Donald Trump, Jr.
• Winning team: Hydra
  • Reasons for win: The Serta executives wanted to move away from an existing "bridal" image, information Hydra learned during discussions with Vera Wang and the Serta executive; Hydra used this information to help think outside the box, thus fashioning a more creative and original window than Empresario.
• Losing team: Empresario
  • Reasons for loss: Empresario created a display featuring a newly-married theme, which was too conservative and lacked creativity.
  • Sent to boardroom: Omarosa, Marilu Henner, and Nely Galán
• Fired: Nely Galán - for not helping Omarosa coming up with a better concept, along with her less than stellar performances in past projects, and for behaving in a disrespectful manner towards Trump in the boardroom.
• Notes:
  • Stephen Baldwin refused to work with Piers Morgan after he had called Stephen a hypocrite in the previous episode's boardroom. He also threatened to quit the show, but Trump recommended that Stephen be transferred over to Empresario in order to prevent this. Stephen then became a member of the women's team and lost the respect of his competitors after he openly told his fellow competitors that he would rather serve to the women than simply work out his issues with Piers.
  • Omarosa spoke for the women and respectfully declined Stephen's invitation to the team, but Trump let him transfer regardless.
  • Stephen Baldwin missed the first day of this task, due to a prior commitment with his church.
  • Originally, Omarosa was going to bring Stephen Baldwin back to the boardroom due to his commitment with his church and not the task, but Trump told her that it was not a good idea. Omarosa agreed and brought in Marilu Henner and Nely Galán instead.
  • In the boardroom, Trump continued to remind Nely Galán that she "got lucky twice", which was his opinion of her performances that stemmed from previous tasks. Nely asked Trump why he hadn't moved on from it, and essentially challenged his authority in the process. This could have been a supplemental firing point in her termination.
  • Lennox Lewis won $20,000 for his charity.