Back in the boardroom, the arguments kick off along similar lines, but not before Sugar has a huge go at Ricky for limiting his offer to Rhodes to dinners, rather than negotiating for more. And both Ricky and Stephen come under fire for the decision not to send the former to Tring. They were equally as bad as each other throughout the task.
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It was unstructured, it was chaotic and it lacked any sort of direction. Ricky, unsurprisingly, blames the other two. Stephen invites him to get off the fence and give an honest answer as to which one person he thinks is really to blame and then refuses to stop to let Ricky speak until they both end up trying to talk over one another in a manner not seen since the heyday of Moonlighting. He adds:.
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From me you are going to get somebody who will make mistakes but will come up the next day with a fresh mind, a fighting spirit and do the same thing again. Sugar has heard enough.
He fires Gabrielle for her lack of contribution on this task. And then, just as I am on the point of hurling something at my TV in disgust, he does the decent thing and finally puts Stephen out of his and our misery. And not before time. Articulate and manipulative in a rather obvious way in the boardroom, Stephen brought lots of energy and enthusiasm to tasks, but too often also brought bad ideas and poor judgement, and ultimately made a lot of noise without ever really delivering much of value.
His most significant achievement was to become the first losing project manager to be fired this season, in the tenth week.
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Gabrielle, on the other hand, had some obvious weaknesses in terms of commercial nous, but also brought the rare gift of creativity and original ideas to the table. There are plenty of good managers in business, but the most successful entrepreneurs are those who can innovate through original ideas. Gabrielle was potentially just such a candidate, and while Stephen had clearly outstayed his welcome, I feel Gabrielle would have been a worthy finalist.
Oh well. I only wish I could turn back time and if I could I would have stuck to my gut feeling, My gut feeling was to send Ricky to the hotel retreat. Link: BBC official website.
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