'The Celebrity Apprentice' recap: Bat Out of Hell

First, Trump gave Marlee the option of giving the men a stay of execution and she refused — another reason to love Marlee Matlin by the way. She was right. It's business. Someone had to go. So it looked like Richard Hatch would be going due to the fact that he didn’t meet a lot of celebrity millionaires in prison and couldn't raise money. (Ironic moment of the night: Hatch telling Trump that "we're very close to being exonerated," of his tax charges; he's now back in prison for not repaying his debt.) But then Donald asked each of the men who the weakest link on the team was, and each of them said Gary Busey. Whoops!

Well, this won't do. This won't do at all. Trump's remedy? To call Busey "genius" about 3,284 times and claim that, "I think he's very deceptive." Deceptive? At what? It didn't matter — the entire thing was pure gold. And then this brilliant back-on-the-right-firing track line: "So, Jon, originally you said Richard Hatch should be fired." As in, never mind that every single one of you just told me that Gary Busey should go, because that, my friends, ain't happening. Amazing stuff from the Trumpster. He was so smooth he didn’t even give Hatch a chance to defend himself. That Richard Hatch is too slippery with his words. Best not to risk it.

And with that, one of the most incredible hours — excuse me, two hours —in Celebrity Apprentice history came to a close.  We laughed, we cried, we watched a grown man lose his paint and then his marbles. Please hit the message boards and share your favorite CA moment of the week (there are plenty to go around!). (Watch the clip of Meat Loaf's meltdown here.) And for more reality TV news and views, follow me on Twitter @EWDaltonRoss. Until next week: Cluck, Cluck…Splash!

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