With the final tasks underway, the race to become the next Apprentice was heading into the homestretch. Jennifer M. was in charge of the Genworth Charity Basketball Classic to support the NBA's Read to Achieve program, while Kelly was running the Genworth/Trump Polo Cup to help raise money for the Alzheimer's Association. But the two final candidates were facing some of their biggest challenges yet - challenges that threatened to derail their events and cost them their dream job. At Riverbank State Park, Jennifer M. was on the phone with Chris Webber's assistant, who told her that Chris was canceling as the emcee. Jennifer blasted the assistant for leaving them without a master of ceremonies just hours before the event. As a contingency plan, Jennifer said they would have to get another player to commit to hosting the next day. Jennifer told her group that they needed to get as much done that night as possible; it looked like it was going to be along night for everyone. Back at the suite, Jennifer M.'s group returned, exhausted. Jennifer M. stayed up making signs for the event while the rest of her group got a few hours of sleep before the big day. Pamela felt that Jennifer M. didn't need to stay up making signs - instead, Jennifer M. should have been thinking more about managing the event and the sponsors. Pamela warned that this decision might come back to bite her. At the polo field, Kelly and Elizabeth headed out to a late-night copy center. Kelly drove with Elizabeth as his co-pilot, offering directions. Unfortunately, the two had a hard time finding the place and spent almost an hour driving around wasting precious time. The delay also affected John and Raj, who were stranded at the polo field, waiting for Kelly and Elizabeth to return. In an interview, Kelly admitted that he robbed at least an hour and a half of sleep from Raj and John. The big day of the charity events arrived. The court for the celebrity basketball game was shaping up. Jennifer M. put Pamela in charge of the orchestration of the game. Pamela said she was responsible for the players, what happened during the game, the half-time show and all of the NBA personnel. Jennifer M. said that she delegated large chunks of responsibility to her employees because she knew that she'd be doing a lot of the behind-the-scenes work. Next, Jennifer M. met with Genworth and walked them through the facilities, answering their questions. Jennifer M. said she felt that the executives were more reassured. But Janice Luvera of Genworth told George that while Jennifer M. had made some progress, there was much that wasn't done. The critical issue, Janice said, was that Jennifer M. didn't come up with ideas of her own on how to run the event - instead, she kept pushing the responsibility back onto the Genworth team. George said that Genworth was disappointed. At the polo club, the sun was out and the event would go on in spite of the rain from the previous day. But Elizabeth and Raj were in anything but a sunny mood. The two argued after Elizabeth told Raj to put up a Genworth display and he said that he would do it later. During the argument, Elizabeth dubbed herself "Dictator Elizabeth" and told Raj that for the day, he would do whatever she asked. But Raj said that Elizabeth was not his dictator. Kelly intervened and Elizabeth apologized. In an interview, Raj said he had to give Kelly credit for his mediation skills. At Riverbank State Park, Jennifer M.'s team had set-up ten Xboxes with accompanying plasma screens in comfy lounge areas so that the basketball stars could relax before the big game by saving the universe. But just as the players were starting to blast each other, the power went out. A representative from Xbox, one of the biggest event sponsors, told Jennifer M. to fix the problem. Instead of saying the problem would be taken care of, Jennifer M. asked the Xbox rep what solution would work best for him. He told her that he just wanted the situation resolved. Jennifer M. then told him what she planned to do, but he didn't care how she solved the problem, he just wanted it fixed. The mood became tense and as Jennifer M. walked away, she said, "... if we sit here and argue, I can't make it happen." The Xbox rep said that he wasn't arguing; he just wanted Jennifer M. to take care of the things she had committed to. Kelly faced a crisis of his own when the manager of the polo club asked to see him on the field immediately. The manager called the Wisk logos that painters were spraying at the goals "a big problem" and said that they would have to be removed. He said that the horses would see the logos as obstacles and that it could be dangerous for the horses and the riders. Kelly was concerned because Wisk was a major sponsor and had a $250,000 contract for their logo to be painted on the field. Jennifer M. worked with building engineers, who got a generator going to power the Xbox stations. Soon, the NBA players were back in action, blasting each other away. Kelly also managed to solve his problem. He talked to Wisk who agreed to have their logos painted elsewhere. The painters started their work again and Kelly said he avoided a "near explosion." More >>