The next day, Net Worth parked their newly redesigned Airstream trailer and set up their mobile casting workshop business. Their casting director got comfortable and… waited. Although the team members hit the street handing out flyers and talking up their service, no one seemed willing to pay the twenty-five dollar consultation fee. Things were not looking good for Net Worth. In an interview, John said, "You could see the sweat on Angie's brow from half a block away."

Magna set up their mobile spa and hit the ground running. People from off the street started filing in to get their massages, manicures and other treatments. Everyone on the team seemed to be selling the service well… except for Michael. Erin claimed that Michael didn't have the "hustle" to sell. Even Michael knew he had a problem and so he approached Bren and told him that it was a little creepy for a man to advertise massages on the street.

Back at Net Worth's mobile casting workshop, Tana said that the business finally started to pick up in the afternoon - and by 1:30pm, it was "pumping". John said the team had a great strategy for landing clients. He and Chris would get actors interested in the service and Tara would close the deal and collect the money. Angie said they had a line of people inside the trailer waiting to meet with the casting director.

Finally, it was reckoning time as the teams entered the boardroom to learn their fate. Jill reported that Magna had earned a total of $918.50 from their mobile spa business. George announced that Net Worth had taken a big risk by creating a mobile casting business. But, he said, the risk had paid off and the team had earned $991. The members of Net Worth erupted in cheers. Trump congratulated them and said that for their reward the group would go to Mikimoto, a Fifth Avenue shop known worldwide for its pearls. To top it off, the team would get $20,000 to spend on themselves!

When Net Worth arrived at Mikimoto, they were met by both Miss Universe and Miss USA (which was only fitting since Mikimoto provided the pearls for both the Miss Universe and Miss USA crowns). The two pageant winners, complete with their crowns and sashes, showed the candidates around. Everyone tried on different pieces - but it was Craig who donned the official crown from the Miss USA pageant. Everyone was thrilled with the reward, and by the end of the trip, each person had purchased something special.

Outside Trump Tower, rain came down from the gray sky. Inside the suite, Magna performed a postmortem on their task and wondered what they could have done differently. Bren admitted that he could certainly be on the chopping block. But he also said that he was proud of his team. In an interview, Stephanie admitted that Magna lacked some street smarts - they didn't know how to hustle like Net Worth did - and it was costing them the competition. Michael thought he might be brought into the boardroom to face the firing. In an interview, he said he felt like the scapegoat for Magna and called his teammates "evil". In his own interview, Bren said in no uncertain terms that he was ready to take someone else out to ensure his survival.

The next day, the members of Magna returned to the boardroom. Trump asked Bren what went wrong. Bren said that the product and location were good, but that the team fell short in marketing. Bren also confessed that his team had trouble when it came to creativity and cited that as the reason Net Worth was beating them. When Trump asked Bren if getting a few members of Net Worth on his team would help, Bren admitted that it would. In fact, Bren added that he'd be willing to trade away Stephanie and Michael for two members of Net Worth. Bren told Trump that Michael wasn't selling during the task. Bren said Michael even came up to him several times during the day and complained that as a man he couldn't sell massages. Next, Bren turned his attention to Stephanie and accused her of having a negative attitude. Stephanie shot back that Bren didn't have good time management skills. Alex defended Bren, calling him a great leader. Kendra said that Michael just didn't put in 110%. Jill chimed in and said that the team's marketing was weak. Erin said she would fire Michael. Finally, Bren chose to bring Stephanie and Michael back into the boardroom.

After sending out the candidates, Trump turned to his advisors. George thought that Stephanie brought her team down with a negative attitude. Jill thought Michael didn't get the word out about the spa offerings as well as he should have. When the candidates returned, Stephanie said it was too bad that some on her team had taken her honesty personally. Trump accused Michael of coming up short. Jill didn't let him off easy either. She said that Michael's excuse that a man can't sell a massage was a poor one. She said that Michael had other services to sell. He could have offered a manicure to a woman, for example. Bren then said he would fire Stephanie, if given the choice. But as Bren listed his reasons, Michael interrupted. Trump couldn't believe that Michael interrupted Bren as he was making a case for firing Stephanie. Trump asked Michael, "How stupid can you be?" Then Trump told Michael that he heard Michael claimed to be like him - but Trump said that Michael was nothing like him. Trump said he does the work. Finally, Trump lowered the boom and said, "Michael, you're fired."

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