The playoffs last weekend threw off my whole reality TV viewing schedule, but I should be caught up by the end of the evening. At least for now.

First up, last weekend's Apprentice (reairs on CNBC on Saturdays, by the way). Team Kinetic didn't have to participate in the task at all, thanks to their win the previous week. Arrow had to split into two teams and create a theme tour for Starline tours in Hollywood. Aaron (the Columbia, Md., contestant) stepped up to be one of the team leaders, and Michelle kind of got steamrolled into it. Here's how it went down.

On Aaron's team (which also includes hyper James and Melania lookalike Stefani), they decide to hire some Lakers Girls to jazz up the crowd and pick a theme of "Famous Places, Beautiful Faces," which focuses on famous movie locations. James takes ones of Starline's tours and decides what he does and doesn't like -- deciding that snacks are good and goofy jokes aren't. At the end of the first day, the team sets up a makeshift office outside, works hard and quiet for a few hours and heads to bed. During the task the next day, they have a huge, happy crowd, and they get going. James is on the mike, and his energy (and nonsensical statements) is off the charts. After a while, Stefani takes over and starts talking about the actual sites, saving the day.

On Michelle's team (which also includes Tim, Frank and Nicole), it seems like Michelle is petrified to make a decision because if they fail, she will be blamed. This totally backfires and she comes across as confused and spineless the whole time. The team picks the theme "A Day in the Life of the Rich and Famous." But as Michelle and Tim drive around Hollywood, they don't really see much that they like. So she decides Beverly Hills is a better option. But after driving around there, she thinks it's boring. She goes back and forth (several times) with Tim but finally decides Hollywood is the way to go. Frank and Nicole get annoyed and start taking care of things like tux rental and banners. Back at camp, the team starts working on a route and Michelle wants everyone to stay up all night. Nicole disagrees, but eventually relents. On event day, it's kind of a disaster. The mike fails right off the bat. Michelle talks to the crowd and literally makes no sense. Tim points out the hotel where John Belushi died of a heroin overdose and uses the term "speedball" (though in interviews after the fact, he realizes this was a bad, bad idea). He also starts talking about the stars on Hollywood Boulevard while he's still on Sunset.

In the boardroom, before they hear the results, Aaron and his team say they are confident. Michelle and her team acknowledge they had some logistical issues, and Nicole and Frank say she wasn't a great project manager. The results: 82 percent approval for Aaron's team, 58 percent for Michelle's.

Before they leave the boardroom, Michelle "resigns." We all know Trump hates quitting more than about anything, so there is the usual heckling and discussion about how she will regret it forever. She mostly seems to have issues with the living-outside part of the equation, but she doesn't relent, and she decides to leave.

So she leaves, and eventually the rest of the team learns no one else will be fired. So that's the end.

But let me leave you with some of the best quotes of the episode from Michelle:

• "I want to be operating in consensus."
• "Is that OK to be second guessing it?"
• "If you were me, which direction would you go in?"
• "Are you thinking too?"
• We will be telling you about "the elements of being in the caliber of the rich and famous."
• "There were people on the bus who certainly weren't angry."
• "The team absolutely stood up to the bat."
• "I would love the opportunity to work for your organization in the conventional way, but at this point I don't even want to come back to the boardroom: it's not worth it to me to go through this."

One last thing: It's vaguely hilarious that the other team constantly listens in on the losing team through the hedges.

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On Beauty and the Geek, it's getting a little out of control. The guys seem to be in it for the right reason, but the women? Well, it's looking cattier than the SPCA. Week before last it was the blondes vs. the brunettes, with Sharee and Andrea both sent to elimination. I liked Sharee, but she was out, leaving Angela, who is not nice to her partner, but finally started studying, in the game. She was not getting along with any of the rest of the girls. Which I could have understood, because she wasn't that nice, but the blondes really banded against her, which was rude.

In last week's episode, the guys finally got makeovers, though they had to pick out their outfits themselves based on information given to them by the girls. They all looked pretty great afterward. Poor Mario wasn't too happy because the store they were in didn't have that big of clothes, so he felt uncomfortable. He still looked good, though. Scooter looked so much better with his scraggly facial hair gone. Matt looked more grownup and happier. Drew looked much more confident and modern with his new look, and Niels was thrilled with the outfit he picked out. Nate, losing his giant beard and trucker hat, had the biggest transformation. He reminded me of Adam Levine, the lead singer of Maroon 5, after his makeover.

For the competition, the women had to try out their marketing skills, selling the boys in a charity auction. Niels ended up bringing in the most dough, and we followed all the guys on their dates -- on which they all managed some conversation.

Niels and Jennylee differed on who to send the elimination. They agreed to send Matt and Angela, but Niels wanted to send Nate and Cecilia and Jennylee didn't because of her flirtation with Nate. He overruled her, and it got kind of ugly. Jennylee said they had to send Andrea and Matt, and afterward Angela called her on that. They had this horrible interaction that ended with Jennylee saying, "I guess it's because I'm cooler than you." In case you were worried that this hadn't descended to seventh-grade depths.

One of the guys said last week that they are supposed to be learning about social interaction from the women, but that they sure seemed to have a lot of issues with one another compared with the no-drama friendships the guys have all developed with one another. Very good point.

Anyway, in the elimination room, Cecilia got both her questions right, leading her team to victory and sending Matt and Andrea home.

I like all the guys who are left, but I think Nadia might be the only woman who seems to be striving for any depth or to learn anything from the guys. We'll see what happens this evening.