No one at NBC said Thursday night’s Apprentice would be the best boardroom ever, but I sure thought it was! Does anyone care what happened to put Sandy, Jen and Andy into the Boardroom? Nah…nothing that happened in the first 45 minutes could outshine the verbal ass-kicking Dandy Andy the Master Debater had to endure under the shocked eyes of George, Carolyn and The Donald.

Andy’s a tool…and a bad liar. He sat there and just let both women beat up on him in ways he probably hasn’t experienced since graduating from Harvard. His fraternity brothers probably told him that the best way to get ahead in the business world if you’re surrounded by a group of women is to pit them all against each other. Tell Jen that Ivana wants Sandy gone…then align yourself with Jen to talk about how inept and ineffective Sandy was. The only problem? Sandy wasn’t ineffective, and she came back at ‘em, guns a’blazing. Good for her. Then…Jen spills the beans on her little pow-wow with Andy earlier in the day. Damn. Backpedalbackpedalbackpedalbackpedal.

I wanted Andy to blink or something…say something other than “I stand by my decision” and “He asked who was more creative!” Heck, I would have been satisfied had he gotten up and pushed Jen & Sandy’s chairs together so they could swing at each other a little more easily.

To give the guy a wee bit of credit though, when Andy was fired, he did show the maturity of someone who recently took a “How To Interview Like the Hahvahd Man You Are” class by thanking The Donald for The Opportunity, then taking The Elevator downstairs to The Cab.

And then there were five. The UberHusband tagged Ivana as the eventual winner and, although now we don’t think she’ll win, he’s pretty darn proud of himself for seeing that she had that certain something about her that would take her far in the show. Even if you don’t like Ivana, you’ve got to love her for not crying at the drop of a hat.