Exactly.....there is something there....And there debrief after they won...was very telling.

I still don't understand why Natasha decided Susan was responsible for the failure. I'm failing to understand where Natasha is coming from on this.

it was just jealousy and spite talking.

natasha knows she's out of her depth. i have seen people blame others to cover their own ineptness

That team won. The winning team get much less analysis. Usually they focus on the mistakes, partly to make it look like either team could have lost.

This may be a first, but I agree 100% with your summary of Susan's progress. She was very mature in the way she handled Natasha's comments at the house. Mind you, it might have been better if she hadn't complained to Natasha on the stall. Often it's better to just get on with things, rather than argue about who's pulling their weight and who isn't.

She still has a capacity for gaffes. Her idea to sell door to door in Knightsbridge was awful. We must assume it was her idea, because she didn't blame Natasha for sending her there. The duvet covers were clearly market stall items. You wouldn't sell them door to door in a run-down estate, certainly not in an up market location.

I agree Susan is a nailed on certainty for the final now, and she deserves it.


Susan's face shape is characteristically Chinese. Guess what, she is of Chinese origin. If someone criticised Edna for having fat lips I think the racist undertone of such a remark would be clearer.

Susan got criticised in the magazine task for not really putting herself forward to pitch. I think she's determined that that's one accusation she'll never allow to be made against her again.

Hasn't Jim only been PM once? When LS said he had to be?
He wont be selected, he has no guts at all. Slimy cowards won't be going into business with Alan Sugar.

Sorry to drag this discussion back to the topic...

I think Susan has the potential to be great, but she hasn't done herself any favours in terms of coming across as a businesswoman. Some of her mannerisms and turns of phrase are still quite immature, and I suspect that watching the series back again will teach her that, and allow her to reconsider the impressions she makes on others. Agreed, she has come out with some classic 'ditzy girl' quotes, but she does have the entrepreneurial spark that Shug seems to be after.

Oh, and Natasha. HOW is she still there?!!

Yes, LS assigned him to be the PM of the free mag task. Jim still hasn't volunteered. Perhaps he will put himself forward next week, but I doubt it. He only takes risks when he knows there's someone he can throw under a bus and when he's absolutely certain of the rules (sensible).

Tom hasn't volunteered to be PM either. This week was the first time Natasha volunteered. Helen and Susan are really the only two to stick their necks out on that score, and even Helen waited a fair few weeks.

That's true. Melody volunteered in week 1 and didn't volunteer until last week, but I'm letting her off the hook because week 1 is the toughest.

Jim - never volunteered
Tom - never volunteered
Helen - volunteered in the junk task?
Natasha - volunteered twice? Free mag and ?
Zoe - last week and... I can't remember
Susan - "It's right up my street!" almost every week

Natasha was made PM for the Magazine task, rather than putting herself forward. I think Susan has volunteered in some shape or form for every PMship for which she's been eligible apart from a couple.

(I'd forgotten Helen had put herself forward week 1 but got outvoted in favour of Melody, so there's that in her favour).