It might be that the language and cultural barrier is a factor, but I don't think you really needed to read Sugar that well to know that it was time to shut up.

I think it is unfair to say 'the other girls' as if they were all equally bad. But they did seem a nervy bunch, constantly point-scoring for the camera. A couple of them kept harping on and on about Gabrielle's alleged inability to direct operations, so clearly playing to the camera that they might has well have used those giant foam hands people take to sporting events to point at her more obviously. The men's group actually seemed to be working together in a friendly way, though history suggests that this was a fluke and will soon change.

I think re. biliana it is a rule of life that his Lordfulness will support (sometimes) people who have made a bad decision, people who talk too much in the boardroom when they should shut up and people detested by their fellow team members, but to expect him to warm to someone who has all three deficits on day one is a bit much. You really do have to choose between the evil bitch role and the blundering fool role, not scarf up both at once.