Nely Galán is still stunned by the previous boardroom; she's convinced that Gene Simmons took a bullet just for her. Piers Morgan is relieved that Simmons is gone; that's less competition for Morgan.
Tito Ortiz is given a check for $20,000 to give to his charity, the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. The Gray-Haired Guy Who Isn't George of the Week is Vince McMahon, the wrestling promoter. The task is for the two teams to negotiate with one another to choose four out of eight Broadway shows, then do booth sales for two hours.
Marilu Henner takes charge of Empresario, and Vincent Pastore takes charge of Hydra. Pastore employs a bizarre negotiating tactic: he tells Henner to name two shows that she wants, and then he disagrees. However, the two teams quickly divvy up the eight shows and start calling their contacts.
Galán says that one thing she learned from Simmons was to not be afraid to ask for what she wants; this is often difficult for women to do. She begins working her way through her thick black book. Meanwhile, Stephen Baldwin and Morgan bicker vigorously about... you know, I'm not even sure. I'm not sure there was a subject. I think it was just name-calling. Morgan calls his good buddy Richard Branson and gets him to agree to send two stewardesses to the ticket booth with a check for $10,000.
The women get an eye-catching red booth, while the men have a blue booth. Henner has her friend David Hyde Pierce to come by, but instead of having him attract people to the booth, she merely "introduces" him to people who come to the booth. Meanwhile, Morgan dresses in chainmail as King Arthur to yell at people on the street to buy Spamalot tickets. Because he's a much bigger celebrity in the UK, every British tourist in the Broadway area gravitates to the mens' booth. Baldwin also gets Bob Saget to come by, and Trace Adkins gets his contacts at EMI to spend $5000.
Inside Empresario's booth, Jennie Finch and Carol Alt perform the cash transactions, but when a few customers seem more very willing to open their wallets and aren't sure exactly how they want to spend it, instead of seizing the opportunity, Finch and Alt tell them to "think about it" and come back! Galán's contacts show up with a promise to buy, but no money. Galán sends them for a check - pledges won't count in this competition; the tickets have to be paid for before the deadline!
The stewardesses from Virgin get to Hydra's booth moments before the competition ends. Galán's people don't make it in time. Nevertheless, Henner is far more confident than Pastore when they meet in the boardroom. She is sure that Empresario has won; Pastore seems uncharacteristically nervous. The grand totals are announced: Empresario made a little under $32,000; Hydra made a little more than $33,000. Pastore will get $50,000 for a pancreatic cancer charity, and the remaining $15,000 will go to a fund for public schools.
Henner claims they lost because the men have greater star power and better contacts. Pastore protests that Morgan was in costume and couldn't be recognized, but since Morgan earlier said that every British person around recognized him, this seems pretty weak. Galán says their money showed up too late because of rain and traffic, but the same rain and traffic wasn't a problem for the Virgin people.
Vince McMahon says Alt should have been in front of the booth, attracting customers with her famous face; same for Finch. Omarosa and Alt blame one another for the loss. Galán says the team is full of "good workers" rather than leaders, but still suggests firing Henner.
Still, Henner chooses Alt and Finch to bring back to the boardroom. (Watching on closed-circuit TV, Baldwin tells the other men: "They need Nely.") Out in the lobby, Alt complains that Omarosa is the person who ruins the group. Inside the boardroom, McMahon says that Jennie lacks the competitive spirit for business tasks. Ivanka Trump emphatically says that Henner mustn't be fired, because she is Empresario's only shot at winning. (Ivanka is also not a big Nely fan.)
Trump asks Henner: why didn't you bring Omarosa? Henner says that she works well with Omarosa and Galán. In essence, she can afford to lose Alt or Finch. It's a no-brainer for Trump: Finch hasn't done much of anything on any task, and isn't even able to defend herself in the boardroom. She's competitive as an Olympic softball player, but she's not a business leader. She's fired.
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