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The Apprentice

Season 2

17 listed hours · 2004–2017 · NBC

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How this season is filed

Filed by Lana Reyes · Red Carpet Reality

Corporate tasks, a boardroom, a pointing finger, and a catchphrase that left the studio. The Apprentice is Mark Burnett business theater that turned a real-estate showman into a prime-time character — elimination math as entertainment, with a political afterlife nobody booked as a twist.

TV Flash files Season 2 of The Apprentice (2004–2017) on NBC as a mid listed season (2; 2 of 7) — 17 listed hours, 2004-09-09–2004-12-16 from “Toying with Disaster” (S02E01) to “Decision Time: Part 3” (S02E17). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S02E01 Toying with Disaster

    Toying with Disaster reopens year two on a task-title that sounds like a warning: corporate scavenger hunts still the weekly plot, the boardroom still the gavel.

  1. S02E01

    Toying with Disaster

    Toying with Disaster — Season 2, Episode 1 of The Apprentice. Aired 2004-09-09. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  2. S02E02

    Scoop Dreams

    Scoop Dreams — Season 2, Episode 2 of The Apprentice. Aired 2004-09-16. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  3. S02E03

    Send in the Crowns

    Send in the Crowns — Season 2, Episode 3 of The Apprentice. Aired 2004-09-23. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  4. S02E04

    The Last Supper

    The Last Supper — Season 2, Episode 4 of The Apprentice. Aired 2004-09-29. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  5. S02E05

    Lights! Camera! Transaction!

    Lights! Camera! Transaction! — Season 2, Episode 5 of The Apprentice. Aired 2004-10-07. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  6. S02E06

    Crimes of Fashion

    Crimes of Fashion — Season 2, Episode 6 of The Apprentice. Aired 2004-10-14. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  7. S02E07

    Barking Up the Wrong Tree

    Barking Up the Wrong Tree — Season 2, Episode 7 of The Apprentice. Aired 2004-10-21. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  8. S02E08

    A Tale of Two Leaders

    A Tale of Two Leaders — Season 2, Episode 8 of The Apprentice. Aired 2004-10-28. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  9. S02E09

    Bringing Down the House

    Bringing Down the House — Season 2, Episode 9 of The Apprentice. Aired 2004-11-04. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  10. S02E10

    Runaway Pride

    Runaway Pride — Season 2, Episode 10 of The Apprentice. Aired 2004-11-11. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  11. S02E11

    The Butt Stops Here

    The Butt Stops Here — Season 2, Episode 11 of The Apprentice. Aired 2004-11-18. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  12. S02E12

    The Pepsi Challenged

    The Pepsi Challenged — Season 2, Episode 12 of The Apprentice. Aired 2004-11-25. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  13. S02E13

    Sweet & Lowdown

    Sweet & Lowdown — Season 2, Episode 13 of The Apprentice. Aired 2004-12-02. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  14. S02E14

    Intellectual Horsepower

    Intellectual Horsepower — Season 2, Episode 14 of The Apprentice. Aired 2004-12-09. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  15. S02E15

    Decision Time: Part 1

    Decision Time: Part 1 — Season 2, Episode 15 of The Apprentice. Aired 2004-12-16. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  16. S02E16

    Decision Time: Part 2

    Decision Time: Part 2 — Season 2, Episode 16 of The Apprentice. Aired 2004-12-16. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  17. S02E17

    Decision Time: Part 3

    Decision Time: Part 3 — Season 2, Episode 17 of The Apprentice. Aired 2004-12-16. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

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