A mediocre episode I think, the most interesting part being the reshuffle of the teams. It will set the stage for the remaining episodes and it put into focus the players that will be facing most of the competitive pressure going forward: Maria, Stacy, Sandy, Andy and Raj. The assignment was unexciting – providing dog care in New York’s parks – and was geared more towards hard work rather than strategic thinking.

Both teams had to scrape the barrel to come up with a trivial amount of money and maybe it’s because I don’t like dogs but I just could not get excited about it. What it did however was unmasking those that are not prepared to get their hands dirty and Maria was lucky to have the exempt status going into the boardroom because she was, as Carolyn suggested, marketing herself rather than the business. Stacy’s lucky run came to an end and was rightly fired, Trump was getting exasperated and waiting for the right moment which presented itself last night.

UPDATE: Donald Trump confirmed earlier this week that a third season is now being filmed.