The contestants are split into teams Kinetic and Arrow based on how well they put up a tent. Their first task is to run a car wash. Kinetic wins the challenge and is rewarded by dinner with Wolfgang Puck and the Trump family. Martin Clarke is fired.
The teams are required to create swimsuits for Trina Turk, with the winner determined by sales after a fashion show. Kinetic wins an evening with Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion. Carey Sherrell is fired.
With Kinetic having an exemption, the Arrow team splits in two to fulfill the task of getting the best ratings from customers on a Hollywood tour bus. Michelle Sorro quits as the results are being tallied.
The teams are challenged promote items from a new menu they've created for El Pollo Loco. Arrow wins a private performance by Andrea Bocelli. Marisa DeMato is fired.
The teams are challenged to harvest and then sell honey at Ralphs markets for Sue Bee. Kinetic wins the task and gets to play basketball with professional players. Aaron Altscher is fired.
Trump has the teams try to sign the most new customers for Priceline.com at the Westfield Mall. Kinetic wins the challenge and is rewarded with private surfing lessons with professionals. Aimee Trottier is fired.
The teams are asked to host a VIP event for Lexus touting the Lexus LS 460's new features. Arrow wins the challenge and gets the reward of a rap session with Snoop Dogg. Derek Arteta and Jenn Hoffman are both fired.
The teams are challenged to put together a halftime show for a Los Angeles Galaxy soccer game in promotion of a GNC product. Kinetic wins the challenge and gets to golf with Trump and Taylor Made Golf's head Mark King. Surya Yalamanchili is fired.
Arrow wins the task of creating a webisode soap opera in support of Dial's new Soft Scrub bathroom cleaner. Their reward is a flight to have tea with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Muna Heaven is fired.
Using an advertising platform called Adwalker, the two teams are challenged to sell the most passes into Universal Studios. The Arrow team wins and gets a special helicopter ride over Los Angeles. Angela Ruggiero is fired.
Trump challenges the teams to create a newspaper advertisement for SmartMouth that will be inserted in the Los Angeles Times. The Kinetic team wins dinner in a mansion. Tim Urban is fired.
Trump seeks help in creating promotional materials that will aid in selling condominiums in his Las Vegas Trump Hotel. James and Stefani win the challenge. Heidi Androl and Kristine Lefebvre are both fired, leaving a hiring pool of four contestants.
The final four contestants get to meet the previous seasons' winners. They are challenged to produce a minute long commerical for Renuzit. After James and Stefani were praised by the executives at Reunuzit, all the contestants returned home to await results from Trump.
As they finish their tasks, Trump must choose a new employee from candidates Stefani Schaeffer, James Sun, Frank Lombardi, and Nicole D'Ambrosio. Stefani Schaeffer is hired as the newest "Apprentice."