Episode 2: The Debrief

It's fair to say that the Apprentice App task had followers of @bbcapprentice on Twitter and the fan page on Facebook rolling with the cringes.

Vincent's app-alling pun lead Lord Sugar to comment "lead balloon or what!" and Depicta stating "poor Vincent proper tumbleweed moment there". Lloyd_Rees chimed in to point out that Lord Sugar "is the Baron of Cl-app-ton". 

Not many were impressed by the teams' Slangatang or Ampi-App products. "2 absolutely terrible ideas for mobile phone apps, why do teams never think these things through?!" blasted Craig_Todd. "Maybe the boys should have an invented an app to help you identify fruit?" suggested hollyvn. "LOL! How do you avoid racial stereotypes when you put an aussie in a hat with corks on it?" pondered discountofo.

As for the girls' effort, linseyaff laughed "A barking elephant - i've seen it all!" while Edna's pitch in Earls Court led to much cringing. Karen Todd felt that the Project Manager "started off ok, at least she was confident... but what an idiot forgetting to actually tell people how to download it! And the dominatrix gloves were just weird!"Emma Passfield Yeo added: "It wasn't so much the pitch, it was the superglued grimace afterwards when she realised it probably wasn't her best moment!"

The episode certainly took many viewers by surprise with a couple of the twists. The overwhelming majority felt that the boys were on course for an easy victory and were shocked by the result. Christopher Elworthy summed up the consensus with his reaction of "How the hell did that happen?????"

Lord Sugar was fortunately on hand to clarify why Slangatang was slung out by the consumers: "when you have global market why would people abroad be interested in UK accents."

As for whom Lord Sugar would fire, James K Thorp reflected the views of many with his post: "Leon's gone, can't make a decision in the boardroom?!" Alex's subsequent firing split opinion. Sidders000 was in agreement with Lord Sugar, writing that his dismissal "most definitely right choice, hiding behind bush cutting bread!"

However, FullMetalRhino tweeted that "Alex should not have gone, the spineless PM should have been out". "I'm gonna miss Alex on @bbcapprentice - he was definitely the best looking ;)" sighed GraceWitherden.

As the episode concluded, attention turned back to one particular candidate and his antics. "We need #soupman trending after another awesome Jim-filled week and a cheeky wink to cap it all off...!" tweeted DanSmith_x. Alas, his prayers were not answered. Instead it was another guise that started to trend in the UK after an apparent boardroom mind-trick leading to Leon changing his decision on who to bring back. Step forward 'Jedi Jim'!