Apprentice L.A. -- Episode 2

Carey thought that the men's pink bikini bottom he designed would be the big hit of the Apprentice L.A. fashion show. He was the only one surprised when Trump gave him the axe.

Both teams had to design three women's and three men's swimsuits for a runway show on the beach at Palisades Park. Whichever team sold the most suits to prospective buyers would spend the next week in the Apprentice mansion, take a trip to the Playboy Mansion, and also be exempt from next week's task.

Heidi's team, which now calls itself Kinetic, designed six traditional suits in solid colors. The team functioned well as a group, although Marisa wondered if it might be time for Heidi to take a back seat and let someone else lead. Unfortunately for Marisa, the project manager stays in charge until the team loses, and that may not happen for a while.

Nicole took over last week's losers, team Arrow. She gave Carey control over the design of the men's suits, and that's where it all went wrong.

Carey said he had dreamed of being a fashion designer, and this was his chance. His first suit was a standard knee-length board short for the straight man. Second was a mid-thigh boxer brief style suit for the metro sexual man. And finally, the piece de resistance -- a spandex short short in a pink print for the gay man.

And that gay man was Carey.

So enthusiastic was Carey about his tiny swim bottom that he modeled it on the runway himself, oblivious to the uncomfortable snickering of his fellow candidates, Donald Trump, and the swimsuit buyers.

Carey's experiment in minimalism doomed team Arrow. They sold $19,600 in merchandise, while Kinetic sold over $20,000. Arrow's total sales from their three men's suits was only $360.

In the boardroom, several people, including Carey, blamed the loss on sourpuss Michelle, but Trump wasn't buying it. Carey designed a suit that could be worn by only a small number of men -- although Trump did clarify that he himself could wear it, because of his own "great, GREAT body." Trump decided that the suit's designer deserved the blame for the loss.

If only Carey could have swallowed his pride and stopped defending his design, he could've more forcefully argued that Nicole the Project Manager had final approval of the suits. But he was blinded by his love for his pink swimsuit, which he continued to moon over in the boardroom. Consequently, he was axed.

Next week, the winning Kinetic Corp. spends the day lounging around, while the losers of Arrow Corp. fight for the right to spend another night in crappy tents.

I think I'd rather be fired.