Now, I understand how trying to keep a lid on all of this is pretty exhausting, but this is just about the worst time she could have done this. Because right now, they really need a Project Manager to say “Joanna is right, Melissa, your pitch makes no sense”, or even “Joanna, shut up and let her talk her nonsense. It’s soothing to me.” One way or the other, a decision needs to be made here. Earlier, she couldn’t say that any one person was in the right or the wrong; they were brainstorming, which means that all ideas are good ideas, even the bad ideas. It would have been more conducive to creating a good idea if everybody took their turn to speak, and actually listened to each other and bounced ideas off each other, but everyone was in the right in the sense that they were all giving ideas. Now though, there is clearly one person in the wrong, and she needs to be told that she is in the wrong.
Synergy, photoshoot. Alex is operating the camera, and tells Stella to move her foot, because she’s covering up the Cüüli logo on the towel. Stella exclaims that this is the most embarrassing thing she has ever done, and begs Nick no to look at her. Which instruction Nick does not follow, because it is his job to look at her (and her team), and he is totally in love with her, also.
At Apollo’s photoshoot, meanwhile, Paloma is standing around with a camera, directing Liz and Sandeesh on setting up the shot just so, and making them carry heavy bags of sand up several flights of stairs while she stands there impatiently. Liz does the modelling, and does her best to look comfortable in an uncomfortable position, because the Book-Eeze is totally not helping her to get comfortable while she reads, but she cannot let that show. Sandeesh interviews about how she calls Paloma “Princess Paloma”, because Paloma thinks she is above getting her hands dirty doing menial labour.
Now, onto the pitches. Synergy go in to meet with execs from Boots. Chris is still pitching, and still terrible, and I’m thinking there was a timeline problem where Stella left it too late to make the necessary switch, so Jamie didn’t have time to rehearse. While Chris talks about the wonderful uses of the Cüüi, angrily, Christopher does exaggerated mimes with it, which is cute. “Here is Chris. He’s walking along the beach. He’s got the Cüüli. He’s looking cool.” The Boots execs take issue with this last obvious lie. “It just looks like a rolled up towel to me.” Chris has no answer to this.
