The BEST episodes of The Apprentice (US) season 1

#1 - DNA, Heads, and the Undead Kitty

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/4/2004

This week's task is to pick one artist from an array of controversial and strange painters, sculptors, and other kinds of artists, and then sell the art at a gallery.

#2 - Sex, Lies and Altitude

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2004

For the second task, the corporations have to design advertisements for the Marquis Jet Card.

#3 - Dupe-lex

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/2004

This week's task is renovating and leasing apartments in New York City.

#4 - Meet the Billionaire

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2004

The contestants are split into two teams, one team of 8 men and another team of 8 women. The two teams are then given their first challenge - sell lemonade on the streets of New York with a budget of $250. The team that makes the most profit wins.

#5 - Wheeling & Dealing

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/11/2004

This weeks task is operating a rickshaw pedicab service.

#6 - Circus, Circus

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/25/2004

This week's task is to lure gamblers to Trump's Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City by creating a new and unique game of chance for customers to play.

#7 - Ethics, Shmethics

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2004

This weeks task is to manage a Planet Hollywood restaurant in Times Square. The object is to make more money in one night than the same night last year.

#8 - Ice Escapades

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/26/2004

This week's task is marketing a new product.

#9 - Down to the Wire (2)

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/15/2004

#10 - Tit for Tat

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2004

This week's task is to raise money for charity at a Sotheby's celebrity auction.

#11 - Trading Places

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2004

After a corporate restructuring, where Project Managers Nick and Kristi choose their own team, the new co-ed teams are given their fifth task: hold a flee market.

#12 - Down to the Wire (3)

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/15/2004

#13 - Respect

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2004

The challenge this week is a lesson in negotiation. The task is a scavenger hunt of sorts - the teams are given a list of items to buy from vendors from all over New York City.

#14 - The Price is Height

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/1/2004

This week's task is to rent out a luxurious penthouse for one evening. The catch is it must be rented for at least $20,000.

#15 - Down to the Wire (1)

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/8/2004

In the first individual task, the remaining four candidates participate in a series of round robin, one-on-one interviews with some of Trump's most trusted advisors, who give their feedback, which is somewhat surprising, to Trump.

#16 - A Look Back

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/18/2004

Nobody gets fired on this episode, in which Mr. Trump recaps the first 10 shows and explains his termination decisions. The episode also includes outtakes from past episodes.