This week, the teams must create their own puppets and perform in front of a live audience for Henson Alternative's "Stuffed and Unstrung" improv show. One outspoken Celebrity struggles to be a team player. On the other team, another Celebrity fights for a role in the task, but is marginalized and has a breakdown. Both teams put their improvisational skills to the test, but only one is declared the winner.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 12 Episode 9 of The Apprentice (US) resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

The Apprentice (US) Season 12 Episodes...

• s12e01 - Hero Worship
• s12e02 - Getting Medievil
• s12e03 - How Much Is That Celebrity In The Window?
• s12e04 - Failure To Launch
• s12e05 - I'm Going to Mop The Floor With You
• s12e06 - Party Like a Mock-Star
• s12e07 - Walking Papers, Parts 1 and 2
• s12e08 - Ad Hawk
• s12e09 - Puppet Up!
• s12e10 - Winning By a Nose
• s12e11 - Jingle All the Way Home
• s12e12 - Blown Away
• s12e13 - And Then There Were Two
• s12e14 - And The Winner Is..

The Apprentice (US) Show Summary

The Apprentice is the ultimate job interview, where Americans compete in a series of rigorous business tasks, many of which include prominent Fortune 500 companies and require street smarts and intelligence to conquer, in order to show Donald Trump, the boss, that they are the best candidate for his companies.

In each episode, the losing team is sent to the boardroom, where Trump and his associates, Carolyn Kepcher and George Ross, and later, his children, Donald Trump, Jr., and Ivanka Trump, judge the job applicants on their performance in the task. One person is fired and sent home. Who will succeed? Who will fail? And who will be The Apprentice?