International Intro Hello Greeting of the Night: Estonia
"WHEEL Around the World" this season takes place on the dips & columns set.
$1K T-U: On the Map
_ _ _ C _ H O _ M
_ _ _ _ _ _
Joe goofs w/ STOCKHOLM, GERMANY- right city, wrong country.
_ _ _ C _ H O _ M
_ _ _ D _ _
Kim blanks out.
_ _ O C _ H O _ M
_ W _ D _ N
Vickie gets the $1K steal on STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN. Tonight's North American players:
Vickie Finch (Chattanooga, TN)- A site director for the Avondale Head Start program w/ three sons, 1.5 daughter-in-laws & a granddaughter
Joe Shuto (Issaquah, WA)- A second-year Philosophy college student who spent three yrs. as an Army paratrooper for the 173rd Airborne Brigade
Kim Spiecher (Williamsport, PA)- A Dental Hygiene teacher at Penn College married to Tom for two decades w/ a 10-yr.-old daughter named Katie
$2K T-U: Place
_ R A _ N
S _ _ _ I O N
Kim solves TRAIN STATION.
Monday's Featured Trip: cheapoair.com trip to Spain ($6.5K)
Mon./Wed./Fri. Gift Tag: TravelSmith
1/2 CAR of the Week: smart car
meineke Jackpot Round: Before & After (w/ that globe maingame wipe)
Kim Bankrupts on the spot next to $650. Secondly, Vickie calls two T's for $1K & the trip, buys three E's & an A but then calls a dud of S in sorry. Third, Joe calls three $300 R's but his subsequent vowel buy of U's a dud. Next, Kim spins Lose a Turn, then Vickie runs into the other regular Bankrupt to lose $7K in cash & vacation; the same thing then happens to Joe, costing him $950. On Kim's third spin, she lands on a pink $900 but says D for dud. After that, Vickie claims a $700 N, buys the last valid vowels of three O's & gets Vanna to light a $900 L, a $500 M for the 1/2 CAR in between $350 & $900 & an $800 C. But she then Bankrupts out on the Million Dollar Wedge's left side to surrender her plate & $2,650. After Joe's $350 F & $600 K...
R E M O T E
C O N T R O L
F R E A K
...he gets another 50 bucks just for saying REMOTE CONTROL FREAK.
DUDS: $900 D (Kim), $300 S (Vickie), U (Joe)
SOLE LaT: Kim
BANKRUPTS: 4 (two by Vickie)
LEFT BEHIND IN JACKPOT: $10,800
Current Scores:
Vickie: $1K/Joe: $1K/Kim: $2K
Mystery Round: The 90's (big puzzle alert)
Hoping for better luck in this round from everyone, Vickie starts off calling four S's for $1,600, purchasing three E's & an A & getting three $1K T's while on the Mystery Wedge in between Free PLAY & LaT, but she then gives back the $3K...& gets her third Bankrupt tonight (& the MW hidden wedge reveal has returned, at least for tonight). Second for Joe are an $800 B, three O's, two U's but then a LaT spin. Third, Kim's following letters are a $550 N, two I's to clean out the vowels, a $1,600 C pair & five R's for another five grand, then we have revealed...
_ O R R E S T / _ U _ _
_ I N S / O S C A R
_ O R / B E S T
_ I C T U R E
...she recalls "FORREST GUMP" WINS OSCAR FOR BEST PICTURE for another $6,900.
SOLE LaT: Joe
SOLE BANKRUPT: Vickie
Current Scores:
Vickie: $1K/Joe: $1K/Kim: $8,900
Bonus Puzzle Blast from the Past (10/23/03)(Things- Margaret tried CDMA):
_ _ M E
M _ _ _ E S
She solved HOME MOVIES for the $35K.
Prize Puzzle Round: Food & Drink
Joe gets this round going w/ two top dollar S's for $7K, triple E's, double A's & U's, trip O's & twin I's to buy out the vowel department in fell swoop, then coming his way are five D's for $17.5K extra, two $900 H's & C's but then THE SAME MDW BANRKUPT VICKIE HIT EARLIER TO CLEAN OUT $26,850. OUCH. Moving on, Kim says the two $800 R's but that same MDW Bankrupt gets her too, so she has to give back the 16 bills; that's her second of the night. Vickie then tries for the mystery vacation to Hawaii...
_ R U I _ / S A _ A D
_ O _ _ E D / _ I _ H
S H R E D D E D
C O C O _ U _
...& she wins it courtesy of a FRUIT SALAD TOPPED WITH SHREDDED COCONUT at the Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach worth $6,543.
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Joe & Kim)
Current Scores:
Vickie: $7,543 in cash & HI/Joe: $1K/Kim: $8,900
$3K T-U: Occupation
B A _ _
T _ L _ _ R
Kim gets another three thou from the nearby BANK TELLER, $11,900 total.
Speed-Up: What Are You Doing?
$1,900 per consonant, so there's a slight chance Joe could come back & win this ugly match. After three L's get spoken...
L _ S T _ N _ N G / T _
_ / _ L _ _ L _ S T
...Vickie's LISTENING TO A PLAYLIST worth $7,600 & the victory! Joe had half that & Kim left behind $9.5K.
Final Scores:
Vickie: $15,143 in cash & travel/Joe: $1K/Kim: $11,900
GT: $28,043
TONIGHT'S BANKRUPT TRASH (excluding cardboard): $43,150 in cash & trip
Maxwell House BR #5: The automobile here this week's a VW CC. Vickie spins that G.
Category: Thing
Starting w/ two letters on the bottom:
_ _ _ _
_ N _ _ _ E
HGMA's a good combination, but how good is it?...
H _ G H
_ N _ _ M E
...without the I's, not enough, because she says HIGH ANYTIME, HIGH ANYONE & HIGH GNOME. It was HIGH INCOME & she loses the VW, meaning she leaves w/ $15,143 in cash & vacation.
$5K SPIN ID: DS5281238
EPISODE RATING: 4