Hopefully there's No Complaining amongst Julie (dressed as a pea pod), Patricia (dressed as a bumblebee) & Harold (dressed as a giant die).
BIG BOX (NOBODY)- 3-D home theater collection ($3,110)
$100 BANKROLL (passed all the way down the line to Harold)- $2.5K
SMALL BOX (Julie)- Manolo sandals & 14-karat chocolate/white diamond gold ring ($3,795)
CURTAIN #2 (Patricia; turned down $2K)- ZONKY Fries
Randi (a dental saleswoman dressed as an angel) COMPLETELY BOMBS OUT in Strike a Match after her even picks of #16 & #2 fail her; her odd picks were #1 (SB) & #15 ($2K). A 2012 KIA was left on the board.
$500- #3 & #21
$1K- #10 & #18
$1.5K- #11 & #24
$2K- #6
SB- #17
SILVER ENVELOPE- #7 & #14
CURTAIN #1- #9 & #20
CURTAIN #3- #4 & #25
Thurmisha (who's wearing a silver dress w/ a pink bow-tie bandana & an afro) & Thomas (dressed as Tom the Turkey) are in the Silent Partner Deal.
Thomas' Round: GREEN BOX
RED BOX- Home gym ($2,280; that was something you could use around the house)
Thurmisha's Round: GB
BB- Pair of TagHeuer watches ($3,900; that was something to wear)
Final Round Choices:
GB (Thomas; something you use to get around)- Jet-propelled roller skates
CURTAIN #3 (Thurmisha)- Trip to Key West ($5,969)
Bring out those Ca$h CDs, please.
Jordon's Round (dressed as a robot)(CURTAIN #2): NO- Harley-Davidson ($7,999)
#3 (Heavy Metal)- $1,400
Lori's Round (an agent/human adult services worker dressed as Godzilla)(SE): YES- Stuffed animal safari
#4 (Love Duet)- $1,100
About to maybe Beat the Dealer are Tina (an HOR department worker dressed as a Viking), Heather (a hospital biller dressed as a chicken) & Seitrice (dressed as a Saint).
R1:
Tina: B- FOUR
Heather: H- SIX
Seitrice: A- THREE
R2 Prize (CURTAIN #1): Four-night trip to the COURTYARD Marriott Isla Verde Beach Resort ($5,747)
Heather: D- TWO
Tina: G- FIVE
CAR (CURTAIN #3): '12 Honda Fit Sport
BAILOUT (partly because she would be in the lead for the Big Deal of the Day at this point)
Tina: C- HONDA F. (NINE)
Wayne: E- ZONK (ONE)
Cheryl's Fast Deal Decision (dressed as W.B. Popcorn Wrap): BB- Giant paddleball set (Two-Swipe ATM Card: $350 + $1,800 = $2,150)
THE BIG DEAL: In any event, Tina & William advance to select DOOR #2 & are...STILL IN THE GAME w/ these getaways to the Aventura Spa Palace in Rivera Maya ($5,105; four nights) & Brazil ($19,478; one week)!
#1- Giant BBQ, electric smoker & dinnerware ($6,349)
#3- Living room ($3,083)
(Notes: The correct BD win cue again wasn't played when their trips were revealed. This was also the second time that the three doors weren't revealed one at a time at the start before the trader's BD door selection.)
SUPER DEAL #5: But they then...BLOW IT w/ her favorite color of Emerald, which would've worked three episodes ago. That sends them home w/ two grand. Would Jorge's Sapphire envelope have done it again (that was their second guess, BTW)?...NO, so my guess of the Ruby wound up having the biggie today.
In the last aired Quickie Deal of this period, Arnie (dressed as Santa) brought some treats for Jonathan to feed to Arnie's dog Ford, so he gets $200 to buy maybe even more.
(Final SD notes in Season 3: Jorge's SD win was the only time this season where the envelope circle colors changed throughout that playing. As you know by now, at least one non-Quickie Deal was edited out of the broadcast whenever at least the BD was selected to make room for the SD.)
TPiRecap
WoF:
$1K T-U: Fun & Games
_ O _ L E C T I N G
S E A _ _ _ _ _ S
Greg's not COLLECTING SEASHELLS, but rather a thousand bucks. This Friday night's panel:
Greg Stevens (Malibu, CA; originally from Hanover, PA)- A Pepperdine University graduate student who's in a five-year MBA program
Sarah Atkins (Media, PA)- An account manager for a commercial cleaning products company in Philly who also cooks
Joe Lardaro (St. James, NY)- A branch manager for a comm/data distributor w/ three children
$2K T-U: Place
P _ _ L _ C
_ _ _ _
Sarah has ran out of time as she was saying PUBLIC AREA.
P _ _ L I C
_ _ _ _
Greg agrees w/ her...incorrect.
P _ _ L I C
P _ _ K
Joe gets the steal w/ a PUBLIC PARK.
Final Featured Beach Trip of the Week: EZItaly trip ($9.5K)
Gorton's Jackpot Round: Food & Drink
Joe's first letter of the night in T's a dud. Second, Greg calls another dud of R. Third, Sarah says two N's for six pictures of Franklin but then Loses a Turn. Joe next calls a $550 N at the start but then buys a dud vowel in A. Next, Greg has an M for that Wild Card, a $500 D at the end of the second line & three O's to finish the vowel department off, then a dud of W stops him. The letters Sarah wants after that are two S's for another $1,100 & a $600 C, but loses control by calling H. After Joe calls the triple P's for an added $1,350...
L E M O N
P O P P _ / S E E D
S C O N E
...I've never heard of any kind of these, but he IDs a LEMON POPPY SEED SCONE for another $1,650.
DUDS: A (Joe), $300 H (Sarah), $500 R (Greg), $400 T (Joe), $450 W (Greg)
SOLE LaT: Sarah
LEFT BEHIND IN LAST JACKPOT OF THE WEEK: $9,850
Current Scores:
Joe: $3,650/Greg: $1K (WC)/Sarah: $0
Mystery Round: Rhyme Time (giant puzzle alert)
Greg immediately calls an S while on the Mystery Wedge in between Free PLAY & LaT. He buys a flip of that for $1K...but he loses his WC. Sarah secondly calls for a $600 N & three R's for the Maui Jim gift card, purchases three E's and two I's & inserts two $800 T's, three $600 H's, the rest of the vowel shop's supplies (two A's, five O's & a pair of U's). After a $900 M, though, is her second LaT hit of the night. Next for Joe are a $3K C quintet & a buzz-in...
H I C _ O R _
_ I C _ O R _ / _ O C _
T H E / M O U S E / R A N
U _ / T H E / C _ O C _
...for him to solve the nursery rhyme "HICKORY DICKORY DOCK, THE MOUSE RAN UP THE CLOCK".
SOLE LaT: Sarah
SOLE BANKRUPT: Greg
Current Scores:
Joe: $6,650/Greg: $1K/Sarah: NADA
Prize Puzzle Round: Thing
A $600 pair of N's get Sarah off to a fine start in this round, then coming her way are two R's to make that $1.5K, quadruple E's, an A singleton, three T's for that Million Dollar Wedge, a $600 H but then the Bankrupt next to $3.5K cleans her out of said wedge & $1,600. Right after that, Joe calls a $1K S pairing for the green 1/2 KIA, a D for double & buys two U's before...
T H E / S _ _ T
S A N D / U N D E R
_ _ U R / F E E T
...finding out about THE SOFT SAND UNDER YOUR FEET. As a result, he wins the remaining $1,750 in his bank for the round & the final Hotwire.com vacation of the week to LaSource valued at $7.5K.
SOLE BANKRUPT: Sarah
TONIGHT'S SPIN ID: GP2581248 (George P.)
Current Scores:
Joe: $15,900 in cash & trip/Greg: $1K/Sarah: BAD LUCK
$3K T-U: Living Things
W H _ _ E
G A R _ _ N _ A S
Greg turns his one thou into four because of some WHITE GARDENIAS.
Last Chance Round: Phrase
The Final Spin's worth $1.5K per consonant. After the call of a couple C's...
S T R _ C T L _
C _ N _ _ D _ N T _ _ L
...it's not STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL for me to say Joe's sealed the deal w/ another $7.5K; Greg had $9K left behind.
DUDS (both by Sarah): H & M
Final Scores:
Joe: $23,400 in cash & Grenada/Greg: $4K/Sarah: $1K GOOSEEGG
GT: $28,400
TONIGHT'S BANKRUPT TRASH (excluding extras): $2,600
Big Money Round #137: This Joe whose last name isn't Schmo spins the '.
Category: Phrase
I've known almost all this week's bonus puzzles w/ just the RSTLNE & this one's no exception:
T _ _ E / T _ E
_ _ _ T
The First Four Letters Strategy should do it for this guy...
T A _ E / T _ E
B A _ T
...he does TAKE THE BAIT worth $35K, for total cash/trip winnings of $58,400!
(Final note: Pat overheard that tonight's champ has never heard of Grenada.)
J!: Joey Falco's fourth win could be nullified by:
Lisa Lyons (Van Nuys, CA)- A social media consultant who walked in the Hawaiian Marathon & finished that course in 11 hours & 55 minutes
Bing Huo (Sunnydale, CA)- A mechanical engineer whose first name means "ice" & last name means "fire"
Friday's First Dozen Topics:
HE SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
WORD UP
CURRENT MUSIC (GET IT?)
"J" FOOD & DRINK
I'M TAKING FRENCH LEAVE
HERALDRY
Joey's $1K in Lock Game Territory w/ $3,800, as Lisa has $1,400 & Bing has $1K less than her. W/ six clues & less than a minute to go in this round, Joey digs up the Daily Double under the next-to-last Declaration of Independence answer w/ $4,200; he's $1,400 ahead of Lisa & Bing's only doubled to $800. Joey risks his lead by wagering $3K:
He presided over debates that resulted in the declaration & two of his descendants became President.
"Who is...(John) Adams?"...NOT him, so he's down to $1,200 & is only $400 ahead for second place. Correct: "Who was Benjamin Harrison?". Once time expires before we can get to either the $600 or $800 Heraldry clues, Lisa's the one in LGT w/ $2,800, followed by Joey w/ $1,200 & Bing w/ -$200.
ATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $3K
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $1,800
TOTAL LACH TRASH: $4,800
Another Half-Dozen Subjects Coming Your Way:
MNEMONICS
TV WORLD
LITERARY LINKS
THE CHILDREN OF ROBERT F. KENNEDY
SCRATCH AN "ITCH"
HAROLDRY
Lisa's a little deeper in LGT & finds a DD from the $1,600 Literary Link w/ $11,600 to her credit to date; Joey's added $4K to his post-J! Round score & Bing's $3,800 in the positive. She gambles $4.5K & her current position on this:
"Light in ______ 1914"
"...The Piazza?"...DON'T think so. Actual missing word was the month of "August", so Joey's back in it as she falls to $7,100. Bing hears the DD sound after finding the last such clue of the week attached to the $1,200 Mnemonic & we've got a real squeaker of a game going on this evening, as he has $7,800 & is only $100 behind Lisa for first place & $200 ahead of Joey for second. For another $2,800 & to put this middle man in front:
A mnemonic for The Periodic Table begins "Happy Henry likes beer"; Happy Henry refers to these two elements.
"What is Hydrogen & Helium?"...the lead's temporarily now his w/ $10,600!
SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $2K ("Itch")
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: $1,600 (Mnemonics)
TOTAL DJ! LACH TRASH: $3,600
Pre-Final J! Totals:
Joey: $7,600
Bing: $12,600
Lisa: $7,900
CORYAT SCORES:
Joey: $10,600
Bing: $11K
Lisa: $12,400
FJ! CATEGORY: World Leaders.
Names of the pair seen here, who've been spending a lot of time together.
Joey Falco bets it all again, this time w/ a final question of "Who are Angela Merkel + Nicholas Sarkozy?"...that's the couple for the $15,200 doubler! Lisa Lyons' also right but risked $5,188, so she's still in second w/ $13,088. Are we going to be binging the good bell for a new champion named Bing Huo...yes w/ $15,801, so Joey leaves w/ $55,999.
Millionaire Friday:
Conclusion of Kris Anarklo's Game
Game 2
Game 3
Episode ratings:
8: "Wheel of Fortune"
7: "The Price is Right"
6: "Jeopardy!" & "Millionaire"
5: "Let's Make a Deal"