September 18, 2020 Recap

Previously on Wheel of Fortune, Sandra Rocha survived a rather ugly maingame with $19,450 cash & St. Lucia trip. She would fare better in the Bonus Round as she saw the DOLPHINS AT PLAY (Living Things; PCYA) for the BMW i3, giving her $67,195 cash & prizes to take home. Can these teachers give us a strong closer to this premiere week? This recap will provide the answer.

Go here for the previous episode.

EPISODE #7235: 👨‍🏫TEACHER'S WEEK👨‍🏫
AIR DATE: 9/18/20

$1,000 Tossup: Phrase

W _ _ _ / I S / _ _ E
_ N _ W _ R ?

WHAT IS THE ANSWER? Well, this puzzle of course. Liana scores first among this panel (2 of the contestants come from the north part of CA)...

Liana Vantrease: Oakland. St. James School 5th grade teacher in San Francisco (Also teaches choir). Has a twin sister named Lanessa
Christina Sobrepena: Lakewood. Educational facilitator at iLEAD Exploration Charter School (works w/ homeschooled families from TK to 12th grade). Married to high school sweetheart D.J. w/ 2 kids.
Jeff Wise: Roseville, CA. 7th grade science and P.E. teacher for 35 yrs. at Wilson C. Riles in the Center Unified School District. Married to Linnell for 27 yrs. w/ 2 sons. Also coaches HS baseball (previously girls' basketball) at Center HS.

$2,000 Tossup: Place

B _ _ _ O _ Y
L _ B

Jeff absolutely can't wait to get BIOLOGY LAB given his occupation.

Featured Prize: American Guest House from bnbfinder.com (marked WASHINGTON D.C.)

Round 1: Crossword ([Blank] Cards)

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                    _
                    _ _ _ _ _
      _ _ _ _ _ _

Jeff: PILOT (2 T's), Free PLAY (A), 3 E's, $2,500 (S), 2 I's, O, $550 (L), $800 (N), $600 (3 R's), BANKRUPT! ($650 - $5,900 + PILOT lost)

Liana: WILD (2 G's), Solve Attempt ($1,000)...

G R E E T I N G
                    I
                    _ L A S _
     R E _ O R T

GIFT, REPORT and FLASH are the other cards to have Liana tie Jeff at this moment.

Bankrupt: Jeff

Pre-Round 2 Scores:
Jeff: $2,000
Liana: $2,000 + WC
Christina: Didn't hear from her.

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Prevagen Mystery Round: People

_ / _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _
_ _ / _ _ _ _

Liana: $500 near $550 (S), E, WASHINGTON D.C. (T - that's a $7K+ trip), 2 A's, MYSTERY near $650 (2 R's and FLIPS...BANKRUPT! - $500 + WASHINGTON D.C. + WC gone)

Christina: MYSTERY (2 G's), $500 near $3,500 (F), BANKRUPT! $600 (P), Solve Attempt ($3,100)...

A / G R E A T / G R _ _ P
_ F / _ _ _ S

Since Christina knows she's taught A GREAT GROUP OF KIDS, everyone's on the board.

Bankrupt: Liana

Pre-Round 3 Scores:
Jeff: $2,000
Liana: $2,000
Christina: $3,100

SMH at that MYSTERY flip...

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Prize Puzzle/Express Round: Around The House

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_ _ _ / _ _
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Christina: $600 (T), O, $500 near $650 (B), O, $500 near $650 (R), $700 (S), $3,500 (F), I ($5,300 at risk)

Jeff: $900 (2 N's), $600 (K - $1,800 at risk)

Liana: $500 (L), 3 E's, 2 A's, $600 (D), Solve Attempt ($600)...

B R A N D / N E _
S E T / O F
L _ _ _ A _ E

Liana's gonna need a BRAND NEW SET OF LUGGAGE for her trip to RIVIERA MAYA, MEXICO (Hard Rock Hotel) worth $7,206, giving her $7,806 this round.

Duds: I (Christina), K (Jeff)

Pre-Round 3 Scores:
Jeff: $2,000
Liana: $9,806 cash & MEX
Christina: $3,100

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Triple Tossup: What Are You Doing?

1.

_ _ E _ _ I N _ / _
L _ S _ O _ / _ _ A N

Christina flubs with DESIGNING A LESSON PLAN while Liana capitalizes with CREATING A LESSON PLAN.

2.

T E A C H I N _
_ _ _ / _ _ _ E R I A L

Liana's wrongly TEACHING NEW MATERIAL (my guess too).

T E A C H I N _
_ _ _ / _ A T E R I A L

Turnabout's fair play - Christina's TEACHING THE MATERIAL.

3.

_ E _ I _ _ I _ _
T _ E / H _ _E _ O R K

Jeff blows it with CHECKING THE HOMEWORK.

R E V I _ W I _ _
T H E / H _ M E W O R K

Liana's REVIEWING THE HOMEWORK for control.

Round 4: Thing

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SPEEDUP TIME

Final Spin: $1,600

Liana: N
Christina: 2 T's
Jeff: S
Liana: P

P _ _ _ _ _ T
T _ _ _ N _

PERFECT TIMING on nailing this one for another $3,200, Liana.

Dud: S (Jeff)
Unclaimed: $3,200 (Christina)

Final Scores:
Jeff: $2,000
Liana: $17,006 cash & MEX
Christina: $5,100

Maingame Total: $24,106
Bankrupt Trash: at least $14,400* + $2,000 gamble + WC

* - this includes the value of the D.C. trip

The categories here are quite similar to Monday's...

• Phrase
• Thing
• Event

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$100,000 Bonus Round

Liana lands on the **.

RSTLNE:

R _ _ _ L
_ _ N _ _ E T

CDMO:

R O _ _ L
_ _ N _ _ E T

Liana won't go to a ROYAL BANQUET anytime soon (she got the first word) and it wasn't the car this time, but rather $45,000. End total: $17,006 cash & trip.

Closing Chat: Well, we made it to the end of this first week!

Personal Rating: 3

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Well, despite that downer of an episode, this week was just okay. Our teachers took home $276,526 cash & prizes, slightly better than the last Teacher’s Week (moneywise). Highlights include those BR wins on Monday & Thursday, those Mystery wins on Monday & Wednesday, and a BaV member appearing on the midweek episode and winning (though he joined the day after his episode aired). Of course this week was not without its faults. Examples include those blown solves in tossups and speedups, R4 always starting in speedup mode (though we can thank those excessive sponsors for that), and, of course, Liana's STUPID Mystery gamble to throw away the D.C. trip.

I'll also include sound clips for some episode ratings. A happy one indicates a commendable episode while a sad one indicates a garbage episode. I’ll also do this when we have a $100K loss/win or if we get shutout/have a PBRW.

Weekly Personal Rating: 6

Next week is Make Life Sweeter and y'all have a chance to win $10,000 by entering the bonus puzzle each night for that week.