Black Friday 2020 Recap

Previous on Wheel of Fortune, Jacquelyn Rios won the match with $19,851 in cash and a trip to Aruba despite thinking that DAVID BOWIE is DAVID LOUIE. She did redeem herself big time in Bonus Land buy getting out a FANCY WATCH (What Are You Wearing?, CHPA) worth $45,000. Now, on the day of leftovers, can one of our players score a big payday to close out the week? It all happens right here.

Previous Episode

EPISODE #7285: 🍲FABULOUS FOOD🍲
AIR DATE: 11/27/20

$1,000 Tossup: Place

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R _ S T _ U _ _ _ T

IHOP is probably MY FAVORITE RESTAURANT at this time, and Keyon's correct among this end-of-week trio (one's from the Bay Area)...

Keyon Cook: Compton. In-home care provider & independent music producer. Married to Shyeem w/ 5 kids.
Megan Sais: Chino Hills. Graduate admissions counselor for a private university (been in the field for 5 yrs.). Married to Travis for 2 yrs. Loves decorating cakes.
Katie Wolff: Santa Rosa.  Home care nurse (goal: keep patients out of the hospital) who used to be an oncology nurse for 4.5 yrs. at a hospital. Married to Michael for 7 yrs. w/ 2 daughters.

$2,000 Tossup: Things

_ R _ _ _ D / _ U L E S

For anyone joining this site, please go to the GROUND RULES found at the top of this site. Anyway, Katie solves for control.

Featured Prize: The Essex (marked VERMONT)

Round 1: Phrase

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Katie: BANKRUPT! (MDW's left side)

Keyon: $600 (2 T's), AMAZINGCLUBS.COM (N), $700 (2 H's), 2 A's, 2 E's, WILD (2 C's), $2,500 (L - $4,100 + AMAZINGCLUBS.COM at risk)

Megan: $700 (D)

Katie: $700 (B), $2,500 (M), Solve Attempt ($3,200)...

_ / B _ T / _ _ _
M _ _ E / T H A N
_ / C A N / C H E _

I BIT OFF MORE THAN I CAN CHEW yesterday, and Katie has solved.

Duds: L (Keyon), D (Megan)
Bankrupt: Katie

Pre-Round 2 Scores:
Megan: Called a Dud
Katie: $5,200
Keyon: $1,000 + WC

Never heard that saying in the past tense...

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Prevagen Mystery Round: Crossword (Cooking [Blank])

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Keyon: $900 (2 S's), $3,500 (H), O, $900 (W), E, $500 near $650 (2 R's), VERMONT (L), I, 4 A's, $650 (T), Solve Attempt ($7,350 + VERMONT)...

A S _ A R A _ _ S
   A                  H
   L                  O
   T I _ E R       W

PERFECTION! Keyon gets the other cooking things of ASPARAGUS and TIMER to claim the Vermont getaway (worth $7,158).

Pre-Round 3 Scores:
Megan: Spinning Next
Katie: $5,200
Keyon: $15,508 cash & VT + WC

Okay, that puzzle sucks and you know it.

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Prize Puzzle/Express Round: Event

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Megan: $700 (2 R's), 2 E's (I got it already), $500 near $650 (L - $1,150 at risk)

Katie: BANKRUPT! $700 (2 T's), $700 (F), Solve Attempt ($2,100)...

R _ _ _ _ T _ _
E _ E _ _ _ _
F _ R / T _ _

Katie NAILS this puzzle and she (and Michael) will have a ROMANTIC EVENING FOR TWO in THE BAHAMAS. This trip to SuperClubs Breezes is worth $7,174 and she's won another $9,274 that round.

Dud: L (Megan)

Pre-Round 3 Scores:
Megan: Hard Luck
Katie: $14,474 cash & Bahamas
Keyon: $15,508 cash & VT + WC

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Triple Tossup: Food & Drink

1.

_ W E _ _ / _ O _ _ T O
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Each food includes a potato - Keyon has a slice of SWEET POTATO PIE.

2.

P _ T A _ O / _ K I _ S

Megan's on the board with some POTATO SKINS (I was afraid someone was gonna ring in early and say POTATO CHIPS).

3.

_ A _ _ E T / O _
_ _ _ _ R / T O T S

Keyon takes control with a BASKET OF TATER TOTS (Pat: "Some of us real men, we eat 'em right out of buckets.").

Round 4: What Are You Doing?

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Keyon: $700 (2 N's), 2 I's, $900 (G), A, 2 E's, $900 (2 H's), $900 (2 T's), O, U (No More Vowels!), $900 (2 W's), Solve Attempt ($6,450)...

_ O _ I N G / U _ / W I T H
T H E / A N _ W E _

PERFECTION #2! Keyon's literally COMING UP WITH THE RIGHT ANSWER.

Pre-Round 5 Scores:
Megan: $2,000
Katie: $14,474 cash & Bahamas
Keyon: $25,958 cash & VT + WC

Now there's a consistent spin pattern!

Round 5: Rhyme Time

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SPEEDUP TIME

Final Spin: $1,700

Megan: T
Katie: N
Keyon: 2 S's
Megan: R
Katie: F
Keyon: L
Megan: M
NULL CYCLE
Katie: 3 P's (No More Consonants! - vowel beeps were added in post)

P _ _ S _ / F _ R
_ P P L _ _ S _

We'll PAUSE FOR APPLAUSE here after Katie solves for $6,800.

Aired Duds: T (Megan), N (Katie), M (Megan)
Unclaimed: $1,700 (Megan), $5,100 (Keyon)

Final Scores:
Megan: $2,000
Katie: $21,274 cash & Bahamas
Keyon: $25,958 cash & VT + WC

Yes, null cycles in Speedups still exist here...understandable given that it ran a bit long.

Maingame Total: $49,232
NO BANKRUPT TRASH!

Keyon will pick from...

• Show Biz
• Phrase
• Thing

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$100,000 Bonus Round

Keyon lands on the E in AMERICA'S.

RSTLNE:

S _ _ / T _ E
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CBDAG:

S A _ / T _ E
_ A G _ C / _ _ R D

SAY THE MAGIC WORD, Keyon...he does for the win! After Pat said that it was too easy, Keyon wins another $38,000 for a final total of $63,958 cash & trip (Pat: "I hate when the players steal my moves!").

Closing Chat: Pat remembers last year's plan - do the cooking on Wednesday night and everyone gets the leftovers tomorrow. Effortless preparing!

Personal Rating: 8

Well, I sure am satisfied about this week of episodes! Our contestants this week took home $306,859, which is a considerable upgrade from the past few weeks. Highlights include those Bonus Round wins towards the tail end of the week (due to some easy puzzles) as well as having a couple of contestants having an older ancestor play the game several years ago. This week, like many others, does have its fair share of faults, such as those nasty missolves from the second round on the Tuesday and Thursday episodes (and the latter is proof that the show needs to shift away from the oldies), but otherwise, the bad stuff wasn't that bad. I should also notice that this week got better as the week progressed - I think that's much better than the week starting off strong and ending it with a whimper (Bed & Breakfast, Spa Getaway).

Weekly Rating: 7

Next up is Shopping Spree and hopefully, the show won't throw us a curveball like what they did last year.