December 23, 2020 Recap

Day 3 of Home for the Holidays Week! It's a slump in the bonus round...let's see if we can turn that around tonight!

$1,000 Toss-Up: FUN & GAMES

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Jessica rings in with 3 spaces left to fill...


_ ODEL / _ RAIN / 

_ ET

...and she gets the first thousand of the night with MODEL TRAIN SET!


TONIGHT'S CONTESTANTS

JESSICA ROUSCH - Santa Ana, CA. She is a post-partum doula who loves DIY crafts! 
KRIS GUERRA (male) - West Hollywood, CA. A retail pharmacy manager who loves traveling, concerts, and live theatre. He's been watching Wheel since the shopping days! Born and raised in L.A.
DONNA JOHNSON - Gardena, CA. A supervisor at a law office. Married to Bobby, with one son and seven grandkids!

$2,000 Toss-Up: PHRASE

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Donna goes for this one...

_ _ R M / _ N D /

_ O _ S T _

and nabs WARM AND TOASTY to get on the board with $2,000 and starting Round 1!


ROUND 1: THINGS

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DONNA
$600 - T (none)

JESSICA
$1,000 OMAHA STEAKS GIFT TAG + $500 - R (x3)
BUYS E (x3)
BANKRUPT (Left side of MDW) (Lost GT & $1,250)

KRIS
$500 - N (x2)
$500 - G (x1)
$500 - D (x1)
BUYS I (x1)
$500 - L (none)

DONNA
$900 - S (x2)
BUYS O (x2)

*NO MORE VOWELS*

$600 - B (x3)

With $2,350 and one space left to fill, she's ready to solve...

RED / & / GREEN /

RIBBONS / & / BO _ S

...and she pads her small lead with RED & GREEN RIBBONS & BOWS!


JESSICA: $1,000
KRIS: $0
DONNA: $5,350

ROUND 2: $10,000 PREVAGEN ? MYSTERY ROUND ? CROSSWORD! CLUE: "HOME IS WHERE THE ? IS"

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JESSICA
SHOPPING SPREE PRIZE + $500 - T (x1)
$500 - R (x1)
$800 - H (x1)
BUYS E (x1)
BUYS A (x3)
$900 - L (x1)
WILD CARD + $500 - V (x1)
BUYS O (x1)
BUYS I (x1)

*NO MORE VOWELS*

$500 - C (x1)
$900 - M (x1)

With $3,600 and the prize, she's ready to solve!

    _ AMIL_
            O    C
            V    A
          HEART

*PERFECTION!* FAMILY, LOVE, HEART, CAT catapults her to the lead!

Jessica has won $7,000 cash courtesy of Care.com!


JESSICA: $11,600 + WILD CARD
KRIS: $0
DONNA: $5,350


ROUND 3: PRIZE PUZZLE - WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

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KRIS
$900 - T (x3)
BUYS I (x2)
$900 - N (x1)
$500 - G (x2)
BUYS O (x1)
LOSE A TURN!

DONNA
$500 - H (x1)
BUYS E (x3)
$700 - L (none)

JESSICA
$600 - R (x1)
$550 - S (x2)


She has $1,700, and it's enough for her to solve it!

G _ _ ING / _T / THE /

T_ _ _ _ OISE / SE_

She'll be GAZING AT THE TURQUOISE SEA  on her vacation to Mexico! Her Barcelo Maya Riviera vacation is $7,300!


JESSICA: $20,600 + WILD CARD
KRIS: $0
DONNA: $5,350

TRIPLE TOSS-UP: MOVIE TITLE

Puzzle #1

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Kris rings in, in hopes of getting on the board...

SL _ _ _ _ _ _ S /

_ _ / _ E _ _ _ _ E

...and he does with SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE!

Puzzle #2

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Kris again...

_ _ R R E _ _ / _ _ M P

...and he gets another two grand with FORREST GUMP!


Puzzle #3

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Kris is looking for the sweep...

_ _ U ' _ _ / _ _ T /

M _ _ L


...and he gets it with YOU'VE GOT MAIL!

JESSICA: $20,600 + WILD CARD
KRIS: $6,000
DONNA: $5,350


ROUND 4: IN THE KITCHEN

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KRIS
BANKRUPT! (Next to $5,000)

DONNA
$600 - S (none)

JESSICA
$650 - T (x3)
BUYS E (x4)
$650 - M (x3)

*ding ding! ding ding!*

FINAL SPIN (edited to remove a LOSE A TURN hit)

CONSONANTS WORTH $1,600 A PIECE 

JESSICA
H (x1)

She's on to something....

M E _ T /

T H E R M _ M E T E _

...for $5,250 and the win, she nabs MEAT THERMOMETER!

JESSICA: $25,850 + WILD CARD *BIG WINNER*
KRIS: $6,000
DONNA: $5,350


Jessica chooses PLACE over THING and PHRASE for the Bonus Round.

BONUS ROUND
Jessica lands on the *.

Here's the puzzle:

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RSTLNE doesn't do much...

_ / L _ _ _ R _ /

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She goes with CWPO and with the WC she chooses M...only one of those being in the puzzle...

_ / L _ _ _ R _ / 

_ O _ T _ _ _ _

She says A LOVER...A LUXURY... and she seems to be headed in the right direction, but time runs out before she can say A LUXURY BOUTIQUE. She loses $38,000.

$25,850 is what she banked tonight.


Pat and Vanna discuss their great displeasure of the Shopping format from the 80s and how they love the show like it is today. 

TOTAL GIVEN AWAY SO FAR THIS WEEK: $134,940