December 6, 2002 recap

Airdate: December 6, 2002

From Sony Pictures Studio, it's America's game! Family Week comes to an end...

...which starts with a Toss-Up for the whole family:

Go!

Mollie solves TROPICAL HIDEAWAY.


After a little story from Van, here are the teams:
Van & Mollie (brother/sister): Van is married; Mollie is getting her masters in accounting at Baylor University.
Tanya & Barbara (daughter/mother): Tanya is married, and a peace officer with LA County probation department; Barbara is a mother of seven.
Teri & Richard (mother/son): Teri is a mother of three and grandmother of seven; Richard is married, and works for an accounting firm as a technical support manager.

A Toss-Up family, and here comes the $2,000 one:

Go!

Mollie solves BEST-LAID PLANS.


The $10,000 wants to be part of the Wheel!


Tanya & Barbara solve HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL.


Pat begins to throw to commercial by mistake.

We throw a prize on the Wheel, no mistakes here. It's a trip to Universal Orlando Resort (labeled RESORT) worth $4,281.

And on goes the Jackpot wedge!


Van & Mollie guess IT'S NOT ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES.


JACKPOT! Tanya & Barbara solve IT'S GOT ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES for an essential $12,100 bonus!


Two Mystery Wedges, and two contestants, but one choice. One BANKRUPT, or one Kia Rio worth $9,361.

As we drive-in to another round:


Tanya & Barbara solve COLUMNS HONEST ABE NATION'S CAPITAL. $3,000 more capital can be theirs if they answer where we are.

They guess Washington D.C., but Pat says they need to be more specific. They can't go deeper to give the answer of Lincoln Memorial.

So their total is bumped up to the house minimum. (Although Pat doesn't realize that until after the break. What is going on here today?)


One more Toss-Up:

Go!

Barbara solves SEMESTER BREAK.


How will Pat mess up this time?

DING DING! DING DING!

Maybe he'll accidentally do the Final Spin backwards. But he does it normally...and it's $5,000 + $1,000 for $6,000 a piece! This could make up for Round 3's lost time.

A-ha! Pat accidentally says the category is Event before correcting himself. He needs a nice long rest after this.

Tanya & Barbara: N ($6,000)
Teri & Richard: S (x3!) ($18,000)
Van & Mollie: P ($6,000)

Van & Mollie solve BART & LISA SIMPSON.


Consider this bittersweet revenge for Wednesday, when a red team swept and won $100,000. But today, the opposing teams deny this one of $42,911 in cash and prizes! They're stuck with a $500 consolation prize.





BONUS ROUND:

Can Tanya & Barbara end this week with a win in Bonus Land?

Tanya spins the Wheel, takes the envelope from the blue space, and they face this final puzzle together:

RSTLNE gives them...

Barbara picks some, and Tanya picks some. The combo is CGPA:

With only one second to go, Barbara solves SHIPMATE! What do they get?

It's $40,000! They leave with a total of $61,300, all cash!

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I just had to write down "lost time" in my first attempt too. (As karma, I accidentally wheel to the previous page with my mouse and lose the recap, so I had to start all over. Oops.)