April 11, 2014 recap

Yeah, but it's spendable cash you have (unless it's a Final Spin).

OK, I feel like that's just rude (not you, of course). Just b/c one person from Indiana Univ. made some critical mistakes, the whole IU is "not being very well educated"? Not just ironic, mechamind, but total disrespect!

^ I think we'll have to wait until Wheel 6000 airs before we can judge.

(EDIT: The theme week is what I meant.)

TU2: I never would've imagined Wheel using that as a puzzle. Pretty cool to see it being used, though.

R1: Lucky break for Julian after he lost his turn. Whoa, that was such a painful loss. He looked pretty disappointed at the end of the round, too. At least Shelby is able to get on the board, even if it's just the house minimum.

R2: This round was much better. A big round for Julian, too!

R3: Oh man, even more heartache for Julian. He was doing so well, up until he called the C. It seemed like he forgot the category, and he just had no clue what the last word was. I don't think he would've kept spinning if he did know the answer. But on the bright side, congrats to Shelby on winning the Jamaica trip!

R4: I didn't like the timing of the "Only Vowels Left" sound (it sounded right after Laura's turn ended). I thought either Laura or Julian would've gotten the answer; too bad neither of them did. But at least Shelby adds another $1,500 to her total.

BR: I had TOP with the RSTLNE (almost considered TOO), and then I had the whole answer with Julian's picks. The letters just weren't there for him; too bad he couldn't add the 30 grand to his total. You know, for a second, when Pat had the envelope turned away, I thought the big one was inside. Then I realized it wasn't there.

Well, other than R2 (which is clearly the best round of the night), this was a painful episode. Julian could've ended up with way more, if it weren't for his flubs. I'm guessing part of it was nerves. But in the middle of it all, he did do something right, as he made it to the BR, and he did a pretty good job in R2. But still, I felt bad for the mistakes he made during the maingame.

THANK YOU!!! That's what I was talking about in the 3/31/2014 recap! They BARELY sound the No More Consonants beeper in the Final Spin.

^ I can't believe it took me so long to get the reference.

TPH, you're just not trendy enough for the show! :lol:

Also, I wonder if this $6000 space that is being used for Wheel 6000 is going to be a permanent feature next season. I can't see them introducing a wedge and not making it a permanent feature on the show.

I can't believe Julian won. I hate to say it, but it's a little unsettling that he did win. There were more competent players on the panel that night that should've made it to the bonus round. That R1 mis-solve was just painful, I wouldn't be surprised if that went viral, it's just begging for it.

Oh, and #OnTheSpotDiceSpin, we need to make this trend on twitter, people.

I am happy they celebrated the milestone though, hopefully this will ease the attitude of the show being afraid to admit that the show Pre-2000 actually existed.

At least it was exciting to watch. That's all I can say, since this looks to be S31's AGONY OF DEFEAT episode. On the positive side, there was no money lost to Bankrupt tonight, and the puzzle selection wasn't bad since I could solve all of them, including the Bonus Round. This isn't like Wednesday were all we got was $900, one 1/2 car hit and a Gift Tag which was sort of boring to watch. Tonight we had three TDV hits, the MDW picked up, the prize picked up, and the car picked up! There's always the agony of the player "bankrupting" another thanks to missolves, and that's what Shelby did tonight. But it's a shame she didn't spin just to get some money since that's what you need to make the bonus round. You guys are making out this episode as being much worse than it is. The contestants weren't exactly dull, its just a big case of nerves getting to Julian, who is likely still in his late teens which can bring about incredible nervous tension. And great job for honoring the 6,000th episode!

Show Grade: C

REPEATING PUZZLES:

*ON-THE-SPOT DECISION (11/07/02, EVENT, R4)

Re: NMC sound in speed-up. They are probably being lazy and it's technically wrong. But -

I think A) they assume it will be solved 95% of the time, B) contestants won't be able to use the NMC help (if they need it) in the 3 seconds 95% of the time. So I think it's actually pretty safe. At least it's getting rung at all.