[audience cheering]
Nearly twenty-four hours ago,
these seven people came together in a secret room
packed with a million dollars...
in quarters.
[man] Time's up, everybody! Time's up!
[audience cheers]
Their count has just finished
and these seven players now have a chance
to win all the money they've counted.
And maybe, just perhaps,
a million dollars!
[applause and cheering]
Don't sleep.
This is... Awake:
-[audience cheers] -[James] The Million Dollar Game.
[music and applause]
[applause continues]
[music continues]
[James] Tonight, we have Lexy,
Doni,
Jackie,
Thurman,
Katie,
Sandra,
and Kevin.
Welcome to Awake, everyone. I'm James Davis.
Are you guys pumped?
Are you ready to do this?
So am I!
Are you guys pumped?
Yeah!
No, are you guys really pumped?
-Yeah! -He ain't pumped.
You ain't pumped. You tired.
-You pumped? -I'm--
Yes, I'm pumped, but I'm so tired.
[laughter]
[James] I feel you, man. Well, I'm happy you guys are here.
You all look good.
Jackie!
Word around town is that you live
-in a camper-- -I do.
We sold our house a few years ago and decided
to buy the camper to make memories with our kids.
We're so much closer with our girls and we've made a lot of memories.
-You're just on the move. -Yep, we can go anywhere we wanna go.
They come home, they're like, "Mom, I was suspended."
"It's cool, we was out of here anyway."
[audience laughs]
I like that.
-All right, Thurman? -Yes.
Tell me about yourself, besides the fact that you work out, like, every two hours.
[Thurman] Thank you.
I gotta stay right for these girls, 'cause I'm known as Thirsty Thurm.
-I wanna, you know, keep the girls comin'. -Say what? Say...
[stutters]
[laughter]
Did you just-- No, no you didn't.
[audience laughs]
Did you say, you on this "Thirsty Thurm?"
Thurm always tryin' to get a girl, like--
Are you talking about yourself in the third person?
[laughs]
You know, "Hey, uh, how you doin'? Thurman wants to take you out for a date."
[all laugh]
Yo!
"Well, Thurman will pick you up at seven."
Well, listen.
Are you ready to do this?
[applause]
When I look at y'all and I ask if y'all ready to do this,
it helps me for y'all to respond with a-- I don't know... a "yeah" or something.
But, hey, you're tired. Even if you're not ready,
the cameras are on, people are being paid,
so let's do it anyway.
[laughter]
Listen, we're rooting for all of you, but only one of you
will win a shot
at that one million dollars.
Are you ready to do this?
[cheering and applause]
[James] But first, this game is about to get heated
based on your count.
Let's have a look at their past 24 hours.
[audience cheers]
-[classical music] -[coins clattering]
Oh, sorry-- Sorry.
Are you biting off a little more than you can chew, there?
-Nope. I do the same thing every time. -[Kevin laughs]
[Lexy] Being sleep deprived, while counting quarters,
might be a challenge for other people, just not me.
I am a mama of six little boys.
They're the reason that I have so much energy.
I want that million pretty bad,
and I'm feeling pretty confident because I'm pretty sure I'm moving faster
than everybody else in this competition.
I'm a full-time substitute teacher.
I'm gonna utilize algebra in this game-- It's variables.
Four x equals a dollar. How many--
How many quarters do you need to equal a dollar,
so basically, you divide four to each side
and you know that the answer will be x equals zero point twenty-five.
-Dang it. -[audience laughs]
It's gonna be difficult because I don't have pen and paper.
I'll have to do it all up here, in the brain.
[classical music]
I'm hitting a wall.
I'm just counting like a zombie.
[Doni] It's hard to keep awake.
It's hard to focus. It's hard to
move your hands to grab those coins.
[snoring]
Being an architect, I have to be precise.
Given the rest of the competition,
I feel like they should be pretty worried about me.
Good luck,
'cause you're gonna need it.
[cheering and applause]
Now, I don't know, but y'all look a bit tired.
[James] Y'all need a cup of coffee or a nap or something?
Yeah.
-Okie dokie. -[audience laughs]
[James] All right.
Just before you came out,
you each secretly told us
how much money you think you counted in the last 24 hours.
We have verified it
and we know exactly how much each of you actually counted.
Based on the results,
the person who counted the least,
and the person who is the least accurate in their count,
will be going home
right now.
[James] The player who counted the least number of coins
is...
Kevin.
[audience groans]
[James] Aw.
Give it up for Kevin.
[applause]
[Kevin] I thought I counted
twelve thousand eight hundred dollars.
[producer] You actually counted
twelve thousand eight hundred and forty-eight dollars
-and seventy-five cents. -[Kevin] Wow!
That's what I was going for, that accuracy.
So, I was less than $50 off, but I wasn't...
fast enough.
[Kevin groans]
But, thank God I'm getting out of here.
[applause]
[snores]
[audience cheers]
[applause]
Another person has to go.
[James] The person who was the least accurate
is...
Thurman.
Sorry!
Oh, man.
[producer] You counted
twenty-three thousand
two hundred fifty-six dollars and fifty cents.
That's depressing.
[chuckles]
That's terrible.
Jesus. Just don't air that.
[laughs]
I'm never going to be able to cover Math class again.
You know what? Well, listen,
congratulations.
The rest of you are now one step closer
to that one million dollar prize!
[applause]
[James] Yeah!
[audience cheers]
Now, it's time for our first challenge...
Dollar Dive.
[coins clattering]
[James] In this challenge, each of you will wear
goggles that have a fish hook attached.
You will dunk your head in a tank of water and hook as many dollars as you can.
Sand dollars, of course.
The person who reels in the most,
will sail straight through to our next round.
The person who gets the least, could be sunk.
[applause]
Your challenge
starts...
-now! -[buzzer sounds]
[applause]
[James] Research shows that adding time pressure
increases mistakes when you're sleepy.
So, let's see how my pillow posse handles the pressure with the clock ticking.
And it looks like Doni's eyes are already playing tricks on him.
Doni's got one!
Oh! Just like that, he lost it.
Doni's lining up for a second attempt.
He's got it!
That's one for Doni.
That's my boy. Lexy got her first one.
Uh oh. Katie got one too now.
Ooh, it's a three-way tie for first place.
Uh oh. Look at Sandra, she already looking sleepy over here.
Looks like she's struggling in the tank.
She's coming up for air without any sand dollars.
Sandra just can't line up that hook.
This may look easy,
but it's extremely difficult when your eyes are tired.
I haven't had any sleep in 24 hours.
I can't focus on anything.
Alright, Sandra's got her first one,
that'll move her out of last place.
I think she's finally waking up.
Now, it's Jackie pullin' up the rig. Come on, Jackie.
I'm extremely tired.
I feel like a deflated pool noodle,
just bobbing around in the pool, not knowing where to go.
It's extremely hard.
[James] Oh, man, Jackie had one and then she fumbled it.
It's official,
her hand-eye coordination has left the building.
The struggle is real with their depth perception.
Whoever loses, definitely needs to Uber back,
'cause this is too much depth dizziness to be behind the wheel.
[bell dings]
[James] Lexy got another one.
She just took the lead.
Wow, Lexy is moving fast!
Connected!
[James] When we put this challenge to the test,
the average Rested Tester got all 12 sand dollars.
Let's see how many more my sleep-deprived divers
can get with a minute left.
-[applause] -[bell dings]
Katie's in the mix. Let's see how Doni's doing.
[bell dings]
[gasps]
[Doni] I can hold my breath for two minutes,
but I'm really tired at this point.
I cannot think. My brain is fried.
[audience cheers]
-Come on! -[bell dings]
Come on!
Ten seconds left.
Wake up, people! You got this!
[James] Seven, six, five,
four, three, two, one!
[buzzer sounds]
[applause]
[James] Time's up!
[applause continues]
Great job, my dive-darlings.
Cover up your stations to keep your results a secret.
And come on back to your boy.
Up here.
[coins clattering]
That was fun.
-Right? -Yeah.
[James] Katie.
-I hear you built your own house? -Yeah.
-It all started here before it was that. -[Katie] It did.
Did you plan out how you were going to approach that challenge
with your architect mentality?
Yes.
[audience laughs]
Expand.
I did.
-Okay. -[Katie] I did.
Yeah.
-[laughs] -[Katie] I think I--
Aw, that baby tired.
Yes.
[laughs]
[James] All right.
Well, let's see
who killed it and who's going on home.
The person who won
automatically goes to the next round.
And that player is...
Lexy.
[audience cheers]
[James] You got all 12 sand dollars. You slayed this challenge, girl.
Congratulations!
I "justhen" killed it.
I what?
[Lexy] Just then...
and you put 'em together... "justhen."
Oh, I'm learning.
All I know is Ebonics and regular English.
[Lexy laughs]
[James] All right.
Now, for the rest of you, some of you were naturals in the tank
and some of you had the whole medical staff on their toes.
This is where it gets serious.
The person who came in last could be going home.
Or, maybe not,
because it's time for...
the Buyout!
-[music plays] -[applause]
Here's how the Buyout works.
We're going to offer each of you $2,500
to leave the show...
right now.
If you think you were last in that challenge
and you're probably going home anyway,
on my go,
you need to be the first person
to hit that buzzer.
But if you think you aced it,
don't touch the buzzer.
Do you think you did well enough to stay in the game?
Or did you do so badly,
that it's time to take whatever cash you can get?
Twenty-five hundred on the line.
But so is a million.
The Buyout starts...
now!
[audience] Nine,
eight, seven,
six, five, four, three,
two, one!
[music and applause]
I'm taking it.
[applause continues]
Just by a smidgen
of a milli...
rock of a second,
[laughter]
you somehow touch that button.
Sandra.
You took the Buyout, which means you're out the game.
-Yeah. -But...
you ain't leaving broke.
That's right.
-Congratulations. -Thanks.
You got your $2,500
and a round of applause for our lady.
[applause]
-Thank you. -[James] Wait, wait... Wait, wait.
Now we got to find out
if you made the right decision.
Or,
did you just save someone else?
[James] The player who came in last,
and would have been eliminated,
is...
Sandra.
[music and applause]
[James] You got four sand dollars.
[coins clattering]
Here's how you performed in that challenge
compared to the average of our rested testers.
[music and applause]
I feel good!
Any time you can walk away with some cash in your pocket, you did all right.
[music and applause continues]
Congratulations!
Sandra made the right call.
Now, she gets to get home
and get some rest.
I am ready to go and take a bath...
[laughs] for one, and then get in the bed
and not see the sunlight until tomorrow.
[James] Y'all ready?
It's time to play...
Photo Bomb!
[coins clattering]
[applause]
[James] This challenge, your goal is to get your face
in as many pictures as possible, but you'll have to be fast,
because you'll only know which camera to run to
when you see the pole flashing.
The contestant who gets their mug in the most picture frames,
moves on to our next round.
But, come in last, and your final snapshot
could be you leaving the show.
[applause]
Doni!
[cheering and applause]
Doni, you got to tell me,
what's been the hardest part of the past 24 hours?
Definitely leaving my cats at home.
Cats?
Luna and Sabrina.
They get a three-course meal twice a day,
they get a soup for appetizer,
a gluten-free meal and a dessert.
Twice a day.
[applause]
[James] Okay, if you win this million dollars,
then what you going to feed your cats?
-He's like, "Ooh, I don't know... people?" -I don't know.
[both laugh]
-Are you ready to do this? -Yes, I am.
Now, go, take the position, Doni.
[applause and cheering]
[James] When we put this challenge to the test,
on average, our Rested Testers got 24 out of 30 photos.
Doni, let's see how many selfies
you can get after being awake for over 24 hours.
Your challenge starts... now!
[music and applause]
[James] When a post lights up,
Doni's got to get there quick. Just like that.
Whoa! Showing off some cat-like reflexes.
He's got two in a row.
[bell dings]
Doni with a little razzle-dazzle.
-[horn honks] -[James] He missed that one.
[horn honks]
[James] Doni is whipping around the stage
like he's hopped up on catnip.
Focus, Doni!
[Doni] This is madness.
My brain is totally shut down.
I cannot see any of the lights.
I'm literally just guessing picture frames
and hoping the right one flashes.
[James] Attack this challenge, Doni.
-Don't be a scaredy-cat. -[bell dings]
[music and cheering]
[James] Time is up!
[buzzer sounds]
That was... awful.
[James] Katie,
your challenge starts...
now!
[audience cheers]
[James] Pro athletes like Lebron James and Venus Williams
reportedly sleep ten hours per night, because sleep equals champion.
Katie got none. Dang, girl, you are struggling!
[Katie] I feel like a fool, jumping around,
but, hey, there's a million dollars on the line, so click away.
-[cameras clicking] -[audience cheering]
[James] She's gettin' into her groove, now?
Whoo! [laughs]
[Katie] I'm more out of breath than I ever anticipated,
having to jump,
-duck down, jump up... -[bell dings]
Time's up!
[buzzer sounds]
[blows raspberry]
I'm sorry. I'm crashing right now.
-[James] All right, Jackie's up. -[bell dings]
[James] Wow, Jackie is starting off real strong.
I can tell this is not Jackie's first selfie rodeo.
-[bell dings] -[James] Whoa, check out those hops!
[bell dings]
[music and applause]
[James] Oh, boy, she's starting to slow down.
Lack of sleep means lack of speed and accuracy.
Layman terms... Jackie hit a wall.
That's why she's moving slow.
[Jackie] I feel like a ping-pong ball.
-My eyes want to close -[horn honks]
and I can't focus very well...
[buzzer sounds]
after no sleep for 24 hours.
[James] All right, it's Lexy's turn.
She's used to chasing six boys around all day long.
So, chasing cameras has nothing on her.
[Lexy] I feel like I'm moving fast right now,
but I'm also sleep-deprived, so my fast might look like
-snail speed to other people. -[bell dings]
-[James] Lexy is crushing the selfie game. -[bell dings]
I like my selfies, like every girl does,
but normally I don't do it looking out of breath, like
I just-- I don't know, hauled tobacco to the warehouse or something.
[James and audience] Five, four,
three, two, one!
[cheering and applause]
Let's bring the others back.
[James] Come on, bring the others back.
-[cheering and applause] -[coins clattering]
[coins clattering]
Okay, how are you guys feeling about yourselves?
All right.
[chuckles]
[audience laughs]
Okay.
[James] Thank you for that. Uh...
Doni,
you are literally the last man standing.
Okay? We already lost the black people.
[laughter]
Do you feel like...
you beat, at least,
one of these women up here?
I'm not that confident, I'll be honest.
Not confident at all.
Okay, okay. We're gonna take the humble approach.
All right.
The winner of the challenge,
and one step closer to that million dollar prize,
is...
-Lexy! -[music plays]
-[audience cheers] -[Lexy laughs]
[James] You got 21 picture-perfect selfies.
Crushin' it.
Two for two. Yep, two for two.
Uh, I'm so excited,
because I won my second challenge in a row.
[applause]
I fell asleep for a second.
[laughs softly]
[audience laughs]
Okay, that is two for two
for Lexy.
[James] The bottom two scores are close.
Real close.
Unfortunately, one of you is about to see your million-dollar dreams...
come to an end.
But not before...
[audience] The Buyout!
...the Buyout.
[audience cheering]
[James] This time,
we're going to offer $5,000...
[audience cheers]
...to leave the game
right now.
If no one takes the Buyout,
whoever came in last,
in the prior challenge,
will be eliminated.
How's your judgment after 24 hours without sleep?
Do you think you did well enough to stay in the game?
Or,
did you do so badly,
it's time to take whatever cash you can get?
Hm? Think about it.
The ten-second Buyout timer starts...
now!
[music plays]
[applause]
Wow, that was fast.
I was still trying to remember what came after nine.
Okay, Jackie,
you took the Buyout, which means you are leaving here
with five thousand...
dollars.
[applause and cheering]
We all wanna know why? Why did you take the money?
I'm happy with anything.
-Okay. -[applause]
[James] I like it.
But let's see if she made the right choice.
The player who actually lost the challenge
is...
Katie.
[music plays]
[James] Ooh!
Jackie, you saved Katie.
-Thanks. -You a lifesaver.
Hug!
[applause]
Here's how you all stacked up in the challenge.
Jackie, that means you're going home.
But, with $5,000!
Yes!
Thank you for playing. Go get some rest.
[James] You can go. Thank you so much.
Yo. Bring it in.
[applause]
Five thousand dollars!
[Jackie] I'm gonna bring this money home to my family and then I'm going to bed.
I think I counted $24,750.
[producer] You actually counted $24,750.50.
No way! What?
[producer] Any thoughts now that you know
you could've won a million dollars?
[Jackie] Wait. Take it back.
Can I go back down there now and give back my Buyout?
[laughs]
Congratulations.
Just one challenge stands between you
and making it to the final two.
[James] Now, we're all about safety on the Awake set,
so we absolutely will not let anyone
run with scissors, especially...
when sleep-deprived.
But running with spatulas...
Oh, hell yeah!
[applause]
It's time to play...
Quarter Pounder!
[coins clattering]
[cheering and applause]
[James] In this challenge, you gotta carry stacks of quarters
from one side of the stage to the other
while balanced on a flippy-floppy spatula.
If any quarters
fall off the spatula, they're out of play.
Get more quarters to the finish line than anyone else,
and you are officially moving on to the next round.
Get the least,
and you could be out the game.
[applause]
I feel like a complete zombie. [chuckles]
I'm not sure I'm gonna have the right balance skills.
I mean, I am so tired, I feel like maybe I would even trip on my own feet.
[James] Katie,
Lexy,
Doni,
your challenge starts...
now!
You have two minutes on the clock.
Our test groups averaged 498 quarters in two minutes.
They were bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
So, let's see how you guys stack up.
[coins clattering]
Ah, not a great start, Doni.
We're seeing that exhaustion take effect on your hands already.
Stakes are high, y'all.
Only three are left with a chance to win that million dollars.
[coins clattering]
[James] Lexy slayed the first two challenges,
but can her streak continue?
At this point in the game, my body's shutting down,
and Lexy's, like, slaying all over the place.
[James] Lexy, you're lookin' fierce.
[Doni] But, I'm not letting her win this one.
This spatula challenge is mine.
[audience cheers]
[Lexy] I spill coffee every single time I hold it,
and so, holding a stack of coins...
they're all gonna fall.
-Ugh! -[coins clattering]
[James] The floor is getting more quarters than the bowls.
Katie, you've got this.
[Katie] My hands are usually very steady, but I am very sleep-deprived
and I am just shaking and I don't have control.
I need to figure something out quickly.
[James] Doni is double-fisting.
I think at this point, I can do two-handed and get more coins in the pot.
[music and applause]
Ha, ha! Take that, Lexy.
[James] Steady...
Steady...
Ah, that's so frustrating!
[Doni] This is not the plan.
-No. -[audience cheers]
Come on, Doni.
Now, I need a redo.
[Katie] I started using both hands
thinking that was gonna be the best way to go,
but as I got further into it, my left hand kept tiltin',
tiltin' and I dropped a ton of quarters right before the bowl.
[James] It's hailing quarters on that stage! Take cover!
[Katie] So, then I switched to my steady hand.
[James] Katie's switching things up.
[Katie] Now the quarters are going in and it's starting to work a lot better.
[James] Yeah, she's found her groove!
[audience cheers]
[James] Lexy isn't giving up,
but she's struggling to get those trembling hands under control.
Sleep deprivation is no joke, people.
[Lexy] No matter my speed, no matter what I hold,
how many I hold,
I'm just frustrated, 'cause all the coins keep dropping.
[coins clattering]
[Lexy groans]
Oh... Shoot!
[James and audience] Five, four, three,
two, one!
[buzzer sounds]
[James] Time's up!
[cheering and applause]
-[coins clattering] -[audience cheers]
[James] Yeah.
Doni, what'd you feel about that last challenge?
Whoo! It was intense but...
I'm confident.
[James] Katie?
I had a very good strategy.
[James] Yes, you did.
[James] I can verify that.
Lexy?
Let 'em know what happened.
I go in to slay and I always slay.
-[James] Hey! -[audience cheers]
Nice!
[James] Three confident, concise answers.
So, who's really bluffing?
One of y'all ain't keepin' it 100.
That means, being honest.
-[James] Uh... -[audience laughs]
The person who came in first,
and has a guaranteed spot
in the next round,
is...
Katie.
[music and applause]
Thank you.
[audience cheers]
[James] Okay, Katie.
[cheering and applause continue]
[music plays]
I love your, like, half dance you did. You're like,
[vocalizing]
[Katie] Yeah.
Excited, but tired.
Well, listen, congratulations.
[James] You killed it with 366 quarters.
Thanks for reminding me.
Doni,
Lexy,
that means one of you two
will be leaving here
right now.
[James] The question is,
will you be leaving here with some money
or no monies?
It's time for...
[audience] The Buyout!
...the Buyout.
[audience cheers]
Oh, yeah.
[applause]
This time...
we're gonna offer $7,500...
[audience cheering]
for one of you to walk away right now.
[applause]
If no one takes the offer,
whoever lost the challenge
will be eliminated.
Lexy, Doni...
you guys were pretty close, but who did worse?
If you want to take the money and run, I get it. Hit that button.
Or, take your chance...
at a shot
for a million dollars.
[cheering and applause]
Ten seconds
on the clock.
Your time starts...
now!
[audience] Nine, eight, seven,
six, five, four,
three, two, one.
[audience cheers]
[James] Can we talk about it? Can we talk about it?
Doni,
you took the Buyout, which means you will be leaving here
with $7,500.
[cheering and applause]
[audience member] Doni!
I got a question.
Why did you take it?
Well, she's been slaying all night.
[cheering and applause]
All right,
the player who actually lost this challenge is...
Lexy.
[music plays]
[James] Ooh.
[James] You only transferred 206 quarters.
Here's how you performed in that last challenge.
[coins clattering]
[James] Lexy, this man...
just saved you.
If you were writing a thank you letter to Doni,
how would it go?
"Dear Doni,
don't trust Southern belles."
-[James] Ooh. -[applause]
I like it!
I like it, Lexy. I like it.
Doni, congratulations.
Get out of here and get some rest.
One more time for Doni, y'all.
[cheering and applause]
Thank you for playing.
[Doni] You're welcome, Lexy. I saved you.
Dinner's on you.
Seventy-five hundred dollars
is gonna buy a lot of fancy cat food.
Gluten-free, grain-free,
fancy, salmon cat food.
[James] It's officially ladies' night. Where my ladies at?
[cheering and applause]
[James] Yeah!
Yeah!
All right.
Well, congratulations to the both of you for getting this far,
but there can only be
one winner.
Remember way back,
in the beginning of the show, when you did all that counting?
You secretly told us how much you think you counted.
And the person who is the most accurate
will win everything they counted.
[applause]
But...
the other will leave with nothing.
-[audience boos] -[James] Oh!
If you're worried about how you did,
and you think you may not make the cut,
you ladies are in luck, because we have one
final Buyout.
[music and applause]
[James] Yes.
You can give up right now for a guaranteed $10,000.
[cheering and applause]
Just go ahead and be the first to hit that button.
But...
if you're feeling confident in that count,
and you want a shot at a million dollars,
you might not want to take that offer.
Okay,
you know the rules.
Your ten seconds to hit that Buyout button starts...
now!
[James] Whoo!
Can I get a hug?
-Yeah. -[Lexy] Good luck.
[cheering and applause continue]
[James] Hey, Lexy,
I feel like I said, "Your ten seconds starts..."
and you were already like, "...now, now!"
[James] But you got it.
-I got it! -You will be leaving here
with $10,000 because you took that Buyout!
[audience cheers]
[James] Lexy!
I think I counted $30,070.00.
[producer] So, you actually counted
thirty thousand two hundred and two dollars.
You were so close! Only off by $132.
[grunts, laughs]
I could've gone for it.
[whimpers]
[Lexy] That sucks!
Should've counted less if y'all's gonna have to give it away.
Mm.
You are just two critical decisions
away from one... million dollars.
[music and applause]
I love it. I can see your excitement.
Okay, here's the deal.
-Okay. -[James] You can take the money
that you counted over the past 24 hours and leave with all of it,
or you can risk it all
and win the money everyone else counted, which we call...
the Big Bank.
[James] Yeah.
[cheering and applause]
Katie,
the total
of the Big Bank
is...
a hundred and twenty-seven thousand four hundred ninety-nine dollars
seventy-five cents.
[cheering and applause]
So let's get down to it.
Here's how you win...
-Okay. -...the monies.
Okay?
Tell us how much you think
you counted over the past 24 hours.
$23,700.
If that number is within $500,
$500 above,
$500 below,
the amount you actually counted,
you'll win the Big Bank, and...
get to play for one million dollars.
[cheering and applause]
[cheering continues]
But...
if you're outside that range, you'll leave here
with absolutely nothing.
[audience] Oh.
How confident are you feeling right now?
I know I'm sleep deprived but I feel like I did count pretty well.
I'm gonna go for it.
Let's go for it!
You're gonna play
for the Big Bank.
I like it.
I like it, Katie. I feel good about this.
Here's how it works.
If you're within the $500 range,
the money meter will turn green
and you'll win.
If it lands outside the zone,
it will turn red
and you lose.
It won't reveal exactly how much you might be off,
just if you're inside or outside that $500 range.
Good luck.
-Thank you. -I'm rooting for you.
Guys, are we all rooting for her?
[cheering and applause]
All right!
Let's do it!
[James] Money meter,
show it to me.
Here it goes.
[applause and cheering]
Give money, give me the money.
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!
No, no! Don't!
-[shouting] -[audience cheers]
I did it!
Whoo!
[cheering continues]
Dead on!
[cheering continues]
Oh, man! Now...
[applause]
Katie,
that was a big risk.
I don't know if that was smart, but it worked.
[laughs]
[James] Oh, my goodness.
You know what? It worked, so it was smart.
That is an unbelievable amount of money.
But...
it could be more.
Because, right now, you can keep
the $127,499.75 you just won
or,
risk it all
for one million dollars.
[cheering and applause]
I don't know...
To win that million-dollar prize,
the amount of money you think you counted
has to be within $25
of your actual count.
That's $25 above,
or $25 below.
But if you're just $0.25 off,
you will leave here with nothing.
What's it gonna be?
[softly] Oh, my God.
Keep what you have
or go for the million?
Ugh.
Um...
-Okay. -Two commas or one?
I'm a fan of all commas, by the way.
[audience laughs]
I'm--
[music plays]
I'm gonna... stay safe.
[audience cheers]
All right!
Katie is keeping the money.
Congratulations!
You're going home
with $127,499.75!
[audience cheers]
But...
we got to see if that million dollars
would've been yours.
Let's check out the money meter.
[James] Come on, money meter.
All right.
Shut up.
Oh, my gosh!
[upbeat music plays]
Oh, man!
You were off by $51.25.
That was the right decision, not to risk it.
You have just won over $127,000.00!
[cheering continues]
Katie is going home to get some sleep,
but we're far from done over here. Keep watching,
the next episode starts in five, four,
three, two, one.
[theme music playing]