WoF Retro Recap: March 30, 2012

EPISODE #5600: EXOTIC FAR EAST

$1K Tossup: ON THE MAP

H _ _ _ / _ _ _ G

Dennis quickly solves HONG KONG. Hoping to end March on a good note are…

Dennis Farrell: field technician for a major telephone company who was brought here by his girlfriend and she thought he’s been procrastinating too much in his life from Valley Stream, NY

Kym Jenke: zookeeper married to John who likes cheetahs from San Diego (she moved from Vancouver, BC 5 yrs. ago for better weather)

Sara Lewis: St. Louis Area Foodbank agency relations coordinator who’s pursuing her Master’s Degree in nonprofit administration at Longwood University from St. Louis

$2K Tossup: EVENT

C _ _ _ _ L
F _ _ D A _

Dennis triples up w/ CASUAL FRIDAY.

FEATURED FE TRIP: Lotte Hotels & Resort in Seoul, South Korea w/ airfare from Asiana Airlines worth $9,160

Jackpot Round: FUN & GAMES

He says an automatic dud of N while on the WC. Second, Kym calls up two T’s for a $1,600 start, but that’s taken right back by the BANKRUPT near TD. Third, Sara duds out w/ S. Dennis restarts w/ two R’s for the S.K. wedge, a $300 L, and three E’s, then she picks off a TD C and two A’s before hitting LaT. Kym next gets the same fate she got before, allowing Sara to put up a $900 D at the end, an $800 G at the start, and two Jackpot F’s…

G E T / _ _ T / _ F
_ A _ L / F R E E
C A R D

…she doesn’t need a GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD, because she’s won an $11,700 pot for a total of $14,400 in this round alone!

DUDS: N (Dennis), S (Sara)
SOLE LaT: Dennis
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Kym)

Mystery Round: SONG LYRICS 

Kym first says four T’s while on the MW near the MDW and turns down the $4K offer for…her third BANKRUPT of the game. Sara secondly FPs three E’s, but loses her turn to the same normal BANKRUPT. Third, Dennis captures the blue 1/2 KIA w/ a P, three L’s to x4 up, and hits LaT for the second time this episode. Kym next gets her third BANKRUPT near TD (and fourth overall), allowing Sara to say two R’s for a grand, two A’s, an $800 H, and three O’s before she goes for the solve…

P _ T / A / L _ T T L E
L O _ E / _ _ / _ O _ R
H E A R T

…she’s right w/ “PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART” by Jackie DeShannon from 1968 (we also hear the line at the end of the current Smart Balance commercials) for $1,300.

SOLE LaT: Dennis
BANKRUPTS: 3 (Kym 2x, Sara)

(NOTE: The control people mistakenly gave Dennis another $500 when he picked up the plate.)

Dennis: $3K/Kym: NO LUCK/Sara: $15,700

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PP Round: WAYD?

Sara gets the obvious out of the way first — two N’s for the blue 1/2 KIA, a $350 G and four I’s. She follows w/ four I’s, three A’s, but then R for roadblock. Dennis secondly says S for sorry. Third, Kym finds a $1,200 T pairing, an H for the LuggageOnline gift tag, and an E before she wisely FPs the sole dud vowel of O. Next up are a $300K, the U, a $400 D, a $300 P, but then that same pesky BANKRUPT (her FIFTH one of the night) to rid her of $2,700 cash and luggage. Sara then puts up the twin Z’s for $600 more…

T A K I N G / A
D I P / I N / T H E
_ A _ U Z Z I

…she’s gonna be a TAKING A DIP IN THE JACUZZI soon, because she’s won $1,450 and a  Hotwire.com trip to the SuperClubs Breezes Runaway Bay Resort & Golf Club in JAMAICA worth $6,540.

DUDS: R (Sara), S (Dennis), O (Kym)
SOLE BANKRUPT: Kym

Dennis: $3K/Kym: ROTTEN LUCK/Sara: $23,690 cash & Jamaica

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$3K Tossup: PERSON

E S C A _ E
A _ T I _ _

Dennis sweeps the Tossups w/ ESCAPE ARTIST.

Speed-Up: PHRASE

We’re ending the week w/ a $6K FS! Four I’s have been chosen by Sara…

T H _ / T _ N S I _ N
I S / _ _ I L _ I N _

…THE TENSION IS BUILDING and she solves for $12K! Here’s what everybody else left behind…

Dennis: $18K
Kym: $24K (she would’ve completed the comeback by $310)

FINAL SCORES
Dennis: $6K/Kym: $1K HARD LUCK GOOSEEGG/Sara: $35,690 cash & Jamaica

GT: $42,690
BANKRUPT TRASH: $4,300

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$100K Bonus Round

Sara lands on that *.

Category: PHRASE
This short one begins like this…

_ N / T _ E
_ _ _ 

CPDO results in a game over for her, so the $30K won’t be added IN THE MIX (she thought HUB and HUT on that last word). 

MY EP. RATING: 7