Applicable: Thurs., Season Finale
EPISODE #4482: WHEEL WATCHERS CLUB III
We start with the pizza night cartoon, and we’re on the set of World Class Spas.
$1K Toss-Up: RHYME TIME
_ A S _ E / M _ K E S
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Mark knew that HASTE MAKES WASTE. Tuesday’s trio…
Mark Garriga: sales worker who carried a watermelon through the Great Wall of China (symbolic to how people back then carried heavy rocks to build that wall from Sherman Oaks, CA (used to be from New Orleans but moved here due to the hurricane)
Malinda Magel: realtor who’s married 11 years with a 10-year-old son who loves baseball, also scored a hole in one (but her husband hasn’t) from Paradise Valley, AZ
Rebecca Bear: client manager at the third largest institution married to Russ with a boy named Evan and two dogs from East Stroudsburg, PA
$2K Toss-Up: SONG TITLE
_ A Y D _ _ A M
B E L I E _ E R
Mark blanked that time, but Rebecca knew that’s The Monkees’ “DAYDREAM BELIEVER”.
FEATURED PRIZE: trip to the Red Mountain Spa (UTAH) worth $6,120
Gift Tags: Lush homemade body products (on $700), MegaFitness (on $300), Wheel Watchers Club (on $400; available all week)
Round 1: PHRASE
Rebecca: 2 S’s ($300), 7 T’s (FS), 4 H’s ($450), C ($10K), solve for $12,400…
_ T ‘ S / T H _
T H _ _ _ H T
T H _ T / C _ _ _ T S
IT’S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS, Rebecca, and that thought netted you that golden wedge- PR!
Going into commercial, we see Spin ID winner Deborah M. from Denver, CO, who won a trip to Puerto Vallarta.
Jackpot Round: EVENT (PRIZE PUZZLE)
Mark: 2 T’s (Lush), 3 N’s (UTAH), R (Wheel Watchers Club)
Malinda: G ($300), 2 S’s ($300), P ($400), D (Wheel Watchers Club), 3 I’s, 2 O’s, “buy” of 2 C’s ($300), solve for $1,400 & Wheel Watchers Club…
S _ _ S _ / D _ N C I N G
C O _ P _ T I T I O N
In addition to the WWC points, she might participate in a SALSA DANCING COMPETITION on her trip to PUERTO RICO (The Westin Rio Mar Beach Resort & Golf Club) worth $5,050.
UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $6,300
Rebecca: $14,400 FS | Mark: $1K | Malinda: $7,450 cash & prizes
Mystery Round: SAME NAME
Malinda: R ($900)
Rebecca: BANKRUPT near $600, used FS, 3 T’s ($700), 4 E’s, 2 S’s ($550), 3 N’s ($300), 2 A’s, 2 L’s ($3,500), O, I (NMV), W ($900), G ($350), H (MW near $800), wisely passed (it had the BANKRUPT), BANKRUPT near $600 ($12,350 LOST!) (and she figured out what the puzzle was, too)
Mark: Z ($900), D (MegaFitness) (complete board)
D E N Z E L / &
S E A T T L E
W A S H I N G T O N
All of that for just one gift tag and a little spending money to go with it.
Rebecca: $14,400 | Mark: $2,900 cash & fitness | Malinda: $7,450 cash & prizes
$3K Toss-Up: OCCUPATION
L _ _
T _ C _ N I _ _ A N
Rebecca solved LAB TECHNICIAN.
Round 4: ON THE MAP
Rebecca: 2 T’s ($800), S ($600), SPEED-UP
_ _ _ _ _ _ T _ _ _ T
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Consonants were worth $1,450.
Mark: 2 R’s
Malinda: D (tried to spin first)
Rebecca: 3 C’s
C _ _ _ _ C T _ C _ T
R _ _ _ R
Rebecca located the CONNECTICUT RIVER for $5,950.
| PENALTY BOX | DUDS | BANKRUPTS |
| Round 1 | PERFECT ROUND | |
| Jackpot Round | R (Mark) | |
| Mystery Round | R (Malinda) | 2 (Rebecca) |
| Round 4/Speed-Up | S (Rebecca), D (Malinda) | |
| 6 TOTAL | 4 | 2 |
FINAL SCORES
Rebecca: $23,350 | Mark: $2,900 cash & fitness | Malinda: $7,450 cash & prizes
GRAND TOTAL: $33,700
BANKRUPT TRASH: $12,350
Bonus Round
Let me remind you that the cars up for grabs were a 2006 Infiniti G35 coupe (it’s worth $36,910, by the way) and a 2006 Volvo XC90. With her parents looking on, Rebecca spun BONUS.
Category: PHRASE
RSTLNE is limited…
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(Contestant wipe is the WWC logo.)
DMCI helped with the top…
_ / M I _ E D
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The game can sometimes be A MIXED BAG, and she got the whole thing with three seconds to spare to win that Infiniti! Her final total was $60,260 cash & car.
MY RATING: 7
And that’s all the recaps from S23 that I’ve got for you. I’ll start working on the remaining S22 episodes soon…
WHEEL of FORTUNE with Andy Nguyen 