[Chris] Drop it.
Get to the million!
[cheers and applause]
[Chris] Oh, yes!
So far, The Wall has paid out
over $35 million and counting.
This is an all-time record!
And give real people their shot to change their lives...
[Chris] Yes!
... and to live out their dreams.
[Chris] Let's go!
Who's next?
Oh, yeah!
Tonight, a hero and his wife
from Washington State are getting the dream shot.
This is an unbelievable story.
Francis Zuber, avid skier,
was heading down the slopes when he caught sight
of an object sticking just out of the snow.
He stopped, went back,
and found out it was actually a snowboarder inverted
and buried in the snow, fighting to get out.
[Francis] Hold on, I'm coming.
[Chris] So Francis took immediate action,
digging out snow with his bare hands
to save this man's life.
So you're gonna meet him and his wife Hope,
coming up right now.
[announcer] Welcome to The Wall on NBC.
[theme music playing]
[cheers and applause]
Please welcome to The Wall, Francis and Hope!
[cheers and applause]
- Yeah! - [Chris] Yeah! Woo!
- How's it going? - Good.
- How are you doing, Chris? - [Chris] Nice to meet you.
- How are you doing? - Hi, Chris.
- Hi, Hope. Welcome. - [Hope] Hi.
- Oh, my God. - Oh. It's good to be here.
- Look at this. It's real. - Wow.
[Chris] I know. Yeah. It's large.
You could totally ski down that.
- You could ski down that. - Yeah.
Uh, yeah, you know, it'd be, uh,
it'd be kind of a gnarly drop in,
but I think I could do it, Chris.
[Chris] But you could probably do it.
- You could probably do it. - Yeah, yeah.
- Yeah. - I... I wouldn't.
[laughter]
[Chris] Before we get started,
I would just like to introduce you
to everyone who's watching.
Francis is a carpenter, Hope is a veterinarian,
that's amazing, both of you.
Thank you.
[Chris] They live in beautiful Bellingham, Washington.
Not only are they newlyweds,
but they're high school sweethearts.
They've known each other since, like, middle school.
Francis loves to ski,
he's no stranger to the slopes,
but nothing could have prepared him
for what he saw one day last year.
Francis was heading down the slopes
when he caught sight of an object
sticking out of the snow.
[Francis] Whoa.
[Chris] It was just a tiny section of snowboard...
[Francis] You all right?
... and Francis just had a gut feeling
and made a small decision that would become monumental.
[Francis] It was just a quick little flash.
And then when I turned around, I realized it's a snowboard,
upside down, and I could see
that he's moving back and forth,
so I know that he's still alive.
And you only have 15 minutes
when somebody's immersed in snow before they suffocate.
So I didn't know how long he'd been there for,
I knew that I had to get him as quick as I could.
Hold on, I'm coming.
Hey. Are you all right?
Can you hear me?
[panting]
You okay? You all right?
[cheers and applause]
[Francis] Okay. You're good.
You're good. I got you.
You okay? Can you breathe?
- [Ian] Yeah. - [Francis] Okay. Great.
We're both gonna catch a breath for a sec.
In under three minutes,
he got to the snowboarder's face,
creating an airway, and ultimately saving his life.
[Francis] And then I'll dig you out, okay?
- [Ian] Thank you. - [Francis] Yeah.
No problem, man.
You're good.
[Chris] It is really incredible
what you're able to do that day.
And this may not surprise you,
but we have someone
who just wanted to say a big thanks.
Take a look.
- [Francis] There he is. - Francis, Hope.
Oh, I knew it!
[Ian] I love you guys so much.
Francis, you went out of your way for me.
I was absolutely certain that I wasn't gonna survive.
I had 100% accepted that I was gonna die there
on, you know, the mountain that I've ridden
my whole life, that I grew up on.
Without you, I wouldn't be here,
I wouldn't be able to say,
you know, I love my wife,
and I wouldn't be able to see my family and my friends.
And it's because of you
that I have all those things
and I'm very grateful for that.
- Oh, my God. - [Chris] Oh, my God.
I mean, hearing the first-person account
of what happened is horrifying
because it all just changed in a second,
- it was just a second... - Uh-hmm. Yeah.
[Chris] ... you know?
I'm so glad that Ian's okay
and he was very lucky to have you there that day.
And we're lucky to have you here now
because this is your shot, Francis.
You saved a man's life.
But if all goes well tonight,
you both could be going home
with up to $12 million.
That would be cool.
That would take me off a job.
That would take... take [indistinct] from your jobs.
Yeah.
[Chris] Later in the show,
the million-dollar bin is on The Wall.
We're gonna give you ten chances
at that million dollars.
After that, of course, there are red balls
which could be harmless or they could take it all.
But to earn a shot at the millions,
we have to make it through Free Fall Plus,
this is our speed game.
- Ooh. - Ooh.
[Chris] So you know how this works.
Once I've read the question,
three balls are gonna fly down The Wall.
- Okay. - [Chris] You must lock in
your answer before the first ball
breaks the plane on the top
of those slots right there.
And then we just have to finish Free Fall in the positive
for a chance to go on to play for millions of dollars.
That's Free Fall Plus.
If you're feeling very confident
that you know an answer, you can hit that.
It will turn the balls gold,
it will automatically double
the amounts of whatever it lands in.
You can only use Plus one time in Free Fall.
- Okay. - All right. Are you ready?
- All right. - Yeah! Right.
- Let's do it, Chris. - Come on, Wall.
Here we go. First question of Free Fall.
"In the 'Matrix' movies,
Keanu Reeves plays the main character,
a hacker who goes by what name?"
Is it Leo or Neo?
- [Francis] Neo, Neo. - Neo, B. B, B, B.
B, B, B, B, B. Double.
[Hope] Double, double.
[Chris] And there's the Free Fall Plus,
- the balls have turned gold. - [Francis] Come on. 25,
- 25. Come on. - [Chris] Let's get it...
- [Francis] Come on, come on. - [Chris] ... let's get it.
- There's a 5,000. - [Francis] Come on, come on.
- Yeah, yeah. - [Hope] Yes! Yeah!
[Chris] There's the 25,000, there's the 1.
Woo!
[Chris] $30,000,
potentially $60,000 question.
- Oh, my God. - Nice.
That's the correct answer.
- [Francis] Yeah. - Of course it's Neo.
[Chris] Who would have said Leo?
- That is not a hero's name. - Come on, Leo.
- Yeah. - [Chris] $60,002.
That's not bad for one question.
- That's a good start. - Oh, my God.
All right. Question two.
"Which of these is a nickname for the stadium
where the Dallas Cowboys play their home games?"
Is it Tom World or Jerry World?
- Oh, no. - Ooh, I gotta say...
- Jerry? - Is it Jerry World?
- [Hope] Jerry World? - [Francis] Jerry World,
- Jerry World, Jerry World. - [Hope] Jerry World.
[Francis] Come on, Jerry World.
- Come on, Jerry World. - [Hope] Let's go...
[Francis] Give us 10,000,
- 20,000. - [Hope] Oh, my God.
- Oh, my God. - [Francis] Come on, 10. Woo!
[Chris] $5,101.
- Jerry World is correct. - Yes!
[Chris] [Indistinct] Jerry World [indistinct] of course.
- [Francis] Hey. - [Chris] Nicely done.
We both felt Jerry.
[Chris] $55,103 is your total right now.
Okay.
It's time for our third question of Free Fall.
"As established by the TV comedy 'Parks and Recreation,'
Galentine's Day is a celebration that takes place on which date?"
Is it February 13th of March 16th?
A, February 13th.
- [Francis] Okay. Okay, okay. - [Hope] February 13th.
- I know that stuff. - [Francis] Okay. Nice.
[Hope] No [indistinct] Oh. Right there!
- No, stop, stop. - [Francis] Here we go.
- [Hope] Okay. All right. - [Chris] Oh, there's a 1.
This could be a-- it could be a 25.
Oh, you got $5,000.
$5,002.
Galentine's Day is Feb. 13.
- [Hope] Yeah! - Nicely done.
Galentine's Day.
[Chris] You now have $70,105
on The Wall.
Woo.
Here is your fourth question.
"Ina Garten is a cook and host famously known
as the Barefoot what?"
Is it Contessa or Duchess?
Uh, I'm just gonna go with A.
- [Francis] All right. - [Hope] Contessa.
- [Francis] Yeah [indistinct] - [Hope] All right. There.
- [Francis] Let's go, let's go. - [Hope] Go, go, go!
- 20K. 20K? - [Francis] Come on, come on.
- [Chris] Oh, there's a 1. - [Hope] Right there.
- [Francis] 20,000, 20,000. - [Chris] Get out of there,
- get in the... - [Francis] Oh, oh, oh.
[Chris] 20,000. There we go.
- All right. All right. 20. - All right. Sweet.
$20,011 for Barefoot Contessa.
- [cheers and applause] - [Chris] Very good.
- Very good. - Wow. Nice one.
[Chris] It was perfect. You have $90,116.
Oh, my gosh.
Here comes your last question of Free Fall.
"The reggaeton hit 'Gasolina' was sung by Daddy who?"
Is it Dodger or Yankee?
- [Hope] Yankee. - Oh, Daddy Yankee.
- Daddy Yankee. B, B. - You got that, you got that.
- [Hope] Come on [indistinct] - [Francis] [indistinct]
- [indistinct] - [Hope] Big one, big one.
- Right here, right here. - [Francis] Come on. Come on.
[Chris] Oh, come on. 25, go in there.
- [Francis] 25. - [Chris] Why is it with the 1?
- What's with the 1? - [Francis] There, right there!
[Chris] What is it with that?
[Francis] Come on. Come on, 5.
All right.
- [Chris] All right. - We'll take it.
That almost went to 25.
$5,002, that's the correct answer.
Yankee is the correct answer.
- Oh, my God. - All right.
- Yeah. - And you have,
at the end of Free Fall,
$95,000.
- [Hope] Okay. - Yeah.
- Yeah.
[Chris] Later on, you're gonna have a choice
whether or not to keep guaranteed money,
which is $95,118
plus 20 grand for each correctly answered question.
Or do you rip it up and risk it
for whatever is up on The Wall?
Could be millions, could be zero.
- Yeah. - [Chris] Before the game,
you decided, Francis,
you're gonna go answer some trivia back there for us.
- Yes, sir. - Do you--
- are you a trivia guy? - I... I got a lot of useless
knowledge in my head, Chris.
- I'm hoping that... - [Chris] That's great.
... the stars align a little bit back there.
I feel like he can keep it cool
and, like, really think through things.
Meanwhile, I'm really gonna be, like, a maniac
so I think it works.
It's gonna be a great team. You're gonna be a great team.
So the next time you see each other,
you could have millions of dollars.
Okay.
[cheers and applause]
Francis, you are everything.
Your compassion and your thoughtfulness
and all those qualities, I feel like,
just led to this moment when you found Ian.
When I first saw that video,
I still get emotional
just because I saw every part of you,
you put into that rescue.
I know you hate praise
and even more you hate attention,
but I'm glad we're doing this.
You deserve it.
You deserve it all,
you're gonna do amazing.
- I love you. - Love you, too.
[cheers and applause]
All right. Now let's take you back.
All right.
[Chris] You're gonna be great back there.
[Francis] Thanks, Chris.
- Bye. - [Chris] We'll be watching.
We'll be sending happy vibes
to you back behind The Wall.
All right.
From this point on, he's not gonna have any idea
how well it's going up here.
You could be up millions or down to zero.
Some days it's good, some days it's not so good.
We never know. But when we come back,
the million-dollar SuperDrop kicks us off.
[Hope] Come on! Oh, my God. Oh, my God!
[Chris] Oh, my gosh.
And later.
- Oh, my God. Please. - [Chris] Oh, wow.
- What a wild kick to the right. - [Hope] Please, please, please.
[Hope yells]
[Chris] An incredible night unfolds as Hope goes all out.
- Okay. Okay. - [Chris] Oh, my goodness.
- [Hope] Yes! - [Chris] Yes! Yes!
And Francis wrestles with an impossible decision.
Will he play it safe?
This is a really tough call.
[Chris] Or will he risk it all?
[dramatic music playing]
[cheers and applause]
[Chris] Welcome back to The Wall.
This is Hope, a veterinarian from Bellingham, Washington.
Back behind The Wall in isolation
is her husband, Francis.
He's a carpenter and a lifesaving skier.
But tonight, he's worried about handling all the trivia.
Their current total is $95,118.
But before we get back into the game,
who did you bring for support tonight?
- These are our moms. - [Chris] Hey!
Hi, Moms!
That's my mom, Tina in the pink dress.
- [Chris] Hi, Tina. - And then that's Gerri,
Francis' mom, in the cool apple blazer.
[Chris] Thank you so much for being here.
All right. This is round two.
You can see on The Wall
there's now a $150,000 bin up there.
- Woo. - [Chris] Which means it is time
for the SuperDrop!
[cheers and applause]
[Chris] Seven times 150,000 means that you could have
more than a million dollars in seconds.
All right, Wall. Come on, Wall.
- Woo. - Drop 'em!
[Hope] Here we go. Woo. Okay.
All right. Woo. All right.
Go this way. Yeah, you all go this way.
This way. Woo!
Let's go. Right here. Right here.
Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
- [Chris] Almost the 150. - [Hope] Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Okay. - [Chris] 35.
Oh, there's a 150.
There's a 75.
- [Hope] Whoa! - [Chris] There's a 1.
There's some really good stuff.
This makes me very happy
because now your total is $330,220.
Oh, my God.
Now, here's when we get to the questions.
- [Hope] Yeah. - You're gonna decide
where to play the ball from.
5, 6, 7 are hovering over larger amounts.
- It could be a riskier play. - Okay.
[Chris] If you're less confident,
1, 2, or 3 are over lower amounts
and that's gonna protect the money you have.
Okay.
[Chris] Let's begin the question.
- [Hope] Okay. - [Chris] Here are the answers.
Can you hear me now?, Got milk?,
What's in your wallet?
That is feeling like famous commercials or something.
I feel like he's got this.
- Okay. - I'm gonna go with 7.
Oh, wow.
Risky play right out of the gate.
Here we go.
- We're gonna do it. - [Chris] Okay. Go.
[Hope] Okay. 7, here we go.
[Chris] Let's send the question over to Francis.
[announcer] What question has Jennifer Garner
been asking commercial viewers since 2014?
Can you hear me now?,
Got milk?,
What's in your wallet?
Oh, boy. Okay.
Okay, Francis.
I don't watch a ton of cable TV, to be honest.
Oh, boy. This is a tough one.
Okay. I'm gonna rule out B...
- Yup. - ... right off the bat. I...
I haven't seen her in a Got Milk commercial before.
Can you hear me now? That's Verizon.
I can't remember her being in that either.
I'm gonna go with C, What's in your wallet?
- Lock it in. - [Hope] Okay.
- [applause] - [Hope] Okay. Let's see.
The ads are for Capital One.
Okay.
[Chris] And that is the correct answer.
Oh, my God.
[Chris] What's in your wallet?
[Hope] Woo!
[Chris] Right now it's a green ball from number 7...
[Hope] Okay. Right here.
[Chris] ... is in your wallet.
- Here we go. - [Chris] So let's see
how much money you can put it in your wallet.
- [Hope] Woo! - [Chris] Go ahead and drop it.
[Hope] Okay. Woo! Come on.
This is good. This is a good start.
Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Come on, come on, come on.
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Oh, my God! Okay. All the way!
All the way! All the way! Right here.
[Chris] Oh, this is really good.
[Hope] 150K, 150K. Wait...
- [Chris] Oh, my gosh! - [Hope] 100K.
[Chris] Get in the [indistinct]
Nah!
- All right. It's okay. - [Chris] All right.
Your total in The Wall right now...
- [Hope] Yeah, it's good. - [Chris] ... $330,230.
Okay. All right.
Here are your next set of answers.
Le Pentagone, L'Hexagone, L'Octogone.
[Hope] Oh, jeez.
[Chris] Based on those,
do you wanna double up?
You can play du.
Okay. These are French shapes
so he can at least figure out shapes.
I think I'm gonna double up.
- [Chris] Okay. - But I'm gonna do 5.
- [Chris] Okay. - [Hope] Yeah.
- [Chris] Doubling up in 5. - [Hope] Okay. Here we go.
Double up from 5. Woo.
Okay.
Let us share the question with Francis.
[Hope] Yes.
French.
[announcer] Because the country's border
roughly resembles a specific shape,
which of these do the people of France
use as a nickname for their nation?
Le Pentagone, L'Hexagone, L'Octogone.
Oh, boy. Okay.
This is a tough one.
Really, I'm just trying to picture
the shape of France right now.
Yeah.
So I wanna say it's only got five
real borders to it.
Oh, man. All right.
Let's go with A, Le Pentagone.
- Lock it in. - [Hope] Okay.
I may regret this. Fun.
[Chris] Okay. The borders of Mainland France
are not perfectly straight lines,
but it's pretty easy to draw
a six-sided hexagon around them.
Le'Hexagone.
[Hope] Oh, God. I can't look.
- Okay. - That's all right.
- Still early in the game. - Okay.
[Chris] Please drop them.
Just drop little bit.
Just drop 'em a little bit.
Oh, God!
[Chris] [indistinct] here they come.
[Hope] Oh, I'm scared.
[Chris] One of them is going way left.
They're both going kind of left.
Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Go this way. And like...
[Chris] Now, one of them is going a little right, they're...
- [Hope] ... let's do 1 and 10. - [Chris] ... in the middle.
- [Hope] 1 and 10. - Oh, they're both going right.
[Hope] Don't do that. Don't do that.
[Chris] Okay. $10.
Hey! Hey!
- Oh. - [Chris] $100,000.
- Okay. - [Chris] Okay. $110,000.
- That's rough. - [Hope] Okay.
[Chris] Your current total right now $230,220.
- Not bad. - [Hope] $230,220.
[Chris] Here is your last set of answers this round.
Okay.
[Chris] Poodle, French bulldog...
[Hope] Oh, my God.
[Chris] ... Golden Retriever.
- [Hope] Okay. - [Chris] Based on those,
I'm gonna give you three options.
- You could play 1. - [Hope] Yup.
You could play 3 and triple up,
or we could turn that one on the end gold...
- [Hope] Oh, gosh. - [Chris] ... then you can go
Wall to Wall,
which means you will place the ball
in every slot.
The riskiest move,
Wall to Wall can get you over 1.2 million.
- Okay. - [Chris] But that could also
bring you down to zero.
Uh...
Do you happen to know someone who works with animals?
Yes. Like, did you-- if he absorbed anything
from me ranting every day from work.
Okay. I'm scared but I'm gonna go Wall to Wall.
- Really? - [Hope] Yeah.
Okay. Drop that in there.
I'm scared.
I think he's not gonna wanna watch this show after.
- [Chris laughing] - Sorry, Francis.
[Chris] And we are in Wall to Wall.
It's shimmering. It's golden.
It's beautiful.
Seven balls...
- [Hope] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. - Let's send Francis
- the question. - [Hope] Let's see it, Francis.
[dog barking]
[announcer] After 31 years at the top
of the American Kennel Club's list
of most popular breeds nationwide,
in 2022,
the Labrador Retriever dropped to the second position.
Which breed took the Labrador Retriever's place
as the most popular dog?
Poodle, French bulldog, Golden Retriever.
Francis,
- I'm sending you vibes. - [Francis] Oh, boy.
It's a Frenchie and I'm-- come on.
I sure do wish we were switching positions right now.
[laughter]
[Francis] Oh, man.
- Okay. I... - It's not poodle.
- I don't think it's poodle. - Rule out poodle.
- [Francis] Okay. - That's my guy.
[Francis] Oh, man. All right.
French bulldog, I know they're really popular.
I don't think they're that popular though.
There's Golden Retrievers everywhere.
It's gotta be C, Golden Retriever.
Lock it in.
[Hope screaming]
You seemed very confident.
- Yeah. - Okay.
You were right.
- And he was wrong. - Francis was wrong.
- I'm so sorry. - [Hope screams]
[Chris] That's an incorrect answer.
- [Hope] Oh, my God. - [Chris] It was French bulldog.
Okay.
[Chris] You did play Wall to Wall.
Seven red balls right there.
Now we gotta drop 'em.
Wall to Wall.
Oh, no.
It's fine.
You're gonna just all go not there.
All go this way.
Let's go this way.
- Okay. 1. - [Chris] $1.
- [Hope] 50. - [Chris] Okay. 51. $1.
Three went in a dollar.
Four went in a dollar.
Okay.
- I mean, four went in a dollar. - That is not that bad.
That is not bad.
But I have to do it again.
[Chris] Yeah. I know. I know.
Okay. That makes your total now $105,216.
Okay. We have a whole another round.
[Chris] We have a whole another round.
We have to do the Evil SuperDrop.
This is part of the balance of our game.
They were green on the way up there.
They are red on the way down.
Okay. Oh, God.
- Drop 'em. - Eh!
[Hope] Oh, God. Okay.
Let's do it again. Let's all go in 1.
Let's all go in 1. Right here.
No. Yeah. Yeah. Okay.
- [Chris] [indistinct] - [Hope] Let's go.
- Come on. All right. - [Chris] That's a 1.
[Hope] Left side. That's okay.
[Chris] That's a 1.
[crowd cheering]
Oh, my gosh! That was fantastic!
This is unreal.
[Hope] Oh, my gosh.
[Chris] You just survived 14 red balls
over two drops.
And get this, nine of those 14 red balls
landed in just $1.
That was crazy.
[Chris] So we're finishing this round...
- With something. - [Chris] ... with something.
$30,201.
That was great.
Because when we come back, everything's gonna change.
We're gonna have that million-dollar bin up there.
- [Hope] All right. Okay. - [Chris] Get in there!
Whoa! Whoa! Okay.
[Chris] And with four free shots at it...
Oh, wow! What a wild kick to the right.
[Hope] Oh, please. Please, please.
Oh!
[Chris] How many millions will Hope add to their total?
[Hope] Please. Please.
- [Chris] Oh, my goodness. - Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.
- Easy. Easy. - [Chris] This could happen.
- [Hope] Yeah! - [Chris] This could happen!
- [Hope screams] - [Chris] Oh, that's huge!
[Chris] Welcome back to The Wall.
Call in the family,
this is where the biggest game in the world takes off.
I'm here with Hope, a veterinarian
from Bellingham, Washington.
Back behind The Wall in isolation,
is her husband, Francis, a lifesaving carpenter.
While skiing, he miraculously caught sight
of a snowboarder, buried upside down in the snow.
And Francis immediately began digging him out of the snow
with his bare hands, quickly working his way
toward the man's face to free up an airway.
[Francis] Okay. You're good. You're good. I got you.
[Chris] And he made it just in time,
saved the man's life, now they're all friends.
It's an incredible story.
Their current total, $30,201.
All right.
[Chris] It's time for round three,
and everything can change.
Can you see there's a million-dollar bin
- up there on The Wall? - [Hope] Oh, there it is.
[Chris] As you know, we're gonna start this round
with four green balls.
[Hope] Yeah.
[Chris] Four free shots
- at that million. - Yup.
[Chris] But remember that wherever you play them from,
they come later as red balls.
[Hope] They do.
And of course, the three questions
in the middle can really swing the odds
- in either direction. - Okay. Yeah.
So, now, you just have to decide
where you wanna play your first green ball.
Okay. We definitely do need to build up now.
Okay.
I am going to go with 7.
[Chris] Play number 7. Okay.
- Okay. - [Chris] Right off the bat,
- number 7... - [Hope] All right.
[Chris] ... with our first green ball,
- let's go ahead and drop it. - All right. Okay.
Woo! Woo! Okay.
Million. Yeah. Let's do it.
Drop it in the million.
- Yeah. Okay. - [Chris] Oh, wow.
What a wild kick to the right.
Please, please, please, please.
[Chris] Oh, my goodness.
[Hope] Okay. Okay. Okay.
Easy, easy, easy.
- [crowd cheering] - [Chris] Oh, 500,000
[indistinct] with 500,000.
Now we're back in business.
We got the momentum going,
millions still within the reach.
Your total on The Wall now $530,201.
Oh, my God. Okay.
- That was a very good drop. - Wow.
Where would you like to play your next ball?
I'd like to play my next ball at 5.
[Chris] Number 5. All right.
Drop it in there.
I'm gonna dedicate 5 to veterinarians.
- Okay. - And I was five years old
when I first got my first dog, Muffin.
It kind of inspired me to help more animals
and save as many as I could.
It just really struck a chord with me when I was young.
And, also, shout out to my mom
who's always pushed me to go further
'cause she loves animals.
Well, anyone who dedicate their life to taking care
of our furry friends is fantastic.
Yeah. Thank you.
[Chris] This could take you over $1.5 million.
Woo! Come on.
- [Chris] Drop it. - [Hope] All right.
- [crowd cheering] - [Hope] Okay. Woo! Let's go.
Let's go. Let's go this way.
Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Go, go, go. Yes, yes, yes.
- [Chris] Come on. - [Hope] Go. No. Go.
[Chris] Yes. Oh, okay.
- Nice. - I'll take it.
- Okay. - [Chris] 400.
Very nice. Very nice.
Your total on The Wall is, get this,
$930,201.
Where do you wanna play your third ball?
I'm gonna put this next one at 3.
[Chris] Okay. Number three.
Drop it in there.
All right. This could take you over $1.9 million.
- Go ahead and drop it. - [Hope] Drop it.
In the million.
It's gonna go right towards the million right there.
Okay. Okay. Go. Okay.
Woo! Let's go. Let's go. Let's go this way.
Okay. Hundred. 200. 200,000.
- 100,000. 50. - [Chris] 50,000 is all right.
- Okay. It's all right. - [Chris] 50,000 is all right.
- I'll take that. Yeah. - Well done.
[Chris] That brings your total
- to $980,201. - Okay. Great.
All right. You have one last green ball to play.
You're just shy of a million dollars.
I'm gonna go with 2.
[Chris] Okay. Number 2.
Drop that in there.
- Okay. Last green ball. - Yeah.
[Chris] You can easily get up over a million after this.
- Woo! Okay. - [Chris] Let's see if we can
- hop over to the right. - [Hope] It can go anywhere.
[Chris] Drop it.
[Hope] Okay. Over here. Come on. Come on, ball.
This way. Follow me. Okay. All right.
We'll talk you through. 50K.
- [Chris] All right. 50K. - All right. That's okay.
[Chris] Hey, that takes you over a million.
I love--oh, my God, you're right.
[Chris] Yeah. Check it out.
$1,030,201.
All right. Now let's get to some questions.
- Okay. - I'm gonna give you
the answers.
Wayne Gretzky,
John McEnroe,
Babe Ruth,
Magic Johnson.
Okay. This is sports.
- Okay. - I don't wanna go super crazy
'cause I wanna protect what I have,
but I do think there might be a chance.
So I am gonna go with 4.
- [Chris] Okay. 4. - [Hope] Yeah.
That can go either way.
- [Chris] Drop that in there. - [Hope] Okay.
[Chris] So you're correct.
This is indeed a sports question.
So we're bringing in someone
off the bench to ask it.
Please welcome NBC's Mike Tirico.
Whoa. What?
Chris, let's do this.
- Let's do it, Mike. - [Hope] Yeah.
"Considered some of the greatest
to ever play their respective games,
which of these athletes
professionally competed right-handed?"
Oh, jeez.
Wayne Gretzky, John McEnroe,
Babe Ruth, or Magic Johnson.
Wall players, good luck.
Oh, man. I'm picturing Babe Ruth.
I'm pretty sure he was left-handed.
- Okay. - Something is telling me
Wayne Gretzky was also left-handed.
I feel like that's one of the crazy
fun facts about him.
Okay. You know it.
John McEnroe, Magic Johnson.
[grunts] I--yeah.
It's kind of a shot in the dark here.
- Yeah. - I'm gonna go with, D,
Magic Johnson.
Lock it in.
Well, if he's right,
you can potentially have $2 million on The Wall.
- That's true. - [Chris] If he's wrong...
- [Hope] Then we'll just... - ... then we'll just pick up
- and keep going. - Yeah.
Okay. Competed right-handed.
- Magic Johnson. - [screams] Okay.
Yes. [laughs] Francis.
[Chris] That's the correct answer.
Number 4. This could go anywhere.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Okay. I love that this is green.
[Chris] Let's drop it.
[Hope] Whoa.
Okay. Here, here, here. Okay.
Yes. Go to the side. Come on. Follow my voice.
Follow my voice. Please follow my voice.
- Into the... - [Chris] $400,000.
[cheers and applause]
[Chris] This is epic.
A correct answer turns into another $400,000.
Add that to the two huge hits from earlier in the round
and you've gone from $30,000 to a staggering
$1,430,201.
- Oh, my God. - [Chris] This could be
the biggest finish we've ever seen.
You've got two questions left. A Double Up
and a triple up opportunity if you opt to.
That's up to $5 million still on the line.
With a massive total on The Wall
and millions still up for grabs.
You can double up if you want to.
Ooh.
[Chris] Will this veterinarian
and her life-saving husband
from Washington go home millionaires?
all the way to the left. All the way.
- Oh, goodness. - [Hope] Please.
- Go to the left. - [Hope] Go, go.
[theme music playing]
[Chris] Call or text everyone you know.
This game is taking off.
We just watched Hope go from $30,000
all the way up to more than 1.4 million
to start this round.
Welcome back to The Wall.
It's amazing. Like we're--
everything is going great right now.
You have an incredible $1,430,201 on The Wall.
Back in isolation, her husband Francis
has no clue what's going on out here.
You still have two questions left.
Millions still within reach.
Here are your next set of answers.
MMMBop, Barbie Girl,
Fly Away, Jumpin', Jumpin'.
Now, you could double up if you want to.
Those like are some popular songs.
I don't know how much he knows MMMBop or Barbie Girl.
Oh, you know what?
I'm gonna do one ball at 3.
[Chris] Okay. Great.
One ball from number 3.
[Hope] Okay.
[Chris] Let's send Francis the question.
[announcer] The first "Now That's What I Call Music"
compilation album in the U.S.
was released in 1998.
Which of these songs was not on that album?
MMMBop, Barbie Girl,
Fly Away, Jumpin', Jumpin'.
Okay. I remember these albums.
This is going back a little bit.
I was three years old when this was released.
Which of these songs was not on that album?
Fly Away, Barbie Girl,
those are the only two that I recognize.
I feel like Barbie Girl was post-2000.
I remember that in elementary school.
I wanna say that's like early 2000s.
- Okay. - I think let's go
with, B, Barbie Girl.
- Lock it in. - [cheers and applause]
- Okay. - The correct answer,
Jumpin', Jumpin' by Destiny's Child.
- Okay. - [Chris] So--yeah, that's okay.
You only played one ball. You did not double up.
- So this could be fine. - Okay.
[Chris] Let's go ahead and drop it.
All right. 1 or 10.
Even a hundred. But nothing else please.
Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Get over here, please.
Yeah. Keep going.
Yeah. Yes. Okay.
Yes. Great. Yes.
Go right to the left. 1.
[Chris] $1.
Very good. Hope, nice job.
Oh, my God.
[Chris] $1,430,200.
It's nice and even.
[Chris] It's nice and even
as we go into our last set of answers.
Okay.
Author Leo Tolstoy,
guitar maker Leo Fender,
actor Leonardo DiCaprio,
artist Leonardo da Vinci.
- Ooh. - [Chris] Now, based on those,
you can triple up if you want to.
I think I'm gonna be a little more reasonable.
- [Chris] Okay. - One ball at 4.
[Chris] One ball at 4. Sounds good.
It's gonna be great.
No need to be nervous at all.
[Chris] Let's send him the question.
Leo.
[announcer] Which of these famous people named Leo
was born on August 10th,
making his astrological sign Leo?
Author Leo Tolstoy,
guitar maker Leo Fender,
actor Leonardo DiCaprio,
artist Leonardo da Vinci.
- How? - Oh, wow.
Who would know this?
[laughter]
I'm not really big into the whole
horoscope thing either.
I don't think he even knows that we're both Aquarius,
- but we are. - [laughs]
It's kinda scary just
throwing a guess out there at the moment
but I think that's what I have to do.
Let's go with, D, Leonardo da Vinci.
Lock it in.
[Hope] Maybe that's right. I don't know.
He did the best in the situation.
Yeah, I would have done the same thing.
The correct answer was guitar maker Leo Fender,
- August 10. - Okay. So--okay.
[Chris] Happy birthday, Leo Fender.
- [Hope] Oh, okay. - Thanks for the sweet guitars.
Okay. Okay.
[Chris] So let's go ahead and drop it.
We're protecting 1.4.
Come on, 4. You're gonna follow my voice.
To the left.
Please. Please.
Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, go that way.
Yes. Follow... follow--whoa.
- Oh, goodness. - Slow yourself.
Slow your roll. Into the 1.
Into the 10. Into the freaking 10.
Oh, my God.
[Chris] This is unreal.
Francis may have missed the final two questions
but those two red balls combined only cost you $11.
$1,430,190.
[laughs]
Oh, my God.
[Chris] This is an epic number.
- [Hope] That's a lot. - Right now,
it's deliberation time.
Oh, my God. We're already there.
This is a very tough decision to make.
The seemingly impossible choice of taking guaranteed money
or whatever is potentially left on The Wall.
Is this total of $1,430,190
enough to make it through the four red balls?
I'm scared.
- Now, this is a contract... - Yes.
... that will change the course of the show.
Does he sign it? Does he tear it up?
Everyone who plays The Wall
gets an opportunity to leave with guaranteed money.
- Yeah. - [Chris] A signed contract
gets you all your money from Free Fall,
- which was $95,118. - [Hope] Yeah.
Francis got two questions right.
So 20 for each of those.
$135,118 is what you would get
- if he signs the contract... - Yeah.
... which is a terrific guarantee.
- Okay. - If he rips it up,
he's risking for what's left on The Wall,
which right now is $1.4 million.
- [Hope] Yeah. - [Chris] We still have to get
- through four red balls. - [Hope] Yeah.
I'm gonna send this to him. He's gonna make that decision.
We'll bring Francis up.
He can't hear you or see you
but you all are so connected, so just talk to him.
Oh, hi, Francis.
You did awesome.
We have a lot of money on The Wall.
I think...
I think you can rip it up.
I give you my blessing to rip it up.
Let's go for it.
Let's figure it out.
All right.
- There it goes. - [screams]
[Chris] Francis has the contract.
We're gonna cut off the feed
so that he can make this decision in private.
Obviously, we're gonna find out what he decided
at the end of the show.
I am--I'm still...
I'm still at a total loss right now, honestly.
It's really just because I...
I don't-- those last three questions
were just so difficult.
I'm kind of concerned that they all were just red
and I'm picturing all the different scenarios
that could've gone on out there.
Hope has worked so hard
and she has--she's got a lot of debt.
Turns out becoming a veterinarian is not cheap.
This is a really impossible decision.
It really is.
I got two right, I think.
I'm pretty sure about that.
This is a really tough call.
[cheers and applause]
[Chris] Call in the family.
This is unreal.
This could be a huge finish tonight.
Welcome back to The Wall. I'm here with Hope.
You have an incredible $1,430,190 on The Wall.
About 135,000 in guarantee.
- We're just waiting... - Yeah.
... for Francis to decide on
- which one he's gonna go for. - [The Wall beeping]
- Yeah. - [Chris] Oh, I hear it.
Oh, boy. There it is.
So whatever he decided, he's done, all right?
[Hope] Yeah, that's it.
[Chris] But there's one last part of the game
that we have to get through.
It's the four red balls.
We're gonna play them from the same place
that we let you drop the four
free green balls from.
The first number you chose was 7.
All right, 7. This time.
Go to the left.
If it goes anywhere but the million,
- we'll be in good shape. - [Hope] Yeah, yeah.
Anywhere but the million.
[Chris] Number 7.
Ooh, there's a lot of big amounts under there.
All right. Be nice.
Drop it.
[sighs]
All right. Come on. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Go all the way. All the way. - Oh, goodness.
All the way, all the way, all the way.
Don't even think about it.
Go right into 10, right in the hundred.
- Oh, my God. - No.
- Oh, God. - [Chris] Oh, jeez.
- Ooh. - [Hope] That's the one
I told it not to do.
[Chris groans]
- Hope, I'm so sorry. - Okay.
[Chris] I'm so sorry, Hope.
[Hope] Oh, that's a bummer.
[Chris] That really sucks.
[Hope] Okay. [clears throat]
[sighs] I'm sorry.
You still have $430,190 up there.
[Hope] Yeah. That's still a lot.
[Chris] The second number you selected was 5.
[Hope] All right, 5.
You're gonna now just
stay away from the big ones.
- [Chris] All right. Number 5. - Please.
[Chris] Go ahead and drop it.
[Hope] You've been so nice to me, Wall.
Please be nice to me.
[groans]
[Hope] Okay. Okay. All right. Yeah.
- Go to the left. - Follow my voice.
No, follow my voice. Please.
- [Chris] Go to the left. - [Hope] Go, go.
- Yeah. 1, 1. - [Chris] Oh, my God.
Please. Please, go to the 1.
Oh, my God.
[screams]
Oh, the 1. Oh, the 1.
- That's right. I love that. - It's like that release
of tension after that last drop.
That was a huge whiplash.
Oh, my God.
[Chris] That ball was dancing over the million
but only took $1.
Oh, jeez.
All right.
We're halfway there.
You now have a total of $430,189.
- Okay. Great. - The third number
- you selected was 3. - [Hope] Yeah.
[Chris] So let's put that in there.
Anything to the left, a hundred or a 1 or a 10.
- [Hope] Okay. - [Chris] All right.
Drop it.
[Hope] Come on, 3.
Right in that 1.
We're gonna do $1s from now on.
That's it.
[cheers and applause]
- All right. Okay. Right. - [Chris] Get to the left.
Yeah, all the way to the left. All the way.
- Come on. - Go more to the left.
All the way to the left. All the way.
- All the way. Come on. - Keep going.
- Yes. - [cheers and applause]
Oh, my God.
Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.
- [Hope] Wow. - [Chris] Oh, goodness.
Okay. You're doing great.
Your total on The Wall now,
you have $430,188.
I'm very happy to tell you the last one you chose was 2.
- This is our final ball. - [Hope] Yes.
Okay. Here we go, 2.
[Chris] We got two 1s in a row.
Two amazing drops.
Can we do it again?
Yes, last ball.
[Chris] Last ball, last ball.
The million wipes you out.
The 500,000 wipes you out.
The 400,000 takes almost all of it.
I mean, you got so many lucky drops tonight.
Do you have just a little bit of luck left
for one more right here?
- [Hope] Last one. - Drop it.
[cheers and applause]
[Hope] Okay. Come on. Right, go.
- Go to the--no, left. - Go all the way, all the way.
- [Chris] Left. Left is good. - [Hope] Yes, yeah. Easy, easy.
Left is good. Left is good.
$50,000. Yes.
You're going home with money.
Oh, congratulations.
Oh, my God.
[exhales] I'm gonna cry.
[Chris] $380,188.
So I'm very happy to tell you
that you are either going home with $380,000
- or $135,000. - Yeah. Yeah.
In just a minute, we're gonna find out
how this story ends.
Did Francis sign the contract for $135,000
or tear it up for $380,000?
This is The Wall on NBC.
Nicely done.
Coming up, Francis Zuber's quick thinking
on the slopes prevented an unthinkable tragedy.
Discovering a submerged snowboarder
trapped and helpless,
Francs dug him out just in the nick of time
to open an airway and save his life.
[Francis] Okay. You're good.
- I got you. - [Chris] And now.
If you tore up the contract,
you're risking it all for what's left on The Wall.
It's a $380,000 moment
for this young couple from Washington.
You know me. I like to take some risks.
I like to sand it a little bit.
But I'm getting older maybe
and was thinking about playing it safer.
It was a very difficult decision.
But I...
[cheers and applause]
Welcome back to The Wall.
Well, it's time to end the suspense
and find out what Francis decided.
Let's bring him out.
Francis Zuber, ladies and gentlemen.
Welcome to the stage. How are you?
I'm feeling a little rattled, Chris.
That was... that was probably
the most nerve-racking experience I've ever had
just sitting in a chair.
You seemed totally composed.
It didn't read on camera.
- You did great back there. - Thank you.
And I'll bring you up the speed. You got two questions right.
I'm gonna give you 20,000 for each one of those
towards your guarantee,
which means if you signed the contract I sent you,
it was worth $135,118.
If you tore it up, you're risking it all
for what's left on The Wall, which you don't know
and we don't know what you did.
So I'm gonna invite you over to Hope.
Didn't seem like that long ago we were right here.
So go ahead and tell us what you decided.
Okay.
Sitting back there, I was thinking a lot about our...
our future.
[sighs] We wanna have a family,
build on our house, pay off our debt,
pay off the mortgage, and $100,000
probably wouldn't cut that.
You know me. I like to take some risks.
I like to sand it a little bit.
But I'm getting older maybe
and was thinking about playing it safer.
[sighs]
It was a--yeah, it was a very, very difficult decision ...
... But I ripped it up.
Francis, I am so proud of you.
That was not easy at all back there,
but you did so well.
And it's just kinda crazy looking at you.
I fell in love with you when I was 16 years old
and I've loved you my whole life.
And you're always, always there to support me.
So, I just can't thank you enough for that.
And just thinking about you back there
going through that,
you should be confident because we are going home
- with $380,000. - Oh, my God.
[Chris] You made the right call.
$380,188.
[cheers and applause]
[Chris] What a nice couple.
You know, she helps people's pets get better.
- He saves people. - Oh.
[Chris] I mean, it's--you've been together since high school.
Just seeing the two of you together,
it's just--it warms this old man's heart.
This really made my day.
I love giving nice people good news.
And they are going back to Bellingham, Washington
with $380,188.
I hope this made your day a little bit better.
Thanks for watching The Wall. Goodnight.
[Hope] Yeah. Okay.
[Chris] $380,188.
- [Hope] We did it. - [Francis] Woo!
- Oh, man. - [Hope] We got money.
[theme music playing]