.
- You can play the lottery.
You can hope for the death of a rich uncle.
You could slip on a grape at the grocery store.
But the most exciting way to take home up to $1,000,000
is to outsmart seven other contestants
on the "Weakest Link."
[dramatic music]
* *
Welcome to the "Weakest Link."
[cheers and applause]
It's been said everyone's got an interesting story to tell.
But I'll bet these eight
are about to prove that wrong.
[laughter]
- I'm Michael, a product
and operations manager
from Bakersfield, California.
- I'm Matt. I work for PETA,
and I'm from
Schenectady, New York.
- I'm Prince David.
I'm from Port Harcourt, Nigeria,
and I work in biotechnology.
- I'm Jack.
I'm a limo driver and bodyguard from Brooklyn, New York.
- Hi, I'm Emilly.
I'm a cancer data analyst from Palm Coast, Florida.
- I'm Brian.
I own a small bourbon company,
and I'm from Phoenix, Arizona.
- Hi, I'm Liz from Pasadena, California,
and I'm a digital marketing recruiter.
- Hi, I'm Faith.
I'm a registered nurse from Rancho Cucamonga, California.
- Now that we're all on a first name basis,
you may call me Ms. Lynch.
[laughter]
You know how this works.
I'll ask you questions, one at a time.
If you string together eight correct answers,
you will win the top prize for the round.
If you get just one answer wrong,
you will break the chain,
which will take you back to zero.
However, if you press your button
and say bank before your question is asked,
well, that money is safe.
In this round, the top prize is worth $25,000,
and we'll start with Michael.
It's time to play the "Weakest Link."
[dramatic musical sting]
Start the clock.
- Michael...
- Wolf. - Correct. Matt...
- Ten. - Correct.
Prince David...
- USA?
- No, "Take Me Out To The Ball Game."
Jack...
- Weave.
- Correct. Emilly.
- Isotope?
- No, imaginary.
Brian...
- Blue.
- Nope, purple. Liz.
- Bank. - On your screen...
- Mick Jagger.
- Correct.
Faith.
- Gotham? - Nope, caves.
Michael...
- University of Pennsylvania.
- Correct. Matt...
- Sing. - Correct.
Prince David...
- Modeling. - No, architect.
Jack...
- Olive. - Correct.
Emilly, on your screen...
- Tiger Lily.
- Nope, snapdragon.
Brian...
- Key and Peele. - Correct.
Liz... - Bank.
- Sheldon Whitehouse. - Correct.
Faith. - Bank.
- Yellow. - Correct.
Michael... - Bank.
- Hans...pass.
- Nope, John Williams.
[dramatic chords]
Time's up.
As the godfather might say,
[New York accent] I offered you 25 large,
and you banked just 3,000 small.
[normal voice] That money moves to the next round,
but one of you is about to be whacked.
Who thinks AI is a rapper?
[laughter]
It's time to vote off the weakest link.
* *
announcer: In this first round Liz is the strongest link,
answering both of her questions correctly.
Statistically, the weakest link is Prince David,
who missed both of his questions.
Is this Prince about to be royally screwed?
- The voting is complete.
I want to talk to the strongest statistical link, OK?
Liz, what do you think?
Do you feel like you're much smarter than these people?
- I'm a genius.
- Yeah, I can tell.
You have PTSD about something? Tell me about that.
- I have PTSD around cheerleaders.
- Oh...
- Because cheerleaders were the bitches in high school.
[laughter]
- Oh, honey,
Emilly, what do you do?
- I am a cancer data analyst.
- Wonderful.
- And I'm a cheerleading coach.
[laughter]
- Were you a cheerleader, Emilly?
- I was, yeah. - [gasps]
- I promise, I was very nice.
- Are you good at trivia?
- Yeah, I would like to think so.
But my round didn't prove that.
- Who do you think was weaker than you?
- I voted for Prince David this round.
- Prince David, Zaha Hadid, Maya Lin,
and the mom on "Family Ties" all share what profession?
What is the answer you gave?
- I said model.
- Let me guess, did you ever model?
- I did.
I worked at Abercrombie and Fitch,
and I was a store greeter for a couple of years.
- Oh, yeah. I remember that.
They used to have no shirts on, right?
- People were waiting in line for hours
just to take pictures with us. - Yeah.
- It was terrible.
- Yeah, I'll bet.
Well, it's time to reveal who the team thinks
is the weakest link.
- Emilly.
- Michael
- Prince David.
- Well, my friend, Prince David,
you are now the contestant formerly known as Prince David.
With four votes, you are the weakest link.
Goodbye.
- Thank you.
- Bye, Prince David. - Sorry, Prince.
- I'm so disappointed.
I wish I could have done a lot better job
if I had a bit more of an opportunity.
Damn it!
I guess I was the architect of my own demise.
- All right, while this team struggles
through a second round,
I'll suffer through more secondhand embarrassment
when we return to the "Weakest Link."
[cheers and applause]
.
[cheers and applause]
- If you're just joining us,
let me tell you what you missed.
I offered a bunch of money, and they banked a little money.
Now you're caught up.
So far, this group banked $3,000.
But here's something that's nice.
This round, you can run the chain
and add $50,000 to that total.
Ten seconds are coming off the clock.
We'll start with the strongest link from the last round,
and that's Liz.
Let's play the "Weakest Link."
* *
Start the clock.
Liz...
- Sarah Palin. - Correct.
Faith.
- Yeast. - Correct.
Michael. - Bank.
- Leonardo. - Correct. Matt.
- Solitaire. - Correct.
Jack...
- I don't know.
- Russell Wilson.
Emilly...
- "Bang Bang." - Correct.
Brian... - Bank.
- Baboons. - Nope, bees.
Liz.
- Festivus. - Correct.
Faith.
- Axe. - Correct.
Michael, on your screen...
- Arrows. - Correct.
Matt... - Bank.
- Public service announcement. - Correct.
Jack...
- Brooklyn.
- Nope, The Bronx.
Emilly.
- Iceland. - Nope, Greenland.
Brian...
- Jennifer.
- Nope, old Mother Goose.
Liz...
- Philadelphia. - Correct.
Faith... - Bank.
[dramatic chords]
Time is up.
I can't accept your answer,
but the answer was "Playboy."
Team, here's the score.
I offered you a home run
of $50,000.
And you struck out,
banking just $9,500.
That brings your total bank
to $12,500.
That money slides into the next round,
but one of you is getting benched.
Who makes apes say, "We evolved into that?"
[laughter]
It's time to vote off the weakest link.
[dramatic musical sting]
announcer: The team fared slightly better in this round.
Liz remains the strongest link,
answering all three of her questions correctly.
The weakest link this time is Jack,
a New Yorker who mixed up the Bronx with Brooklyn.
Then there's Brian, who thinks old Mother Goose
is named Jennifer.
But which player will the team think is holding them back?
- The voting is complete.
* *
Oh, Jack, US representative AOC
represents parts of Queens and what other borough
where she was born-- not where you were born!
[laughter]
And where was she born?
- I knew it was Brooklyn or the Bronx.
And I was thinking, oh, Brooklyn.
- 'Cause you're from Brooklyn. - Right.
- Okay. Now, you are here today to right a wrong
that happened to you as a child--explain that.
- Oh, I was always a bigger kid and everything.
I was good athlete.
But my teachers kept referring to me
as either not smart or just stupid.
So I decided to come on this show
to prove that I'm somewhat smart.
Because, I mean, I've got an IQ of 139.
- Do you really?
You should do great on this show.
- You would think, right?
And I recognize the representative
from my own city.
- Well, we'll see if we can't prove that stereotype wrong.
- Yeah, just keep me around guys.
I'm a lot of fun to keep at the party.
- Who do you think should leave our party?
- I voted for Brian.
I felt like he wasted some time and had gotten
the wrong answer on top of it.
I just had to vote for somebody.
- Yeah, do you think Jack's a cool guy?
- I think he's Mr. Popular.
[laughter]
- Do you think you're a cool guy?
- Uh...I'd like to think I...
maybe now.
- Yeah, because you're on the show?
- Yeah. - No, or because you have
a small bourbon company.
- A little bit of both, actually.
- That's kind of cool, I think.
I think it's very cool to have a bourbon company.
Who do you think should leave?
- [sighs] I think Mr. Popular, Jack.
[crowd exclaims] - Well, it doesn't take
one vote-- it takes the team's vote.
And it is now time to reveal
who the team thinks is the weakest link.
* *
- Jack.
- Brian.
- Sorry, Brian.
Brian!
- Jack.
- Brian.
- Jack from Brooklyn, traffic sucks.
But fortunately, you have a clear commute
down our tunnel to the exit.
With four votes, you are the weakest link.
Goodbye.
- It might be time for another IQ test.
- Bye, Jack. - Sorry, Jack.
- I'm sorry.
- I thought I'd be down to the final two.
I thought I would last throughout.
Wife of a football player. Who would know that?
I was in a New York State of mind,
just not the right borough.
[cheers and applause]
.
[cheers and applause]
- So far, you've banked $12,500
out of a possible $75,000.
And this round, I'm putting up another $75,000 for grabs
because apparently, I never learn.
We'll start with the strongest link
from the last round, and that's Liz again.
Let's play the "Weakest Link."
[dramatic musical sting]
Start the clock.
Liz... - Bank.
- A spoon. - Correct.
Faith.
- Mayweather.
- Nope, Muhammad Ali.
Michael, on your screen...
- "Saturday Night Live."
- Correct.
Matt...
- Everest. - Nope, Denali.
Emilly...
- Abracadabra.
- Nope, presto.
Brian.
- Integer. - Nope, numerator.
Liz...
- Rio de Janeiro. - Correct.
Faith... - Bank.
- Marshmallow. - Nope, Graham crackers.
Michael...
- Tiffany Haddish. - Correct.
Matt...
- Vermont. - Correct.
Emilly. - Bank.
- Ginni. - Correct.
Brian...
- The PJs.
- Nope, "The Family Circus."
Liz... - Bank.
- Mystery. - Nope, "Murderer."
- Ohh! - Faith...
- I don't know.
* *
- Time is up.
The correct answer was Nelson Mandela.
All right, team,
I offered you a hefty $75,000,
and you banked a hinky $3,500.
That brings your total bank to $16,000.
That money will go through to the next round,
but one of you will not.
Who played to the best of their ability,
and that's what makes this so tragic?
[laughter]
It's time to vote off the weakest link.
* *
announcer: Until now, Michael had been
quietly playing a strong game.
His cover is now blown
as he's taken on the title of strongest link.
Brian and Faith both struggled this round,
though Faith somehow managed
to get all three of her questions wrong,
making her the weakest link.
Has the rest of the team lost its faith in her?
- The voting is complete.
* *
Liz, we're halfway through the game,
and you still don't know
that you don't bank when there's zero money.
Do me a favor-- watch the cheerleader
and see how she does it.
[audience groans]
Who would you like to get rid of in this round?
Don't hit the button. You don't need to do that.
Just tell me.
- I feel bad,
but Faith didn't get any of her answers.
- I know.
Faith, what do you do?
- I'm a registered nurse.
- You used to work at a correctional unit,
and something funny happened there?
- I know I look really young.
But one time, I had a patient coming out of surgery,
and when he woke up from anesthesia, he was like,
does anyone see the little girl, too?
And it was me.
- Oh.
He thought he had died and this little girl
was taking him to heaven.
Oh, that's adorable. I think it's sweet.
But you were statistically the weakest link.
- I was the one banking on the right time.
- You were. And you banked some money.
- You were the only one had any points to bank.
- Who said something? - I did.
- What did you say about her?
- Well, I said she's the only one
who had any points to bank.
Nobody else got any questions
except for me, Liz, and Matt once.
- So your team is letting you down?
- It's not a team thing.
It's just...maybe it's a questions thing.
You guys need to give easier questions.
- Pfffft!
How old are you? Telling me how to run my game.
- I'm 20.
- It's kind of a 20-year-old male thing to say.
But you have a few jobs, don't you?
You work very hard.
- I have two jobs right now, yeah.
- What are those? Well, one's a product
and operations manager.
And then I work at a movie theater as well.
- Oh. - Usually as a snack person.
So you come up, you want a hot dog that takes two minutes
and tastes terrible, I'm the one making it for you.
- I kind of like those hot dogs, so...
- We actually make them four days in advance.
- Oh, that's not good to know.
- All at once, and then we just reheat them.
- Oh my goodness.
And you're also going to school on top of all of this?
- Yeah, I'm studying law at Cal Poly.
- Oh wow, you are a busy guy.
- Yeah, I try. That's why I'm here today,
to try and not have to work that much.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, all right.
Well, it's time to reveal who the team thinks
is the weakest link.
- Brian.
- Michael.
- Faith.
- Brian.
[musical sting]
- Well, Brian, our bourbon expert,
let me distill this for you.
Your game is on the rocks.
With four votes, you're the weakest link.
Goodbye.
- [whispering] Goodbye. - Bye, Brian.
- Sorry, Brian. - Bye, Brian.
- Bye.
- Take a shot for me.
- Next year, I'll get some bourbon from you, OK?
- Michael's not even old enough to drink.
But he's old enough to vote me off the show?
What's that.
[sighs]
I definitely need a bourbon after this.
- I keep upping the money,
and you keep banking less of it.
What am I missing here?
Maybe this time you'll start playing it smart
because if you can run the chain,
you'll add $100,000 to your previously banked $16,000.
We'll start with the strongest
link from the last round.
That's Michael.
Let's play the "Weakest Link."
* *
Start the clock.
Michael.
- "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart."
- Correct. Matt.
- Pi Day. - Correct.
Emilly... - Bank.
- Canada. - Correct.
Liz.
- Horacha.
- No, horchata.
- Oh! - Faith...
- Pass.
- Liz Cheney.
Michael...
- Tutu. - Correct.
Matt...
- Jenny. - Correct.
Emilly. - Bank.
- Dog shampoo. - Correct.
Liz... - Bank.
- X. - Correct.
Faith... - Bank.
- Home Goods.
- No, Home Depot.
Michael...
- Arithmetic. - No, abacus.
Matt...
- "Quiet Place." - Correct.
Emilly... - Bank.
- Aaron Rodgers. - Nope, Mickey Mantle.
Liz.
- Caterpillar. * *
- Time is up.
I cannot accept your answer.
However, it was caterpillar.
[laughter]
Well, you banked $17,500.
That brings your total bank to $33,500.
That money will go through to the next round,
but one of you, rightly so, will not.
Who thinks Shonda Rhimes is a type of poetry?
[laughter]
It's time to vote off the weakest link.
* *
announcer: Well, well, well, these folks actually decided
to make some money this round, led by Emilly,
who banked $12,500 for the team.
But she also thinks Aaron Rodgers plays
baseball for the Yankees.
The weakest link, once again, is Faith,
who answered her last five questions incorrectly.
How much longer can she continue to avoid elimination?
- The voting is complete.
* *
Matt, you're playing a very solid game.
You're very stealthy. We barely notice you.
You work for...
- PETA.
- PETA, which is?
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
- Talk to me about a crazy protest.
- Wasn't so much a protest,
but I did once wear a pig costume at Carrie Underwood's
Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony
because she is a friend to animals.
- Oh, she's a friend to animals.
I thought you meant she did something
to pigs that was terrible.
No, so you did it, like, in celebration of her.
- Yes.
- Matt, who do you want to get rid of?
- I voted for Emilly.
Aaron Rodgers is not a New York Yankee.
- No, he's not.
And were cheerleaders not nice to you in high school?
- They weren't mean to me. They just ignored me.
- I'm banking a lot of money, you know?
I'm banking it.
- She's pleading so that you don't vote her off.
We'll have to see what happens. - Yeah.
- Well, it's time to reveal who the team thinks
is the weakest link.
- Faith.
- Emilly.
- Faith.
- Emilly.
- Faith, our nurse, you're going to feel a slight pinch.
And this might sting a bit.
With three votes, you're the weakest link.
Goodbye.
- Bye, Faith. - Bye, Faith.
- Good luck.
From the beginning, I feel like I've banked the most money,
and they didn't appreciate that.
The bank could use some triage, but you're on your own.
[cheers and applause]
.
- Welcome back to the "Weakest Link."
Edward R. Murrow is known for saying
"Good night and good luck,"
Spock for "Live long and prosper."
But this team's catchphrase just seems to be,
"I'm sorry, what was that?"
Here's something you can quote me on.
If you can run the chain, you can
add a $250,000 to that total.
We're taking another ten seconds off the clock.
And we'll start with the strongest link
from the last round, and that's Matt.
Let's play the "Weakest Link."
* *
Start the clock.
Matt...
- Huckleberry Finn. - Nope, Tom Sawyer.
Emilly...
- Air Force. - Correct.
Liz.
- Weight loss. - Correct.
Michael... - Bank.
- Dua Lipa. - Correct.
Matt.
- Horatio. - Nope, haptics.
Emilly...
- Carbon copy. - Correct.
Liz...
- The Mindy Show.
- No, "The Mindy Project." - Ohh--
- Michael...
- Magic Eight Ball. - Correct.
Matt...
- Aztec. - Correct.
Emilly. - Bank.
- Oh my gosh.
Rent. - Nope, "Seasons of Love."
Liz...
- Gazpacho. - Correct.
Michael... - Bank.
* *
- Time is up.
You got your bank in just in time.
Well, it almost feels like I'm being punished,
and I don't know what I did.
I put up $250,000,
and you banked just $12,500.
That brings your total bank to $46,000.
That money will go through to the next round,
but one of you will not.
Who showed up to the battle of the brains unarmed?
It's time to vote off the weakest link.
* *
announcer: Michael continued his impressive play,
getting both of his questions right and regaining
the title of strongest link.
Meanwhile, Matt can't like the way his game is trending.
After missing only one question
across the first four rounds,
he missed two in this round alone,
making him the weakest link for the first time.
Will the team seize this opportunity to eliminate
a potential threat?
- The voting is complete.
Well, it's time to reveal who the team thinks
is the weakest link.
- Matt.
- Emilly.
- Matt.
- Emilly.
* *
- Well, we have a tie.
Matt and Emilly each received two votes.
Matt, why do you think Emilly should leave this game
and not you?
- She consistently gets questions wrong
that I know the answers to.
She did not know "Seasons of Love."
- No. - And the song that's stuck
in my head right now. - Yeah, I know, mine too.
Emilly. - Yes.
- Tit for tat here.
Why do you think you should stay in the game
and Matt should leave?
- Number one, back at ya.
I knew both of your wrong questions.
Second, I'm banking a lot of money.
- You're only able to bank money
because I'm getting questions right.
- Oh, OK.
- Well, in the event of a tie, it's the strongest link
who will cast the deciding vote.
And in this last round, the strongest link was Michael.
You voted for Matt.
Would you like to stick to that vote
or would you like to switch it to Emilly?
- Matt's the better player.
If I get him out now, I don't have to play him later.
- OK. - However, Matt's been
really nice to me.
I'm going to switch my vote to Emilly.
audience: Aw...
- All right. - All right.
- Emilly, our cheerleading coach--
two, four, six, eight, who should we eliminate?
It's you. With three votes,
you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
- Okay. - Bye, Emilly.
- I'm sorry, Emilly. - Thanks guys.
Should have stuck with your original vote.
- Sorry, Emilly.
- Hope that doesn't cost you the game, buddy.
- Oh, gosh. - If it does,
I'll fly to Nashville to tell you about it.
- Okay. Michael should have
stuck to his guns and voted out Matt while he could.
It's a big money mistake, Michael.
You should have banked on me.
- Well, well, well, our quartet has become a trio.
Let's see if they can make sweet music together
to the tune of half a million dollars
when we return to the "Weakest Link."
[cheers and applause]
.
- One person on this stage is going home
with thousands of dollars tonight
based on their brilliance.
But enough about me.
So far, you've banked $46,000.
And in this round, I am giving you a shot
at half a million dollars
if you can run the chain.
But more money means less time.
Another ten seconds will come off the clock.
And we'll start with the strongest
link from the last round,
and that's Michael.
Let's play the "Weakest Link."
* *
Start the clock.
Michael...
- Ohio. - Nope, Michigan.
Matt...
- Sirius. - Correct.
Liz...
- Hit me up. - Correct.
Michael...
- James Buchanan. - Correct.
Matt. - Bank.
- Nicki Minaj. - Nope, Cardi B.
Liz...
- The Talmud.
- No, the Torah.
Michael...
- Cold?
- Correct. Matt.
- Bank.
- The Seaweed Burger?
- Nope, The Chum Bucket.
Liz...
- Chicken. - Nope, pigeon.
Michael...
- 365.
- Nope, 366.
Matt...
* *
Time's up.
Wow, what's the phrase
I'm looking for?
Monetarily challenged.
You banked $12,500, which brings
your final bank to $58,500.
That money will move on,
but how do you say it?
Oh right, one of you won't.
Who tried to find out what else fits in a wall socket?
It's time to cast your final vote for the weakest link.
announcer: With a half million dollars on the line,
let's just say no one brought their A game.
Everyone got two questions wrong.
But Michael also got two right,
making him the strongest link for the third time.
Matt and Liz both went one and two,
but Matt banked all $12,500 for the team,
making Liz the weakest link for the first time.
Will Liz get punished for her mistakes?
Or does the team have another strategy in mind?
- The voting is complete.
* *
Michael, tell me why it means so much to you to win tonight.
- So when I was younger, when I was growing up,
I was homeless for a long time. [voice breaks]
Sorry. - Oh gosh.
- After I moved out of my parents' house at 18,
I've struggled a lot, went homeless three more times.
And so just being here is great so...
- Good, good, good.
You're doing very well for yourself, you know.
- I know. - Not just in this game,
but in everything in your life. - Thank you.
- You're welcome.
Well, Liz.
- Yes, ma'am.
- Do you think you're going home?
- I could be.
But I will tell you I want to play Michael.
And Matt needs to go if that's going to happen.
- OK, well, this is going to be interesting.
You know, they say every cloud has a silver lining,
which may comfort one of you as it's about to pour rain
on your hopes and dreams.
Let's see who you decided is the weakest link.
- Liz.
- Matt.
* *
- Liz, with two votes, you are the weakest link.
Goodbye.
- Bye, Liz. - Good luck.
It's going to be a fight to the death.
Now I got PTSD from these mean boys on the game show.
My hair looks fabulous.
Thank you, boys.
- Michael and Matt made it to the final round
and are about to play for the entire bank of $58,500
when we return to the "Weakest Link."
[cheers and applause]
.
[cheers and applause]
- After six rounds of dog-eat-dog competition,
we're left with these two scrappy mutts,
Michael and Matt.
One of them is digging up
a $58,500 bone.
And the other one, well, the
other one's going home hungry.
I've got five questions for each of you, no voting,
no chain making, no banking.
Michael, as the strongest link in the last round,
you get to decide who goes first.
- I'm going to go first.
- All right, Michael's going first.
Let's play the "Weakest Link."
* *
Michael...
- Wilbur.
- The correct answer is Babe.
Matt...
- I know this from "The Office."
It is Pavlov.
- The correct answer is Ivan Pavlov.
Well, you're on the board, Matt.
Michael...
- The Charlotte Hornets.
- The correct answer is the Charlotte Hornets.
You've tied the score 1 to 1.
Matt...
- I'm going to say 858.
- The correct answer is 321.
- Oh.
That's more appropriate.
- We have a tie score.
Michael...
- I'm going to be completely honest.
This is gonna be a guess.
Quantitative Reader.
- The correct answer is Quick Response.
All right, you can't break the tie yet.
Matt, let's see if you can.
- Pizza Hut.
- The correct answer
is Pizza Hut.
Michael...
- We're going to go with
the Department of the State.
- The correct answer is the FBI.
All right, Matt, if you answer this question correctly,
you win the game and $58,500.
- OK, um...
Musical...
"My Fair Lady."
- The correct answer
is "the Book of Mormon."
- OK.
- Michael, you have been granted a temporary reprieve.
However, you must get this question correct to stay
in the game, OK?
- Oh my God.
It's Ezekiel.
- The correct answer...
Is Samsonite.
Matt, you are our winner.
Congratulations.
You are tonight's strongest link.
You leave here with $58,500.
What a game.
Matt, you were the smartest one here tonight.
But then again, it is all relative.
How does it feel to be the strongest link?
- I couldn't have done it
without Michael changing his vote.
- Yep.
- I'm calling Emilly.
[laughter]
Getting here, this far, this is what you wanted.
But at the end, I just kind of blew it.
Whenever I can do it again, I'm going to win it.
I promise you.
- That's it for tonight, America.
And remember, you don't have to wash
your water bottle every month.
And dusting is for chumps.
Just don't be the weakest link.
Goodbye.
[cheers and applause]