$50,000 is on the line.
The only way to move up closer to one million dollars is to be right, and…
I was right. I do. I work for Levi's.
-I do their morning brief.
-$50,000. -Yes!
-Oh my God. -How amazing is that?
It's literally insane.
Okay, it is insane because you can, and you should, and you probably will,
-use your second and final lock. -Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
You're locking in, so you cannot leave tonight
-with any less than $50,000.
-Talk to me. -I can get real blinds.
I can get a new couch. My cat pees on things.
-Oh, okay. -And so I need a new couch. This is--
-You should move.
You're painting a picture of where you live with a cat-pissed couch.
-Yeah. -No pants. Towels on the window.
You need this money more than anybody else in this room. I am so thrilled for you.
I'm not gonna ask you whether you're staying because you are.
I'm gonna force you to stay
-and go for $75,000.
You and my cat,
-forcing me to keep going.
-I am housebroken. I'm not like your cat.
$75,000. And the question is…
"A, Mexico. B, Portugal. C, Spain. Or D, Argentina."
Katie.
You know whether your answer you locked into this board is right or wrong.
-Now the strategy kicks in. -She doesn't give anything.
Is she about to lie?
Is everything you're about to hear BS? Or does she know?
Go ahead.
Okay. So the answer is D, Argentina.
So, story time.
Um, my mom is a really big musical theater fan.
Shout-out to Tina. Tina, we love you.
-Um, so she-- -Is that even true?
Does she love her mother?
-I do!
She lives alone on a cat-pissed couch
reading about pants. Sounds like she's got mummy problems.
No, Tina did a great job.
Okay. So, Tina loves musical theater, so I love musical theater, obviously.
We were singing it backstage a bit too.
I know this from Evita, uh, by Andrew Lloyd Webber,
um, that so many wonderful women have starred in.
But yeah, the answer is D, Argentina. "Don't Cry for Me." All that jazz.
-Okay.
The challengers have all locked in.
But before we hear whether they believed you…
-Katie. -Yes?
-Tell me. -Yes?
Was it true… that your mother loves you?
-Oh God. I hope so.
Was it true? And do you know what you're talking about
when you say this is from the play Evita, and it's D, Argentina?
-Yes, I do. It's D, Argentina.
-There you go. $75,000 is on the board.
Challengers, all three of you were also correct
in believing that Katie had the right answer.
Katie, you're moving up.
You can't leave with any less than $50,000.
But you can make a decision to leave right now with $75,000.
Or you can go on to the next question which is $100,000.
-Wow.
Um…
-You know what? -What?
-I'm having a blast. I'm-- -Right. So am I.
I'm gonna keep playing, and we're gonna keep on saying some prayers.
And, uh, yeah, we're gonna keep going.
-All right. -Oh, wow.
-Ah! -Wow. Getting very spiritual.
Yeah.
-Sometimes you gotta ask for help. -It really is. Yeah, you gotta.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Okay.
-Here we go. -All right.
-This Jew just went to church. Here we go.
-$100,000. And your question is…
"A, Infinite. B, Lonesome. C, Devoted. Or D, Obscure."
-She's locking in an answer.
And now, answer the question.
I am much more familiar with Thomas Hardy than I am Michael Ian Black.
Um, so the reference that made the most sense to me
with Thomas Hardy and his novels is Lonesome.
That's what I went with, and that's the right answer.
Okay. She is saying that the answer is B,
based on what she knows the content of the books are.
Again, I'm talking to you three now.
Does she know the answer?
Or is it BS? It's up to you three to be accurate.
Tony, do you know, uh, Michael Ian Black?
-I don't know who any of these people are.
Do you know who I am?
-I grew up with you. -There's my brother!
We have been looking for you!
-Mama! -Surprise.
-Yes, okay.
It's like Twins part two.
I know that's a compliment, but you're making me feel old, buddy. Okay.
-All right. What do you think? -Um, so I noticed that Katie has a tactic.
When she knows the answer, she's always very stoic.
This time, she answered the question
and she looked, and I think she realized she got it wrong.
And so she was in her mind and her stoic face thinking,
"How am I gonna convince these people that I'm right?"
So I call bullshit.
But remember this, Tony. She has lied before.
On question number three, she lied and you didn't point that out.
Well, I was still studying then.
Question three, I was still studying, taking notes.
-You locked into the signals? All right. -Yes.
At least I think so.
Tell him. Is he right?
That was bullshit, yeah.
-Tony, you called it. -I did.
-You saw it. You picked up the signal. -Told you.
That was bullshit. The actual answer is Obscure.
Okay? But, you know,
if Ellyn and Alison both think that you were lying…
-…then you go away.
Then you know what? I go home with $50,000.
And I had a great time, and it's okay.
-I'm not saying bye yet.
-She gave the speech. -I was ready.
-Okay, she's ready to leave.
Now, if she does leave…
If she does leave, you know what's gonna happen?
What?
Up till now, we calculate which of you is the most accurate.
-Mm. -If she goes home,
if these two ladies call bullshit…
-Mm-hmm. -…Tony, you're going for the million.
-Me? -Yeah.
-Me? -You're the most accurate.
-Little ol' me? -Little ol' you.
-Look at you. -Wow.
Well, y'all better call bullshit on this 'cause I'm trying to win money too.
-I know. -All right. You ready to find out?
Yeah.
-You don't sound confident. -I'm not.
Really?
-No.
All right. I'm gonna go to Alison.
If Alison believed you, that's all it would take, just Alison to believe you,
you're still in the game and you have $100,000.
Alison.
Talk to her.
So, I have heard of the podcast Obscure.
So when I saw that come up, I was like, "I think that's the right answer."
But then you started talking and you said Thomas Hardy,
"Lonesome stands out to me," and I'm thinking,
-"Did he write Lonesome Dove? Not sure." -Yeah.
-But you sold that, and I believed it. -Yes!
-Wow. -$100,000.
-Ah! -$100,000 is yours.
-Yay! -All right.
It's $100,000. Six figures. You could leave right now.
You could take $100,000 home right now.
Or you can stay in the game and go for more than double that…
-…for $250,000.
-A quarter of a million dollars.
But if you don't get that one, if you lie and you're caught in a lie,
-you go home with $50,000. Think about it.
These are tough decisions.
-So hard. -I don't know what I'd do.
I always told myself, if I ever got on any kind of game show,
I would double down, 'cause let's be real,
this is only happening once.
Um, so if I walked out of here with 50K, I would be happy.
If I walked out of here with 250K, well, hot dog, that would just be swell.
So, I'm gonna try it. And you know what?
If we go out, we go out in a blaze of glory.
-Wow. -That's the way I go.
-All right. -Wow.
-Wowie. -Wow.
-Wowie-howie. -Wow.
-I'll tell you what you just did. -What'd I do?
-You just walked away from $100,000. -Yeah.
-Here we go.
Here is your question
-for a quarter of a million dollars.
"A, Webb Simpson. B, Tommy Fleetwood."
"C, Roy McAvoy. Or D, Billy Horschel."
Look at their faces. Look at them watch. Tony, you have such an intense look.
I don't wanna pull focus.
Go.
So the answer is B, Tommy Fleetwood.
-Once again, story time.
So, Tina, my mother, her least favorite actor is Kevin Costner,
which means that as a rebellious youth, I watched all of his films.
So I know it is in fact B, Tommy Fleetwood.
We weren't gonna do this now, but they asked me to.
I just got it in my ear. Kevin Costner is here.
Oh no!
-Kevin. -Kevin, I'm sorry.
My mother really hates you.
No, that's-- It's-- He's not here.
-Oh. I'm still sorry if he's watching. -I was bullshitting.
Okay, Ellyn.
What do you think?
I saw the panic come through your face when the golf came up,
and though you had that stoic look that Tony was talking about,
I don't think golf is your ministry.
So I call bullshit.
What did you think, Alison?
I kinda saw this look in your eyes of dread.
And I just… I was not feeling it.
-You talked fast through the answer. -Sure.
I think that you don't know the answer to this question.
So I said you were bullshitting.
So two out of three think that you're bullshitting. What were you doing?
I was bullshitting. My mother does hate Kevin Costner.
But as a result, I've not seen a single Kevin Costner movie.
All right.
-You did lie. -I did.
She didn't know what she was talking about.
She doesn't know Kevin Costner movies.
I've only seen Footloose. That's the only one I've seen.
-Footloose. Kevin Costner? -Isn't he in that?
-That's Kevin Bacon. -Kevin Bacon.
Even worse!
That just showed you somebody who thinks Kevin Costner…
-…is the star of Footloose
has an opportunity to win a quarter of a million dollars.
If you call bullshit, Tony… If you call bullshit,
she would be gone, and you will be in the seat.
You will go for the million dollars. You will leave with $50,000.
He's got this. I believe in him.
-It's up to you, Tony. -Mm-hmm.
You heard what she said.
She doesn't know the difference between any Kevin.
Wasn't there a remake, though? And in the remake…
No. Just…
-We should stop. -I would stop.
-So, I've been pretty right about Katie. -Yeah, yeah, you have.
And, uh, the look of panic on your face with golf…
Oh, yeah.
Didn't know it at all.
And then you saw Kevin Costner, and I was like, "Maybe there's hope."
Then she brought in Tina, and I was like, "She's telling the truth."
-Tina's her mother. -Yes.
So I believed her, because I believed--
Wait! Wait! You believed her?
-I believed her. -Wow!
-$250,000! -Ah!
A quarter of a million dollars!
I'm so excited. You're so deserving.
Your life has just changed forever.
I know!
Can I say something? Let me tell you. For her to get to this point,
she has been asked seven questions so far…
-Wow. -…she has not known the answer to three.
Yet she is holding in her hand right now
-$250,000.
-Hey, hey! -Wow.
Even more importantly, look at the wall.
You are three questions away from one million dollars.
Three questions. You've already answered seven.
You are three-quarters of the way to one million dollars.
$250,000. You can go home now.
-Say goodbye.
-Or the next question…
…is worth double that.
-Oh my God. -One more question.
One more answer.
Or even one more lie can win you a half a million dollars.
Double. Double what you have right now.
You can't leave with any less than $50,000. That is locked in.
-You are guaranteed $50,000. -Wow.
I have decision paralysis. It's a thing. It's why I don't own pants.
-Now you say you have decision paralysis. -I know.
It's the most important decision of your life and you're paralyzed.
-I am. I know! No! -We'll be here for another episode.
-Ah!
You know, you tell yourself when you get here, like,
"I'm-- I'm like a… I'm like a yes-person. I will…"
Like, "Wanna go to that bar on the rooftop you could fall off of? It'll be fun."
I'm like, "Yes! Let's go! Let's do the bar!"
"If I die, it's cool. I will have died on a bar. That's great."
-"Um, and, uh, this--"
-Can I ask a question? -Yeah.
-What are you talking about? -I don't know.
There's…
Okay. I trust these contestants too much to pull the wool over them again.
I think that they'd figured me out. I love myself. I believe in myself.
But I believe that $250,000 would change my life, so I'm gonna walk.
-Whoa! $250,000.
-Congratulations. -Thank you.
-How amazing is this? -It's insane!
-Isn't this exciting? -It's wild!
Isn't it wild? And, you know, I've-- I've never…
This is what I love about this game, you know?
-You didn't know a lot of the answers. -No!
-But you're such a believable, wonderful…
You come off like a really good soul. People believe you, and this is a skill.
Yes, Katie!
Yay, Katie!
Thank you so much, guys. I'll see you.
When it came to detecting Katie's truth and lies,
our most accurate challenger was
-Alison.
I'm really excited to go into the hot seat.
I'm the head of story development for a digital content creation company.
On some shows, they say, "Come on down." But this is up.
I will come up.
Thinking fast and thinking outside the box is literally how I pay my bills.
As we say goodbye to Tony, we say hello to our two new challengers.
I'm pretty good at trivia, but I am literally just gonna try to read people.
The more you ramble on, the more it sounds like a lie.
I taught eighth grade for a decade.
My whole life, I've just been compiling and collecting facts like a pack rat.
I'll be smart enough to get myself into the hot seat.
Will Allison go all the way?
Or will someone else claim the million-dollar prize?
Tell me a bit about yourself, Alison.
-So I live in Los Angeles. -Okay.
I am married, and I have three beautiful children.
And I work in content development for a digital media company.
I'm creating content for a streaming service called Netflix right now.
-That's a digital media company. -I know.
-So, look at us. Yes. -There we go. Copacetic.
-Oh!
Before we play, we have two new challengers here.
-Jason. -Hello.
Hello.
I'm from San Diego, California. I was raised all around the United States.
My dad was military, so…
-Oh, wow. -Yeah.
-Thank him for his service. -I'll definitely do that.
And are you a good detector of whether somebody is being honest or not?
Oh, yeah. I can tell when somebody's bullshitting.
Jeff, where are you from?
I'm originally from Central Massachusetts, currently in Los Angeles.
And what do you do?
I am a retired teacher.
-Retired? Already? -Yeah.
They let you do that at 30. Terrible idea, but I did it anyway.
See, we don't know when we talk to anybody on the show. I don't know this about you.
The bullshit might've begun. That could be strategy.
You may not even be a mother of three.
They don't know.
-Ellyn, we've talked before. -Yeah.
Tell me more about yourself.
I am also a mom. I am from New Jersey, and I'm a podcaster.
-Like? -Everybody else in the world, yeah.
All right, once again, remember,
the name of the game for you guys is not to get her out of this hot seat,
it's to get yourself into it.
-The only way in is to be accurate. -Yeah.
If you believe it's the truth, you click in "yes."
If you think it's bullshit, click in "bullshit." You ready to play?
-I am ready, Howie. -One million dollars is on the line.
-That is so much money.
Here we go. Question number one for $1,000 is…
"A, the Taj Mahal. B, Buckingham Palace."
"C, Saint Peter's Basilica. Or D, the Sydney Opera House."
So she's thinking of the answer.
She's going to click in her answer, and when that is locked in,
she and only she will know for sure whether she got it right.
She's locked in.
She is about to tell you what her answer is.
Listen closely. But don't only listen. Watch.
You ready?
Answer the question.
So the answer is A, the Taj Mahal.
Um, I've been to Saint Peter's Basilica before.
It's in the middle of the Vatican. There are no cars anywhere around there.
So there's no reason to have this rule.
Um, and I remembered reading something about
how quickly the Taj Mahal was corroding a few years ago.
And so it made sense to me that this would be the correct answer.
They were trying to protect the Taj Mahal from further corrosion.
So you guys
locked in whether you think she knows what she's talking about or not.
For $1,000, I'm gonna start with Alison.
Did you know what you were talking about?
-I did. I knew that it was the Taj Mahal.
-$1,000. $1,000.
All three challengers believed you were telling them the correct answer.
So, you all three stay even for a chance at the hot seat.
-Yay! -Okay, Alison. Now the game begins.
-This is the fun part. -Fun part.
$1,000. Here's what you can do right now. If you want to, there's a lock.
You can lock in at $1,000, because as you play on, if you were lying,
they called bullshit, you went home. If you're not locked in, you get nothing.
If you're locked in, you go home with $1,000.
You can also wait and use that lock a little later
to guarantee yourself a larger amount of money.
What do you wanna do?
You know, I-- I understand the impulse to lock in at 1,000, 'cause it's like,
you've come all the way here, you wanna at least make a bit of money.
But I wanna play a strategic long game.
And, uh, I don't think that you win anything by not taking a risk.
So I think I'd like to hold on to my lock.
-For now. -No risk, no reward.
She's holding on to the lock. We're going for $10,000 right now.
-The question is…
"Each season of Better Call Saul starts with a black-and-white montage
of Saul's sad-sack life
managing a what?"
"A, a Sbarro. B, a Cinnabon."
-Cinnabun. Cinnabon.
Is it Cinnabon or Cinnabun?
Cinnabon.
-Cinnabon? -Cinnabon.
-Cinnabun or Cinnabon? -"Bon."
Is it "bon" or "bun"? Is it "bon"?
-Cinnabon. -Or "bun"?
I wanted to see how many times I could say "Cinnabon."
I know. I love the smell in the mall.
-"C, Orange Julius. D, Auntie Anne's."
She's thinking about it.
Better Call Saul. I love that show.
She's locked in. She's about to give you the answer.
Jason, Jeff, and Ellyn. Listen closely, and watch closely. Go.
I know for a fact that it's A, Sbarro.
So I was a huge fan of Breaking Bad.
I watched all the seasons, and I watched the first few seasons of Better Call Saul.
Unfortunately, I've fallen off a bit because I've been really busy.
Um, but I know for a fact that he is managing a Sbarro in the mall in,
I believe it is Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the beginning of the show.
Okay. So that was her answer.
Is she lying?
Does she know?
Is that bullshit?
Jeff, I'll let you go first.
Uh, Better Call Saul doesn't take place in Albuquerque.
He had to leave Albuquerque.
So I think you might not be as familiar with the show as you led me to believe.
-So, unfortunately, I think it's bullshit.
I'm sorry.
Do you watch, uh, Better Call Saul?
-I do watch Better Call Saul. -Oh, see?
She does watch Better Call Saul.
I just couldn't remember if he was in Albuquerque,
or if he came to Albuquerque after he dates the woman,
and the foot salon.
-And I'm a huge, huge fan. -See?
I just haven't watched it in a couple of years, as I said.
Did you give us the correct answer?
No, I was totally bullshitting. I could not remember what he was managing.
The correct answer was Cinnabon.
So you didn't know the answer to the question.
-I did not. -This was for $10,000.
-You didn't lock in at 1,000. -No, I know I didn't.
-But all you need is one of these people
to believe your bullshit and you got $10,000.
But did we get one person? Jason.
-Yes?
Tell me what you thought and why.
I… was toggling between two answers, and when she said--
Well, you realize that everybody here is toggling between two answers.
-It was either bullshit or it was true.
I was like…
"Something didn't sound right."
-"She was talking a lot." -Oh!
But then I was like… "Shit, I believe her."
-Yes!
Yes!
Jason, I love you, Jason. Jason is my new favorite person.
$10,000 is yours.
Lucky. You get this one.
She loves you. Believe that?
-No.
I believe that 'cause Jason is-- is the reason right now you have $10,000.
-There's a lot to love. -You're welcome.
Jason's my… If I have a fourth kid, his name is Jason. Just so you know.
I'll take it.
All right, Alison.
You have another choice to make. You can lock in now.
You can lock in at $10,000,
which will guarantee you that no matter what happens in this game,
you can't leave with any less than $10,000.
Or you can also decide to go on and say,
"I'm gonna lock in at a higher number to guarantee me more money when I leave."
Um, I definitely believe no risk, no reward,
but I also believe in being smart.
And so my number coming in here to lock was 10,000.
I wanted to lock if I got here. I wanna lock at 10,000, please, Howie.
-She's locking in at $10,000.
Eight questions away from one million dollars.
$25,000 is on the board. The next question is…
"A, four seconds ago. B, 40 minutes ago."
"C, 40 days ago. Or D, four years ago."
This is science.
It's an interesting question.
She has been notified right now whether her answer is correct or not.
-Only you know. -Only I know.
All right, Alison.
Yes, sir.
-Answer the question.
Okay.
So, my middle son Jack is 11 years old. And when he was about…
From four to six, he was obsessed with the planets.
So I had to read a million books
about the planets, and the stars, and the constellations.
And all of this really honestly mind-numbingly boring stuff.
So, uh, we learned a lot about how fast light travels.
And I know that from Jupiter,
it's approximately, I was guessing, three to five years.
And when I saw "four years ago" was one of the answers, I knew it was correct.
-Boom.
Does she know what she's talking about?
All right, Jason, I'll let you go first.
You really tried to polish that turd, 'cause that was straight bullshit.
-I am sorry.
It does not take four years for light to travel.
I have to call bullshit on that one. I'm sorry.
-Jeff, what'd you think? -Ooh…
I got to tell ya.
Coming in and explaining all this stuff about, "Oh, I studied all these books."
I don't think a book will give you that specific information if it's a kids book.
I'm calling bullshit, the bullest of shit actually, yeah.
Because he thought you can't get information from books.
That's what you said.
-That's why I left teaching. -Yes.
Like, "What are all these for? Get 'em out of here."
-Be honest with me. -Yes, sir.
Did you know the answer to that question?
I did not know the answer to the question. I was totally bullshitting.
I… I knew that it takes a long time to travel from the stars.
So I panicked, and I clicked "four."
As then as soon as I clicked "four," I was like, "No,
it has to be closer than that." So…
You bullshitted. So the correct answer is 40 minutes ago.
So here's the dilemma you're in right now.
-It is quite the dilemma. -Jason said you were bullshitting.
-Jeff said you were bullshitting.
Your fate is in Ellyn's hands.
If Ellyn calls bullshit, you're gone with $10,000.
But if Ellyn believed you, you continue to move closer to one million dollars.
Have you reached the end of the line?
Has your luck run out?
-How are we gonna figure it out? -Oh no.
This is so much, and this is just one episode.
But we got another one coming up next.