All right.
We're about to unveil your future.
Travis, Moji and Shank called bullshit on you.
You were bullshitting.
If Alejandra didn't believe you,
you're going home.
But… Alejandra,
if you believed him,
-Travis will have $250,000.
What did you think?
-Travis, I'm so sorry.
-For me, because I believed you. -Oh, my God!
-$250,000 is yours.
Oh-ho!
Ah…
Oh…
Okay.
If you use your second and final lock here…
-Yeah. -…you can't leave here
with any less than $250,000.
What would you do with a quarter of a million dollars?
Oh, my God.
Stuff I never even thought I could do.
Like, buy a hearse and paint purple flames on it.
-I don't know. Like-- -Wow.
I got purple hearse money now.
See, when he's telling the truth about what he would do,
-it sounds like bullshit, but it's real.
This is real.
Well, Howie, that lock's a wonderful gift, and I think I would be foolish…
-Not to take it? -…not to take advantage of it.
-Let's lock in… -Okay.
-…250,000 freaking dollars!
Wow.
Three questions away
-from one million dollars.
this is the first time I have ever given…
-Hoo! -…a half a million dollar question.
Here is the question.
"A, spinning top. B, wisdom tooth."
"C, peanut shell. D, pocket watch."
Okay, he locked in.
Got a smirk on his face.
-It's a happy smirk, Howie. -You're happy.
This is a great time for you. Go ahead. Answer the question.
Uh, the answer is C, peanut shell.
-Um…
I'm not gonna tell Shank I love astronomy. That might be a weasel word.
-But I-- I am a big astronomy buff.
You know, one of the things you learn
when you, uh, learn about astronomy is that
gravity wants matter to be in kind of a spheroid shape.
Uh, so, a lot of these, uh, different answers are shapes
that really don't involve a sphere, whereas a peanut shell
could be two, uh, heavenly bodies sort of rotating around each other.
And that's why the answer is C, peanut shell.
These two spheres kind of rotating around each other.
All right.
You've got that smirk, Alejandra, now.
You were the one that brought him to $250,000
because you believed bullshit.
What are you thinking now, Alejandra?
-I don't wanna get burned again.
I don't believe you.
Come on. I wouldn't let you down. I thought we--
He wouldn't let you down.
For somebody saying they're such a big astronomy buff,
that was so much bullshit
-I just heard. -Oh, come on.
-Shank, what did you think? -Um, I listened. I listened carefully.
Uh, I processed it.
It didn't sound like anything I heard in class,
um, which I studied to be a rocket scientist.
So, I thought that a lot of that was bullshit.
-Whoa. Rocket science.
-Should've told me that earlier, Shank. -Look where we are again.
Two bullshits, but I don't know what that means unless you tell me
what your answer was.
Well, I'm in perfect agreement of Alejandra and Shank.
That was bullshit.
The actual answer is a spinning top.
Goes against everything I know about astronomy.
Now, here's the key.
If Moji calls bullshit, you're going home with a quarter of a million dollars,
and you got to ride in your purple hearse.
-Yeah. -Whatever you're gonna do.
-That's not a terrible thing. -No.
But if Moji believed your bullshit,
you are heading toward a half a million dollars.
Who has been your toughest challenger, do you think?
I mean, let's face it.
Moji has-- has been very, very tough. I don't think I've gotten through to her.
Even the few times I was right. So, uh, yeah, I… I…
Moji, you're… you're a tough nut.
Not a peanut shaped asteroid,
-obviously, but a tough nut to crack. -Good one.
We haven't had anybody here bullshit for half a million dollars.
A half a million dollars.
Moji.
What'd you think?
I totally fell for the lie, and I thought he was correct.
-Boom!
Half a million dollars, right now, is yours.
-You have a half a million dollars, buddy. -Does anybody have a paper bag on them?
-Are you feeling sick? But in a happy way?
Yeah, more like in the hyperventilating way.
-Half a million dollars.
-Ho, ho, ho.
So, let's just, uh, recap for a second. You've been asked eight questions.
-Yeah. -There's only ten in this game.
Out of eight questions, you've only gotten three right,
which means, five questions,
-your answers have been complete bullshit. -What?
-That's true. -This game is wild.
This game is wild for not knowing anything, people.
Believe it or not, Howie, and-- and you guys,
I'm-- I'm not bad at trivia.
-Oh, you are. -Okay. All right. Fine, fine.
-I just feel like-- -But you're fantastic at this game.
I got dealt a bad hand. But to me, that means I'm due.
Pardon me?
This next question for $750,000,
I will know the answer to, so…
Let's keep moving.
Oh, my God.
-Oh, my God. -Go, Travis.
You just turned down a half a million dollars
for a question worth $750,000.
I gotta tell you, this is the most excited I've ever been on this show before.
This might be the most excited I've been in my entire life.
-You've gotten virtually nothing right.
The question for $750,000 is…
"A, run. B, get."
"C, put. Or D, set."
Tell them the answer, Travis.
-Uh, Howie? -Yes.
The answer is D, set.
-Um…
I'm a creative director, a writer by trade.
Uh, the OED,
the Oxford English Dictionary, is something I'm very familiar with.
I have to refer to it all the time, but, you know, set is one of those words.
A set is a thing. A set is something you can do.
Uh, it's-- it's a noun and a verb in many different types of sets.
Many things you can set and ways to set. We're on a set.
Uh, it's just one of those words that you can use so many different ways.
The answer is D.
Okay.
You heard the answer.
They locked in.
This is for three quarters of a million dollars.
One step away from one million dollars.
The most exciting game of bullshit
And I'm not just talking about the game.
I'm talking about bullshit from the beginning of time.
-Wow. Wow!
I know. I know.
-So, I will start with you. -Okay, Howie.
You said you were due.
You said you'd have the correct answer to this question.
Did you know the answer?
Or were you bullshitting for three quarters of a million dollars?
-Well, Howie…
…I think my record… speaks for itself.
I was indeed bullshitting.
Okay. A is the right answer, and it's "run."
But bullshit has served you well. Will it continue to serve you?
Moji, tell us how you felt about this answer.
So, I heard you, and you knew what OED stood for.
So, I was really believing you at the beginning.
But I kept listening and…
At the end, you kinda lost it for me,
-so I called bullshit.
-Sorry. -Okay.
Alejandra.
I called bullshit.
I didn't believe a word of it other than the Oxford English Dictionary.
All right. Two bullshits.
You've been in this position before.
This is so familiar.
$750,000 is on the line.
One little piece of bullshit away from one million dollars
is what stands between you
and Shank right now.
He believes you, you take $750,000, three quarters of a million dollars.
Or he says good night to you.
Yeah.
And you go home with $250,000.
I am so curious.
Well…
He's so curious. Are you gonna kill the cat?
Well, I was paying attention to Travis when he was talking.
And I thought he was trying to set us up.
I called bullshit.
The good news is, you're going home
-with a quarter of a million dollars.
You'll be in that parade in that hearse.
-Whoo! -Travis, you make bullshit fun.
You really do. Thank you so much for being here.
It's been a pleasure, Howie. Guys, good luck.
I hope you all win a million.
I am delighted, and I can't wait to tell my wife and kids.
Daddy's coming home with a quarter of a million dollars.
That's put kids through college money.
And that's exactly what we're gonna do.
Okay. And now, the most accurate challenger
making their way to the hot seat for one million dollars is…
Shank.
Oh, a dab.
-Gotta dab, you know? -Come on up.
I've always wanted to be on a game show. And I've been practicing my entire life.
-Take a seat, a stand, a place.
We're here.
I am a rocket scientist. I'm a data scientist.
And I'm a bullshit scientist.
Convincing bullshit starts with a little kernel of truth.
And I'll find that. I got what it takes to be good at this.
Shank will face two new challengers,
both eager to make it into the hot seat.
Okay. First of all, tell me a little bit about yourself.
Sure. Uh, my name is Shank.
Uh, I am from Washington, D.C.
I'm a data scientist for a large nonprofit.
I went to the University of Maryland.
Go, Terps.
And I studied aerospace engineering, so I'm a certified rocket scientist.
Well, for this game, you don't have to be a rocket scientist.
You just have to be really good at BS.
Yes, sir.
Okay. And now, we have some new challengers here.
Tom, I know nothing about you.
I work in the cannabis industry. I live in Las Vegas.
I got married right before COVID, and I'm here to win some money.
You're in the cannabis industry?
The cannabis industry, yes.
-Sharing is caring. -Sharing is.
Okay, Megan.
Hi. I'm a mom of two, and I'm from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Okay. Put up the money ladder, please.
We'll start at $1,000 and go all the way for one million dollars.
-Hell yeah. -Hell yeah.
-Here we go.
Question number one for $1,000.
"A, the first set was stolen. B, his people asked for another copy."
"C, no one could read the first set."
"Or D, he smashed the first set in anger."
-They're watching you closely.
He's reading his tablet.
-He's clicking in his answer.
He knows and only he knows whether he knows.
Let's hear your answer.
Um, I do practice Hinduism.
So, not like the… I… Not the biggest, uh…
Not-- I don't have the most knowledge about Moses,
but one thing I do know
is that God is someone who you can anger easily.
Sometimes people don't take that the right way,
they get angry themselves.
So he smashed that first set in anger.
Moji, this is definitely not rocket science right here.
It's not. It's not your field of expertise.
And I saw you thinking really, really hard on this one, so, um…
I had to call bullshit on you. Sorry.
Because he was thinking?
He was thinking a long time.
-You wanna tell Moji
how she's done so far?
Uh, first of all, I came in here planning on taking a lot of time.
Don't be reading that in the first place, 'cause this one was true.
And with the correct answer, $1,000 is yours.
Megan and Tom both believed you.
So, they jump out in the lead for accuracy.
$1,000 is yours.
You can lock in now at $1,000
to ensure that no matter what happens in the future of this game,
you don't go home with any less than $1,000.
-Sure. -What do you wanna do?
Uh, I don't wanna leave here without anything.
I don't plan on quitting until the million,
but I will lock for the $1,000.
-Okay. He's locking in at $1,000.
Question number two for $10,000.
"A, Seth Rogen."
"B, Jonah Hill."
"C, Samuel L. Jackson. Or D, Joe Pesci."
There's that time again.
-I'm watching him.
He is consistent.
He has his answer in. Go ahead.
I don't know where I heard this, but I have heard this,
and I have watched Moneyball,
obviously as a sports betting connoisseur myself.
And so, I picked the answer B, Jonah Hill.
Jonah Hill.
Yes, sir.
So, that's what he said.
The question here is, does he know the answer?
-And was that bullshit?
Tom, let's start with you this time.
I like your answer, um, and I like that movie.
You know, and I can relate to that.
But I think you're full of bullshit.
That's fair.
You took that well. "You're full of bullshit."
This is the only place in the world where somebody can go,
"You're full of bullshit."
And you go, "Well, thank you. That's fair."
-Okay.
Megan, what did you think?
You sounded confident in your answer,
but I think that's a ruse.
I think that was bullshit.
That's two bullshits, Shank.
-Moji? -I called bullshit as well.
-That's three bullshits.
If you were trying to get away with an incorrect answer,
you're going home.
Why don't you tell your challengers and the world
if you were giving them the correct answer?
Guys, come on, man. Jonah Hill. He curses the most.
-That's the right answer. -Yeah!
-$10,000 is yours.
Gotta keep an eye on this guy.
All right. $10,000 is yours.
All right, now we're playing.
-Whoa! -All right, all right.
Do you believe he's a rocket scientist? Or was that part of the ploy?
-Sure, maybe he is. -You think I'm just taking you for a ride?
All right. You can walk away right now with $10,000.
Or you can stay and risk it to go for $25,000.
-No, let's keep going. Let's get this 25. -Let's get this 25. Here we go.
Here is question number three.
"A, it's 99% underwater. B, it's inside a giant sinkhole."
"C, it's overrun with alligators. Or D, it's a former nuclear testing site."
He's locked in.
He knows whether he is right or wrong.
He's about to tell you the answer.
Sure. So, I'm not from Florida.
As I went over, from Washington, D.C.
So I had to use process of elimination to get this one.
Um, I know that Florida is densely populated.
So, I don't think it's a former nuclear testing site.
Uh, Dry Tortugas National Park, it's not 99% underwater.
And the "overrun with alligators" was the "gotcha" on this one.
So I don't think it's overrun with alligators.
I went with B, it's inside a giant sinkhole.
All right. You guys have heard him.
You've watched him.
This is the third question. I don't know if you're getting a feel.
We're about to find out. Moji, what'd you think?
This is a really tough one, 'cause I'm watching his face.
And I think I'm watching him lie straight to my face,
but I'm not sure if there's a speckle of the truth.
But this time, I had to call bullshit once again.
-Even though you saw a speckle of truth? -I know. I still don't trust this guy.
-Wow. Wow.
Okay. Tom, what'd you think?
Enjoyed the thought process. Enjoyed the process of elimination.
Uh, but I'm calling bullshit once again.
-Because?
Um, it's, uh, the way that he went through it.
I think that there's, uh-- there's some holes in the explanation.
So you didn't buy the process of elimination?
-Exactly. -You thought that was a cover?
It was a cover for not knowing.
Okay. Shank.
Two of your challengers have called BS.
So if you were bullshitting, you better hope you convinced Megan
your answer was correct even if you knew it wasn't.
Megan.
He wasn't confident in his answer.
But I think he eventually got there.
-So, you… -I said he was right.
-Boom!
$25,000 is yours.
Now, were you telling the truth?
Oh, I was bullshitting.
-He was bullshitting anyhow.
I would've been in a giant sinkhole if you said BS.
-The correct answer was 99% underwater.
So, Megan, you could've gotten him out
if you would've called bullshit on him…
-Sorry, guys. -…'cause it was bullshit.
-You kept him in the game.
$25,000. You know how you got there?
By bullshitting.
-Megan.
-Thank you, Megan. -All right.
You can walk away right now
with $25,000.
Or you can risk it.
Your next question is worth $50,000.
What do you wanna do?
-I'm in. Let's ride. -We're gonna ride.
If this doesn't go well, you'll leave with just $1,000.
Here we go.
For $50,000, the question is…
"A, the clarinet. B, the accordion. C, the lute. Or D, the xylophone."
He's answered the question.
He's now being alerted to the fact of whether his answer is correct or not.
Tell them the answer.
Sure. Um, I know that it's called the people's instrument
because it's Pyongyang, which is the People's Republic of North Korea.
However, I was looking at them, and the xylophone is the only one
-that can be played by multiple people.
And so, that's why I picked the answer D, xylophone.
The People's Republic
playing the people's instrument.
Moji, what'd ya think?
I'm still trying to read this guy. I'm looking at his face.
I'm watching him answer, taking his time.
And I think he bullshitted us once again.
So I call bullshit.
-Bullshit? -Yeah.
-Mm-hmm. -Okay. Tom?
I'm having a hard time picturing the square in Pyongyang
filled with people playing xylophones.
-Just close your eyes, if you will.
Now I can see it. So, I do call bullshit on that.
Bullshit because you didn't paint a beautiful picture.
-That's what it was? -Yes.
I'm not sure a lot of people can see inside Pyongyang anyway.
-So picturing that is kind of hard.
This is kinda the setup we had last time.
-Sure. -Two challengers have called BS.
Before we find out what Megan thought of your answer, tell us.
Were you giving us the correct answer?
No, my answer was bullshit.
So, that was bullshit. The actual answer is accordion.
That's the people's…
-Beautiful music. -Didn't know that.
When you think of Korea, you don't think of the polka.
-That's just me.
Okay. You have two bullshits.
You did bullshit.
I did.
If Megan calls you out on your bullshit,
you are going home with the $1,000 you locked in with.
But if she believed you, you'll have $50,000.
-Megan? -I'm with Moji.
-He's-- He's a tough read. -He is, isn't he?
He's been right a few times. He's bullshitted us. It's--
It's been all over the place.
-Uh…
But you're walking with 1,000.
That was bullshit.
-Oh! -Oh!
Wow. You did play a good game.
It's not a million dollars, but it's $1,000.
And you know what? $1,000 is a good check.
-It still has a comma in there. -Right. That's what you wanted.
-It's not the money. It's the comma. -Yes, sir.
-See you again, Shank. Good night. -Yes, sir.
All right. Turns out, this game is hard even for a rocket scientist.
Maybe a cannabis salesman will have more luck.
-Tom, you were the most accurate.
Come on up.
I'm great at trivia. I used to be in morning radio.
I can bullshit in four languages.
Can't believe I'm about to play for a million dollars.
Will Tom's skills help him make his way up the ladder
as he faces off against Megan and our two new challengers?
You really can't tell I'm lying 'cause I have different tells.
The challengers won't have any idea what hit 'em.
So, Tom, uh, tell me a little bit about yourself.
Well, I live in Las Vegas. I used to be an air traffic controller.
I work in the cannabis industry.
-Oh, my God.
Those two professions, I-- I wouldn't think they would meld.
Most people don't.
You're still into flying high.
-Absolutely. -Yes, there you go.
-You married? -I'm absolutely married.
I have a beautiful wife. Been married for one year before COVID.
And then you're locked down together. How did that work out?
It worked out pretty well.
So, I-- I got very, very lucky that she puts up with me.
Oh, wow. So that is good. Wanna meet your challengers?
-Absolutely. -Let's meet 'em.
Ashley, tell me about yourself.
I am from Columbus, Ohio. I'm a radio producer.
Love to do trivia, karaoke, and travel.
Billy.
I'm a healthcare administrator. I reside in Brooklyn, New York.
I'm really excited to be here.
Okay. And, Megan,
you were one of the challengers in the last game.
So you have one more shot for the hot seat.
Now, Tom, you're ready for some bullshit?
I'm ready for more bullshit than you could ever imagine.
-Okay.
Here's your first question for $1,000.
"A, invent something useless."
"B, ruin something everybody likes."
"C, give birth to an ugly baby. Or D, die in a very stupid way."
All right.
Tell your challengers the answer,
and they will decide whether it's BS or the truth. Go.
Well, the Darwin Awards are one of my favorite things I've ever watched,
especially being locked down during COVID
where you get to see all the funny stuff that people are up to.
So, I'm gonna go with D, die in a very, very stupid way.
Okay, Ashley. What do you think? You're making a face.
I'm making a stank face, you know,
because you… you didn't sound that confident.
Even though you've watched all of these things,
all of these videos during COVID,
you still didn't know exactly what the Darwin Awards were.
-And so, I called bullshit.
Okay. So he didn't come off confident to you?
-No, no, he didn't. I'm onto him. -Wow.
Ashley thinks she's onto you.
Did she catch you trying to get away with something?
Or did you know what you were talking about?
Yeah, um, I know exactly what I'm talking about.
That's, uh, the Darwin Awards. They die in a very stupid way.
So it was not bullshit.
Okay.
-$1,000 is yours.
You got me. Call me Darwin.
Well, the key is you gotta be accurate,
and that was not accurate, but Megan and Billy were accurate.
They both believed you had the right answer.
And with the right answer,
-you got $1,000 right now. -Yes, yes.
-Excellent. -You can lock in at $1,000.
The next question's worth $10,000. What do you wanna do?
I'll go to $10,000.
-No lock? -No lock.
-Let's keep going. -No lock to $10,000.
All right. For $10,000 or nothing,
the question is…
"A, Europe. B, North America."
"C, South America. Or D, Africa."
He's thinking about the answer.
He's locking in the answer.
And now, he's about to tell you the answer.
I believe that South America,
with its coasts, with its mountains, with the geography that it has,
has been known as the Bird Continent.
It has more species that they've found in South America
than in any other continent.
Also, there's a lack of population in South America in some areas
so the birds can flourish.
Okay. That answer kind of had a flourish.
All right, you guys have all locked in your answers.
Ashley, I'll start with you again.
Last time, you thought he was bullshitting.
What did you think of his answer this time?
I agree. It did have a flourish.
Uh, I said that you were correct.
Boom!
-$10,000 is yours!
Thank you, Ashley.
But were you right or were you bullshitting?
-Yeah, I'm right. -Okay.
So, Ashley was accurate this time.
And in fact, all three of the challengers believed you.
Have you partook in any of what you sell before this game?
Are you high right now?
Not today, no. I think that might be part of the problem.
-Problem?
There's no problem here. You're at $10,000.
And I'm as happy as I could be.
Yeah. Well, wouldn't you be happier
if you went all the way and got one million dollars?
That's why I'm here.
-You're going for the million? -I am.
The lock is still available to you.
You can lock in now at $10,000 or you can go to the next question.
Go to the next question.
-Really? -Absolutely.
-Wow. Wow.
-Vegas, baby.
-I didn't dress up for nothing. -Right.
Here we go. For $25,000, your question is…
"A, Fourscore and seven years ago."
"B, I have a dream. C, Read my lips, no new taxes."
"Or D, Tear down this wall."
All right. He locks in his answer.
And now it is time for you to tell your challengers your answer and why.
My answer?
Well, President Bush at the time when he said,
"Read my lips, no new taxes,"
he was used to going off of the cuff.
And he had a lot of things he needed to talk about and to cover.
So, that was definitely not one of his prepared remarks.
-So, C.
-C. -He is saying the answer is C.
I will start, this time, with Megan.
I didn't think his answer felt very confident.
He was winging it a little bit.
I'm gonna call bullshit on this.
All right. Anything else you wanna tell us about your answer?
Well, "Read my lips" is complete bullshit.
Ah…
The actual answer is "I have a dream."
-Wow. -Wow.
-Isn't that amazing?
-So, okay. -Yeah…
This is the first time you've had to BS,
and Megan immediately picked up on it.
You know, if these two called BS,
you're going home with nothing because you got no lock.
But if you were able to convince either Ashley or Billy
that an incorrect answer was indeed correct, you stay alive.
However, if you didn't fool one of them,
your shot at one million dollars is done.
What will it be?