[Chris] Drop it.
Oh, my God! Get in there!
- Get in there! - Yeah!
[Chris] So far, The Wall has paid out
over $35 million and counting.
This is an all-time record!
We give real people their shot
to change their lives...
[Chris] Yes!
... and to live out their dreams.
[Chris] Let's go!
Who's next?
Yeah!
Tonight, a father-son team from Virginia
are getting their shot at millions.
Steven Hardeman works as an elementary school
security officer.
The kids love him, he's always there to help.
Go, Mr. Hardeman.
You're the best!
It is the best job I ever landed.
But what they don't know
is that they're walking the halls next to a 9/11 hero.
You're absolutely gonna love him.
Steven and his son, Seth, are coming up right now.
[narrator] Welcome to The Wall on NBC.
[theme music playing]
Please welcome to The Wall, Steven and Seth.
[Steven] Woo.
- Yeah, man. Yes. - Yeah.
- We're here. - We are on The Wall.
You're on The Wall.
[Steven] We are here.
Oh, my gosh.
Yes.
[Chris] It's so good to see you both.
I mean, thank you, you know.
I think you have one of the biggest, best jobs
in the world.
Well, Chris, I wanna tell you,
thank you so much for letting us be here.
Yeah.
[Steven] Yes, I'm a security officer
but I'm telling you what, I'm showing those kids
that when they get to a wall in their life,
don't accept it as something that can hold you back,
it's a challenge to push you forward.
And that's why we're here.
Well, that's fantastic,
because there's potentially $12 million on this Wall.
- $12 million. - Wow. Wow.
That's what we're doing.
I know you seem very humble about it
but I think it's appropriate to celebrate you.
Really? [laughs]
[Chris] Steven is a married father of three,
all boys.
The family lives in suburban Virginia.
Seth is his youngest.
He's in college, on his way to becoming a teacher.
Steven here is currently a beloved
elementary school security officer.
But what those students are too young to know,
is that their buddy
who's always looking out for them
is also a retired superhero.
Formerly, Steven spent 15 years as a police officer.
And on the tragic morning of 9/11,
even though he was off-duty, he knew he had to help
when the Pentagon was attacked.
He said he saw smoke and he just,
without thinking, drove straight for it,
'cause he knew that was the right thing to do.
Steven repeatedly entered the Pentagon,
rescuing people with each return.
And for his actions that day,
he was one of 13 people to receive
the Declaration of Valor from the governor of Virginia.
I spent that whole day there.
I did every single thing that I could
to help as many people that I could.
That day brought tears to my heart
to see so many people lose their lives.
It was absolutely devastating.
But the spirit that the American people have
does not stop, it propels us to go forward.
Well, we were able to move forward
- because of people like you. - [Steven] Yes.
[Chris] It was incredibly brave to head toward
- the Pentagon that day. - Thank you. Thank you, Chris.
It's so clear how much you care about others.
Can you tell me a little bit about the kids
that you see every day at your school?
[Steven] Let me tell you what.
This young man right here,
when there was a job that opened up security, he said,
"Dad," he said, "I think that job is for you."
And little did I know that when I got there,
I would be the father eventually to so many kids
that are in desperate need of guidance.
He won't call himself a hero, I gladly will.
I'm the son of a hero.
I go up to school to bring him lunch and, you know,
he's feeding them the lunch I brought for him, you know,
and he's making the-- an impact every single day.
[Chris] It's an honor to have you here.
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. - [Steven] Yes.
- Let's go. - Let's do this.
[Chris] So you know how this works.
Once I've read the questions,
three balls are gonna come flying down The Wall,
you have to lock in your answer
before the first one crosses the plane
at the top of the slots.
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 very confident about an answer in Free Fall,
you can hit it.
It will turn the balls gold.
It will automatically double the values
of wherever the balls land.
You can only use Plus one time in Free Fall.
Are you ready to start Free Fall?
- [both] We're ready. - [Chris] Okay.
- We are ready. - Let's do this.
All right. Here we go.
Here's our first question
of Free Fall Plus.
"Which kind of fruit does SpongeBob SquarePants
live inside?"
Is it a pineapple or coconut?
- Pineapple. Come on. - Pineapple.
- Plus it, plus it. Plus, plus. - Plus.
[Chris] And they [indistinct] Free Fall Plus.
The balls turn gold.
- [Steven] Yeah. Yeah. - [Chris] $20,000 right there.
[Steven] 25,000.
25,000.
[Chris] Okay. Let's get it in. Get it in.
Get it--almost in the 20.
- Okay. We got two. Okay. - Yes. We'll take it.
- We'll take it. - You activated Free Fall Plus,
$40,000 question if you're right.
We'll take it.
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
We grew up with that show.
[Chris] That is the correct answer.
Good start.
Okay.
[Chris] Very good.
20,000 now becomes...
- [Seth] Woo. - [Chris] ... $40,220.
- [Seth] Yes. - [Steven] Yes.
That's what I'm talking about.
[Chris] You're off to a great start.
Let's keep it going.
"Athletic teams from the University of Alabama
are called what?"
Is it Blue Devils or Crimson Tide?
Crimson Tide.
- Crimson Tide. - [Steven] Crimson Tide.
Crimson Tide, 25,000.
[Seth] Come on.
[Steven] 25,000.
[Chris] All right. There's $1.
There's $100. Can we get a 20?
Can we get a 20? All right.
- We'll take it. We'll take it. - Money's money.
- [Chris] $111.
We're in the positive.
Crimson Tide is the correct answer.
- Yes. - Woo. Let's go.
Yes.
My favorite team.
Oh, my dad's too.
- Roll tide! Baby. - [Chris] Yes.
[laughter]
That brings your grand total up to $40,331.
Yes.
[Chris] It's time for question three
of Free Fall.
"Rihanna was just 18 years old when she first reached #1
on the Billboard Hot 100, with what song?"
Is it SOS or LOL?
- SOS. - Let's go SOS.
- [Steven] SOS. - [Seth] SOS.
- SOS. - Come on, 25.
- [Steven] SOS. 25,000. - [Seth] 25, baby.
[Steven] Come on.
- 25,000. - [Seth] 25, 25.
- [Chris] Get in the 20. - [Steven] 25,000.
[Chris] Get in the 20. There's 20.
- [Steven] There it is. - [Seth] Yeah.
- Woo. - [Chris] There's a 20,
a 100, and a 1.
- $20,101. - Yes.
SOS is the correct answer.
- Yeah. - Oh.
Yeah.
- [Chris] Very well done. - [Steven] Yeah.
[Chris] It's for three for three.
Your total on The Wall right now
is $60,432.
Let's keep it going.
Question four of Free Fall.
"Point Gallinas, the northernmost part
of mainland South America, is part of which country?"
Is it Chile or Colombia?
I know--I'mma say B.
[Steven] Colombia.
- Colombia. - [Seth] I'll say B. B, B.
[Steven] Come on, please. 25,000.
- Let's go. - [Chris] 25,000.
[Steven] Yes, yeah.
[Chris] Get in the 20.
- Okay. - Oh, yeah.
- We got that. - $25,200.
We got that.
You seem very confident.
Yes, he is.
Well, that's the correct answer.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Yes. Yes.
- Very well done. - Yes.
[Chris] Your total on The Wall is now...
That's my boy right there.
[Chris] ... $85,632.
Yes.
Let's see if we can get
north of a hundred grand here.
"When baking bread,
the process of proofing the dough
means yeast is activated, causing the dough to do what?"
Is it rise or shine?
- Rise. - [Steven] Rise, rise.
- [Seth] Rise. - [Steven] Rise.
- 25,000. - [Seth] Rise.
Come on, hey.
- 25,000. - [Steven] 25,000.
- 25. - [Seth] 25,000.
[Chris] Get in 25,000, get in 25,000.
[Steven] 25,000. Right here.
[Chris] There's the 5, there's the 10.
There's the 10.
- Yes, let's go. - Yes.
- Yes. Yes. - [Chris] $25,000.
If you're correct, it will take you
over a hundred thousand dollars.
Of course, it's rise.
Rise.
The dough shall rise and so shall your total.
- Right now, you have $110,632. - Yes.
[Chris] So this is gonna be tough, 'cause later on,
you're gonna have a very difficult choice to make.
You're gonna keep guaranteed money if you want,
which is your Free Fall total plus a bonus
for however many questions you get right
or you risk it all for potentially
millions of dollars up there on The Wall.
And before the game, you decided, Seth,
you're gonna go back
and answer questions in isolation.
Why did you make this decision?
It just seems right.
My dad's a risk-taker.
You know, anyone who runs into a burning building is.
- Yeah. - So--he's always pushed me
to do well in school.
I wouldn't be where I am without him.
Let me tell you what, it's a no-brainer
for him to go behind The Wall.
I might not have been given a lot of brains
but they all went to him.
- [laughter] - [Chris] Okay.
We'll talk some more.
I'll get to know you some more as the show goes.
But the next time you see each other,
you could have millions of dollars.
Dad, when I was younger,
you'd call me your shadow
because I'd follow you around everywhere.
I wanted to be just like you.
And even now, I still do.
You're the man I strive to be.
[audience] Aw.
And next time we see each other,
our life is gonna be changed.
Oh, my goodness.
Seth, let me tell you something.
You have grown into a man and you're being a man
more than I could have ever imagined.
And I love you.
From the bottom of my heart, you mean everything to me.
And I'm so proud of you.
Thank you for being my son.
[cheers and applause]
[Chris] All right.
- Are you ready? - [Seth] I'm ready.
[Chris] Let's go back, Seth.
- We're ready. - [Seth] Yeah.
You're gonna be great.
Just follow your gut.
Go, Seth.
[Chris] We'll be out here to cheer you on.
[Steven] You got it, son.
I love you, Dad.
The best day of our lives, son.
[Chris] All right.
From this point on,
Seth's not gonna have any idea
whether you're up millions or down to zero.
He's not gonna know how many questions he got right or not.
But when we come back,
the million-dollar SuperDrop kicks us off.
Come on, balls.
150,000.
[Chris] Oh, my gosh.
[Steven] That's a SuperDrop right there.
[Chris] And later, an epic night unfolds...
- Get in there. - [Steven] Get in there.
[Chris] ... for this 9/11 hero and his son.
This could be the biggest finish we've ever seen.
The pen is in my hand.
I wanna sign it.
I don't know.
[dramatic music playing]
[cheers and applause]
[Chris] Welcome back to The Wall.
I am here with Steven,
an elementary school security officer
and a 9/11 hero from Virginia.
Behind The Wall in isolation is his youngest son Seth,
a college student,
who's gonna be handling the trivia tonight.
Their current total on The Wall is now $110,632.
But before we get started,
please tell us who you brought for support today.
Okay. I couldn't be here
without my beautiful wife of 33 years.
[Chris] Oh, wow. Wow. Congratulations.
And also, my beautiful son, Sterling Hardeman
who's 22 years old.
All right. Well, we're happy to have you.
This is round two.
You could see we put the $150,000 bin
- up there on The Wall. - [Steven] Yes.
And we're gonna start with the SuperDrop.
Seven times 150,000 means that you can have
more than a million dollars in seconds.
Come on, balls.
Drop those things down.
SuperDrop it.
[cheers and applause]
- [Steven] Yes. - [Chris] Okay. Come on.
[Steven] Yes.
- 100,000. - [Chris] Over.
- 150,000. - [Chris] Over.
Well, we got a 75, we got a 100.
- [Steven] Yes. - [Chris] We got a 75.
- [Steven] Yeah. - [Chris] Oh, my gosh.
- Yeah. - [Chris] Dude.
- Yes. - What?
Yes. That's a SuperDrop right there.
[Chris] That is a super SuperDrop.
[Steven] That's a SuperDrop.
[Chris] 375,011.
[Steven] Yeah.
[Chris] That means your total is $485,643.
I love you, baby.
[Chris] You're almost half a mil up.
Now let's get to some questions.
This is where you have some control.
It's where the strategy of the game really comes in.
You're gonna decide where to play each ball from.
5, 6, 7 are hovering over larger amounts.
- 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] Here are the answers.
Principal dancer,
corps de ballet,
soloist.
Based on those, where would you like
to play this ball from?
Okay. Based upon those answers,
I think Seth has this.
I'm gonna play that in the 7.
That's risky.
[Chris] We'll line that up in the 7.
Very strong play right out of the gate.
Let's send the question over to Seth.
[announcer] Misty Copeland is the first Black woman
in the history of the American Ballet Theatre
to be promoted to which rank?
Principal dancer, corps de ballet, soloist.
[Seth] Honestly I'm not familiar with Misty Copeland
or, you know, dance.
Immediately a corps?
That's like a group of people.
I feel like soloist, that sounds like, you know,
more like something with orchestra.
So I'm gonna go A,
principal dancer. Lock it in.
[Chris] All right. Seth has locked in A,
principal dancer.
If this answer is right,
this could take you well over half a million dollars.
The correct answer is principal dancer.
Yes. Yes.
- Good job, Seth. - [Chris] Very well done.
- Yeah! - [Chris] Beautifully played.
- [Steven] Yeah. - [Chris] You played from number 7.
This is wonderful teamwork.
Let's see if we can add 150 grand to The Wall.
Drop it!
Come on now.
Drop that ball.
[Chris] There we go.
Kick to the right, kick to the right.
- [Steven] 150. - [Chris] Oh, wow. That really jump left.
[Steven] Oh, that's just way over.
Come on. I'll take 10,000.
- That's okay. - [Chris] Okay. $100.
- That's okay. - [Chris] Your total right now,
485,743.
Wow.
[Chris] Here's the answers for the next question.
Indigestion,
heartburn,
nausea.
It's the second question.
You can double up if you're feeling it.
[Steven] Let me tell you something.
These are all things I have right now.
- [laughs] - So on this one,
I'm gonna double up.
[Chris] Okay. You're gonna double up.
[Steven] And I'll tell you what,
7 is calling me again.
Oh, my gosh. Steven.
[Chris] Okay. Drop both of those in.
Potential $300,000 question.
There's one.
Here comes the next one.
All right. Let's send Seth the question.
[playful music playing]
[announcer] In its catchy 2000's jingle,
Pepto Bismol mentions which ailment first?
Indigestion, heartburn, nausea.
- Come on now. - [Seth] Okay.
I was just born in 2005, so,
you know, my dad would be more familiar with it
because he was around back then.
- Okay. Because you were around back then. - [Steven] Yeah, yeah.
Um, I'm gonna go B, heartburn.
Lock it in.
Yeah, I mean, these are all symptoms
that I feel on this show every episode.
The correct answer was nausea.
It was nausea.
I'm so sorry.
Now we have a little upset stomach
- because these turned red. - [Steven] Yeah. Yes.
[Chris] We might get out of this just fine.
We have a lot of money on The Wall right now.
Go ahead and drop them.
[Steven] I don't want these to drop.
Okay. $1.
- [Chris] One's going left. - $1.
$1.
$1. $1. Come on now.
- $1. $1. Yes. - [Chris] 10, 50, okay.
- 50,000. - That's still good.
[Chris] That's not bad.
Your total right now $435,733.
We got through it.
Here's your next set of answers.
ALF, ER, JAG.
Now, this is your third question.
So I wanna give you three options.
You can play one ball if you want.
You can triple up and play three.
Or we can turn one of those gold
and you can go Wall to Wall,
which means you will place a ball in every slot.
The riskiest move, absolutely.
So what are you feeling?
- One ball. - [Steven] Okay, Chris.
I'm telling you right now,
ALF, ER, JAG, I'm thinking TV show.
- Okay. - But he doesn't watch TV.
[laughter]
What are these kids doing today not watching the TV?
He doesn't watch TV but I'm thinking
he'd have to know ER and he'd have to know JAG.
I'm thinking triple up.
- [gasps] No. - [Chris] Okay.
- Oh, my God. - [Steven] And I'm thinking...
I'm thinking 5.
[Chris] Okay, great. Triple up from 5.
- That was not a good call. - [Steven] Come on, Seth!
No? You're not feeling it?
- [Sterling] No, no. - [Sandra] No. No.
He's not gonna have any clue what that show is.
That's like our generation.
[Chris] What do you wanna do?
You know, my wife is a very smart lady.
I'll play one ball for you, honey.
That's why you're still married.
- [laughter] - [Chris] 33 years, right?
33 years. That's why we're together.
- [laughter] - Okay. Drop it in.
One ball from number 5.
Let's send the question over to Seth.
[announcer] The initials in which of these TV show titles
are the same as the initials of the USA's 20th president,
ALF, ER, JAG?
[Seth] Okay. So the 20th president?
Goodness. This is a tricky one.
I kind of hope you didn't go Wall to Wall with this one.
It's a little difficult.
ALF?
I'm trying to think who would that be.
I think B could be Roosevelt.
J-A-G. Who would that be?
I know there's Grover Cleveland
but there's no C.
Let's say ER is, um, Roosevelt
and, uh, let's lock that in.
B, ER. Lock it in.
The correct answer was JAG, James A. Garfield.
Thank you for listening to your wife.
[Chris] So you almost tripled up on that.
Your wife was like, "What are you doing?"
You were like, "I probably should listen to her."
And that was the smart move.
- Let's go ahead and drop it. - [Sandra] $1.
- $1. $1. - [Chris] $1.
Come on now, $1. $1.
$1. $1.
- [Chris] $100. - [Steven] Yes!
Yes. Yeah.
- Woo! - [Chris] That wasn't so bad.
That wasn't so bad.
[Chris] Your total on The Wall right now,
$435,633.
But now this is part of the balance of our game.
It's time for our Evil SuperDrop,
so we have to put seven red balls up there.
They were green on the way up there,
red on the way down. All right.
I'll see you on the other side. Drop them.
[suspenseful music playing]
- [Steven] Low numbers. - [Chris] All right.
Low numbers.
Stay on this side. This side.
- [Chris] Yeah, get to the left. - [Steven] This side.
[Chris] $1. 100,000.
25.
150.
And a 50. All right.
We lost 325 that time which I think was pretty similar
to the green SuperDrop.
Your total right now 110,630.
I gotta say, this is still a great place to be
because this is where the biggest game
in the world takes off.
We are adding the million-dollar bin
when we come back.
Come on now. Let's change some lives.
[Chris] And with four free shots at it.
- Get in there. - [Steven] Get in there.
Yes. Yes.
[Chris] How many millions will Steven add to their total?
- Oh, good jump to the right. - Come on now.
- This is our time. - Million, million.
[cheers and applause]
[Chris] Welcome back to The Wall.
This is where the biggest game in the world takes off.
I'm here with Steven, a father of three from Virginia.
His youngest son Seth
is behind The Wall in isolation.
After a distinguished career in law enforcement,
Steven was forced to retire from his dream job
due to an unforeseen injury.
But now he's able to serve his community
in a way he never expected,
as a beloved elementary school security guard.
Go, Mr. Hardeman.
You're the best!
[Steven] Yes.
Oh, my goodness.
[laughs]
[Chris] He's mentored and befriended hundreds of kids
over the years, simply by being there for them.
It's an incredible story.
So far, their total on The Wall
is $110,630.
- Yes. - [Chris] And now it's time for round three.
There is a life-changing bin up there
that has a million written on it.
I love that number.
[Chris] Well, as you know, we start this round
with four green balls.
Four free shots at that million.
But remember that wherever you play them from,
later on in the round, they're gonna come back as red balls.
And of course, the three questions
in the body of the round
can really swing the odds in either direction.
- Yes. - So I'm gonna ask you
to pick up that first ball and tell me
where you wanna play it.
[Steven] I'm playing number 7.
[Chris] Playing number 7. Okay.
Right off the bat, number 7.
[Steven] The reason I'm playing number 7
is this was my mother's lucky number.
My mother was my first love.
She never got the chance to see me become a man
and she never got the chance to see my kids.
She got her angel wings far too soon.
All right. So number 7 for her.
That's a great place to start.
It's right over the million.
Let's see if we can turn this six figures into seven figures.
- Yes. - [Chris] Drop it.
1 million.
Come on now. 1 million.
- [Chris] Get to the right. - 1 million.
Get to the right.
[Chris] All right. $10.
Your current total $110,640.
Where do you wanna play the next one?
The next number I'm playing is the number 6.
[Chris] All right.
Number 6. Drop it in.
[Steven] I'm playing the number 6 for all the kids
at Triangle Elementary.
And Chris, there have been at least six kids
that have touched my heart so deeply,
kids that don't have homes.
Those kids make me stronger
and I wanna continue to be there for them
no matter what happens on this Wall.
I know you make their lives better every day.
Let's see if we can make your life better
- with a million dollars. - Come on now.
This is it. This is it. This is the million.
This is the million.
- [Chris] Go ahead and drop it. - Come on now.
- [Chris] Get to the right.
[Steven] Come on now.
Over here. Yeah.
[Chris] Okay. That's what we need.
- That's what we need. - Yes!
- [Chris] Get in there! - Get in there.
- Yeah! - Yes!
- [Chris] Yeah! - Yes!
[screaming]
Yes!
- Yes! - Yes!
- Come on. - Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
[cheers and applause]
Yeah!
That's what I'm talking about.
[Chris] Oh, my gosh!
Oh, my gosh!
Your total on The Wall is
$1,110,640.
Yes.
[sobbing]
Now we really got some momentum here.
So where do you wanna play this third one?
[Steven] I'm playing number 5.
[Chris] Number 5. All right.
Number 5.
We already got the million once,
let's see if we can do it again.
This could take you over 2.1 million.
Oh, my gosh.
Come on now.
This is what we need.
Come on, two times.
Drop it.
[Steven] Come on now.
[Chris] Oh, good jump to the right.
- Come on now. - [Chris] Good jump...
- Get over there, man. - [Chris] ... to the right.
- [Steven] Come on now, man! - [Chris] I like it.
- [Steven] Come on now! - [Chris] I like
- where this is going. - [Steven] Get over there!
- [Chris] I like it. - [Steven] Come on now!
- Yes! Yes! Yes! - [Chris] $500,000!
[Chris] $500,000 for Steven Hardeman.
Yes!
[Chris] Nicely done.
[cheers and applause]
Oh, my God.
This could happen.
[Steven laughs]
Oh, my God!
[Chris] Okay. Let's see that total now.
$1,610,640.
That's what I'm talking about.
[Chris] So what number do you wanna play
this last green ball from?
[Steven] Okay.
This is number 1.
[Chris] Okay, number 1.
Drop that in there.
And number 1 is for my family.
[Sandra] Woo!
They are all of it to me.
I love you, baby.
I feel like this is the Hardemans' time.
There are things that this money will do
for our family that will last generations.
This is our time.
All right. Number 1.
Let's see if we can get over $2 million.
Go ahead and drop it.
Come on now.
This is for the Hardeman family.
Come on now, let's change some lives!
- Come on now. - [Chris] Get to the right.
- [Steven] Get over there. - [Chris] You can do it.
- [Steven] Yes! - [Chris] $100,000.
We're in pretty good shape right now.
- Your total is $1,710,640. - Woo! Woo!
[Chris] That is a really nice place to be.
But for right now, let's get to some questions.
Here are your first set of answers.
Red, yellow, green, blue.
I'm gonna play this in number 1.
[Chris] Okay.
Drop that in there.
It's good to play conservative, yeah.
Yeah, this is very good, you know.
We got a million seven.
- We got to... - Play it safe.
- [Chris] Love it. - We're in a good place.
[Chris] All right. Let's send the question over to Seth.
[♪[Louis Armstrong: "What a Wonderful World"]
[announcer] Which of the following colors
is not in the lyrics of Louis Armstrong's
rendition of the song "What a Wonderful World?"
Red, yellow,
green, blue?
Come on, Seth.
It's a great song.
Um, I love jazz.
Me and my dad listen to jazz.
The first part's like, "I see trees of green,
red roses too,"
so I know for sure it's not red or green.
Knock that out.
And I think there's something
like ocean's blue,
so give me B, yellow,
is not one of the lyrics he sings.
Yes.
Lock that in. B, yellow.
[Chris] All right. He's locked in yellow.
"I see trees of green, red roses too.
I see them bloom for me and you.
I see skies of..."
- Blue! - [Chris] That's right.
- Yellow is the correct answer! - Yes!
Yes!
That's why he's back there.
Let's go ahead and drop that.
This could take you to over $2.7 million.
- Drop it! - Come on now.
Drop that ball!
Come on now.
Over this way.
You got it.
- I trust you, Wall. - [Chris] There you go.
- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - I trust you, Wall. Yes!
- [Chris] Good job, good job. - Yes! Yes! Yes!
[cheers and applause]
- [Chris] Okay, okay. - Okay.
[Chris] All right. So it was a dollar.
- That's okay. - [Chris] $1,710,641.
It's time for Steven to make some massive decisions.
We got two questions left in the game.
You'll have the opportunity to double up, triple up.
- Yes! - You have potentially
$5 million up there.
This could be the biggest finish we've ever seen.
With a massive total on The Wall
and millions still up for grabs.
This is crazy.
Come on now.
[Chris] Will this 9/11 hero
and his son from Virginia
go home millionaires?
Come on now, Hardeman family!
Yes.
This is our day!
[Steven] Yes!
[Chris] Get in there.
[Steven] Yes!
[Chris] Welcome back to The Wall.
We just watched Steven hit the million-dollar
and $500,000 bin.
Call or text everyone you know.
I mean, this is not getting any bigger than this.
- No. Yes! - [Chris] There's $1,710,641
- up there on The Wall. - Yes.
Oh, my gosh.
Back in isolation is Seth.
His son has no idea what's going on out here
in front of The Wall.
He's got two questions left,
up to $5 million
- still up for grabs. - Oh, my God.
[Chris] Here are the next set of answers.
Tiger Woods, Billie Jean King,
Wayne Gretzky, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Now, you can double up if you want.
1.7 million.
I wanna do my best to protect this.
I'm playing number 1 and I'm not doubling it up.
[Chris] Okay. So one ball from 1.
[Sandra] Good move, Steven, good move.
[Chris] Let's send the question over to Seth.
[announcer] On an episode of "The Office,"
which athlete is quoted as saying,
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"
in an inspirational whiteboard message
from Michael Scott?
Tiger Woods,
Billie Jean King,
Wayne Gretzky,
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Okay. I've watched, you know, a few episodes.
I know Michael Scott.
You know, he's kind of like, uh, an oddball.
- Yes. [laughs] - [Seth] And for a sport
where you actually, you know, take shots,
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar might make a little bit of sense,
but then there's Wayne Gretzky
and, you know, given the context
of who Michael Scott is,
you know, they're from like Pennsylvania,
there's a lot of like hockey up there.
- I know there's a big hockey scene. - Yes.
So, I see C,
Wayne Gretzky, lock it in.
[Steven] Yes.
[Chris] Okay.
He reasoned it out.
He arrived at Wayne Gretzky.
- That is the correct answer! - Yes! Yes.
[Chris] Still a good play, one from 1.
Yes. Get a million.
[Chris] This could take you to over $2.7 million.
- Drop it. - Come on.
[Steven] Big money. Come on now.
Big money.
Come on now.
Drop that ball.
- [Chris] Oh, good jump... - [Steven] Yes!
- [Chris] ... to the right. - [Steven] Yes!
- [Chris] Good jump to the right. - Yes!
Yes!
Keep going that way.
Yes.
- [Chris] Yes, $200,000. - [Steven] Yes!
Yes!
- Yes! Yes! - $200,000.
- Man. - Oh, my gosh!
[Chris] All right. Your total is
- $1,910,641. - Yes.
- Yes! - [Sandra] Oh, my gosh.
- Woo. - [Chris] All right.
This is your last set of answers.
Yes.
[Chris] Library, train station,
bank, cathedral.
You have almost $2 million on The Wall.
I'm gonna offer the opportunity to triple up.
- I'm not gonna triple it up. - [Chris] Okay.
[Steven] I'm playing it safe
and I'm playing the number 1.
[Chris] Okay. So one ball from 1.
I love this plan.
[Chris] We are in protection mode.
Let's send it over to Seth.
[announcer] The Musée d'Orsay,
on the left bank of the Seine in Paris,
houses some of France's most important art.
Before becoming a museum in 1986,
the historic building was used as which of these?
Library, train station,
bank, cathedral?
- He would know this. - [Seth] Woo.
Paris is such an old city.
And I feel like, you know, a train station,
there's so much infrastructure you'd have to move out,
so that doesn't really make sense to me.
I couldn't see it being a cathedral or a bank,
especially with the architecture of it.
A? You know, a library, it makes... it makes sense.
It's already housing important things.
So I'm gonna go, um, A, library.
- Lock it in. - [Chris] All right.
Yes.
- [Chris] If he's right... - Come on now.
... we could get you over $2 million.
- [Steven] Come on now. - Oh, my goodness.
The correct answer was train station.
- Oh. - [Chris] It was train station.
- But... - [Steven] It's okay.
[Chris] ... you played it safely,
you played it number 1.
We're just gonna hope it stays on the left side of The Wall.
Be good now. Come on now.
[Chris] Go ahead and drop it.
[Steven] 1.
Come on now.
$1.
- $1. $1. - [Chris] Okay.
- Oh, it's going fast. - $1.
- [Chris] It's going fast. - $1.
$1. $1.
- $1! - Yes, yes!
- [cheers and applause] - [Chris] $1!
- Come on. - Yes.
[Chris] That means your total is
$1,910,640.
1.9 million!
Oh, my goodness.
Yes!
[Chris] Oh, man.
Okay. You have just shy of $2 million.
We still have four red balls,
but it is deliberation time and there's a lot at stake.
Seth has a very important decision to make,
the seemingly impossible choice of taking guaranteed money
or whatever is potentially left on The Wall.
Is this total of $1,910,640 enough
to make it through the four red balls?
It's tough to say, you know.
You played 7, 6, 5,
those are all on the right side of The Wall.
- [Steven] Yes. - [Chris] Now,
this is the contract right here.
- Okay. - Inside this tube
is the decision that will change the course of the show.
Everyone who plays on The Wall
has a chance to leave with guaranteed money.
So here's what that is for you and your family.
A signed contract gets all your money from Free Fall
which we know was $110,632.
Seth got three questions right, which is fantastic,
20 grand for each one of those.
Which means that if he signs the contract,
it's worth $170,632.
If he signs, you're leaving with a terrific guarantee.
If he rips it up, that's taking the ultimate risk
that there's money left on The Wall
at the end of the game.
It could be $1.9 million,
but who knows what happens after those four red balls.
Yes.
[Chris] I'm gonna send this over to Seth.
We're gonna bring him up on The Wall.
He can't hear you or see you,
but you all are so connected, so just talk to him.
Okay, Seth, I thank God for you,
I thank God for your brothers,
I thank God for our life.
And Seth, this is our time.
Rip that contract up, son.
I love you.
[Chris] There it goes.
Okay. He's got the contract.
We're gonna cut off the feed
so that he can make this decision in private.
And we're gonna find out what Seth did
at the end of the show.
Woo. I mean, this is...
this is a lot of money
and I don't know how well
or how bad I did.
So I don't know if I,
you know, tear this up.
You know, do I sign this?
It's... it's tough.
Um ...
... But, you know,
I wanna see a smile on your face, Dad, you know.
I want you to know that after all the pain
that was bottled up from having to quit
your dream job,
to, you know, those nights where you didn't know
how things were gonna get paid for.
I want you to know it wasn't for nothing, so...
I don't know.
But the pen is in my hand
and I wanna sign it.
I don't know.
[cheers and applause]
[Chris] Welcome back to The Wall.
Call in the family,
this could be a record-breaking night.
- I'm here with Steven. - [Steven] Yes.
- [Chris] There's $1,910,640... - [Steven] Yes.
[Chris] ... on The Wall.
And we're still waiting for Seth to make the decision.
- [The Wall beeping] - [Chris] Oh, I hear it.
Oh, boy. There it is.
- That's the decision. - There it is.
[Chris] It's all out of our hands now.
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 from the same place
that we let you drop
the four free green balls from.
And the first number you chose was 7.
So let's go ahead and drop that in.
Okay. Be good.
- [Chris] All right. - Low, low, low.
[Chris] You have a lot of money on The Wall to protect.
Come on now. Come on now.
[Chris] Number 7.
There's a lot of big amounts under there.
Drop it.
Come on now.
You've been good to me this whole time.
- Come on now. - [Chris] To the left!
$1. $1.
[Chris] Oh, my gosh, it's going to the left.
[Steven] $1. $1.
[Chris] That is a good 7 drop.
Oh, my gosh.
[Steven] Yes! Yes! Yes!
[Chris] Nicely done.
Oh, my gosh.
$1.
We got the scariest one out of the way.
Your total on The Wall right now,
$1,910,639.
The next number you selected was 6.
Let's put that in there.
One down, three to go.
Come on now.
[Chris] Anything to the left.
A hundred or a one, or a ten.
$1.
- Drop it. - $1.
- [Chris] Ugh. - [Steven] $1.
- [Chris] The stress. - [Steven] $1.
[Chris] To the left, to the left, to the left.
$1. $1.
- [Chris] Left. - [Steven] $1.
[Chris] Okay. It's going left.
Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.
200,000. That's all right.
That's not so bad.
You still have 1,710,639.
- Oh. - [Chris] Okay.
The third number you selected was 5.
Go ahead and drop that in there.
Let's go to the left.
- Come on, now. Come on now. - [Sandra] Low, low, low, low.
[Chris] We have two to get through.
- We're halfway there. - Low number.
[Chris] We just need to keep it to the left.
We got this. We got this.
Drop it.
[Steven] Come on now.
[Chris] Stay out of the million.
Get to the left.
- Left. - [Steven] Oh, man.
[Chris] Don't, get back to the left.
Okay. Okay.
[Steven] There we go. There we go.
- Yes! - $10!
Yes! Yes!
[Chris] Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
- Are you okay? - [Steven] Yes.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
- Now that was an amazing drop. - [Steven] Yes.
[Chris] Your total on The Wall right now is...
$1,710,629.
That is a lot of money up there.
And the last number you selected was 1.
1's a good place to be.
So I'm gonna ask you to put that in there.
Last red ball.
Here we go. One more, one time.
This is crazy. This is crazy.
[Chris] Let's see how much of this we can preserve.
Come on now, Hardeman family!
- Yes. - This is our day.
- [Sandra] Come on. - [Chris] Drop that last ball.
[Steven] Yes.
Come on now. Drop that ball.
[cheers and applause]
$1.
[Chris] Stay left, yeah, go left!
Yeah! Yeah!
- [Chris] Left. Left is good. - [Steven] Yes!
[Chris] Left is good. Left is good.
- $50,000. $50,000. - Yes. Yes.
- [Chris] Come on. - [Steven] Yes.
- [Chris] All right. - Yes.
Oh, man. I, uh, I... I... I... I feel...
- Yes! - I feel the stress with you.
- Right now on The Wall... - Yeah.
- ... you have $1,660,629. - [Steven] Yes.
Oh, my God.
[Chris] I'm very excited for you
and I really hope that I can do
even half a good a job
as a parent as y'all have done.
Uh, it's really been an honor.
And in just a minute, we're gonna find out
how this story ends, what decision
Seth made behind The Wall.
Is it a contract signed worth $170,632?
Or did he rip it up and risk it all
for what is now $1.6 million?
Please don't go anywhere.
Very important decision next on The Wall.
Coming up...
If you tore up the contract,
you're risking it all for whatever
was left on The Wall.
Will this 9/11 hero and his family walk away
with more than $1.6 million?
You gave an 18-year-old a lot of power
to put the future of the family
basically in my hands.
I don't know what this outcome will bring.
[cheers and applause]
Welcome back to The Wall. It's time to end the suspense
and find out what Seth decided.
Let's bring him back out. Seth, come on out.
[cheers and applause]
- [Chris] Welcome back. - Oh.
Oh. How're you doing?
- I'm coming down from it. - [Chris] Okay.
[Seth] Um, my heart's still pumping.
[Chris] So is mine, by the way, because a lot has happened
since you were in isolation.
But before you tell us what you decided,
I'll bring you up to speed.
You got three questions right.
So I'm gonna give you 20 grand
for each one of those towards your guarantee.
That means if you signed the contract I sent you,
it was worth $170,632.
If you tore it up, you're risking it
for what was left on The Wall.
You don't know what that is yet,
so come over here, my friend,
and, uh, tell your dad what you decided.
That was the most stressful thing I've ever gone through.
You gave me, an 18-year-old a lot of power,
um, to put the future of the family
basically in my hands.
So I went back and forth.
I had the pen in my hand.
I just started thinking, I want to repay you
for all that you've done for us.
I don't want you to worry
how are we gonna pay off my school bills
or anything like that.
Even now, I'm still scared.
I don't know what this outcome will bring.
So, with only you in mind,
because I just wanna make you happy
and I wanna do right by you ...
... I tore up the contract.
Son, let me tell you this.
The little boy who stood next to me all these years,
I watched that boy become a man.
Signing that contract, Seth,
that would have changed our lives.
And we put the weight of that on your shoulders.
And son, no matter what happens ...
... The Hardemans stand for love.
Things don't always work out the way you choose to in life.
They don't. You have to understand that.
You've seen us struggle,
and you see us that we've stayed together.
But son,
let me tell you this.
Son, we're leaving with $1.6 million.
- $1.6 million! $1.6 million! - [Chris] Oh, my God.
[cheers and applause]
- [Chris] Please come over. - [Sandra] Chris, we did it.
Oh, my God. This is what this show is about.
You played beautifully as a family.
You earned this. His strategy was brilliant.
Congratulations.
People will see that you are brilliant,
and America will see that your father is a hero.
And today, you are leaving with $1.6 million.
This is one of the most incredible episodes
I've ever been fortunate enough to be a part of.
Thank you so much for watching The Wall.
I hope we just made your day a little bit better.
- Oh, my God. Congratulations. - Thank you.
$1,660,629!
Yes! Yes!
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
[cheers and applause]
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