TPiR Recap - 5/22/2018

[Roadgeek Adam]

Episode #8352K
Aired – 5/22/2018; Taped – 3/13/2018
Models: Daniel Goddard, Rachel Reynolds
Microphone Handoff: Rachel
First Four Contestant Seating: Left to Right

First IUFB: Laptop Computer (Apple: 12in MacBook with 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 1TB EHD); ARP: $1,699 (Overhead)

KEVIN	DEANNA	BRITTANY	VINCENT
1250	2200	1100	1200

The winner is...
KEVIN

Kevin is playing LUCKY $EVEN for a 2018 Ford Focus SE (2L engine, 6-speed AT, FWD, interior protection package, paint/fabric protection) (Rachel).

First number is...

$

2

Remaining: $7

Guess: 2

$

2

1

Remaining: $6

Guess: 5

$

2

1

7

Remaining: $4

Guess: 4

$

2

1

7

9

Remaining: $0

LOSS. ARP was:

$

2

1

7

9

3

Second IUFB: Pair of eReaders and Beach Gear (32GB eReaders; collection of beach accessories, umbrella, tote); ARP: $1,242 (Daniel)

CARA	DEANNA	BRITTANY	VINCENT
550	650	540	651

The winner is...
VINCENT

Vincent is playing Make Your Move for:

Stainless Steel Water Bottle (Rachel).
Designer Sunglasses (Proof: 5 sunglasses and 5 cases) (Rachel).
Watercraft (Sea-Doo: Spark 2Up with Rotax 900 Ace engine, trailer and life vests) (Rachel)

Vincent makes his move...

6	4	7	2	3	5	6	8	5
WATERCRAFT				BOTTLE		SUNGLASSES

The correct prices are...

6	4	7	2	3	5	6	8	5
WATERCRAFT				BOTTLE		SUNGLASSES

WIN

Third IUFB: Designer Handbags (Ladies Collection with swingpack and 5 leather bags); ARP: $1,830 (Rachel)

CARA	DEANNA	BRITTANY	CHARLES
1350	2100	975	1200

The winner is...
CARA

Cara, from Charleston, West Virginia is playing SECRET X for cookies and ice cream and a trip to St. Lucia (2 bakers dozen cookies 12x/year; $500 gift card from Haagen-Dazs Shop; RT Coach to St. Lucia for a 6n stay in a luxury suite at Casilla Blanc Villa + daily breakfast; ARP: $9,439) (Daniel and Rachel).

Cara places the free X...

The small prizes are:

1. Chocolate Fountain
2. Hot Chocolate Maker

?

X

 

?

 

 

?

 

$29

$50

CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN

$29

$50

$50

?

X

 

?

 

X

?

 

$100

$140

THERMAL FROTHER

$100

$140

$100

X

?

X

 

?

 

X

?

 

The secret X is revealed...

X

X

X

 

 

 

X

 

 

WIN (Total Winnings: $9,589)

SCSD #1

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
Kevin	$1,699	30	60	.90	*SHOWCASE*
Vincent	$8,434	20	25	.45
Cara	$11,419	5	40	.45

Fourth IUFB: Countertop Appliances (Black and Decker: 6 appliances); ARP: $610 (Rachel)

JOANNA	DEANNA	BRITTANY	CHARLES
650	525	675	1

The winner is...
DEANNA

Deanna is playing Stack The Deck for a 2018 Cadillac ATS (2L engine, 6-speed AT, RWD, all-weather floor mats, paint/fabric protection) (Daniel).

STACK THE DECK

1

2

3

4

5

6

9

1) Minute Instant White Rice

 

$4.69

$7.99

2) Jack Link's Beef Jerky

3) Aleve Pain Relief

$9.86

$6.99

4) Simple Facial Wipes

5) Ragu Pasta Sauce (66oz)

$5.49

$3.79

6) Oxi-Clean Laundry Stick

STACK THE DECK

3

9

6

5

2

1

4

4

1

2

3

6

3

9

6

5

2

1

4

LOSS

Fifth IUFB: Table Tennis Package (Ping Pong Table with tournament grade net, accessories); ARP: $768 (Rachel v. Daniel)

JOANNA	DENNIS	BRITTANY	CHARLES
376	350	351	375

The winner is...
JOANNA

Joanna is playing Do The Math for television (65in Ultra HD television with 3-way speak control, universal remote, voice control) (Daniel) and a new washer and dryer (Electric washer and dryer) (Rachel).

± $850 =

TELEVISION

WASHER/DRYER

Joanna believes it is

- $850 =

TELEVISION

WASHER/DRYER

- $850 =

$3,350

$2,500

WIN

Brittany wasted a golden opportunity last time up. Can she avoid the trip to Vernon Valley, New Jersey? She's not in the best position.

Sixth IUFB: Pair of Bluetooth Speakers (Street Hopper: Wireless speakers wit h 32GB MP3 player); ARP: $960 (Daniel)

MARY	DENNIS	BRITTANY	CHARLES
675	725	750	751

The winner is...
CHARLES

Brittany heads off while Charles is playing Freeze Frame for a trip to Taiwan (RT Coach to Taipei, TI for a 6n stay in a medium 101 view at the Amba Taiwan Hotel + daily breakfast, guided night market tour) (Rachel).

$8148

	60	27
34			81
99			48
	15	52

LOSS

SCSD #2

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
Deanna	$610	35	50	.85
Charles	$960	85	STAY	.85	*OVERTIME*
Joanna	$7,468	10	35	.45

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	TOTAL	RESULT
Deanna	$610	85	.85
Charles	$960	95	.95	*SHOWCASE*

THE FABULOUS SHOWCASES

Kevin has the honors...

SC1 - Charles

FULL OF MAGICAL VIEWS

• Outdoor Patio Set (LampsPlus: Wicker sofa and ottoman, coffee table, pair of pillows) (Daniel)
• Trip to Scotland (RT Coach to Edinburgh, SC for a 6n stay at Glampotel Hotel Dundas Castle + daily breakfast) (Rachel)
• Boat (Bayliner: Element E16 with 60HP ELPT 4-stroke CT Mercury engine, automatic bilge pump, trailer) (Daniel)

Bid: $31,250

SC2 - Kevin

ENCORE

• Trip to New York (RT Coach to New York, NY for a 6n stay in a premier skyline king room at the Lotte New York Palace + 2 orchestra center concert seats) (Rachel)
• Guitar and Drum Set (TTM Guitars: Maple neck and abalone inlays; ddrum: drums, cymbals, throne) (Rachel and Daniel)
• 2018 Buick Metallic Blue Encore Preferred (1.4L engine, 6-speed AT, FWD, remote start) (Rachel)

Bid: $34,281

Charles

$31,250

SCOTLAND/BOAT

$29,760

SCOTLAND/BOAT

Kevin

$34,281

NEWYORK/BUICK

$33,393

NEWYORK/BUICK

Results: 3 out of 6
Winnings: $30,590
Biggest Winner: Cara ($11,419)

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[ooboh]

Sure, “Stack the Deck” was a total disaster as usual, but I hope this luxury car idea becomes a regular thing for this game.

[Wayoshi]

The lineups lately, and throwing in a decent luxury car in freakin’ Stack just to claim they aren’t being cheap when of course it had <1% chance of being won... all of this is an insult to LFATs. It really is, what a terrible stretch this month has been.

[digiblader]

It's official--Stack the Deck is so impossible to win, it's now getting the 3 Strikes treatment of being played for luxury cars. And as usual, it's lost. How much longer before the production staff finally decide to retire this game?

And what a dumb prize package in Secret X..

[Off_trak]

I actually thought the grocery products in Stack the Deck were fairly straight forward today. The Cadillac seemed winnable to me.

[Kev347]

What I really don't get about Stack the Deck today is that there's no way that can look good to a casual viewer either. A lot of the complaining about setups and lineups is just stuff that we do as hardcore fans of the show who watch every day and notice the little things, and sometimes it can be a bit nitpicky. But something as bad as Stack today just needs to be called out. We already (rightly) fork people in Stack for normal cars whenever they take the first number free, because you need all the information you can get in this game. When you play Stack for a car where the first digit isn't even a certainty, you've ALREADY made it way harder. You don't need to do much else. You certainly don't need to add 3 very hard GPs and an ugly ending on top of everything. What the average viewer probably saw today was a contestant coming absolutely nowhere close to winning. And that's just no fun.

If you really must flaunt a luxury car in a non big 3 game, how about TTM or Gas, which at least feel like random guessing games that the contestant has a flying chance of getting right, yet still are very hard? Joe Plinko would not notice these as much, I promise you.

Also I don't even know what's going on with the lineups anymore, but this ending-the-show-with-2-quickies thing really didn't work in S37 and I have no idea why it's making a comeback now. It turns the entire show into an anticlimax. It makes especially little sense on a show like today where there were only 2 quickies to begin with. Why play your two WEAKEST games last? Makes no sense to me.

[ooboh]

I actually thought the grocery products in Stack the Deck were fairly straight forward today. The Cadillac seemed winnable to me.

I definitely would’ve lost, because I got 1/3 grocery items, and I highballed the price of the car (said $54,000, then when the sign flipped to read $41,000, it hit me that it wasn’t THAT kind of luxury car).

[rowlande]

Is stack the deck becoming a bi weekly game

[Teddy]

Seeing Stack the Deck fourth was a bit of a shock to me, because I'm sure that when that Cadillac showed up, 3 Strikes would be played instead. But this is not 1998 anymore, so anything goes these days. I would've loved to see Let em Roll for luxury cars, and then at least Deanna would have a better shot at it.

Funny that both games with flipover reveals (Stack the Deck and Secret "X") were played in the same show, and back-to-back!

[ooboh]

Funny that both games with flipover reveals (Stack the Deck and Secret "X") were played in the same show, and back-to-back!

Wouldn’t that be a game conflict, as pointed out by the Dob?

[rowlande]

What was the last game to be retired. Stack the deck is safe

[digiblader]

Let 'Em Roll would never be played for luxury cars unless it's Dream Car Week and Mike Richards really wanted to blow the budget.

As for a Cadillac in Stack the Deck--it's likely they think they can get away with it because NOBODY wins this game (1-7 this season, 3-16 the last 2 years.), despite what Drew says. But here, it makes an already impossible game even more difficult. A car of this magnitude would make more sense in 3 Strikes--if it was $50K+ in value.

This game wasn't this hard when Roger ran the show.. but since Mike Richards came in, the game is frequently impossible.

[ShootingDio]

What was the last game to be retired. Stack the deck is safe

Step Up from Season 43 in late 2014.

[bigblue999]

Not the first time Stack the Deck was played for a luxury car.

Even back then, it was still bizarre.

[JayC]

The 9 in Lucky $even was mean but the price was otherwise not super tough. I was thinking lower for the 4th digit too though.

Make Your Move was easy- 647/23/5685 was the only combination that would've made some sense.

Well well, a luxury car in Stack the Deck. Of course they made the GPs really tough, the pasta sauce/cleaning stick was the only one that wasn't that much of a toss-up. Even with getting all three numbers and placing the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th digits though, the 5th digit still would've been difficult to choose between 6 and 9.

Very easy Do the Math and tough Freeze Frame to round things out.

It's official--Stack the Deck is so impossible to win, it's now getting the 3 Strikes treatment of being played for luxury cars. And as usual, it's lost. How much longer before the production staff finally decide to retire this game?

They don't retire games because of difficultly/lack of wins anymore.

Funny that both games with flipover reveals (Stack the Deck and Secret "X") were played in the same show, and back-to-back!

Having the Showcase Showdown inbetween did make it less noticable though.