Tonight was the most excited I've been about the show in a long time. My heart was pounding when Lauren decided to trust her dad and lock in her final answer to win $500,000. She became the first player to win that amount of money since Chip Esten in 2013, and she joined Drew Carey, Rosie O'Donnell, and Norm Macdonald in the Celebrity $500,000 club, which was nice for Jimmy to mention. I don't blame her for not taking a stab at the $1 Million, as she was in a subject area that she was unfamiliar with.
Here's hoping we finish big with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen next week. This has been an incredible return for the show. Let's end it with a bang: The first celebrity $1 Million winner ever on an American version of the show, and the first time anyone clears a question stack in an American version in 17 years.