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Episode
3.25
January 6
Last time, the Million Dollar Mission began anew. Tonight, not only are we
loading the cases on the board, we're stepping back in time to do it, with a 70s
themed game and an 80s themed game.
But before we hop into the WABAC machine, let's meet NICK ABDULLAH. He just
moved to SoCal from Niagara Falls, where he was an accountant by day, and "Disco
Nick" by night. Disco is his thing. He wants to use the money to help out his
family and get a new car. Oh, and he also wants to open a disco club in SoCal.
Now that our disco-fied models are in place, we begin with a standard case
affair and #10 for mom's birthday and Nick's jersey number.
Howie quickly gets into the leisure suit mode
(C-Note: .... ew?)... and we get into the game.
12 - $100
18 - $75,000
15 - $200,000
2 - $5,000
21 - $75
16 - $400,000
We're having a bit of fun, and the banker is having none of that. Based on the
last round, which saw four big amounts go away, calls for a disco move... and
then offers this based on that move...
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BANK OFFER
$63,000 |
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$ 0.01 |
$ 1,000 |
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$ 1 |
$ 5,000 |
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$ 5 |
$ 10,000 |
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$ 10 |
$ 25,000 |
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$ 25 |
$ 50,000 |
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$ 50 |
$ 75,000 |
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$ 75 |
$ 100,000 |
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$ 100 |
$ 200,000 |
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$ 200 |
$ 300,000 |
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$ 300 |
$ 400,000 |
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$ 400 |
$ 500,000 |
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$ 500 |
$ 750,000 |
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$ 750 |
$ 1,000,000 |
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Good first offer, and if only because he's got a
soft spot for disco. It's a lot of money, but Nick came for more.
During the break, Disco Nick comes back appropriately dressed for more
case-picking.
8 - $200
22 - $300,000
19 - $5
5 - "Nick, you look so groovy, baby!" $750.
14 (Crystal) - $500,000
It's a banker's board now, and the banker drops the offer to ...
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BANK OFFER
$38,000 |
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$ 0.01 |
$ 1,000 |
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$ 1 |
$ 5,000 |
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$ 5 |
$ 10,000 |
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$ 10 |
$ 25,000 |
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$ 25 |
$ 50,000 |
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$ 50 |
$ 75,000 |
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$ 75 |
$ 100,000 |
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$ 100 |
$ 200,000 |
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$ 200 |
$ 300,000 |
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$ 300 |
$ 400,000 |
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$ 400 |
$ 500,000 |
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$ 500 |
$ 750,000 |
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$ 750 |
$ 1,000,000 |
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Never in a club alone, right? Let's meet our
fellow dancers. Wes (friend), Linda( mom), and Chad (co-worker) are dancing with
him. They all say "disco dreams"... NO DEAL.
1 - $10,000
26 - $300
23 - $400
7 - $10
Great round. Back to a draw board. Back to a raised offer... A record breaking
offer... which involves the breaking of records. Ouch.
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BANK OFFER
$94,000 |
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$ 0.01 |
$ 1,000 |
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$ 1 |
$ 5,000 |
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$ 5 |
$ 10,000 |
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$ 10 |
$ 25,000 |
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$ 25 |
$ 50,000 |
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$ 50 |
$ 75,000 |
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$ 75 |
$ 100,000 |
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$ 100 |
$ 200,000 |
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$ 200 |
$ 300,000 |
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$ 300 |
$ 400,000 |
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$ 400 |
$ 500,000 |
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$ 500 |
$ 750,000 |
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$ 750 |
$ 1,000,000 |
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Note to banker drone... You suck at breaking a
record. A good "outrageous game show moment", though. This will get Nick a new
car. There's a 27% chance that Nick is sitting on more than the offer (read:
six-plus figures). Wes says send the deal back. So that's what we're doing. NO
DEAL!
25 - $1,000,000
3 - "Not a problem." $1
13 - $25,000
The bad news... $1 million is gone. The good news: $750,000 is still there. The
offer...
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BANK OFFER
$70,000 |
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$ 0.01 |
$ 1,000 |
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$ 25 |
$ 50,000 |
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$ 50 |
$ 100,000 |
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$ 500 |
$ 750,000 |
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"Wow." Wow, indeed. Still, it's NO DEAL.
Contrary to what Howie says, there's no landmine YET...
20 - "Could be nice to get you in a new car, huh?" $25
4 - "Heh... Far out." PENNY!
A good offer... the best tonight. But first, here they are again... the Banker
Boyz... Okay, enough of that. The offer...
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BANK OFFER
$99,000 |
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$ 0.01 |
$ 1,000 |
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$ 25 |
$ 50,000 |
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$ 50 |
$ 100,000 |
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$ 500 |
$ 750,000 |
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There's basically one amount higher than that.
How far is Nick willing to go? There's a 17% shot at $750,000. NO DEAL!
9 - $500
A little booty shake. A lot of money to pay out this round...
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BANK OFFER
$121,000 |
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$ 0.01 |
$ 1,000 |
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$ 25 |
$ 50,000 |
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$ 50 |
$ 100,000 |
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$ 500 |
$ 750,000 |
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Nick has his eye on the $750,000, but he's
scared. He's giving up some $120,000 for a shot at about five times that...
MAYBE. There's a 20% chance that Nick has the $750,000. Taking into account all
of that...
Disco's not dead yet. NO DEAL!
6 - Gut instinct... $750,000
New offer...
$33,000
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BANK OFFER
$33,000 |
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$ 0.01 |
$ 1,000 |
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$ 25 |
$ 50,000 |
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$ 50 |
$ 100,000 |
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$ 500 |
$ 750,000 |
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No deal. Still $100,000 up for grabs.. Oh, never
mind.
11 - $100,000
And the banker calls in with...
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BANK OFFER
$15,000 |
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$ 0.01 |
$ 1,000 |
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$ 25 |
$ 50,000 |
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$ 50 |
$ 100,000 |
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$ 500 |
$ 750,000 |
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It's a HELP, but that's it. DEAL for $15,000. But
was it a good decision?
Jenelle had $50. Bank offer: $27,000. Nick had...
A good deal.
Now fast-forward to the 80s with TERESA TROGLIO. She's from Bayonne, NJ, and she
said that the 80s were the time of her life. She had the big hair (and we have
photos). She's a mother of two, and she's playing for them.
Cases are reset and models are redressed (along with Teresa's daughter Nicolette).
Time to start this thing, but first, we make some substitutions. $1 has a
scrunchy, $5 has hairspray, $10 has leg warmers, and $25 has a boom box.
Hopefully none of those things are in case #19.
Now to start the decade of the game show with six
cases...
11 - Scrunchy
26 - Her dad's favorite... $300
17 - Leg warmers
8 - $400
22 - Nicolette's birthday... $25,000
10 - $75,000
Time for a phone call... Banker... "She's from Jersey. I thought I smelled
something." That's the junk from Staten Island, apparently. The first offer...
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BANK OFFER
$81,000 |
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$ 0.01 |
$ 1,000 |
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SCRUNCHY |
$ 5,000 |
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HAIRSPRAY |
$ 10,000 |
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LEG WARMERS |
$ 25,000 |
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BOOM BOX |
$ 50,000 |
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$ 50 |
$ 75,000 |
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$ 75 |
$ 100,000 |
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$ 100 |
$ 200,000 |
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$ 200 |
$ 300,000 |
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$ 300 |
$ 400,000 |
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$ 400 |
$ 500,000 |
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$ 500 |
$ 750,000 |
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$ 750 |
$ 1,000,000 |
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A great first offer for a great first board. Not
good enough for Teresa's two kids. NO DEAL!
Teresa would also like to get enough for a new kitchen. Five more cases...
2 - $75
13 - Her husband's favorite... With Pac-Man dying, $400,000
24 - $1,000,000
6 - $500
9 - Teresa's favorite... $100!
Two big ones are gone and we see the effect in the offer...
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BANK OFFER
$55,000 |
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$ 0.01 |
$ 1,000 |
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SCRUNCHY |
$ 5,000 |
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HAIRSPRAY |
$ 10,000 |
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LEG WARMERS |
$ 25,000 |
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BOOM BOX |
$ 50,000 |
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$ 50 |
$ 75,000 |
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$ 75 |
$ 100,000 |
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$ 100 |
$ 200,000 |
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$ 200 |
$ 300,000 |
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$ 300 |
$ 400,000 |
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$ 400 |
$ 500,000 |
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$ 500 |
$ 750,000 |
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$ 750 |
$ 1,000,000 |
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Not that huge of a drop, but here to direct her
are Bob (father-in-law), Nina (friend), and Robert (husband). Teresa mulls it
over... it's still not enough. NO DEAL!
1 - $750
15 - BANOODLES!
12 - Teresa needs a boombox... Got it.
23 - $500,000
Still a good round. Still a dealer's board if Teresa decides to play it out. New
offer...
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BANK OFFER
$55,000 |
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$ 0.01 |
$ 1,000 |
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SCRUNCHY |
$ 5,000 |
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HAIRSPRAY |
$ 10,000 |
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LEG WARMERS |
$ 25,000 |
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BOOM BOX |
$ 50,000 |
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$ 50 |
$ 75,000 |
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$ 75 |
$ 100,000 |
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$ 100 |
$ 200,000 |
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$ 200 |
$ 300,000 |
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$ 300 |
$ 400,000 |
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$ 400 |
$ 500,000 |
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$ 500 |
$ 750,000 |
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$ 750 |
$ 1,000,000 |
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No change. Nicolette says that the banker better
the raise the offer before she leaves. Talk about a girl who knows what she
wants.
Teresa wants another round. NO DEAL. After meeting the mother-in-law... and
son... and Debbie (sorry... Deborah) Gibson... and Corey Feldman... No fool...
Three cases.
18 - $750,000. The 80s icons swear it's not their fault.
14 - Hairspray
5 - It's nerve-wracking... Corey says the 5 stands for 50.... Get the man a
prize.
Eight cases left, three of them with six figures. Two more cases go next round.
Banker offers...
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BANK OFFER
$64,000 |
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$ 1,000 |
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$ 5,000 |
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$ 10,000 |
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$ 50,000 |
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$ 100,000 |
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$ 200,000 |
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$ 200 |
$ 300,000 |
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Small raise, but a raise. Deborah wants her to go
for broke. Teresa wants a kick up. NO DEAL!
Two cases.
25 - Corey wanted 20, but Hayley says it's good, so... $10,000
20 - Okay, pressure's on, dude... $300,000.
D'oh! Still a dealer's board. Still should be a good offer, maybe. The banker, a
huge Corey Feldman fan, offers...
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BANK OFFER
$47,000 |
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$ 1,000 |
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$ 5,000 |
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$ 10,000 |
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$ 50,000 |
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$ 100,000 |
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$ 200,000 |
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$ 200 |
$ 300,000 |
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Now there's a one-in-three chance at six figures.
Seems like nothing right now, but will Teresa go for it? Yep. No deal.
16 - $200
Left side is clear and the safety net is still up. The banker ups the ante to...
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BANK OFFER
$60,000 |
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$ 1,000 |
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$ 5,000 |
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$ 10,000 |
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$ 50,000 |
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$ 100,000 |
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$ 200,000 |
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$ 200 |
$ 300,000 |
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Husband wants Teresa to go for one more and take
her chance. One more shot? One more shot.
3 - Lisa and Nicolette reveal... $100,000.
Ouch. Safety net is gone. Is this the end for Teresa? Banker offers...
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BANK OFFER
$55,000 |
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$ 1,000 |
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$ 5,000 |
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$ 10,000 |
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$ 50,000 |
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$ 100,000 |
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$ 200,000 |
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$ 200 |
$ 300,000 |
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... again. With one case to open. Parents want
Teresa to deal. That's guaranteed... She can't risk walking away with nothing.
DEAL for $55,000.
But was it the right decision? Sara had $50,000. Banker would've offered
$74,000. Keltie had... $5000. Banker would've offered $111,000. In Teresa's
case...
Another great deal. We continue on with 2008 and
the Million Dollar Mission next time.
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