-That is so much money.
-I've never seen this happen. Let's go!
-So far, the Wall has paid out over $25 million.
-This is an all-time record!
He was right! The correct answer!
-Get the answers...
-Drop it. -...the Wall adds money...
-Yes! Oh, my God!
-...and now with even more exciting ways to win.
-We are in Wall to Wall.
-Obviously, you want to go big.
-But make a mistake and the Wall takes away.
**
-So tonight, the Wall dream shot
goes to a mother/son duo from Orlando, Florida.
Shelley is a NICU nurse who's been helping newborn babies
enter the world for over 42 years.
Her son Adam is a theme-park enthusiast
who took his passion and turned it into a way
to make dreams come true for struggling kids.
With the help of other thrill seekers,
he's raised over $20,000
to help give children a dream vacation
that they never could have imagined.
This wonderful caretaker and her fund-raising son
are coming up right now on "The Wall."
-Welcome to "The Wall" on NBC.
[ Cheers and applause ]
**
-Please welcome to "The Wall" Adam and Shelley.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-It's nice to see you both.
How are you? How are you doing, Shelley?
-Hey. What's going on? -So great to be here.
-Oh, I'm very excited you're here.
I mean, you and I are gonna have a lot to talk about
with theme parks. -I am ready.
-But before we get started,
I want to tell you about Adam and Shelley.
Mother and son out of Orlando, Florida.
Adam works as a systems operations manager,
and Shelley is a NICU nurse. [ Cheers and applause ]
I can tell you this --
having had a baby seven months ago,
you know, there's that crucial moment
when the baby's first delivered.
I was so relieved and grateful to know that people like you
were there to make sure that everything would be okay.
So what you do is life-saving and life-changing,
so thank you so much. -It's really beautiful.
-Yeah. Being from Orlando,
these two are at the epicenter of theme park America.
-Literally, when I was in high school,
I would walk across the street from my high school
to go to the theme park.
-Oh. But Adam is not your ordinary,
run-of-the-mill roller-coaster connoisseur.
He's transformed his passion into action.
And the result is absolutely incredible.
-He formed a charitable organization.
They raised money to bring in children
with life-threatening illnesses and special needs.
-Thank you from Give Kids the World.
[ Cheers and applause ] -That's the best.
You know what? You said, "Hey, not only do I love theme parks,
I love it so much, I need to make sure
that other people get to have this experience, too."
-We called it our charity initiative.
And so myself and seven other members of our team
over the course of 13 events over 11 years raised money
for the Children's Hospital of Anaheim,
Toys for Tots, Give Kids the World,
and Make-A-Wish Foundation,
bringing theme-park fans together
to experience the things that we love about theme parks.
-Right. -But in the back of our minds,
everything we were doing was driving towards that end goal,
which was to share that magic with others.
-Well, it's amazing, 'cause, Shelley,
you get the kids into this world.
And then, Adam, you make sure
that they have a good time while they're here,
getting to explore these parks.
And now it's your turn
because there's potentially up to $12 million
up here on the Wall. -Thank you.
-Which would fund a lot of theme-park excursions.
-Yes. -But later on tonight...
The million-dollar bin is on the Wall,
and we're gonna give you 10 chances
at that million dollars.
But right now, we're gonna start with Free Fall.
Plus, we're gonna get right into the game.
Let's load up those three balls.
So, you know how this works.
You must lock in your answer before the first one
crosses the plane at the top of those slots right there.
And then we just have to finish Free Fall in the positive
for a chance to go on to play for millions of dollars.
There's a plus sign right there.
That's Free Fall Plus. It turns gold.
If you're very confident about an answer,
you can hit that, and the balls will turn gold.
Wherever they land, double the amount.
Hopefully, you get that right.
If you don't, then we have to take away double the amount.
You only get to use that one time in Free Fall,
so choose wisely.
And that's it. Are you ready to go?
-We are so ready. -Enough of the rules.
-Let's get into this. -Let's do this.
-Here's our first question of Free Fall Plus.
-"Top Chef," "Top Chef," "Top Chef."
Double-up, double-up, double-up.
-Okay, they have invoked Free Fall Plus.
-25, 25, 25, 25, 25. -Adam was very sure.
I think I see a $10,000.
That can be $20,000. That can be another 10.
And another 10.
10 becomes 20, 10 becomes 20,
5 could become 10.
Right off the bat, first question,
invoking Free Fall Plus.
The answer is "Top Chef," of course.
Congratulations. You doubled all your amounts.
That means you have $50,000. [ Cheers and applause ]
Not bad. Here comes question two.
-Gingham, gingham, gingham. "B," "B," "B."
-Alright. -25, 25, 25, 25, 25.
-Get it into the thing. Come on.
-Oh, there's it.
10,000 and a 10,000 and a 10.
Alright. -There it is.
-Shelley, you seem very sure it was gingham.
There wasn't even a question in your mind.
-No. -That is of course a correct answer, gingham.
-Another $20,010 gets added.
Total $70,010 after only two questions.
-That's awesome.
-It's time for the third question of Free Fall.
-"Honesty." -"Honesty." "A," "A," "A."
Come on! Let's get some -- 20.
20, 20, 10. 20, 20, 20, 20.
-20,000 and almost a 25 and another 20.
-Oh! 40K.
-$40,000 if you're right, which you are.
-Yes! -"Honesty, such a lonely word."
Now it's stuck in my head.
$110,011 right there.
It's time for question four of Free Fall.
-South America. "B," "B," "B," "B."
-Alright. Go, go, go, go, go! -Come on!
-Alright. Question four.
Oh, right in the 1.
That was a quick drop.
Maybe we can get a 25 in there.
Another 1 and a 10,000.
$10,002. -Good job.
We'll take another $10,000.
-Well, you will, because that's a correct answer.
-Yes! [ Cheers and applause ]
-Your total on the wall now is $120,013.
So you're definitely moving on, which is great.
But let's see.
We can maybe put another, I don't know,
$75,000 up there if you get this right. -Okay.
-Here are your next set of answers.
-TED talks, TED Talks.
Come on, come on, come on, come on!
-Alright, here we go. Maybe a 25.
Let me see a 25.
We have a 10.
And then there's another 10.
[ Cheers and applause ] 10,000.
Eh, Bill and Ted Talks -- I see what we did there.
Very clever.
The correct answer, of course, is TED Talks.
You swept Free Fall. That is five for five.
Your grand total right now -- you have 140,113.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Oh, man. That's tough, because that's a great number, right?
And later on, you're gonna have a very hard choice.
You can keep guaranteed money,
which is that, $140,000, plus, you know, bonus money
for however many you get right on the show,
or risk it for potentially millions of dollars up here.
Before the game, you decided,
Shelley, you were going behind the Wall into isolation.
Why did you decide that?
-Because he's very analytical,
and he knows me really, really well.
So I think that he will channel
whether I get the answers right or wrong.
-Okay, great. Well, this is the part
where we have to temporarily say goodbye to you.
This is the part where you will then take on the role
of helping to influence how the game is played.
You know, the next time you see each other,
maybe you'll have millions of dollars. Who knows?
-Adam, my sweet son who I love and adore,
you are the sunshine of my life.
From the time you were born,
you brought sunshine to all of us.
I love you so much, and I just --
I'm so grateful to have you in my life.
And I know that we're gonna do this.
We're already doing great.
And I have faith in you that we'll get through this
just like every other roller coaster.
But we're gonna end up on the up side.
[ Applause ] -Mom, when I think about
all that you've pushed forward in our lives,
but all of the people you've touched along the way,
all of the lives that you've saved,
today is about you,
to thank you and to secure your future.
I love you so much, and I'm so proud of you. -I love you, too.
[ Cheers and applause ] -So sweet!
Alright. Let's go back, Shelley.
You're gonna be great back there.
You're a NICU nurse. You can do anything.
-I can try. -So you're gonna be amazing.
I appreciate you. We'll see you in a little while.
Alright. There she goes.
This is unlike any roller coaster you've ever been on.
You could be up, you could be down,
and everything will just happen like that.
So, the big opportunity is gonna be coming up
right after the commercial break.
When we come back,
the million-dollar Superdrop kicks us off.
-Come on! Over to the right, over to the right!
Oh! -Yes!
-And later, will Shelley take a risk with her decision?
-I'm trying to make one of the biggest decisions to date
for all of us.
-How much will the red balls take from their total?
-Get out of there, get out of there. -Go, go, go, go!
$1, $1! Oh!
-Welcome back to "The Wall." I'm here with Adam.
Adam is a systems operation manager from Orlando.
His mom, Shelley, is a nurse who works with newborns.
She's back in isolation.
Their total on the Wall right now is $140,113,
which is a great place to start.
But before we get back into the game,
I see over in the VIP section
you've brought some people with you.
Who is over there?
-So, I have my beautiful wife, Maddie, here today.
-Hello. -Hi!
-She is my world. And also here, my dad, Paul.
-Paul, thank you for being here. Thank you both for being here.
Maddie, Paul, it's wonderful to have you here. -Thank you.
We can all see now there's a $150,000 bin on the Wall.
For this round, that's our top value on the Wall,
which means it is time for the Superdrop.
So we're gonna load seven green balls up there
on every slot. -Oh. Here we go.
-Let's load those up with seven green balls.
-Here we go. -I do want to remind you,
at the end of this round, we do the same thing,
but they all turn red.
But right now, let's look at the green.
-Alright. -And Superdrop it!
-Let's get some 150's on the board.
Come on, come on, come on, come on!
At least a couple. Bring it on, bring it on.
-Over, over, over, over!
Come on! Over to the right, over to the right.
Come on! Let's go, let's go!
-Alright! -Come on!
Over, over, over, over, over, over!
Come on, come on! -Oh, wow. There's a 10.
Maybe a 100. 100K! [ Cheers and applause ]
Alright. $110,032. -Whoo!
-That means your total right now -- $250,145.
-I will take it. -Alright.
So, now it is time to get to the questions.
This is where you have a lot of control.
You're gonna decide where to play the ball from.
5, 6, 7 are hovering over larger amounts.
Could be a riskier play.
If you're less confident,
1, 2, or 3 are over lower amounts.
And that's gonna protect the money you have.
Later on, in round 3,
I'm gonna give you the opportunity
to not only triple up, but go Wall to Wall,
which is new this season.
I'm gonna turn a ball gold. You drop it in.
Seven gold balls up there. [ Cheers and applause ]
We're gonna give you the option
to try for more money than ever
if you choose to do that.
-Oh, yeah. -Alright.
Here are your first set of answers.
Based on those, where do you want to play from?
-So, this is definitely a baseball question.
My mom and I are not the sporty ones of the family.
[ Laughter and applause ]
I think we're gonna play this one safe.
-2 -- go for 2. -Okay.
-We're gonna put one ball on 2. -Okay. One on 2.
Drop it in.
There it goes.
[ Cheers and applause ]
And alright.
Let's send her the question.
[ "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" plays on organ ]
-Oh. -Yeah. Let's see.
[ Laughter ] Not so good on sports questions,
but there's normally, if I'm not mistaken, seven innings.
So I don't think it would be after the last inning.
I'm gonna think I'm going to say "B," third inning.
Lock it in. -Alright. That's okay.
Now, you admittedly were not a baseball enthusiast,
but you seem to feel like you knew the answer to this.
-I think she got this one wrong. And that's okay.
-Well, that is very sweet that you're so understanding.
The correct answer was seventh inning. -That's fine.
-But it's okay, because it's early in the game
and you played very safely, number 2.
-We're going for small money.
-Yeah, we're going for small money.
You still have $250,000 on the Wall.
Go ahead and drop that ball. -Alright, come on.
Small money, small money, small money.
$1. Come on.
Over, over, over! -Get to the left.
Over, over, over!
Left, left, left, left, left, left, left, left, left!
Left, left, left, left, left -- Oh!
-Oh, $75,000. -Okay.
-That's alright. -Alright.
We're still on the board. -That's alright.
We're still on the board.
$175,145. Still plenty of money on the Wall.
-Yeah. -Don't worry.
-We're not bruised yet.
-Not -- [ Laughs ] [ Laughter ]
Here's your next set of answers.
Now, you can double-up if you want to.
How are you feeling?
-Aah. [ Laughter and applause ]
So definitely not doubling up on this one.
-Okay. We're not doubling up. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Yeah. We're gonna play conservative.
-From what number?
-I think we're gonna drop this one on 1.
-Okay. Number 1. [ Cheers and applause ]
Go and drop that in.
I would say there is a 0% chance
your mom is gonna come out and go, "That's it.
You're not a nice boy anymore."
You know? That isn't gonna happen.
-And if she walks out saying, "I knew that one for sure,"
then I'm -- I'm gonna be thrilled.
-Let's send the question over to Shelley.
-Oh.
-Okay, Adam.
Well, I know when Grandma and Grandpa
went out to Arizona, in that area,
that they brought back beautiful items
made by the, I believe, Navajo.
They do beautiful, intricate basket-weaving and pottery,
and there's a lot of sandstone.
And I think they use sandstone. -You got this, mom.
-So I think I'm going to go with "A," Navajo.
Lock it in. -Great job, Mom.
-Alright. She also threw in
some geological knowledge in there, as well --
Sandstone. -Well, I'm going with my gut.
I feel like she got this one.
-Well, you are right. She did get it correct. -Yes, yes!
-Navajo is the correct answer.
-Oh, good job, Mom.
Played one ball from number 1, so go ahead and grab it.
-Let's get some big money, Mom.
Come on! Let's go, let's go, Let's go!
Alright. Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go!
Let's get that 75 back. Come on.
Over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over!
Over, over! Come on, 50, 50!
[ Cheers and applause ] Oh!
-Yes! He got it back.
-Yes! -You got it back.
-I got it back.
-Yes!
-Oh. You made that money back, no problem.
Your total on the Wall back up to $250,145.
-Wow. Good job, mom. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Alright. Here is your last set of answers in this round.
-Oh, man. We are big "SNL" fans.
My mom is a born and raised New Yorker,
and I think she's gonna know this one.
-Well, just knowing that, before you decide,
just remember... -I know, I know.
-...you can play one ball, you can triple up,
or you can go Wall to Wall. -Right.
-We're gonna make that fancy ball gold,
and then we put seven fancy balls up there.
-Wall to Wall could get you over $1.3 million,
but could wipe you out. -[ Sighs ]
I trust my mom and her "SNL" knowledge,
but we have so much more to go for here today.
-Okay. -So for that reason,
we're not gonna go Wall to Wall.
-Okay. Let me de-fancy the ball.
I take your fancy away, ball! [ Laughter and applause ]
So what do you think?
-So, we're gonna pick up one ball.
-Okay. -And we're gonna drop on 5.
-Drop it on 5. Okay.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Let's send the question over to Shelley.
-Okay, Adam.
Gosh, "Saturday Night Live" started
when Dad and I were in college.
And Gilda Radner, poor thing, she did pass away.
But oh, my gosh, she was so funny as Roseanne Rosannadanna.
[ Laughter, cheers and applause ]
I don't know going back to the beginning of the show,
when Gilda Radner was on it,
if they were letting them be head writers.
Maybe Molly Shannon.
But I don't know. Tina Fey is so talented
and has done so many different things
that I'm gonna hope --
and I hope this is the right answer --
Tina Fey, "C," lock it in.
-Yes! -She's locked in Tina Fey.
By the way, Gilda Radner, Molly Shannon, Tina
all just flawless comedy forces in this world. -Incredible.
-I'm very happy to report Tina Fey is a correct answer.
-Yes! Good job, Mom.
-You can still make a lot of money on this drop.
We can get you to maybe 400 grand.
-Come on, come on.
-Let's go ahead and drop it. Alright.
Come on, Mom. We got this one.
-Let's go. Big money.
Alright. Over, over, over, over, over, over, over!
Come on! 150, 150, 150, 150, 150!
Over, over, over, over, over!
-Oh, it could do it. It could happen.
-Come on! -Oh!
-Great. 100.
It's still 100 extra on the board.
-Your total on the Wall is still $250,245.
-We're still up, we're still up.
-Unfortunately, we have to do the evil Superdrop.
We have to load seven red balls up there.
Sorry to do this. It's just the rules of the game.
-This is a really tough one, because it could wipe you out.
Let's go ahead and -- -Come on, Mom. Small money.
-Evil Superdrop it. -Come on.
Small money. Over, over, over.
Alright, over, over. Small, small, small.
Over, over, over, over, over.
Come on, over, over, over.
Small money, small money, small money, small money.
Oh! 75.
No! Oh!
-Oh, man. Oh.
-Whoa. -Oh.
Well, that was a rough Superdrop.
That took a lot. But it didn't take everything.
Your total on the Wall right now, $124. -Okay.
-But this is what's crazy about this show,
is that you're playing great strategy.
Your mom's answering questions.
And then it's just like
the bounces that we can't control, you know?
But I feel very good for you, because this is where
the biggest game in the world takes off.
We're gonna have the million-dollar bin
when we come back.
-Let's get the million. Let's start off strong.
-With four free shots at it... -Come on, come on, come on!
-Okay, okay, okay. Oh, my gosh.
-Oh!
-...how many millions can Adam add to their total?
-Oh, it could do it. It could happen.
-Over, over, over! -Yeah!
[ Cheers and applause ] -Welcome back to "The Wall."
I'm here with Adam.
He's a systems operations manager from Orlando.
-His mom, Shelley, in the back in isolation,
has no idea what's going on out here.
The total on the Wall right now is only $124.
He had $250,000, and then we had an evil Superdrop
that we just almost kind of broke even.
-But we survived. -We survived.
And the million-dollar bin is up there now.
[ Cheers and applause ] So now things can change, right?
So, as you know, we start this round
with four green balls and four shots for a million dollars.
We bookend the round with four red balls
that play from wherever you play those green ones.
And then we have the three questions in between
that swing the game in either direction.
So, where would you like to play your first green ball?
-We are going to play on 5.
-5. Alright. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Drop it in there.
-Okay. Why 5?
-We're gonna start off with this round
with a dedication to my Grandpa Lenny.
Years ago, he told me
just to take the moments and share them as a family
and revel in these opportunities that we get together.
I'm here today with my mom, my dad, and my beautiful wife.
And regardless of what's on the Wall right now,
we're walking away winners,
because we've shared in this moment.
And that's because of the way that my grandpa
helped to raise our family.
-That's really fantastic.
This is for Lenny.
This is one green ball from number 5,
hovering not far from the million dollars.
So let's see if we can do that for Lenny.
Go ahead and drop it! -Okay.
Grandpa Lenny, come on. Let's get this one home.
-Come on, Grandpa.
-Let's get the million. Let's start off strong.
Here we go. Over, over, over.
Let's go to the right. -Get to the right!
-Over, over, over, over, over, over!
Come on, come on, come on. -Okay, okay, okay.
Oh! Whoo! [ Cheers and applause ]
Oh! Oh, my God, oh, my God!
Oh, my God, Lenny! Thanks!
-Yeah! [ Cheers ]
-Oh! -Oh, my God.
Oh, my God, you hit it right out of the gate.
Right out of the gates.
Oh, my gosh.
And there it is. $1,000,124.
Oh. -Oh, man.
-Yeah, right. We just went
from three digits to seven in one drop.
-Alright. Your second ball.
Where do you want to play this?
-Okay. We are gonna play this next ball on 3.
-Alright. Drop that in. [ Cheers and applause ]
There it goes.
Alright. We're playing this on the number 3 slot.
Let's see if we can make this $2,000,124.
-That would be a great follow-up.
-Alright. Drop it.
-Come on, Mom. Let's go, let's go.
Let's make some big money.
Big, big money.
Here we go, here we go.
Over, over, over, over, over, over, over!
Come on! Over, over, over, over, over, over, over!
Over, over. Come on.
Let's get a 2, let's get a 2, let's get a 2.
Okay. $10. -That's 10. That's positive.
-That's alright. -That's positive.
We still have over a million. -Yeah.
You still got a million dollars.
$1,000,134. [ Cheers and applause ]
Where do you want to play your third ball?
-So, this next one [sighs]
we are gonna drop on 2. -Number 2.
Alright. Let's drop that in.
Number 2 is a good number,
especially when those turn red later.
But for now, let's hope it kicks to the right.
This could take you over $2 million.
Go ahead and drop it. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Let's bring this one home. -Alright! Let's do it!
-Come on. Big money. Let's do this.
Come on. Over, over, over, over, over!
Let's get some money. Big money, big money, big money.
I can take 100. I'll take 100, 200.
Come on! Over, over, over, over, over!
1, 1. -$1.
That's fine. We're still over a million.
-Oh, it is. $1,000,135.
Okay. You still have one green ball left to play.
Where do you want to play that from?
-We are going to play from 4.
-Okay. Drop that in there.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-You like 4. -I am lucky enough to be here
in the presence of my beautiful wife, Maddie.
We've been married for over five years.
We have a beautiful son, Ari, who just turned 2 years old.
She is the light of my life.
She guides my ship in every sense.
-Maddie, how can you even with this sweetness over here?
-[ Laughs ] I can't, I can't.
-Alright. Maddie, this is for you.
-Number 4, right down the middle.
Could go anywhere. -Got this.
-It could take you over $2 million.
Go ahead and drop it. -Alright. Come on, Maddie.
We got this, we got this.
-Let's go, let's go, let's go! [ Cheers and applause ]
-Here we go. Over, over, over!
Come on. Over, over, over, over, over, over, over.
Come on. Over. Let's go.
Big money, big money, big money, big money.
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
Let's take a 200. Let's take a 200.
-Oh, come on! -Oh, 1.
Come on! -Okay.
-Come on! -It's okay. It's still positive.
-That's still positive. -So close, so close.
Alright. Well, you still have a million dollars --
$1,000,136. [ Cheers and applause ]
And now we get to the questions.
As you know, I'm gonna give you the answers first.
-These are definitely airports.
-Okay. -I think.
Knowing -- Knowing where we're at,
we're gonna start off with 3.
-3? Okay, great. Drop it in there.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Alright. Let's send Shelley the question.
-Um, this is a tough one.
We've been to Chicago
and have flown out of LaGuardia quite a few times.
-Come on, Mom. Work through this.
-But I just don't have a clue what the letters are.
-That's okay.
-I think that maybe I'm going to go with Dulles
because it begins with the "D."
That's the first letter.
-Alright. That's okay.
-So "D" for Dulles. Lock it in.
-Okay. So she locked in Dulles.
-Yeah. -Chicago O'Hare is ORD.
LaGuardia is LG. Dulles is IAD.
-Hartsfield-Jackson is Atlanta, ATL.
-ATL. -So that was actually the correct answer.
-Yeah. That's okay. -That's okay, though.
You got a million on the board. -You know what?
You have a million on the Wall, and you played from number 3.
-And we've come back from worse. -And we've come back from worse.
-Go ahead and drop it. -Let's get 1.
Let's get a $1 on the board.
$1, $1, $1, $1, $1. [ Cheers and applause ]
Come on. Over, over, over, over, over.
Come on. Over, over, over!
Over, over, over. Come on.
Alright. Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on!
1! Yes!
Yes! -$10.
-Oh! -Not bad.
Great job right there.
That ball skipped right over the 400,000.
Only cost you 10 bucks.
$1,000,126 on the Wall. -Oh!
-Oh! There's still plenty more "Wall" to play.
There's two questions left.
Potentially $5 million up there on the Wall waiting to be found.
We'll see you in a few minutes on "The Wall."
With a massive total on the Wall
and millions still up for grabs...
You want to triple-up? -Ooh!
-...will this mother/son duo go back to Florida millionaires?
-Why is it going right?
-Will the red balls wipe out their total?
-$1, $1, $1, $1, $1!
Oh!
[ Cheers and applause ] -Welcome back to "the Wall."
-I am here with Adam, who's got two questions left in the game.
Millions still within reach.
Shelley's back in isolation.
Doesn't know what's happening out here.
Your current total right now is $1,000,126.
[ Cheers and applause ]
And, you know, you're gonna get to double-up if you want to,
triple-up if you want to,
so there still could be millions here.
Here are the answers for your next question.
-Alright.
Oh, my. [ Laughter ]
-Would you like to double-up?
[ Laughter ] -Would you?
-I mean, doubling up
could get you over $3 million if it works out,
or it could bring you down to zero.
-I'm gonna say probably not today.
-Okay. Alright.
-This is definitely an interesting question
that I will not be doubling up on.
So, we're gonna drop this one on 1.
-Alright. One ball from 1. [ Cheers and applause ]
Okay. Let's send the question over to Shelley.
-Oh, my goodness.
So, I think I would rule out tetrahedron
because I think that's three.
-Yeah, yeah. -I never heard of icosahedron.
I don't even know what that is.
Dodecahedron makes me think of 10 for some reason.
But I think that I'm gonna go with pentagonal trapezohedron.
That just feels like that two words is extra numbers of sides.
So I'm gonna choose "D," lock it in.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-I think that's a really good call.
-Chose "D," pentagonal trapezohedron.
All of these represent
4 sides, 10 sides, 12 sides, 20-sided dice.
The correct answer is icosahedron is the 20-sided die. -Oh. Alright.
Okay. -We played one ball from number 1,
which I think was a smart thing to do.
Let's just see if we can minimize this damage.
-Small money, Mom.
-$1.
-Drop it. -Small money.
Small money, small money.
Over, over, over, over, over, over, over.
Come on. Over on the side.
Keep it over here. Keep it on the left.
Keep it on the left of the Wall. Let's go, let's go, let's go.
Oh! Whoa!
Yes! [ Cheers and applause ]
-You made your savings grow. -[ Laughs ]
-Whoo!
-Really lucky with that one.
-You get to fight another day.
That's $1,000,125 on the Wall. -Oh!
Alright. -We have one question left in this round.
Oh, man. -Here is the last set of answers.
-Ha ha. -You want to triple-up?
-Knowing Mom, I can tell you with confidence
that unfortunately, I will not be tripling up.
-Okay. We're not tripling up.
-We're gonna definitely play this one conservative,
and we're gonna go with 2.
-Okay. This is a good play.
You have a lot of money to protect. -Yep.
-Let's send the question over to Shelley.
[ "Hail to the Chief" plays ]
-No. -Oh, my goodness.
I know who all these rappers are.
-Alright.
-But I don't know that I know their real names.
So, yeah, let's see.
will.i.am sounds like maybe he has a last name
that might go along with a president,
and the same thing with LL Cool J. -Okay.
-But I think that maybe Jay-Z doesn't.
I know there were presidents like Zachary was a first name,
but wasn't a last name.
So I'm gonna go with "B," Jay-Z. Lock it in.
-Okay. She talked through it. [ Applause ]
The last name of the answer we're looking for is Smith,
and that belongs to LL Cool J.
-Okay. -Jay-Z's last name is Carter.
Of course, that matches up
with former president Jimmy Carter.
But that's okay. You played number 2. -That's okay.
And we did really well on this side of the Wall.
You still have a million.
Let's just see if we can get through this one.
Drop it! -Small money, Mom. Small money.
Let's go. Come on.
Over. Small money, small money, small money.
Come on. Over, over, over, over, over!
Let's keep it over here. Come on, come on.
Keep it over here. Keep it over here.
Yes.
That's fine. We can lose it, we can lose it.
That's okay.
-Okay. 50,000.
Could be worse, could be worse.
You have $950,125. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Phew! -And now it's deliberation time.
-Back in isolation,
Shelley has to make a seemingly impossible choice
of taking guaranteed money
or whatever is potentially left on the Wall.
And she doesn't know what's been going on out here.
She doesn't know what that is.
So, right here, this canister has a contract.
Everyone who plays this game
has the opportunity to leave with guaranteed money.
So let's talk about what that is.
Your Free Fall amount was fantastic -- $140,100.
[ Cheers and applause ] Shelley got two questions right,
so you get $20,000 for each one of those.
Which means if she signed the contract,
you're going home with $180,000 --
$180,113 -- which is really good.
If she tears it up,
you'll be leaving with whatever is left on the Wall.
Now, we know that's $950,000,
but we still have four red balls to get through, right?
I will say you've played a really smart game.
You hit a million dollars, then avoided any unnecessary risks.
You correctly played conservative
on some very tough questions.
Now it comes down to whether this $950,000 holds up
or is the better choice to take the $180,000 right now.
So I'm gonna bring her up on the Wall,
even though she can't see or hear you.
Let her know how you feel.
-Mom, you know, we're -- we're standing here.
We have over $950,000 on the board.
And no matter what happens,
we are walking out of here winners,
because we've been through this journey together,
and we've got such an amazing family.
But if I was gonna politely beg as your second son
and on behalf of your first,
I'm gonna say shred that contract.
Just once, shred that contract.
I love you. -Alright. There it goes.
Alright. There's nothing anyone can do about it at this point,
except for Shelley.
She has that contract.
We've cut off her feed
so she can make this decision in private.
We're gonna find out what she decided to do
at the end of the show.
-Ay, ay, ay.
Oh.
My heart is racing.
Um, those questions were so tough.
I don't know how many I got right.
Oh! This is such a tough decision.
I'm trying to channel your Grandpa Lenny,
who's the accountant from Brooklyn
who was always conservative and careful with money.
And I hear his voice going "Sign the contract."
And on the other hand, I hear your Grandma Shirley.
And I think she would say, "You came here
to try to win big money so we could give some money
to help some of these children that we feel so strongly about."
So this is such a big decision.
Ay, ay, ay.
-Welcome back to "The Wall."
I'm here with Adam, who has $950,125 up there.
And now we're just waiting for Shelley to make her decision.
She been doing a great job back up there.
-She's done an awesome job. And -- And, you know, I know --
I know she's probably agonizing over this choice.
But I know she's gonna make the right call.
[ Beeping ] -Oh, I hear it.
There it is. The decision is made.
So everything at this point is just out of our control,
so we just have to let it go.
We still have four red balls to play,
in the same spots where you dropped the greens.
The first number you chose was 5,
which I think might have been the farthest to the right
that you played.
-It is. And this one was for my Grandpa Lenny.
So I believe, even though it's part of the right,
Grandpa Lenny's looking over us. [ Cheers and applause ]
He got us a million on this last drop.
-Well, let's hope he gets us $1 this time.
So grab that, drop that in.
-Alright. Here we go.
Let's get something small this time, guys.
-Alright. Hold it up.
You're trying to protect $950,000.
-Come on, Grandpa. Small money on us.
-Alright. You're doing okay. -We're...
-Okay. Alright. Drop it.
-Small money. Small money, please.
I'm praying. Come on.
-Over, over, over, over, over. -Get to the left.
-Over to the left! Come on, Grandpa!
Over, over. -Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Go left. Small money. Small money!
-Alright. That's small. -That's okay.
-That's the smallest of the big. -That's okay.
-That's okay, that's okay. -Yeah. You're down to $900,125.
-That's okay. -Your farthest number to the right is done.
The next number you selected was 3.
-Oh! Okay. -So grab that red ball and put it in there.
-3. We're gonna get some more small money.
-Small, small, small, small. Please, please, please, please.
-Let's get some small money.
-Alright. We've loaded up in number 3.
-Drop it! Small money, small money!
-Small money.
-Tiny money. -Tiny money.
Alright. Over, over, over, over, over, over!
Come on! Left, left!
Left! Come on!
Come on! Go, go, go, go, go, go! -Come on, come on!
-Get out of there! -Yes, yeah! Come on!
-Okay. 100,000. -Alright. It's still on.
-We're still on. We're still doing okay.
-Okay. -We got $800,125.
-Okay. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Third number you selected was 2.
-Alright. Let's hit some 1's.
-Alright.
Small money. -Small money.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Alright.
Protecting $800,000. Third drop.
-Oh, here we go, here we go, here we go. -Drop it!
-$1, $1. -Come on, come on.
Alright. Slow, slow, slow!
Over, over, over, over! Come on!
-Get back to the left. -Over, over, over!
Alright, alright. Over, over, over, over!
Come on. $1, $1, $1, $1, $1.
Oh! -$300,000.
-Ooh. -That's okay, that's okay.
-[ Groans ] -That's okay.
We still have a half a million.
You have a total of $500,125 right now.
-Still okay.
-But why does it always come down to this?
The last number you selected was 4,
which was like right in the middle.
And who knows where that could go.
4 -- oh, oh.
My friend, we're gonna get through this, okay?
-We are gonna get through this. -Number 4.
I'm gonna have to ask you to put that in. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Oh, man. I-I want to believe this one's gonna be good.
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Oh. Come on.
-Alright. Last drop.
This is the really important one.
We're protecting a half a million dollars.
-Come on. -Drop it.
-To the left, to the left. -To the left.
Come on. I'm praying for this one.
Small, small money.
Oh, here we go. Left.
-No, no, no! Left, left, left. -Left, left, left, left, left!
Slow, slow, slow. -Oh, why is it going right?
Why is it going right? -Come on, come on, come on!
Oh! -$300,000.
-We've still got 200.
-Alright. You still got $200,125 on the Wall.
-Okay. Either way. -Which means that no matter what,
you're leaving with money.
this is one where the two numbers are similar,
but still $20,000 at stake.
-I'm so curious to see what she did.
We're gonna find out altogether in just a minute.
Stay tuned to "The Wall." -Oh! We did it.
-Coming up...
If you tore up the contract,
you are risking all of that for what's left here on the Wall.
...a decision worth more than $200,000.
-Oh, Ad, you have no idea what it's like back there.
Oh! I hope that we made the right decision.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Welcome back to "The Wall."
I'm out here with Adam.
It is finally time to see how this all ends.
Let's please welcome Shelley back out
and see what she decided.
Shelley, welcome back. -Thank you.
-How are you doing? -Oh, boy. [ Laughs ]
I'm shaking. My heart's pounding.
That was the scariest thing ever.
You watch the shows,
and it doesn't prepare you for at all for being back there.
-And this is coming from a nurse
who works in the natal ICU. -Yes.
I think I'd rather do that. [ Laughter ]
-Well, you were great. You got two questions right.
$20,000 for each one of those towards your guarantee,
which means if you did sign it, that was worth $180,113.
If you tore it up, you are risking all of that
for what's left here on the Wall,
which you don't know yet.
But we really have to figure out how this ends,
so I'm gonna walk you over to your son.
My mother is gonna love you, by the way,
and she's gonna love this episode.
-Your mother should be very proud of you.
She has an awesome son. [ Applause ]
-Well, I appreciate that. -Hi, Mom.
-Alright. I believe you two know each other. -Hi, sweetie.
-Shelley, just go ahead and tell him what you did.
-Oh, Ad, you have no idea what it's like back there.
You know I love you so much.
I've always been so proud of the man you've grown up to be.
No matter what happens today,
we went through this together as a family,
and it was a great experience,
and [sighs] I hope that we made the right decision.
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My decision was...
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...I tore it up. -Okay.
-I tore up the contract.
-Mom, you've always pushed us to shoot for the stars,
and you've always been pushing us forward.
And no matter what, just know that today is about you
and all of the incredible things you've done
and how proud of you we are.
-I love you -And we love you so much.
-I love you, sweetie. -We love you so much.
I do have to let you know that you did an incredible job.
And at the end of the day,
we walked away with over $200,000.
-You made the right decision! [ Cheers and applause ]
$200,125. People that are watching at home might go,
"Well, the difference is only $180,000 to $200,000."
But that's $20,000 can be life-changing.
Adam played really good strategy.
There was a lot of up and down,
but he kept saying the most important thing
was this moment together as a family.
This was an amazing decision for a wonderful family today.
I love that we're gonna be able to send you home with money,
which would fund a lot of theme-park excursions.
-You did it. The Wall...
-I feel so much better, just being here.
I hope you feel better watching.
I hope it made your day a little bit better.
Thank you so much. We'll see you next time.
Bye-bye.
[ Cheers and applause ]
$200,125!
-Whoo-hoo!
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