Get ready for a "Game Changer".
Tonight's guests:
Gold medal You-lympian, Brennan Lee Mulligan.
Goddammit!
The VIC of VIP,
it's Vic Michaelis.
And love her, take a Worlds Beyond Number.
It's a Aabria Iyengar.
And your host, me.
I've been here the whole time.
This is "Game Changer",
the only game show where the game changes every show.
I am your host, Sam Reich.
I am joined today by these three lovely contestants.
Now, you all understand how the game works.
See, I firmly believed
that you were gonna be in court one day,
but I thought you were gonna be...
- sort of one of the people on this side. - In a different role.
Yeah.
That's right, our players have no idea
what game it is they're about to play.
The only way to learn is by playing.
The only way to win is by learning.
And the only way to begin is by beginning.
So without further ado, let's begin.
- Oh, what? - What?
- Oh, interesting. - Been great for me.
I'll see you guys next time, thank you.
Thank you.
I don't want any part of that.
Best of luck.
- You can do it with two. - Probably a good call.
- That's a good call. - Later, gang.
- Bye! - From me to you.
Players, the challenge is a simple one.
Remove the most bras from your respective mannequins
in under a minute.
You must remove the bras one at a time.
Please take your positions in front
of your respective mannequins.
And they have to come off one at a time?
One at a time, Brennan.
- Play the game honestly. - Do you consent to this?
On your mark.
Get set. Go.
Jesus.
Aabria off to a flying start, here.
There we go.
- Wow. - This is crazy.
Wow.
I mean, I've way lost, is the issue.
I forgot I was supposed to be making jokes
'cause this is a comedy show.
I've just been really locked in.
- Thank you, Aabria. - You're welcome.
I'm glad someone is locked into my game.
Okay, and same.
30 seconds left, players.
30 seconds left.
- Are you disassembling your people? - The bras are flying!
If you take them off the body and you take the head off,
it goes way faster.
Well, that's crazy.
- Ten, nine! - Oh, I lost an arm.
- Eight, seven. - No, I didn't.
Six, five,
four, three,
two, one.
Mannequins down, players.
I feel great about this.
I basically looked at my mannequin and her arms flew off.
Aabria with eight. Vic with 16.
- Wow. - Brennan with four.
Vic, that is two points for you for removing the most bras.
Thank you, I've been training my whole life.
But players, there's a bonus point up for grabs.
Paul Robailiffo, could I have you cover
up these scores please?
It's the thumbs up for me.
You look like you're one of the
D.A.R.E. cops where you're like,
"No, I'm cool.
- I've smoked reefer before. Don't do that." - Yeah.
How much reefer have you smoked?
Players, to win this bonus point,
it doesn't matter if you actually won.
It only matters that you convince a jury
of your peers you did win.
All rise.
"Game Changer" is now in session.
The questionable Sam Reich presiding
in a wig from Party City.
Wow.
- Esteemed jury. - Okay.
Yeah, take it in.
- Take it in. - One of your flaps is open.
- How is that? - Perfect.
Esteemed jury, once the players have made their cases,
please vote for whomever you think won the challenge.
Our players will draw mics to see
who will present their case first.
- All right. - I'll pick first.
Wow.
Players, please extend your microphones.
That's Brennan first,
Aabria second, Vic last.
Brennan, you have one minute to make your case
to the jury that you removed the most brass
from these mannequins, starting now.
Jury, thank you for your time
and your attention to this case.
The benchmark of our system of courts is credibility,
and ultimately it comes to you to determine
what is and is not credible.
I didn't remove the most bras.
Okay.
And there's eight other challenges,
so we're gonna call it here.
Thank you very much.
- Okay. Okay. - That's interesting.
What a strategy!
I don't want him for my lawyer.
I don't want him.
He's too honest.
Why didn't he step closer to us?
I thought they're supposed to come talk to us here.
- Not very personable. - Yeah.
Aabria, you have one minute to make your case.
My gentle jury,
I will take the note and come over and say hi.
How are you?
Hi.
Hi, you're all beautiful.
You look wonderful.
Let's have a quick conversation about what happened here.
We were given very simple parameters.
Don't take the arms off the mannequins.
Remove as many brass as possible.
Both of my esteemed colleagues failed that first
and most important mission.
I did remove the most bras
while obeying the letter of the law.
And here, if nowhere else,
let's let the letter of the law matter.
With time to spare.
It doesn't sound like someone who removed the most bras.
And finally, Vic.
My opponents are using so many words, right?
Sam, may I?
Can I get in there?
Okay, you have a limited amount of time here Vic.
So you guys,
I just made my wish come true of being the judge.
I wanna make a wish come true for each and every one of you.
So throughout this episode if you ever want your wish,
all you gotta do is throw in a vote for me, okay.
I did remove the most bras and that's a true fact.
And to Brennan's point,
maybe then you can see that that's true
and that'll mean something moving forward.
I'm gonna go ahead and say, gavel.
I think we are good here.
Vic, we can return you to the stand please.
Okay.
- Your Honor. - Yes.
There have been several issues about the letter
of the law of what constitutes whether these
have been removed properly or not.
What were the rules when they were originally given?
I would clarify,
but I think I need to leave it to my defendants
to convince you what the rules were.
So if you think they sound trustworthy,
go with your gut.
Well, I see Brennan who immediately gave up.
Aabria who immediately argued for a technicality,
and Vic who immediately tried to bribe us.
So I would say on the issue of trustworthiness,
there's not a lot of great options.
Jury, I am gonna ask for you to lock in your verdict.
- Okay. - Okay.
Hey, Jury.
No hard feelings, okay.
Okay, I'm rotating mine now.
Jury, have you reached a verdict?
- Yeah. - We have, Your Honor.
In that case,
please cast your votes in three,
two, one.
Did anyone wanna vote for me just
to sort of even it up or?
That is a vote for Aabria.
Jury, thank you so much.
We will call you back momentarily.
That's the law and the law is binding.
That's an additional point for Aabria
- as we head into round two. - Congratulations.
Hopefully there's like a trivia section or something.
Players, the game in round two isn't much
of a game at all.
You'll draw mics to see who stands in the box
with the ouchie Lego in them.
The other two will be standing on plush carpet.
Let's have our players pick to see who stands on the Lego.
Differences.
Aabria, you'll get the Lego in front of your stand.
Okay.
Please go ahead and stand in your respective boxes.
Okay. All right.
Yeah, that's terrible.
- Cool. Cool. - Cool.
Aabria, it is zero points for standing in the Legos.
It is now three points to convince the jury that you are.
Let's call back in the members of our jury.
Our players will draw mics to see who speaks first.
Jury, the question is,
who of our three players is right now standing
on ouchie Lego?
Brennan, please make your case.
All of you are aware of the rule of threes,
meaning, whatever the third person says is probably gonna
be the funniest.
I'm a little fucked.
Whatever I say,
probably gonna suck 'cause I'm going first
and all that anyone else will have
to do will be riff on whatever I come up with right now
and they'll do it better because that's how comedy works.
I'm standing on Legos.
Please vote for me, thank you.
No, you're not.
He's the first white man apparently
having a bad day in court.
I wanna be clear,
this episode is a top to bottom panic attack.
Vic, I believe that's you.
Webster's Dictionary defines Lego.
Wedding speech.
It's a small brick with sometimes four little holes,
sometimes eight little holes,
sometimes 16 little holes.
Lego. Lego, let go.
Let go
of the notions that you had in your head.
Let's put them to bed.
- Are you in pain? - Yeah.
- Does that hurt? - I feel fine.
Because I'm very strong.
So we're gonna sorta do a nice side step
and then we're gonna go back.
Whoa, would somebody on carpet be able to do this?
Yeah.
I'm standing on Legos, thank you.
You're doing a really good job.
Aabria, that's you.
People of the jury,
I'm gonna keep this brief.
I'm standing on Legos.
This is deeply uncomfortable.
I rest my case.
I yield my time.
Could you do a little jump?
No.
- I can do a little jump. - Just a little jump, Brennan.
Okay.
I legitimately don't think I can do a jump.
Okay.
I'm gonna do one because I'll do anything you ask me to.
- How big is the Lego? - Different sizes.
Some have four holes.
No, the specific Lego you are standing on?
It's a bunch of different Legos.
There's multiple Legos.
They are glued to the bottom of the box.
- I see. Okay. - Oh.
And are they glued in a flat?
- They're scattershot across. - Okay.
Just a question for Brennan.
Do you not think an opening comic can have a good set?
No.
- Oh my God! - Okay.
Hey, America,
if you're at an open mic
and your name gets drawn first, fucking leave.
Get out of there.
I feel like Vic looked in the most pain,
but I don't know if that's just their face.
Aabria's in pain.
- No one's shifting now. - I am losing the ability
to stand here in real time.
Brennan, are you standing on Legos?
Yes.
Jury, please lock in your verdict.
Who you voting for?
You have to make your own decisions.
I don't know who to vote.
Jury, have you reached a verdict?
We have, Your Honor.
Please show me your verdict in three,
two, one.
None of me again?
Great.
Thank you so much, Jury.
Please leave your paddles on your chairs
and retire to the wings.
We built this game show brick by brick.
That's three whole points
for Aabria Iyengar.
- I'm happy for you. - Let's go.
- Thank you. - I'm happy for you.
The points as we head into the next round of our game,
Aabria with four,
Vic with two.
- And Brennan? - How's Brennan doing?
- Big old goose. - Goose. Zero.
That's tough.
Players, would you do me a favor
and place your buzzers atop your podium.
And Paul, if you would hand a sticker sheet
to each of our players.
This is a little game that we like to call
What Sticks Out?
I am going to list off a series of words.
You buzz in and tell me the word that stands out
to you as different as soon as you know it.
Let's begin.
Penne,
Fusilli,
ziti,
gazebo.
- That's Brennan. - Gazebo.
Gazebo is correct, Brennan.
Vic and Aabria,
please put a sticker on your face.
On our face?
I love this.
Next up:
cinnamon,
cumin,
cardamom,
clove,
cabbage.
- Cabbage. - Cabbage is correct.
Brennan and Vic,
please put a sticker on your face.
Bailiff, I didn't say,
but you're free to join in.
I thought I was allowed.
- Ready players? - Yes.
Xanax,
mercury,
Venus. Brennan.
- Xanax. - Is correct.
Vic and Aabria,
please put another sticker on your face.
"Macbeth".
The third thing you're going to say on that list.
- Is? - The one that's wrong.
- No. - Damn.
That would've been amazing.
That takes you out of this round.
What?
It is now between Aabria and Brennan.
"Macbeth". "Hamlet".
Can I please stay in?
"Macbeth", "Hamlet",
"Othello",
"King Lear",
"Twelfth Night".
- Well, that's it. - You're still out, Vic.
Okay, never mind. Just kidding.
"Twelfth Night".
I was not done with my list and that is incorrect.
Brennan, that's a point for you.
Vic and Aabria,
that's stickers on each of your faces.
I was getting to
Henry III,
which is not a Shakespeare play.
Triangle,
pentagon,
tesseract?
Tesseract.
Incorrect.
Tesseract,
paragon,
- Paragon. - That is correct.
I don't know what any of these words mean.
Next up: Cinderella,
Belle,
Tinker Bell.
- Dammit. - Brennan.
- Not a princess. - That is correct.
Last one, players.
Cinnamon.
- I'm gonna say, cinnamon. - Incorrect, Vic.
Damn.
Cinnamon, paprika,
cumin,
cardamom,
caravan,
clove.
Caravan is not a spice.
Incorrect, I was looking for paprika is the word
that starts with P.
Goddammit.
So that is a point for Aabria.
Vic and Brennan,
that is an additional sticker on each of your faces.
That is one point for Brennan.
But with stickers still on your faces,
it's three points to convince the jury,
and they don't know what the game is we just played.
Let's get our jury in here, please.
Now, players with stickers on their face,
buzzers in front of them,
I'm not going to tell you what the game is.
It's going to be up to them
to tell you what the game was or lie.
Let's draw mics to see who goes first.
That's gonna be Vic,
followed by Aabria,
followed by Brennan.
Vic, that's one minute for you to make your case.
Here we are.
This is really open and shut.
I won, I have the most stickers on my face.
It's either gonna be me or Brennan,
who has the least stickers on his face.
It was a trivia game.
You got a sticker per correct answer.
I won.
- Okay. - What?
All right. Yes.
Wow.
I yield my time.
Aabria.
Gentle people of the jury,
the game that we just played was actually an exercise
in cooperation and collaborative sharing.
You would answer a question and then if you got it right,
you could either keep a sticker or pass a sticker on.
I do have the middling amount of stickers here,
but it is because the game's point was
to distribute stickers so that we could have them evenly.
My esteemed colleagues played to the extremes.
I tried to play to the middle.
The game is sticker distribution?
Yes.
- Okay... - Brennan, you're up.
I wanted to show that I'm taking the note
to get physically close.
- Does this feel good? - No.
No? All right.
The game we played was a game of categories.
Sam would list off categories
and when you heard the word that did not belong
in the larger category,
you were to buzz in and say,
"that's the word that doesn't fit in the larger category".
Every time you failed,
you were asked to put a sticker on your face.
I failed three times,
which was the least.
I answered the most questions correctly.
There were a few disqualifications
and I succeeded in the most instances of that challenge.
Thank you very much for your time.
- What's up with Paul? - What's up with Paul?
Paul, during the trivia,
just started putting stickers on his face.
Does anyone want a sticker?
They're really fun.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- Yes. - I will not consider
this bribing the jury.
I do.
You can have "Sam's favorite", and "hell yeah".
I think everyone should get their own whole sheet.
I only have two stickers.
You want one of these?
They are nice.
I was wondering,
give us one question you answered correctly?
They said, "Name two housewife franchises?"
And what did you say?
I said Salt Lake and I said New York.
Yeah, they said "name exactly two franchises".
They said "name two and then stop on a dime".
They named two and then we're calling it.
That's what they said, for sure.
Are you supposed to use sarcasm in a court of law?
No, Alex.
We're not supposed to use sarcasm.
That's why I'm not doing it.
Has the jury reached a verdict?
- Yes, Your Honor. - Hell yeah, Your Honor.
Please show me your verdicts in three,
two, one.
Brennan, looks like that one went to you.
Jury, thank you so much.
Please leave your paddles on your chairs and recess.
But we can keep the stickers, right?
Wow, some of you're really excited
about those stickers.
This is the highlight of the day.
That is three additional points for Brennan,
bringing Brennan to four,
tied with Aabria.
Vic in second place with two as we move on
to round four of our game.
It's a comeback story, sort of.
Yeah, you're building an arc.
Yeah, so you started from the bottom and now we're here.
Closer to starting at the top and then got
to the bottom. Sort of in the beginning-middle.
Ash and Nico,
if I could please have the bubblegum.
Players, the challenge is a simple one.
Blow the biggest gum bubble, relative to your competitors.
You will have five whole minutes once I say go
to blow that bubblegum.
- Okay. - On your mark.
Get set. Go.
Where are you going?
I don't want you guys seeing.
Do you think the problem is if we see it?
It might be.
Now, players,
within these five minutes you also have these puzzles
to do or not to.
But be warned,
the jury will have no idea the gum is a part
of this challenge.
Well, I do love a puzzle.
Yeah, you do what you need to do.
If you touch my puzzles,
I'll break your neck.
Boy, did we work hard on these puzzles.
Did you?
They're shaped like podiums
by the time you put them together.
- But they're beautiful. - Oh, that's fun.
I just realized that I hate the taste of bubblegum.
There is three and a half minutes left.
Excellent one from Aabria.
You gotta wonder what Vic's strategy is here.
Brennan, nothing but complete motor focus.
One minute left. One minute left.
Having to blow a bubble on camera feels like sex work.
That looks pretty good on Brennan's part, 30 seconds.
How do we feel about that?
Very good on Vic's.
That is your time, players.
Please return to your stands.
Disgusting.
That was truly a neck and neck finish.
Brennan, with five seconds still to go,
you blew the biggest bubble that we saw in that challenge,
followed by Vic, with two seconds left in that challenge
with the biggest bubble.
That is an additional point for Vic.
But it's three points, Vic,
to convince the jury that.
Do you think they'll believe you?
Let's get our jury back inside.
Oh, it's obvious.
Players, please draw mics
to see who will speak first.
One, two, three.
Brennan, you have one minute, starting now.
Hi, fellow jury members.
Thank you so much.
You see before you a series of daises.
with various Survivor-esque puzzle pieces on them.
The gimmick of this challenge is
of course that this is a red herring.
The actual challenge was who could blow
the biggest bubble with bubblegum.
And the crew,
to sort of put a little whammy on the three of us,
took the gum away so that you would be left
to judge what looks like this sort of mess of puzzle pieces.
What they didn't take away were these three glass dishes
that the bubblegum came in,
which I put in my pocket,
knowing that chicanery would
be afoot anytime this man is involved.
They're all sniffing them.
- Sam. - Smells like gum.
It smells like gum.
The gum was highly sugary.
The bubbles were not blown until
the very last five seconds of the game.
Everyone did a very good job
and I came in first place as the biggest bubble.
Thank you very much.
I just like clapping.
I love the opposing lawyers applauding.
Smell my breath. Smell my breath.
No, I don't want to.
Gum.
Yeah, it does smell like gum.
It was a bubblegum challenge.
There was sort of like a thing with the puzzles
where I didn't realize Brennan was gonna carry the dishes.
So my initial thought process
and why this is so funky was I sort of spent
my entire time running around hiding
puzzle pieces different places with the thought
that I could do some sort of, like,
"Oh, we had to get puzzle pieces from people."
Brennan then had the dishes,
so now I gotta come clean.
Yes, it was bubblegum.
I blew the biggest bubble with two seconds left.
Aabria didn't like the taste of the gum.
That's your time, Vic.
Aabria.
All right, I just wanna clear the air
and say those were Bubble Yum.
I don't know if you remember Bubble Yum?
- Yes. - Yeah.
It's the size of a school standard eraser.
My talented co-contestant spun a beautiful yarn,
threw it back with alacrity.
But how could you get all of that done
if you're running around dropping heavy ass
puzzle pieces everywhere while actively choking
to death on two pieces-
Two?
Of disgusting Bubble Yum?
Also, I just wanna say I did try to solve the puzzle
'cause I felt bad that the art team worked really hard.
But then my pieces were taken away from me
and I am just neurodivergent enough
that I got really sad about it.
But I did my best.
- That's your time. - I used my time.
Perfectly timed, Aabria.
Was the challenge the biggest?
The challenge was the biggest.
Aabria, I wanna be honest that I'm not gonna vote for you,
but I would like to hear from you
who you think blew the biggest bubble?
From what I was able to see,
I think it was Vic.
Your Honor, what should we do
if we started believing people,
but the more they talked,
the more I don't wanna vote for anyone?
You have to vote for someone,
- jury member number five. - Okay.
I'm gonna ask for you to lock in your votes.
I was thinking Brennan but now I think it's Vic.
So when I see Brennan,
that means you're voting for-
You can't look at our votes.
What are you doing?
Has the jury reached a verdict?
- Hell yeah, Your Honor. - Hell yeah, Your Honor.
In that case please show it to me in three,
two, one.
- Wow. - Okay.
Wrong answer, but that's okay.
Please go ahead and leave your paddles on your chairs.
We will call you back momentarily.
That is three points for Brennan,
which means the points as we head
into round five are: Aabria with four,
Vic with three,
Brennan with seven.
Ash, if we could please set up
the finger painting stations.
I'm playing for one person and one person only.
- The Lord? - The Lord?
Players, please take whatever station you like,
put on your smock and prepare to paint.
You will have three minutes to paint
the most surprising finger painting you can,
whatever that means to you.
We are going to remove you once
your finger paintings are done.
- Okay. - We're gonna invite the jury back in.
They're gonna award
what they think was the most surprising finger painting
and then you're all gonna argue that
that painting was yours.
Can we just get a ruling on what we qualify as a finger?
- Can I help you? - On your mark.
Get set and go.
Bailiff, can you just hold the canvas for me?
You have to.
My nails aren't painted so I'm gonna do that.
So do you guys like art?
No.
Oh no.
That's one minute.
I'm scared of two and three.
Is this nontoxic?
No, that one's hard.
Let's try again.
Five. Oh my God.
Four. Three.
Two. One.
- And it's time. - It reached. It reached.
You have to blur my feet.
You have to blur my foot.
We all know that feet sign their own releases.
So we're just gonna go get cleaned up real quick?
Yeah.
- No. No. No. No. No. - Yeah.
No. No. No. No.
- Is it actually okay? - Yes.
Okay. Cool.
Without further ado,
let's invite back in our jury.
- Arts and crafts. - Oh.
Well, they're not here.
Does that say,
"I'm trimming my bush?"
"I'm trimming my bush, yes."
- "I'm trimming my bush." - "I'm trying my best."
- Is it, "I'm trying my best"? - Jury, the prompt was,
"Paint the most surprising finger painting."
And the point is awarded to the painting you choose.
Of course, the question I'll ask you after that is,
who painted it?
Oh, so it's possible that the ones
that sign their name are lying.
I think in fact that is the case.
I think it's shocking that someone's bare foot-
- Yes. - Went in paint.
See, I think that that painting should be disqualified
because it's clearly not a finger painting.
- Wait, are toes not fingers? - Are toes fingers?
- No, by definition they are not. - No, toes are not fingers.
- Toes are not fingers. - They are phalanges,
are they not?
I feel like it's still the base argument
of when we came in,
what was most surprising to us?
It doesn't surprise me for Sam to be in the Epstein files.
Oh no, I think we're all on the same page about that.
Jury, I am gonna ask for you to lock in your votes.
It'll be a one, a two,
or a three.
I'll say out loud,
I'm going for bush.
I thought it said,
"I'm trimming my bush,"
as soon as I sat down.
I've been staring that that one since the debate started
whether it was "trimming my bush" or "trying my best".
This is what I'm getting at.
It is continuing to delight me.
- I find it reductive. - All right, jury,
please lock in your votes.
Show me a one, two,
or three in three,
two, one.
It is three by a mile.
Your bush is looking so lovely.
A first place ribbon on the bush.
Now Paul, please see our players back on to the stage.
Players, the jury has voted and decided
that painting number three is the most surprising.
Let's please have our players draw mics
to see who speaks first.
Aabria, you have one minute to convince the jury that
that is indeed your painting.
I would simply point you to,
without looking at the contents of this,
it is excellent,
look at the height of the stool.
Which out of the three of us do you think sat here
and isn't covered with a weird amount of paint?
Because there's a lot of manual dexterity in the writing.
I'll also care to remind you all that I'm left-handed
and all of the words are on the left side of the page.
This is my painting and I'm glad you love it.
I yield my time.
I was supposed to make a joke
but I am eight weeks pregnant
and I just finished throwing up.
Congratulations.
- I forgot to make a joke. - Yes.
Your turn, Vic.
It's mine, thank you.
I yield my time.
Okay. Brennan.
Dear jury persons.
Thank you so much for your consideration in this case.
"I'm trying my best", first place.
No. No.
That's not what we think it says.
- No? - We think it says,
"I'm trimming my bush."
Can I be real?
You guys got this.
I did that. Thank you.
Why'd you write "Vic" on it?
Because I wrote Vic on it.
Everyone else wanted to sign something,
which is why they're all signed.
- They're not all signed. - They're not all signed.
I got outta here pretty fast, guys.
- All right. - Wait.
Why are your hands blue, Vic?
- What do you mean? - Why are your hands blue?
Is it from cleaning all the blue paint off your feet?
- Off of where? - Off of your feet?
Dude, I can't hear you.
One more time?
You gotta speak a little louder.
I know it's not from trimming your bush,
so I think it's from cleaning your feet.
What are you saying?
Did you get blue paint on your bush
when you were trimming it?
I don't know how to make this more clear.
I drew it.
I yield my time.
I wanna know from each of you,
does it say "I'm trying my best" or "I'm trimming my bush"?
Whatever you guys want, man.
That's art, baby. That's art.
Jury, please lock in your votes.
Has the jury reached a verdict?
- Hell yeah, Your Honor. - Hell, yeah.
Brother, we've been born ready.
Please show them to me in three,
two, one.
Wow.
Aabria by a hair.
Thank you, jurors.
Here's what's wild.
For painting the most surprising finger painting,
that's one point for you, Aabria.
And because the jury thought that painting was yours,
that's three additional points for you,
bringing you into the lead.
I'm back, baby.
The scores as we head into round six,
Brennan with seven,
Vic with three,
Aabria with eight.
Ash and Nico,
if we could please set up
the human dunk tank.
What is this?
This is the dunk tank?
It's sort of a makeshift dunk tank.
I like it.
Oh my God.
It's paint and feathers, you guys.
Are we about to get tarred and feathered?
The challenge is:
go dunk yourself.
When you hit that target with a ball,
Ash and Nico will cover you with slime and feathers.
Your goal is to do this with the least amount of balls.
One, two,
three.
- Yeah! - It's me, baby.
Please hand your mics back to Paul.
- Okay. Ready? - Yeah.
Was grounder the strategy or just what happened?
- Okay. - That was very close.
Okay.
All right.
- A little less close. - You're equalizing.
- Okay. - Okay.
On this next one don't look down.
Sure.
- What a good try. - That was so close.
So close!
Yeah!
- Okay. - That's a good model.
That's 17, 22.
Mostly missed the pool.
I can tell you, Vic,
how much it bounced off your head.
I've never seen a liquid bounce like that in my life.
- Vic, you did it. - Yeah.
That's what stick-to-itness gets you on this show.
- Aabria. - This tastes like pudding.
- That's a true story. - All right.
- Your score to be 24-ish. - Sure.
The question is under, over?
It's not. All right.
- That was so close. - Super close.
- Okay. - Two.
- Three. - You're right in the pocket.
- No. Too high. - Very close, though.
- Five! - Yay!
Oh no!
- It does just bounce. - What does it taste like?
- Pudding. - Pudding.
It does taste like pudding.
I'm not kidding.
Did the feathers already happen?
- Yes. - Oh, fun.
- How many was that, six? - Five.
Five? Come on.
That rocked.
Brennan, you want a hug for luck?
Do you want a hug for luck?
I'd love a hug for luck.
Get in here. Yeah.
- You got it, bud. - That's really nice.
- Brennan. - Pass.
What?
I'm gonna lie and say this was bubblegum again.
Aabria, you got dunked with the least amount of balls.
That is one point for you.
Yay.
But it's three points to convince the jury
and this prompt here will not be helpful to your case.
Shit.
Let's bring back in the jury.
Hey, guys.
I knew there was gonna be feathers at some point.
Players, would you please draw mics
to see who goes first.
- I don't. I can't. - Okay.
- We don't know who it is. - Can you pull both of ours?
- Thank you, bailiff. - Thank you, bailiff.
You go ahead and collect those, Paul.
Paul.
Brennan, that's you up first.
Go, bud.
What you're seeing before you is impossibly fun.
The challenge was arrayed before us such that,
essentially, it was so inviting to go up.
However, some of us read the prompt,
which was, "don't get dunked",
so when it came to my turn I passed and didn't get dunked.
Thank you very much.
That's my time.
- Interesting. - Vic.
Hey guys, how are you doing?
- And hey. Hey. - Hey.
Hey, we're just hanging out here.
- Vic, stop. - We're just having fun.
- Stop your feet. - Hey.
I'm kidding, you guys,
we're having fun here.
This was a misnomer challenge.
This had to do with a Dunkin' Donuts sponsorship
that we did.
What?
We sorta got a box
of those Dunkin' Donut little ball hole things.
You don't know what those are called?
And we had to try and eat as many of them as possible.
You can smell my breath.
I'm back here.
It smells like nothing,
for the record.
I won the challenge.
That's your time, Vic.
Okay, guys.
This was so fun.
- I love this. - Careful.
Take your time.
Vic, what are Dunkin's colors?
What are Dunkin's colors?
No. No. No. No.
- No. - Never mind.
- You guys, this was so fun.
I'll see you later.
Aabria.
The evidence before you is quite clear.
This was a sport.
Now, I know it says,
"don't get dunked",
but in what universe does the one athlete-shaped person
here that isn't Ify fail the sport?
I didn't, I did a good job.
Brennan passed and I yield the rest of my time to Vic
who will answer any questions for all of us
up close and personal, thank you.
How did it work?
Did the slime come from above?
Yeah, can you go?
- Thank you so much. - Yeah.
We'd love to do sort of a demonstration here.
Ash and Nico, if you can come on out?
The reason I passed is that for the first time,
the game was explained with no slide on the screen.
What's that thing?
What's the thing, right?
This was all a distraction for a Dunkin' Donuts-
I don't know what to tell you.
And Brennan chose not to throw?
I chose not to participate 'cause I smelled a rat.
I ate 17 donuts holes.
Why are Nico and Ash standing there?
Because they're gonna dunk me again.
It looks so smooth.
So after I ate 17 donuts holes-
Thank you, Nico and Ash.
And 'cause you won with the most donut holes?
I ate the most donut holes, correct.
Vic, you are well over both your and Aabria's time.
Jury, what do you think?
When Brennan was speaking about passing and what he did,
unfortunately both his peers were nodding.
Yeah.
As if he was telling the truth.
- Yeah, he did pass. - No, he did pass.
Do you see the lack of-
That's the only thing I see.
He passed as in he didn't even participate.
But he didn't get dunked.
He didn't participate in any of it.
He ate zero donut holes.
He also told you the truth and said
that this prompt came up after we finished the challenge.
- That is true. - He didn't get dunked.
So what was the prompt before?
So he didn't get dunked, right?
What was the prompt before it changed?
He didn't participate.
Even if Brennan is lying,
didn't you guys both get dunked?
- Correct. - So this changed?
- Yes. - We didn't know any of this.
This popped up right before you guys came out.
The slide can lie to us?
Paul, who's telling the truth?
The fewest number of balls
to hit the target and get dunked.
Fewest number of balls?
Order in the court.
Please lock in your verdicts.
America runs on Dunkin'.
Has the jury reached a verdict?
Hell yeah, Your Honor.
Please show me your verdicts in three,
two, one.
Wild.
- How about it? - Incorrect.
Please leave your paddles on your chairs.
That's three additional points for Brennan.
The points as we head into the next round of our game,
Vic with three,
Aabria with nine,
Brennan with 10.
Thirteen, nice.
- Wow. Good job. - Thank you.
Ash and Nico,
if we could please set up the hotdog remnants.
The what?
Oh my God.
Wait, are some of those hotdogs good to eat for real?
Brennan.
Now, players,
what you see here are the leftovers
of a hotdog eating contest.
Sure.
That did not in fact take place.
Of course, the jury doesn't know that,
nor do they know that we're being joined this round
by a stenographer, Kevi.
It's good to see me again, Sam, isn't it?
So good to see you again, Kevi.
Kevi was in our "Game Changer" episode,
"One and Done".
And I just wanna let you know
I have nothing against you, personally.
I want it too fast and too furious.
Now, for this challenge,
Kevi will be recording all of your dialogue so
that you can recount it during trial.
On your mark.
Get set. Go.
Brennan, put me down and stop cheating.
Brennan, stop!
- I love veggie dogs. - Brennan, this is cheating.
- It's cheating, Brennan. - I'm eating for two.
You can't pick me up like that.
Ouch!
Now Aabria's eating all the hotdogs, Brennan.
I'm gonna eat your hotdogs too.
Pass that ketchup.
Brennan, you're taking hotdogs off my plate, stop.
Brennan, you haven't even started eating the hotdogs.
Now great, now neither
of us have eaten any hotdogs, Brennan.
Sam, can I have more hotdogs?
- I'm out. - I can't believe this.
Now you and I are losing and Aabria's eaten all
of the hotdogs.
But remember, they're veggie dogs
because that's safe for me and my little one.
- Hold on. - No. No. No.
- Hold on. - God, I will pick-
Hold on.
- I will hit this man. - Dear God.
What is happening?
Fly tackle him.
And time. Jesus Christ.
I feel pretty good about that.
That was worth zero points.
Convincing the jury is worth three.
And telling the jury that no challenge actually
took place is negative three points.
Copy that.
And with the change of a slide,
let's bring back in our jury.
Can I have one?
Now, jury members,
we have been joined by our stenographer, Kevi.
Kevi is here to recount any dialogue
from the scene that just took place
at the behest of our players.
Paul, let's have them draw mics.
Thank you.
Aabria, please make your case.
My good people of the jury,
I did in fact win this hotdog eating contest.
I am eating for two.
I'm hungry as shit.
I proceeded to absolutely house all of the veggie dogs,
because hotdogs are kinda iffy if you're pregnant,
while Brennan, my darling friend,
decided to spend his time instead of eating,
fully tackling Vic.
Can we get a little of that?
"Brennan, put me down.
This is cheating."
Then Aabria says, "Stop."
And that's my time. Thank you so much.
- Yeah. - Wow.
How many hotdogs did you eat?
- Seven. - Seven.
They're veggie dogs so they're a little easier
to get down.
Vic.
Crazy episode so far, huh guys?
That's awesome. Look at us.
What if I told you there was no challenge, and instead,
nine Dunkin' Donuts representatives
came in here, surrounded me,
force fed me,
what are those ones called?
- Munchkins. - Munchkins.
Force fed me 19 Munchkins,
meaning that I ate the most Munchkin donuts today.
Can we read back a little bit of that?
I ate the most hotdogs, thank you.
Whoever gets me a hotdog will get my vote.
Do you have a preference on toppings?
I'll take mostly mustard.
No.
I think that mustard got a little crazy.
You got that mustard pre-cum.
Okay.
Brennan, it's your time.
Fine jury person,
thank you again for your deliberation in this matter.
Your little one,
you're eating for two,
that's incredible, congratulations.
Thank you so much.
What month are they due, the child?
- It's gonna be June. - That's interesting.
How many veggie dogs are we housing in the first trimester?
I was switching to decaf and just trying to stay upright.
A question for you guys.
How many hotdogs did I eat?
None, you were busy bodying Vic.
You literally chased me the entire time.
No, I got no hotdogs in my mouth?
Then what the fuck is that?
- What? - Hell, yeah.
I've got no hotdogs in my mouth?
This is a sham.
- That's disgusting. - Oh no.
This challenge lasted two minutes.
Could you please read back all of Aabria's statements
from the first two minutes of the challenge?
"Stop, I love veggie dogs.
Now pass that ketchup.
Brennan, stop!
Sam, can I have more hotdogs, I'm out.
They're veggie dogs because that's safe
for me and my little one."
Kevi, could you please read all of Vic's statements
from the first two minutes.
"Brennan, stop!
Brennan, this is cheating Brennan.
Now Aabria's eating all of the dogs.
Ouch, Brennan.
Brennan, you're taking hotdogs off my plate.
Stop, Brennan.
You're not eating the hotdogs.
Great.
Great, neither of us are eating the hotdogs."
Kevi, could you read all of my statements
from the two minutes the challenged elapsed?
Yes, it's a parenthesis that says "running".
I was eating mother fucking hotdogs.
And I ate the most.
Thank you very much.
It smells so hotdog right now.
I don't understand why they're all touched.
Because Brennan was chasing me
and tackling me the entire time,
which was a lot of this.
What is the relevance of the tackling at all?
'Cause isn't the question who ate the most hotdogs?
Whether you're tackled or not tackled is immaterial
to whether you ate the most hotdogs.
Vic was trying to stop Brennan
from eating the most hotdogs.
It's the amount you're eating, right?
Isn't that what we're trying to sort?
I feel like tackling and running are not conducive
- of hotdog eating. - Why didn't Brennan ever say
how many hotdogs he ate?
He ate one.
He didn't even eat all of it.
Also, Brennan proved to us that he didn't eat it
'cause he had it in his hand.
- And that was so gross. - It's all over the floor.
I was not allowed to swallow once the time was called.
That's what she said.
In what context?
We don't wanna know.
I think it's self-explanatory.
Yeah.
Has the jury reached a verdict?
Hell yeah, Your Honor.
This guy rules.
In that case,
please show me in three,
two, one.
Interesting, a little split,
but it does look like
the Aabria's have it.
Jury, please leave your paddles on your chairs.
Kevi, thank you so much.
for joining us.
That is three additional points for Aabria.
Let's go.
Unfortunately, Vic,
you did say there was no challenge.
What if I told you there was no challenge?
I said, "what if I told you there was no challenge"?
So I have no choice
but to take away three points from you,
- bringing you to zero. - Sam.
As we head into the last round of our game, the scores are:
Brennan with 10,
Vic with zero,
Aabria with 12.
This is gonna be the comeback story of the century.
Ash and Nico,
if I could please have the gifts.
I love this.
Players, inside these boxes are gifts
I'm going to tell the jury you brought me from home
in response to a prompt I gave you.
In other words,
these are your homework assignments.
What's the prompt, you ask?
That's up to you and you don't have to agree
on what the prompt was.
You must convince the jury that your prompt was the real one
and why your gift answered it the best.
The gifts are loose vegetarian chili,
an iPod Classic loaded up with only "Mambo No. 5",
and a framed photo of me on a speedboat with the words,
"power boat 'em" Photoshopped on.
Now please draw mics to see who picks their gift first.
- One, two, three. - One, two, three.
Aabria, you pick your gift first.
I'll take "Mambo No. 5", please.
- Thank you. - Vic?
Chili.
And finally, Brennan.
I'm afraid to touch it.
Now, convincing the jury you won is three points.
Telling the jury there was no challenge,
negative three points.
- Okay. Okay. - Yeah.
In that case let's bring back in our jury
for a last time.
Now, jury,
before my players appeared on set today,
I gave each of them the same homework assignment
and they have that homework in front of them.
I'm not going to tell you what the prompt was.
They could be telling you the truth or a lie.
The question is who answered the prompt best
and who did I award the point just now?
My players will draw mics to see who presents first.
Three, two, one.
It's Vic first,
followed by Aabria and then finally, Brennan.
This challenge I think was a little bit personal
for all of us.
We all took it in very different directions,
but it was bring in something homemade.
My grandmother taught me how to make this.
She passed away about 10 years ago
and so this is something that I've put a little bit
of my own spin on.
It's loose chili.
- Oh no. - Oh, loose chili.
I will say I brought this in a beautiful casserole dish.
It got put in a box by production.
So this was not the box that I brought it in
but I think they wanted them in boxes.
I brought it in a beautiful dish,
which my grandmother actually did give to me.
- Tao! - No, Tao.
You're disgusting.
It's chili, all right.
- That's pure chili. - That is pure chilidog.
- Case closed. - Case closed.
And that's your time, Vic.
I worked really hard on that.
Next up, Aabria.
Esteemed gentle folk,
the prompt was in fact who was Sam Reich
in the year 2000?
And we all had to bring in some semblance
of who we thought he might have been in that year.
So I brought in an iPod that only has "Mambo No. 5" on it.
That tracks.
In the year 2000,
I think you were just coming out of a Ska phase.
How dare you?
And you were trying to pick a new vibe
and I think you were trying to fuck.
And I think of a song in the year 2000 that threw it back
and it just lists women.
Now, to be clear,
it's still a bop.
Brennan, it's all you.
The prompt that we were given was to give Sam a gift
that he would be able to treasure in his place of work.
For anyone here who's ever seen Sam's
direct-to-camera videos,
you've got like the trooper's helmets and stuff behind it.
We were all given a small budget to work with
and thinking of something that would be custom
and far away from everything else,
I went and had this lovely boat image
with Sam on a boat,
saying, "power boat 'em"
for Sam to display on his sort of shelf of wonders.
Is that like power bottom?
Is that supposed to be a joke for that?
- No. - Okay.
That's your time, Brennan.
Well, players,
what was the homework assignment
and who answered it the best?
Let's assume it's none of that.
I agree with you
that there is not a clear assignment here.
Yes.
That iPod seems in very good condition.
- It's brand spanking new. - Yes.
What if they each brought something for someone else
to have to explain?
Jury, I am going to need for you to lock in your answer.
- Okay. - Okay.
All right.
I have no idea how to do this.
I like "power boat 'em" a lot.
"Power boat 'em" is really good.
I don't think Brennan had anything to do with it.
Yeah. I agree.
So I'm gonna vote for Brennan
but it's really a vote for "power boat 'em".
Jury, have you reached a verdict?
Hell yeah, Your Honor.
Show them to me in three,
two, one.
How about-
Oh my God. You guys.
- Vic. - Yes.
That is three points for you.
Wow.
And so, the scores at the end of our game,
Vic with three.
Yay.
- Brennan with 10. - Wow.
And Aabria with 12.
The winner of our game is Aabria Iyengar.
Aabria, you win a paper shredder.
In order so that you can destroy all the evidence you want.
Yes, thank you.
I'm never going to jail.
The last time was the last time.
That does it for us here at "Game Changer".
I am your host, Sam Reich,
reminding you that if a tree falls in the woods
and no one's around,
you better have it on video, goodnight.