Tape date: 4.9.12
Production #5952K
Models: Rachel (Mic handoff), Amber, Daniel Goddard
Drew's entrance: Door #2
First Four: R to L

IUFB #1: Coldplay tickets @ Hollywood Bowl (2n stay in Hollywood, limo trip to show, two terrace box seats)

Jennell: $700
Kyle: $975
Jamie: $1,200
Colin: $1,000
ARP: $1,829

Game #1: Squeeze Play
Prize: Chevy Colorado work truck (2.9L engine, 6 months On Star)

Set-up: 189475
Removes the "9" for a price of $18,475.
ARP: $18,475 WIN!

IUFB #2: Designer leather coats

Jennell (F4): $1,250
Kyle (F4): $6 (Drew: Look what inflation has done to the $1 bid...)
Andrew: $1,150
Colin (F4): $1,200
ARP: $3,685

It's Jennell's birthday on tape date!

Game #2: Shopping Spree
Prizes: Refridgerator, Pool table (Golden West), Apple Macbook Pro (Speech software, 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive), Leather recliner (Flexsteel)

Target: $7,000

Pool table: $3,595 ($3,405 to go)
Computer: $2,098 ($1,307 to go)
Refridgerator: $949 LOSS
(Chair: $1,699)

IUFB #3: 12-piece cutlery set (Wusthof)

Wendy: $675
Kyle (F4): $500
Andrew: $750
Colin (F4): $1 (Drew: Sure you don't want to make that $6, adjusted for inflation?)
ARP: $962

Andrew is a poker dealer from Vegas. (Drew: Got soft hands! Poker-dealer hands...)

Game #3: Now or Then
Prize: Seven-piece outdoor dining set w/ Genuine Fiesta dinnerware ($6,122)

Then date: June 1986

Items (Starts at the top and goes clockwise):
4lb dog food
Baby food
Toothpicks (150ct)
Dozen XL eggs
Stain remover
8oz. tomato sauce

Toothpicks $1.29 -- Now (NOW)
Eggs $1.49 -- Then (NOW)
Baby food $0.89 -- Then (NOW)
Dog food $3.09 -- Then (THEN)
Tomato sauce $0.79 -- Now (NOW)
Stain remover $2.39 -- Then (THEN)

WIN!

CC1: Fungi-Nail

Showcase Showdown #1:
Jennell: 75 (Stay)
Andrew: 20 + 5 = 25
Jamie: 85 (Advances to showcase)

IUFB #4: Firepit table (The Outdoor Greatroom Company)

Wendy: $1
Kyle (F4): $1,201
Michael: $800
Colin (F4): $1,200
ARP: $999

Michael kisses both of Drew's cheeks! (Drew: I'm getting lots of love today!)

Game #4: One Right Price
Prize: Outdoor HDTV (Sunbrite; 32" 720p LCD) + barbecue gas grill w/ four burners + built-in refridgerator (Kenmore)

Price: $2,595
Chooses the grill.

Grill ARP: $1,400 LOSS
Cheap grill.

IUFB #5: Power saws (Evolution)

Wendy: $600 ($500 BONUS!)
Kyle (F4): $601
Claire: $595
Colin (F4): $450
ARP: $600

Game #5: Switcheroo
Prizes: Scion XP (158HP engine, 4-speed sequential AT), deep cleaner, knife sharpener, Libman floor duster, insulated lunch pack

Set-up:
Car: $1 9 7 - 1
Deep cleaner: $- 0
Knife sharper: $- 3
Floor duster: $- 3
Lunch pack: $- 0

Numbers: 1 2 3 5 9

First guess:
Car: $19,731
Deep cleaner: $50
Knife sharpener: $23
Floor duster: $93
Lunch pack: $10

1 right.

Second guess:
Car: $19,791
Deep cleaner: $50
Knife sharpener: $23
Floor duster: $33
Lunch bag: $10
(Any reason why she didn't change 3 of the 5?)

0 right. TOTAL LOSS

Car: $19,731 (NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Deep cleaner: $90
Knife sharpener: $53
Floor duster: $13
Lunch pack: $20

She had the car! She had it...uggh, don't you just hate when people lose like that...

It's the Dai Li's lucky day; they have got at least one unlucky First Four loser. They will take someone to Lake Laogai, where they will join the ranks of the Joo Dees. Of course, in our universe, they are brainwashed into becoming BBS tour guides. Will they get both Colin and Kyle, or will one escape?

IUFB #6: Steam shower (Mybathusa.com)

Lisa: $2,200
Kyle (F4): $2,500
Claire: $12,000 (http://piandao.org/screencaps/ep25/ep25-417.png)
Colin (F4): $2,501
(Drew, recapping the bids: $2,200, $2,500, a million, $2,501...actual retail price, a million and one!)
ARP: $2,399

Kyle and Colin are taken to receive "training" from the Dai Li.

Game #6: Safe crackers
Prizes: Motorcycle (BMW), his and her sunglasses (Package: $9,270)

Number options: 0, 5, 4

Set price: $540 LOCK
ARP: $450

Well, she played it well...but yeah, $450 jumped out at me. Regardless, a big bummer of a second half after a good first half.

CC2: Allegra, Bailey's coffee creamers

Showcase showdown #2:
Michael: 55 + 60 = OVER
Wendy: 60 (Stay)
Lisa: 50 + 20 = 70 Advances to showcase


Showcases: Jamie top winner, Lisa runner-up.

Showcase #1: "Trunks"
Designer luggage
Trip to Thailand (6n Grand Hyatt Bangkok, guided jungle tour on an elephant)
Nissan Sentra S (2.0L, CVT Auto transmission)

Jamie bids $26,576.

Showcase #2: "Double trouble" in the great outdoors
Two 26" mountain bikes (Dahon)
Two kayaks (Lifetime)
Two off-road vehicles (Yamaha Raptor 125, 5-speed MT)
Trip to Galapagos Islands (Fly to Ecuador, 6-day cruise across the islands; discovergalapagos.com)

Lisa bids $24,500.

My bids:
#1: $30,500
#2: $26,333

Thailand/Car
Jamie's bid: $26,576
ARP: $28,754
Difference: -$2,178

Galapagos Islands
Lisa's bid: $24,500
ARP: $22,407
Difference: OVER

Jamie wins! (While I suffer a DOB, oops...)


Jamie: $49,018 (Chyron)
Andrew: $7,084
Jennell: $3,685
Lisa: $2,399
Wendy: $1,100
Michael: $999

Pricing games: 2 for 6
Total won: $64,285 (Includes $500 in bonuses)
Total offered: $125,966 (~51.0% of offered sum claimed)