Deal or No Deal (USA)/Episode 314A/314B

Episode 314A/314B
Season 3, Episode 15
Airdate	November 21, 2007
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Episode 314A/314B is the fifteenth episode of the third season of Deal or No Deal, and the one hundred twenty-third episode overall.

Cast:

Gameplay

The bottom five were replaced with "GRAVY", "CRANBERRY SAUCE", "STUFFING", "PUMPKIN PIE", and "TURKEY" for this Thanksgiving episode. Contestants, when they wanted a low number, instead of asking for one, announced that they were hungry if food was still in play.

DaKenya McDuffy's first round removed four of the top five amounts (leaving just the $500,000) continuing the bad streak of luck that always happens on Thanksgiving episodes. Her game peaked at $96,000, and then she removed the $200,000, sending the offer down to $87,000 (which was whispered into her mother's ear, unusual for a lower offer). Despite the fact that this offer was quite low with $500,000 in play, because of the bleak-looking left side (PUMPKIN PIE, TURKEY, $75), and only the $500K remaining on the left side, DaKenya pressed the red button. The playout revealed both remaining food items and the banker offering up $271,000; DaKenya's case contained $75.

The second contestant of the 2-hour special, Jay Garrity (who drove 3,000 miles to the studio and had to push his truck inside because the brakes failed at the last moment), was soon treated to a surprise: since DaKenya didn't win the $1 million, there would be "Leftovers". The $1,000,000 became $2,000,000, and the $750,000 became $1,000,000. Jay's first offer topped the record books at $104,000, but viewers could see Jay was a serious player, as before Howie could finish explaining, he closed the glass box. In a stunning reversal, Jay removed low amounts galore and turned down offers of $335,000, $426,000, and $482,000 with barely a whim. One more small amount ($50,000) left Jay with a tie for best chance at $1,000,000 plus: 50-50 (the top two prizes were still available, and the CRANBERRY SAUCE and $300 finished out the board). With a 58% chance of having to shell out more than Michelle Falco's $880,000 record offer, the banker offered a cheap, but still very sizable, sum of $573,000. Amazingly, Jay turned it down, but one case away from ultimate glory, the "Thanksgiving Curse" struck him down: Lauren Shiohama's case 8 contained the $2 million grand prize. Even though he loudly proclaimed he was going for the second prize of $1M, when faced with $307,000 from the bank, he finally gave in. Jay Garrity, a man who came in shouting "MILLION BUCKS!", had twice the chance at just that, and in a cruel twist of fate, he would have won the $1,000,000 had he played down to the end of the game, just as he intended to.

Trivia

The Show

• So far, out of five games played on Thanksgiving, four have begun with complete disaster, and the fifth, Jay's game, was a cruel tantalization of how close it can be to a million dollars.

• Beginning rounds like DaKenya's have occurred practically only during Thanksgiving, leading viewers to believe the day is cursed.