Ouch.

Well, a crash is a crash, and I don't really have much choice but to accept defeat this time. I'll at least ensure I leave with my dignity by saying DEAL.

It's a DEAL for £1,800.

Just the box openings to deal with pre 23.

Box 21-

£5,000

One more no deal could've got you 5k.

Box 9-

£10

Box 23;

This #moneymenu leaves you with two chances of NOTHING and one chance of continuing your Power 5 streak.

BOX 23 JACKPOT (£40,000) = £41,800
DOUBLE = £3,600
MONEY BACK = £1,800
HALF = £900
-£5,000 = £0
NOTHING

With £1,800, would you like to buy Box 23, Deal or No Deal?

Well, an OPL it is. The double shot of NOTHING isn't particularly appealing given what little I have left, so I might just say NO DEAL and leave the jackpot for another time (but hypo 4, of course).

Alright. What would have happened?

Box 23, Option 4;

List Randomizer

There were 6 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

BOX 23 JACKPOT (£40,000) = £41,800
DOUBLE = £3,600
NOTHING
HALF = £900
-£5,000 = £0
MONEY BACK = £1,800
IP: 86.135.28.43
Timestamp: 2017-06-15 16:01:50 UTC

Your small red would have turned into a big blue, so you did the right thing there.

**RING**

He said he would have done, so here it is. At 8 Box, he would have offered £14,000 had you pushed the button.

So Leah, after a game which peaked at £33k,you leave with £1,800. At least it's a red!

Until next time, goodbye!

My evaluation of the twists:
The boosted 1p sticking around was extremely welcome, I don't really want to imagine how much more challenging that would have been without it (but it may ironically have saved me)
My button was of course welcome given the lack of an 8-box offer
The lack of an 8-box offer itself wasn't too bad, but that may be because the next round strongly favoured me.
And the banker's button... I initially wrote it off as the most generous of the penalties, but given it just about singlehandedly destroyed my game I may have to reevaluate that opinion. Well played...

Question: Was the Banker planning on offering something derisory like £33,001 at 4 box had Leah not found the £250k?

No. Actually it would have been 35k+ to give Leah her fourth P5 win in a row