OK, back from my extra-long "summer" hiatus!

We've got a double episode tonight, with a Thanksgiving theme!

This recap doesn't contain any excess commentary, including the top 10 moments of USA DoND, which includes Michelle Falco's $750,000 win as one of them.

Note, for both games tonight, the five lowest cases have been replaced with food items related to Thanksgiving...

$0.01 - Gravy
$1 - Cranberry Sauce
$5 - Stuffing
$10 - Pumpkin Pie
$25 - Turkey

Game #1

Contestant: DaKenya McDuffy!

Chosen case: 11

Round 1: 6 Cases to open

7: $300,000
6: $750,000
15: $1,000
21: $400,000
17: $1,000,000
2: $200

Banker's offer: $17,000

NO DEAL!

Round 2: 5 Cases to open

18: $10,000
8: $400
9: $100
20: $50,000
19: $75,000

Banker's offer: $21,000

NO DEAL!

Round 3: 4 Cases to open

12: Cranberry Sauce
23: $100,000
14: $750
4: $5,000

Banker's offer: $35,000

NO DEAL!

Round 4: 3 Cases to open

3: $500
13: Stuffing
22: $50

Banker's offer: $49,000

NO DEAL!

Round 5: 2 Cases to open

10: Gravy
5: $300

The Final 6 Cases

- Pumpkin Pie
- Turkey
- $75
- $25,000
- $200,000
- $500,000

Banker's offer: $76,000!

NO DEAL!

Round 6: 1 Case to open

26: $25,000

Banker's offer: $96,000!

NO DEAL!

Round 7: 1 Case to open

1: $200,000

Banker's offer: $87,000!

DEAL!

Proveout Round 8: 1 Case to open

25: Turkey

Hypothetical Banker's offer: $152,000!

Proveout Round 9: 1 Case to open

16: Pumpkin Pie

The Final 2 Cases would have been...

- $75
- $500,000

Hypothetical Banker's offer: $271,000!

Howie now opens her case #11 to reveal...

11: $75

Case #24 is revealed to complete the game...

24: $500,000

Game Summary:

Peak offer: $271,000
Case value: $75
Prize won: $87,000
Result: Technical Banker Win [68-32]

Game #2

Contestant: Jay Garrity, from my hometown of Boston!

For his game, since the $1,000,000 prize was not won from the previous game, it was added as "leftovers" for this board, making the jackpot, $2,000,000, with the $1,000,000 replacing the $750,000 as the second-highest amount.

Chosen case: 16

Round 1: 6 Cases to open

1: $750
9: $5,000
17: $25,000
21: $200
4: $100,000
26: $75

Banker's offer: $104,000! Record First Offer!

NO DEAL!

Round 2: 5 Cases to open

22: $400,000
13: $1,000
7: Turkey
12: $500
24: $75,000

Banker's offer: $161,000! Record Second Offer!

NO DEAL!

Round 3: 4 Cases to open

11: $400
15: $200,000
19: $100
3: Pumpkin Pie

Banker's offer: $197,000!

NO DEAL!

Round 4: 3 Cases to open

5: Stuffing
25: $50
23: $10,000

Banker's offer: $335,000!

NO DEAL!

Round 5: 2 Cases to open

14: $500,000
18: Gravy

The Final 6 Cases

- Cranberry Sauce
- $300
- $50,000
- $300,000
- $1,000,000
- $2,000,000

Banker's offer: $426,000!

NO DEAL!

Round 6: 1 Case to open

20: $300,000

Banker's offer: $482,000!

NO DEAL!

Round 7: 1 Case to open

2: $50,000

Banker's offer: $573,000!

NO DEAL!

Round 8: 1 Case to open

8: $2,000,000

Banker's offer: $307,000!

DEAL!

Proveout Round 9: 1 Case to open

6: Cranberry Sauce

The Final 2 Cases would have been...

- $300
- $1,000,000

Hypothetical Banker's offer: $494,000!
Note: First game where every offer has been $100,000 or more.

Howie now opens his case #16 to reveal...

16: $1,000,000

Anya opens her case #10 to complete the game...

10: $300

Game Summary:

Peak offer: $573,000
Case value: $1,000,000
Prize won: $307,000
Result: Outright Banker Win

Wow, imagine if he'd left 8 even one case longer!!

Glad he wasn't stupid at the end. I'd have gone with eight left, but mostly because I'm not sure how much use I could have for any more than $335,000 (£160,000, though not tax-free).

too bad, he never won $1,000,000 but hey he never knew the amount in those cases.

Let's see, including this show, we've had about 12 people sell a million-dollar case this season. Is that some sort of record? Jay's game had me on the edge of my seat. Best game in a while! I would have been gone at $573,000, but I still would have made a bad deal. Game 1 was a very boring game to me, but the second game was great to watch. And maybe I was imagining things, but did both game appear to more faster than usual? Maybe it was because there were no stupid gimmicks thrown in this time (thank God!). Oh, and it's good to have you back as the US verison recapper, Goldeneye. I was recapping the US version and Le Banquier while you were gone. I missed your great recaps, but I was more than happy to fill in for you while you were gone. If you ever have to leave again, let me know, and I'll gladly take over as the recapper once again.