Agreed.

Sarah came across as very self-assured and determined but also aware of her limits, and it was the latter that won out with that 8-box decision. While I probably wouldn't have taken that offer, she at least stuck by her decision and didn't seem too disappointed when finding out she could have had more.

One of those funny games where she dealt too early but because she did and because thankfully the proveout doesn't include twists, meant that there was no on-screen indication of how bad much money she missed out on had she gone on (although we will never know if she would have got her wish granted). I reckon the 4 and 3-box offers could well have been £40k and £60k respectively.

Shame she had that nightmare round at the wrong time because she seemed a very likeable character in the studio and it came across on screen that way.
Interesting that Noel at 8-box acknowledged that although the QM was there, there were still 4 blues. I don't think that influenced her decision but it's good to see both sides of the argument presented on screen.

Slightly defeatist deal - which only just escaped being the lowest offer of the game. Sarah was unlucky to have the nightmare round when she did, there was a good argument for persevering to 5 box with the twist in play but of course there were no guarantees. It's a tough one to judge because she ultimately did the right thing at the wrong time, so it wasn't a disaster, just less than satisfying

Strange deal, but unfortunate to not find the £250k until the final box of the last round. For me, I would have dealt £22k with three to open, but had I got my wish I would have chosen one-box-at-a-time and would have either dealt at 4-box or 3-box depending on the offers. Bad game but at least she only had £500 in her box.

Strange to think that when Daniel dealt at 8-box during last year's Christmas shows, he was only the second player ever to have dealt early during a theme week with a 5-box twist. That number's probably in double figures now!

Let's think how many there were in 2011 - two in this block of episodes, two in the Hallowe'en run, and was it just Wilf in Cowboys and Indians week?

Unless I'm missing any, that's five for the year, seven all-time.

Jade from School's Out week?

Harry from Cowboys & Indians dealt at 8-box too. There were 3 at Halloween - Jess, Nick and Parvinder.

So, in fact, it's eight for the year, and ten all-time... Brick is quite right!

9 for the year and 11 all-time now!

Who was the ninth/eleventh?

Oh, of course - Baz.

BTW, I've looked at Sarah's picture on dealornodeal.co.uk - and, well, unless it's a really bad picture, it looks very much to me like she had alopecia, a bit like Syrita.

I'm not too sure if I should really be asking these questions - but did she indeed have it, and if so, was it brought up at any stage during her time on the show?