Happy New Year all, and whether you like it or not...

The Million Dollar Mission is back again!

Contestant: Will Jimeno, who was a Port Authority of NY & NJ Police Officer and a survivor of the September 11 attacks in the WTC, one of two people to be pulled from the WTC wreckage alive.

His gameboard has not one, but two $1,000,000 cases!

Chosen case: 15

Round 1: 6 Cases to open

13: $50
1: $400
21: $1,000,000
10: $100
25: $200,000
6: $25,000

Banker's offer: $44,000!

NO DEAL!

Round 2: 5 Cases to open

17: $25
3: $50,000
23: $10
7: $75,000
20: $200

Will said he wanted to shoot an apple off someone's head, especially off the Banker's head! A stage with an apple on the head of a mock banker is displayed. Anya, one of the models, brings out a bow and arrow and Will proceeds to shoot the arrow hitting the apple off and that ends up resting on top of the mock banker's head!

Banker's offer: $72,000!

NO DEAL!

Round 3: 4 Cases to open

24: $750
12: $1,000
5: $0.01
16: $5,000

Banker's offer: $164,000!

NO DEAL!

Round 4: 3 Cases to open

14: $1
22: $100,000
4: $300,000

Banker's offer: $143,000!

NO DEAL!

Round 5: 2 Cases to open

19: $500,000
8: $500

The Final 6 Cases

$5
$75
$300
$10,000
$400,000
$1,000,000

Banker's offer: $185,000!

NO DEAL!

Round 6: 1 Case to open

11: $300

Banker's offer: $213,000!

NO DEAL!

Round 7: 1 Case to open

26: $5

Banker's offer: $271,000!

DEAL!

Proveout Round 8: 1 Case to open

2: $75

Hypothetical Banker's offer: $488,000!

Proveout Round 9: 1 Case to open

18: $1,000,000

The Final 2 Cases would have been...

$10,000
$400,000

Hypothetical Banker's offer: $190,000!

Howie now opens his case #15 to reveal...

15: $10,000

Patricia's Case #9 is revealed to complete the game...

9: $400,000

Game Summary:

Peak offer: $488,000
Case value: $10,000
Prize won: $271,000
Result: Technical Player Win [56-44]

Big-money game that's for sure! You've listed $50 twice and not $50,000 going at all, though...

I'm pretty sure I'd have taken the third offer as it was so very generous, as proven by the drop after a not-that-bad Round 4. I'd probably have done the same as him otherwise.

I'd have been out at $213,000 on that board.

Fixed now. $50 was definitely in #13, which makes $50,000 in #3.

An interesting game. Will won over a quarter-million dollars, and made a great deal at the same time. A winning combination in anyone's math. Chalk up another win for the players this season. TPWs and OPWs have been a rarity this season for some reason. Maybe they need better players or something.

With regards to Million-Dollar Mission Version 2.0 (which I reported was going to happen back in November), personally, I don't think we'll see a millionaire on this show ever. This is the result of early deals or people who sometimes screw themselves by going too far. Only a true gambler or someone with a lot of guts will go all the way and win the million dollars. If they bump it up to 25 million-dollar cases and the penny, it might happen. Of course, my brother says that even in that scenario, someone will still win the penny.

Some people are saying that the MDM is causing the show to jump the shark because of the extreme amount of desperation they're putting into making a millionaire out of someone. These same people are saying that stunts like this will most likely lead to the cancellation of DoND USA. What do the rest of you have to say about that?