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With less than five minutes left when she was offered £20k, it was obvious that she would deal.
How to enjoy Deal more: Put the clock away. That way, although not in this case with the obvious intent from Kim, it could go either way.
The 45-minute format beats the hour out of the water. What a treat to revert to the simple, fast-paced game that still shows the contestant in a positive light. I mean, I didn't realize it then, but the "We'll tell you why else Kim was on Deal" bit didn't actually allude to anything in the ep, but all in all, good editing.
£20,000 was pretty easily the one to depart it, IMO. And yeah, we had Betty who thought £19,500 was rubbish with the £100k and £10 and ended up getting the gigundo red, but here, the Banker got it right. The offer almost invariably reduces the expected value of the result, so the Banker does genuinely want the contestant to sell. But that's why he goes as low as he can. The US Banker, in reality a lazy production team behind the scenes, did a rubbish job of really realizing how low they could go.
Dale got £26,000 because the Banker knew he was risk prone. And the Banker got it wrong then.