Episode Report Card M. Giant: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT What Happens in Vegas
By M. Giant | Season 15 | Episode 11 | Aired on 12.06.2009
Meghan and Cheyne are still not sure if they're going to the right place. In fact, they don't even know where Monaco is. Behind them, Sam has handed the cabbie's phone off to Dan as they continue to follow.
Ericka grabs just a clump of flowers, then hurls it down with yet another scream of frustration. This is so not in keeping with the Love theme.
Meghan and Cheyne are trying to shake the brothers, while Sam continues demonstrating his geographical knowledge, first by thinking they need to go back to Mandalay Bay, and then pronouncing the name of the country as "moNAHco." Fortunately for them, an operator on the other end of the line tells him, "The Monte Carlo." I don't know how the Amazing Sound Guy got that unless Sam had the phone on speaker. Up ahead, Meghan and Cheyne don't fail to see them peeling off from behind them and going off in their own direction. She wants to ask someone, which is probably wise.
Back at the Mirage, Ericka and Brian are still marinating in fail. And so are Meghan and Cheyne, sort of, leaning out of their cab to ask randoms on the street about the most famous hotel in Monaco. They hear Bellagio, and that the country of Monaco is in Spain, but I think the most accurate statement made in that cab is when Meghan says, "I don't freakin' know."
Ericka has finally gotten her shit together, and as Brian draws her back and down, she says, "We got this. One last time. Push my butt." Oh, if I had a nickel every time I heard that. He does indeed give her a little extra posterior boost this time, and she finally gets the bouquet. Then she yells at the riggers to get her down, but is much nicer to the flower child they get their clue from. Yeah, flower child, I think that peace sign you're giving Ericka is kind of wasted on her. Unlike the other two teams, Brian knows the clue refers to the Monte Carlo off the top of his head, and they run back out to the cab. Brian says he's not sure and wants to check, but Ericka is, so that's where they're going. "That was tiring," Brian sighs to Ericka in their cab as they wait for it to leave. She stares silently out the window. At least she isn't screaming any more.
Sam and Dan reach the Monte Carlo (where Miss Alli and I stayed last time I was in Vegas), and find the poker room entrance. The clue reads, "Count a million dollars' worth of poker chips." And here's Phil, standing on the Strip to tell us, "Teams have been battling each other around the world in a quest for one million dollars. Now, a million dollars is at their fingertips and they're gonna have to use their fingertips to count it." He continues as we see a big room filled with six full-sized poker tables. On three of them are mixed-up piles of multicolored poker chips, and the other three are empty, with dealers sitting behind them. "From this sea of 8,400 chips," Phil says, "Teams must count out exactly one million dollars." Then the dealer will check their work, and if it's right, will give them a big ol' race chip and their next clue. Sam and Dan are "stoked" to be here first, and they get started counting right away, focusing on pulling out the red $1,000 chips first, which is a solid strategy. Sam starts pulling them out while Dan stacks them on the dealer's table, which seems like less of a solid strategy. They should rethink that division of labor. They quickly have a hundred grand, and Sam says to his giant pile of chips, "Come on, Meghan and Cheyne, do not show up. Do not show up."