Four million-dollar cases are on the board as contestants play to win cash; Aretha Franklin calls to support a music loving contestant; trainers Jillian Michaels and Bob Harper and casting director Bernard Telsey make special appearances.
Five million-dollar cases are on the board as a woman seven months pregnant plays to win cash.
A contestant receives a NASCAR package presented by race car driver Jimmy Johnson, and must choose between a lifelong dream and a selfless act for his family.
A physical education teacher and avid video game player is surprised with extra $1 million cases on the board and the chance to be immortalized in a video game; a woman from Chicago plays with extra $1 million cases on the board.
A pharmacy technician competes with five $1 million cases on the board in hope of winning money to finish school and buy his parents a house.
A Kansas City newlywed tries to win the top prize with six million-dollar cases on the board.
A Pennsylvania male nurse tries to win the million dollars.
A Minnesota woman tries her luck at the million dollar prize.
A contestant from Maple Shade, N.J., competes with nine million-dollar cases on the board.
A man from Newark, N.J., competes in hopes of winning money so he can buy his dream car.
Contestants from Canfield, Ohio, Culver City, Calif., Derby, Conn., and Cochella, Calif., play a special speed game, where each contestant only has 20 seconds to decide if they want the Banker’s offer or to continue playing for $1 million.
A father of two from Sparks, Nev., and a teacher from Pittsburgh play for the top prize of $2 million.
A teacher returns to finish her game; a man from Folsom, Calif., plays the game with an additional case on the board worth $2 million.
Family man, Jimmy Dolan from Fort Collins, Colorado hopes to win the top prize so he can buy two new cars, as well as start a college fund for his children. The case models join in the festivities as they compete in a variety of Thanksgiving eating contests.
Ashley Otte from Randolph, Minnesota is a hard working college student hoping to go home with enough money to pay off her student loans and start enjoying college life. Otte mistakenly reveals to Howie that her biggest fear is turkeys, which leads the Banker to put her family in a cage with eight live turkeys.
A father of 13 rotates rounds with two of his children, hoping to be able to provide his family with an extravagant holiday; a veteran from Oregon plays to try and win enough money to buy a house.
A case on the board is worth $2 million, and a man from Dayton, Ohio, receives a tempting offer from professional basketball player Kobe Bryant.
A coach from Tennessee hopes to win enough money to help pay for his daughters’ college educations, buy a house and help his parents live comfortably; a makeup artist from Texas tries to win $1 million.
A drag racer from California hopes to win enough money to get married, expand her business and buy a house; a grandmother from Iowa plays for up to $1 million.
A farmer from Iowa returns to finish her game; a musician from Kansas City competes for $1 million.
A single mother from the Bronx, N.Y., and a woman from DeFuniak Springs, Fla., compete for up to $1 million.
A Southern woman tries to win money to start her own business; a teacher tries to win cash to enable him to move out of his parents’ house.
A teacher returns to finish his game; a bartender from Massachusetts hopes to win enough money to open her own bar.