Original subtitles

- Last time on "99 to Beat,"

new relationships were formed...

- James and Arvind are on the same team.

- I'm peeing my pants.

I'm crying.

- Stay in place, Aggie. - Keep going.

- The honeymoon ended for newlyweds Julian and Aggie...

Oh, my God. - We're good.

- And another married couple went head-to-head.

- Anna has done it.

She sends her husband home.

- 40 have been eliminated.

60 remain.

And with the million dollars on the line,

there is just one rule.

all: Don't finish last.

[cheering]

[suspenseful music]

- Welcome back to "99 to Beat,"

where seemingly simple games mean serious money.

Look at the whole group.

It's just adorable people... - [laughs]

- Adorable people competing for a million dollars.

We should have a James day, we just dress up like James.

[laughs]

- I love him so much.

♪

- Players, you'll each have a pair of frozen pants.

You must defrost them by any means necessary

so that you are able to put them on

and put your hands in your pockets.

The last player to be wearing their pants

will be eliminated.

- Frozen cotton breaks easily.

- Stormm, she is doing this for her beautiful daughters.

- I lived in Portland, Oregon, for over 15 years,

and I got snowed in with two kids,

had to trudge through the snow to get them milk.

This is nothing to me.

- There's Lavonne, the gaming grandma.

- 63 years old, Lavonne is.

- I'm just getting over this cold.

And I'm like, I'm gonna put the ice on me?

I started gaming when my son was at dialysis

and I was at home.

And we started playing online together.

I have him with me all the time.

I'm a person that thrives in life.

We have one life.

And this is mine.

- We've seen Arvind struggle before

in the frozen whistle game,

so he's probably feeling a bit nervous about this one.

- I'm not a big fan of the ice challenges.

I'm really afraid that I might go.

- Daddy/daughter Courtney and Lance always in game face.

- I wanted to come on the show because I am super competitive.

And then when I found out that this could be

an experience that I could have with my dad,

I was all for it.

- A million dollars would change our lives immensely

for the good.

[buzzer blares]

- All right, here we go, Ken.

- You have these frozen pants, and you can thaw them

by any means necessary.

- So that means you can put them on your body.

You can use the floor.

- Everyone's using the floor right now.

- They're using the floor as you can hear...

giving it to these pants.

- [growls]

- Julian's going for it,

trying to keep the million-dollar dream alive

for him and his wife, Aggie, who, of course, was eliminated.

- Oh, my God.

- Arvind and James, the darlings of last week,

are both struggling with the frozen pants.

Pants aren't even extended out.

Stormm is also struggling.

- Arvind, you got it. Keep it up.

You got it. You got it.

- You have to put not only the pants on,

you have to put your hands in the pockets.

- Ah!

- Richie looks like he's almost there.

- Thank you. Whoo-hoo! - He's done it.

But his sister Gianna's only just got her feet in.

- Just pace yourself.

Just can't be last.

- Look at professor.

- They're on backwards.

I'll angle my hands differently.

- He's methodically working on it.

- Seth, the icon.

♪

- 50 players left now, Ken,

but gaming grandma Lavonne is still struggling out there.

- Come on, Lavonne.

- Oh, this is Courtney, what a tactic,

using the floor and her body.

- Wow, Courtney is doing it a different way.

Robert's using his belly heat. - Oh, no. [laughs]

- Doing his best Burt Reynolds impression--fresh reference.

- Listen, a million dollars is on the line.

- I know. - No shame, no game.

You know what I mean? - Yeah, by any means necessary.

- Ref. - Joann is through.

- With age comes life experience and knowledge

that are getting me through a lot of these challenges

that the young ones don't have.

- 25 players have gone through now.

35 still in play.

- James is trying to stand up right now with the pants on.

- Either bang it or friction it.

Only do those two things.

- King David is helping Stormm.

Stormm, really, really lagging behind.

People are panicking right now, as would I.

- We're 14 minutes into the game.

- Yes! Well done, James. - James is in.

- James, yes!

- Congratulations, my friend. Nice work.

- There you go, girl. Rip it up.

- It's in such a bad spot.

- Gianna has really been struggling with the pockets

for quite a while right now.

Arvind is really struggling.

17 minutes into the game, 16 players left,

fatigue is setting in at this point.

- Oh, yeah.

Lavonne. - Keep going.

Now try to put your fists in there.

There you go.

- Stormm finally got the pants pretty much extended.

King David's through.

Good on you, dude.

He's never been in a final three or a final two,

to my knowledge. - Yeah, that's true.

Arvind trying really, really hard.

He's got a leg through, Ken.

- Does Gianna have her hands in her pockets?

- She's in. - Yes! Gianna moved on.

- I know, I know. I was annoying.

I know, I know.

I've been beating her in every game so far.

- I did beat you in rubber bands, so...

- All right, okay, okay.

- Five to go.

- Let me in! - Arvind, you've got time.

- James just sat down

to cheer on his buddy Arvind here, guys.

- Come on. - Come on, Arvind!

- Maybe the love and support from James

is melting the pants.

- 20 minutes in, Ken.

- Oh, man, she looks exhausted.

- Come on, Lavonne, you got this.

- Come on, Lavonne! - Come on, Lavonne!

- No! No.

I had no more energy left.

But you know what?

If I need to change a strategy in the last minute, I'll do it.

- My heart is racing.

But I'll just keep thinking about my kids

because they are watching me.

- Stormm's got it. Come on.

I can feel it.

Let's go, Stormm.

- Hands in your pocket. - Hands in your pocket.

- Stick it in, Arvind. - Put it in your pocket.

- Oh, Mariama moves on!

- Mariama almost in the bottom again.

She just keeps scraping by.

- Wow, four to go.

Arvind is being examined right now.

He's got to be in.

- Yeah! - Yes, Arvind!

- Aw, they're so cute. - Wow, look at James.

- Oh, my gosh.

- I have lots of friends rooting me on

and giving me great advice.

And I was able to just break that ice and not come last.

- Three contestants left--

Lavonne, Sarah K, and Stormm.

Sarah's through! It is now Lavonne and Stormm!

One of them will be eliminated!

- Lavonne, hold one of the legs!

- Lavonne, let's go!

Bring it in for the old ladies!

- Oh, they're both so close. They're both so close.

- Come on, Lavonne!

- Oh, no. Stormm. - Come on, Stormm.

Come on, Stormm. - Please, Stormm.

- Oh, my God.

- Lavonne, although exhausted, is making headway right now.

- She really is--they're starting to open up here.

- Looks like Stormm's slightly ahead.

She's getting the left pant leg in.

- Come on, Lavonne.

- Lavonne, put your foot in there!

Pull!

- Stormm got both pant legs in. Now for the pockets.

Looks like Lavonne has got the left leg in.

- Wow. It's coming down. - It is down to the wire!

Lavonne, Stormm, pockets.

- Oh, my goodness, who's getting pockets first?

- Come on, come on! - [shouts]

- It is down to the wire!

Lavonne, Stormm, pockets.

- Oh, my goodness.

Who's getting pockets first?

- Stormm's left pocket, looks like she's having difficulty.

[dramatic music]

Oh, my God.

Stormm, hands in pockets.

- Come on, Lavonne.

One more. - So close, so close.

- They're both at pockets.

- What is the ref saying? What is the ref saying?

- Yeah.

♪

- Stormm has gone through, barely!

Lavonne, unfortunately, is going home.

- I love you. - Look at Lavonne's face.

- Aw, Lavonne was killing it. - So exhausted.

This is devastating.

- Yes, love you. - That was crazy.

- Lavonne, she fought till the bitter end.

- Yeah.

- I gave everything that I had.

I didn't have that strength I needed.

- Literally, she lost by pockets.

- Lavonne, you fought so hard,

and you're a winner in our eyes.

- Yes, Lavonne!

Lavonne! [cheers and applause]

- You finished in 60th place.

The million-dollar dream is over.

Aw.

- It's changed my life because it gives me that confidence

that I can do anything that I put my mind to.

- Love you, lady. Love you.

- And with Lavonne leaving,

she becomes the 41st player to be eliminated,

so the prize now stands

at $410,000.

[cheers and applause]

♪

- It's so great to have each other on the sideline.

- I think America has grown to love Marsha and Michaela.

- "99 to Beat" is once in a lifetime for me.

I've had this rare kind of cancer

inside of my mouth for 12 years.

I'm here. I can still do stuff.

That's the main thing.

- I call my mom for everything. We do everything together.

Like, this is my absolute best friend.

Good luck. - Good luck, baby.

- I love you. Give me a hug. - I love you.

We always have each other's back.

- Yeah.

[suspenseful music]

- Players, in this game, you must drop a coin

into a fish tank of water

and successfully land it into a shot glass.

The last player to complete the challenge

will be eliminated.

♪

- If you are trying this at home,

please be careful for your fish.

- Please, take them out before you do this.

Just look at the focus on the players' faces right now.

- My strategy going into this is just repetition

and speed, boom, boom, boom.

Eventually, one of them's gonna hit.

- Michelle, she's incredibly competitive.

- I'm gonna visualize this dropping.

I'm gonna put it in vertically.

It's gonna cut through the water, no problem.

- I think Miranda-- she's an exterminator.

- I started looking at the tank,

seeing if I need to drop it a certain way.

You can't really tell water what to do.

[buzzer blares]

- All right. - And they are off.

You have to drop a coin in this fish tank of water

to hit a shot glass in the water.

- You can see the tension.

♪

- Ref. - Ref, ref.

- Come on, right here.

- Oh, my--are you kidding me? - Oh, my God!

- Ref, ref. - 15 players through already.

- Ref, ref. - Oh, right here.

- Ken, the referees can't keep up.

- Ref. - 22 players through.

- Can I get a ref at some point?

- Ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref.

- 39 players through now, 20 left.

- Marsha's gone through,

but her daughter Michaela is still struggling.

- Take your time, baby.

- Ten players left.

- The final ten. - Final ten.

- Ref. - Leandra's through.

Tommy's through.

♪

- Anna is through.

- Wow, final four.

- Ref. Ref. - Cara Maria.

- Oh, boy, now we just have three left.

- Will it be Michaela, Michelle, or Miranda?

♪

- Ref, ref, ref.

- Ref, ref, ref, ref, ref.

- Ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref.

- Oh, my God. - What happened?

- What happened?

- Everyone got done at the same time.

- Who's not done?

- We don't know who's eliminated.

We got to look back at the tape.

♪

We have watched the replay,

and the referees have confirmed

the final three players

all finished within the same second,

making it too close to call.

- Wow.

- Don't be upset, no matter what happens.

- No matter what happens.

- Michelle, Michaela, and Miranda

must now play head-to-head.

- Marsha is literally wringing her hands.

- Keep calm. We can do this.

- I just struggled through that,

and so how am I gonna do this again?

- A showdown?

It's some pressure, let me tell you.

- Sudden death--one of these three people are going home.

[cheering] - You got it.

Block it out and concentrate.

- Ken, there's tension out there.

[buzzer blares]

Here we go.

- They'll drop the coin at the same time.

We'll see what happens. - You got this, Michaela.

[buzzer blares]

- Out.

- Oh, no, Miranda and Michelle have both missed.

Look at Michaela's coin.

- Oh, my God. Oh, my God. - What is that?

- It's literally sitting on top of the cup.

- That's what mine did. Michaela, you're okay.

- Technically did not go in. - Oh, really?

- None of them got theirs in in round one,

so that means we all go again.

Here we go. [buzzer blares]

♪

- Miranda is through. - Miranda is through!

Miranda has survived. - Yes!

- Dakota, Cara Maria, and Miranda are very tight.

- It is now sudden death between Michelle and Michaela.

- I'm so bad at this game.

- Reset, Michaela.

- Oh, my goodness. These sudden deaths.

Marsha waiting with bated breath right now.

- Come on, baby, don't give your mommy a heart attack.

- So here we go, Ken.

- This is high stakes, Erin.

One step closer to a million dollars

all hangs on the drop of a coin.

[buzzer blares]

♪

- Final two.

[tense music]

♪

[cheering]

- Michelle is through! - Michelle is through.

- Michaela is, unfortunately, eliminated.

- I'm sorry. - It's okay.

- I'm sorry.

- We tried our absolute hardest at that.

- We did. - That is tough.

- I love you.

- I'm so happy it's you, Mommy. - No, no, no.

- Marsha and Michaela hugging right now.

- They were such a fun one to watch and root for.

They were great sports.

- Incredibly classy.

- Proud of you.

♪

- Michaela, you did your mom proud.

[cheers and applause]

You have finished in 59th place.

Your million-dollar dream is over.

♪

- Nice job, Michaela!

♪

- Yay.

- I never thought Michaela would get out before me,

but it happened.

- You got it. Smile.

Like you always say, I'm right there with you.

- Love you. - Love you, too.

- Michaela is the 42nd player to be eliminated,

meaning the prize has just grown by another $10,000

and now stands

at $420,000.

[cheers and applause]

♪

- Players, you'll each have a tape measure

extended to 16 1/2 feet.

You must retract the tape measure,

landing the end of it between two lines.

Once all players have retracted their tape measures,

the next round will commence.

The last player to successfully land

their tape measure will be eliminated.

- This one, I'm not worried about.

Having the opportunity to do this with my dad

means everything to me.

- We're a close father and daughter,

but it hasn't always been like that.

I suffered from addiction and alcoholism

for most of Courtney's entire life.

And I turned my life around eight years ago.

- [voice breaking] To have the bond that we have right now

is what I've always wanted for us.

- Again, this is gonna come down

to more hand-eye coordination.

- Exactly, exactly.

- Chris, blossoming stand-up comic.

- Ken Jeong is a huge inspiration

as an Asian American comedian.

- He's my biological son. - [laughs]

- He's a nepo baby, all right?

- I wanted to be on "99 to Beat"

because I wanted to see what I was capable of.

But, ultimately, I'm here for that grand prize.

♪

- Sarah is very DIY.

This kind of competition is right up her alley.

- Well, let's hope so.

She's been really close

to being eliminated a few times now.

- My husband's always, let's measure it out.

And I'm like, no, I can see it.

Put away the tape measures.

Now I really, really, really regret that.

- How are you gonna kneel? - I was thinking two knees.

- I know we talk about King David a lot.

People don't realize, he's a mechanical engineer.

- Is he?

- And I believe this is a game he will do very well.

- I know for a fact that I am the strongest player here.

I have a real shot to win the million.

[tense music]

[buzzer blares]

- Here we go, Ken.

- The players need to retract their tape measures

so that the metal tip lands between the two green lines.

If it's on the line...

it doesn't count.

- Yeah! - J. Blake is flying.

- J. Blake is through! J. Blake is through!

- Yes!

- Great job, Miranda.

Close to elimination in the last game.

- That's got to feel good for her.

- And King David has also nailed it on his first try.

- I told you.

- The crown stays put.

- That challenge was the easiest thing I've done

since skipping leg day this morning.

- Nine players through on their first attempt.

The rest of them are getting psyched up to go again.

♪

- Oh.

- Yeah, Courtney! - Courtney's gone through.

But Lance fell short again.

- 44 players still in the game.

- Whoa!

both: Ciara.

- Chris, my son.

- Did I make you proud, Dad?

- Your father is very proud of you.

25 minutes so far.

Oh, looks like James has got it.

David's got it. Looks like Marsha has moved on.

- Great shot of Dakota.

What do you think he's thinking there?

I'm in. - I'm in.

- Yeah!

- They are anxious... - Yeah.

- Frustrated, mentally exhausted.

What does that equal in your world?

- Thumb fatigue.

I mean, you come from football. You get thumb fatigue?

- I don't know. - [laughing]

45 minutes gone.

- 28 players left.

- Look at Mario. That's really close.

- This is like when we try to look

to see if a wide receiver had his toe in.

- Yes. - It's right on the line.

[cheering]

- Oh! Mario moves on!

Mario and Ciara embrace.

- You did it.

- They're hanging out fo sho.

- They've been doing this for around an hour now.

- Oh, Ronald, man.

Reflexes not there today.

- Ah.

- Danni, getting tired.

I definitely believe Lance has thumb fatigue.

- Ronald got it. - Ronald!

Ronald's in, too.

- Captain.

- Dad, this next one, you got it.

You got it.

- There are only ten people left, Erin.

There are only ten people left.

These players have been going

for 1 hour and 25 minutes.

Fatigue is setting in.

- If these contestants are able to get it in between the lines,

they're just gonna scream.

[tense music]

♪

- [shouts]

- The shout of frustration for Michelle.

Oh.

- Leandra... - One of the Wagners.

- Trying to focus.

[cheering]

- Oh! - Yes!

Leandra is in officially.

Oh, my goodness.

♪

The agony right now is all represented with Lance.

- Seeing my dad stress out is definitely starting

to worry me a little bit.

I'm not ready to lose my dad yet.

- I need to send it to them, good juju,

good juju, good juju.

- Six people left.

- Jake P, another Wagner.

- Jake, did you count? - No.

- See, I knew it.

- Tabi and Jake P, husband and wife.

- There's a little bit of frustration there.

- Yeah.

[cheering] Danni moves on!

♪

[cheers and applause] Oh, yes, Alex!

Oh, my God, you see the emotion.

He's drained.

He literally is crying. - Look at him!

♪

And that means we are down to four players now--

Jake P, Lance, Michelle, and Sarah K.

♪

- You're good, Jake. You're so good.

- Yo, look at Jake. Wow.

[cheering]

Eight Wagners still in the game.

And then there were three-- Lance, Michelle, and Sarah K.

- This is the seventh time Sarah K

has been in the bottom ten

and her third time in the bottom three.

- You got it, Dad!

- Courtney on the sidelines, just so emotional right now.

- [shouts]

- Oh, my God, Michelle is beside herself.

- I would just scream as loud as I could right now

to get it out.

- I think Michelle's just exhausted.

♪

You got this. You got this, Lance.

♪

[cheers and applause]

Oh!

Lance.

- Yeah, Dad!

- The thrill, the relief of going through.

- I'm so elated.

You know, I took this journey with Courtney.

I know we both have to go home at some point,

but just the thought of it, it really just breaks my heart.

It really does.

- Our final two.

- Michelle, Sarah, they have both been in the bottom

two different times.

- They know how to overcome being in the bottom.

Let's see who does it this time.

- [exhales deeply] - Sarah's been very zen.

- Michelle, the opposite of zen.

Nez. - Oh.

- N-E-Z.

- 1 hour and 40 minutes into this game now.

- Oh. - Sarah.

So close.

Ken, second game in a row Michelle is in the bottom two.

This is a lot.

♪

[cheering]

- Are you kidding me? - Oh, no.

- Michelle defies the odds.

Sarah is eliminated.

Doing a snow angel of defeat.

Michelle has moved on!

- This was wild.

- That's probably the most stress that I've felt in years.

- Thank you, guys.

♪

- Sarah K, you brought so much color to this show

and some great leg kicks, girl.

You finished in 58th place,

and your million-dollar dream is over.

Cartwheel!

- Oh, my gosh.

- I brought myself to these games,

and it feels so good not pretending to be

another girl in the room.

I played as I am, and I learned so much.

♪

- Sarah K is the 43rd person to leave,

meaning the prize now stands at $430,000.

[cheers and applause]

- Yeah!

[suspenseful music]

♪

- Feels like we're in detention.

- Players, in this game,

you must balance 11 nails simultaneously

on the head of another nail.

The last player to successfully balance the nails

will be eliminated.

- J. Blake could do a good job.

He's been low-key consistent, great player.

- This is the challenge I'm most nervous about.

I've never been in the bottom two.

I can't let this game be the game

that takes me to the bottom two.

- Joann, the singing waitress.

- I've been a server for 28 years,

so balancing is kind of my thing.

Pretty confident in my ability to balance those nails.

- This is no longer fun and games.

They're playing for a million dollars.

♪

[buzzer blares]

- Here we go, Ken. - And they're off.

♪

[buzzer blares] - And they're off.

You have to balance 11 nails... - Yep.

- On that one head of a nail.

This will be painfully tough.

[tense music]

And, of course, as soon as I say that,

someone's gonna raise their hand, and someone did.

Rebecca, Ciara.

- Anna, oh, my God.

- Stormm, Julian.

I'm so happy.

The shakes.

This makes me shake myself.

- David R is struggling.

- Ah, shoot, psyched myself out.

- Thumb fatigue, hand fatigue, brain fatigue.

- Good job, Courtney.

- Around half of them through now,

but King David isn't nailing it.

His hands are shaking. He's got to get it together.

- Bro.

- Seth is through. - Seth is through.

Wait for it.

- Oh! - Whoa! Oh!

- Just 20 players left.

There you go. J. Blake has done it.

- Wow.

- Yes, yes.

- J. Blake is through and is emotional.

- You want your moment by yourself?

- Not sure if he's stressed or relieved, but I hope he's okay.

18 players remaining now.

Michelle, finally, a game

where she's not at the bottom.

- I can't get the nails off the table

because of my sweaty palms.

It's very, very frustrating.

- 11 players left.

- Oh, come on, David. Plenty of time.

♪

- Lance is in. - Lance is through.

- Good job, good job.

- Gianna's about to go through.

- Yeah, G!

[shouting, laughter]

- Seven people left.

- David R is really struggling.

I've never seen hands shake like that.

- He got it. David R got it. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Come on!

- And then Luigi got it. - Yeah, Luigi.

- Geraldine may have this right here.

- [gasps] - Geraldine got it.

- She got it. - She got it.

- Yes! - Final four.

You have David A, Joann, King David, and Ronald.

- Joann, just hold it tight.

- I'm trying.

- Come on, David A. Keep pushing.

- You're okay, Ronald. You got it.

Pinch it with either side on the fingers.

Shoot.

- Come on, Ronald! - Hey, let's go, Joann.

- Joann, you got this. - You're good, Joann.

- She's about to fumble this. See, it all went off.

- I don't know how to lay it.

- You're good, Ronald. This is it.

- Ronald's through, my man!

Salute the captain!

- I had them too far apart. - Did you?

- This is the first time we have seen

King David in the final three.

- Let's go, King!

- Is this the last we see of King David?

- It can't be.

- You cannot give up in "99 to Beat."

Joann and David A against me?

Come on, give me some real competition.

- Oh, David A's hands are shaking.

- This is the most scared I've been.

$1 million is life-changing. I just can't come in last.

- You got this, David A.

♪

- Slow and steady.

- Despite the shaky hands, he's almost there.

[gasps] both: Oh!

- Shoot.

- Don't give up. - Come on, Ronald!

- Take your time. You're doing good.

- This is so hard.

♪

Here goes Joann, Ken. - Joann.

♪

- Ref.

- Did it! - Okay. David.

- Joann did it! - Oh, no! Oh, my God!

- Oh, no. Oh, no. - Oh, my God!

- Oh, my God! - Oh, no.

- King David is eliminated.

- Oh, no. - Oh, my God.

- You're a hell of a competitor, bro.

Hell of a competitor.

- You gave me a heart attack!

- I know. I gave myself a heart attack.

I'm the queen now.

[all cheering]

- I guess it takes a David to dethrone another David.

- The most shocking moment in "99 to Beat" so far.

- It stings so bad.

I lost to people that I know I can beat.

It's a seemingly minor thing, having sweaty palms,

but totally changes your life.

- You'll always be King David.

[somber music]

[dramatic music]

- King David... [cheers and applause]

You finished in 57th place,

and your million-dollar dream is over.

♪

- Way to go, King David!

- Let's do it again. Get in here, I love you.

all: [chanting] King David, King David, King David!

King David, King David!

King David! [cheers and applause]

- I love you all.

- Your Highness, King David, is the 44th player

to be eliminated,

meaning that the prize now stands

at $440,000.

[cheers and applause]

- Players, this is one we hate to have to announce.

Unfortunately, J. Blake has had to be medically withdrawn

from the competition.

- Yes! J. Blake.

- So the medic tells me

that my blood pressure has skyrocketed

and that I have to leave the competition,

or else I'll have a heart attack on the floor.

- Of course, we wish him all the very best.

[cheers and applause]

♪

- Oh, look at that, Will and--oh.

- Leaving this competition so soon

is obviously gut-wrenching,

but I also know that health is important.

And I have to get that under control for myself.

[applause continues]

[suspenseful music]

♪

- Players, you have been randomly selected

into eight teams.

Each team will be faced with a long beam.

One at a time, each player

must place a domino onto the beam

and return before the next player in line

places their domino.

Once all dominoes are placed,

the first one must be pushed.

The last team to complete a successful domino run

will be eliminated.

- J. Blake has had to be medically withdrawn

from the competition.

- Of course, now, Ken, that means the domino run

will now be played with seven teams of seven

and one team of six.

- There's a lot of people playing against each other.

You have best friends, Will versus Gabe,

daughter/father, Courtney versus Lance,

brother/sister--

- Yeah, Gianna versus Richie. - Wow.

- We'll see what works, and we'll adapt.

- Even though we're going head-to-head,

I feel like both of our teams are so stacked,

we're gonna be so fine.

- Whatever you do, don't knock into that pile, man.

I think Courtney's got a pretty solid team,

and I think I've got a solid team,

so I think we'll get through this unscathed.

- I ain't gonna lie, I'm nervous.

[buzzer blares]

- Okay, here we go, Ken.

- So each player has to place one domino on the beam.

And if one falls off, it has to be replaced by another player.

- I did not realize how steady you have to be here

with these dominoes.

This is tough.

- No!

both: Oh, no.

- What's he doing?

He's taking all the blocks back.

- You're not supposed to do that.

- Okay, keep going!

- That is not a happy team right there.

Robert didn't need to take them all off.

What was he thinking?

♪

- No!

both: Oh, no.

- What's he doing?

He's taking all the blocks back.

- You're not supposed to do that.

- Okay, keep going!

- Robert didn't need to take them all off.

What was he thinking?

- Blue Team really, really needs to get it together.

They're so far behind.

Oh, Julian.

- What is going on here?

This is painful.

Oh, my God, is the Silver Team--

Wow--oh! It didn't happen!

- Okay, so this is where other teams can make up ground.

- Other teams can make up...

- And now you start getting panicked.

- Notably Red and Purple.

Look at Gabe. - Can I do it?

- Oh, I love Gabe. Look at that.

Boom, come on, come on, come on, come on.

It's--Oh, no! - Oh, my gosh.

- Wow, everyone's scrambling right now.

- Got to be careful around the beam!

This gives the Blue Team a little bit of comfort here

that they have some room.

Robert just licking the bottom of the domino.

Is that healthy? - No, it's not--splinters.

- Here goes Kevin with the White Team.

A lot of pressure on his shoulders right now.

Oh, oh, oh! - Oh, no!

Oh, God. Oh!

The White Team came the closest yet.

- Don't knock the thing.

- I question that yellow domino right there.

There's a big gap. - Oh, good point.

- Whoa. Melissa had the best push!

both: Oh, my God! - It's gonna go through!

Are you kidding me? - Oh!

- Wow!

- What a push.

And she pushed it with an attitude.

- She followed through. That's how you do it.

- Push hard, push, hard push.

- Green's trying. Green's trying.

- Way to go! - Oh, man.

- Oh, my God, look at it going.

Look at it going.

Look out, it's gonna go.

Oh! Good job! - Oh, James!

Look at James just jumping for joy.

♪

- Look at Arvind.

He's like me checking my garage door.

Did I close it?

Mm. Maybe not.

- 49 minutes in.

- It looks like a lot of holes right there for Team Blue.

♪

Whoa, what a shot!

Yeah! - Oh!

- Look at Robert getting emotional.

- Winning solves everything. - [laughs]

- And that's the moral of the story.

Five teams left.

And on the losing team, seven people will be going home.

- All right, let's go, Preston.

- Here comes Red. - Are you kidding me?

- Yeah. - Oh.

♪

- Got it. Got it!

- Red did it.

- Team Pink, Lance is gonna give it a push.

- Push hard, hard, hard.

- It's working. It's working.

- Pink is in!

- I knew he would do it. - Wow.

- Great job. - The professor!

- Professor.

- I'm feeling good about us,

but now my stress level goes over to that side

for Courtney's team on Purple.

- Arvind's on that team, too,

so I'm rooting for Purple as well.

- Just three teams left now.

♪

Here's White, Ken. - Looks like it's gonna go.

- Oh, my goodness, that is gut-wrenching.

How are you not frustrated here?

- Come on, Purple!

- Go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

- Ah!

- Anna, are you kidding me?

Are you kidding me? - Anna!

Good for her.

- High five.

- Here we go. This is it.

Two teams left-- Purple versus White.

We are either gonna lose Richie or Gianna,

and I think Gianna just realized that,

because it looks like she may be wiping away some tears.

- Courtney's in the Purple Team.

Lance is rooting her on.

- Gabe--

- From Will and Gabe. Oh, man.

- Oh, Arvind is on the Purple Team.

I don't want Arvind and James to be separated.

- Oh, no, this is the end of an era.

- Then we have the White Team, Miranda.

- Peter, the priest.

- And, of course, we have Michelle.

- This is the third game today

Michelle's on the verge of elimination.

There's so much at stake here.

Seven players' dreams of a million dollars

are about to come crashing down.

- I need the dominoes to fall right now,

or we're going home.

- You got this, Purple! You got this!

♪

- Oh, my gosh. - Oh, my God, oh, my God.

- Oh, my gosh, oh, my gosh.

No!

- Sweep.

- No, no, no, no, no, no.

I can't lose Courtney.

I can't lose my daughter on this.

- White Team just saw that Purple

wasn't able to get it done.

- And now they're seizing the momentum.

- Ciara.

- Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.

♪

- Oh, my God. - Oh, my gosh.

- I think it's on the verge. - Oh, my gosh.

- Oh, my God.

♪

- Two teams left, Purple versus White,

battling to stay in the game.

- Oh, no, no, no, no.

[tense music]

- Oh, my God. - Oh, my gosh.

- I think it's on the verge. - Oh, my gosh.

- Oh, my God.

- No, no, no, no, no, please, please!

- Oh, my God, it's happening!

[all cheering]

White are through!

Purple are eliminated!

[buzzer blares]

This is a moment.

[somber music]

- Gianna's crying. She's not celebrating.

- Yeah. - She's running to Richie.

- [sobbing] It should have been you.

- I'm so proud of you. I'm so proud of you.

- I was really hoping

it wouldn't have to come down to us.

- Our entire lives, Gianna's always been there for me.

[sniffles] She's gonna fight for us

as if I'm still there cheering you on.

- Oh, and there's Lance.

- Lance is crying because Courtney is gone.

- And they wanted to do this competition to be together.

- This is tough.

- [crying]

- Gabe eliminated.

- Will's upset. That's his guy.

- Bring home the million.

Right? - Yeah.

- This is heartbreaking.

New friends Arvind and James, they have to say goodbye.

- Arvind, man, you weren't supposed to leave me.

- It's tough, man.

- It's devastating.

- We are definitely gonna be keeping in touch,

and I'm gonna be rooting for James all the way.

- It feels really terrible.

We all came here for one thing. That's to win.

We didn't win today.

♪

- Purple Team, you finished in last place,

and I'm afraid we're losing some of our favorites here,

Arvind, Carla,

Courtney, Gabe,

Jordan, Richie, Robbie,

your million-dollar dream is over.

- [crying] I'm so grateful for this experience,

not only for the time with my dad,

but just to meet so many amazing people.

[soft dramatic music]

- With seven more people eliminated,

that prize now stands

at $520,000!

[cheers and applause]

We are 20 games down.

Things just got real.

- One of you right now in this room

is gonna walk away with that life-changing million dollars.

- All you've got to do is remember that golden rule...

all: Don't finish last.

- We'll see you next time on "99 to Beat."

- Drama in the arena.

- Next time on "99 to Beat"...

- There's still a lot of dog in this fight.

- They're freaking sword fighting with these things.

- Will Julian be sent packing

to join Aggie on their honeymoon?

This is brutal.

Which team will struggle in our first team captains game?

He may not get up. - You got this, baby. Come on.

- You've got to do fast strokes!

- And who will survive by the skin of their teeth?

- This shot freaks me out. - Look at that.

And there's only one golden rule.

all: Don't finish last.