Did anyone else see this last night? Until the very end, I very much enjoyed the show, but seeing that poor girl break down into tears gave me second thoughts. I think I will continue to watch it though as it is interesting to try and figure people out and see how slimy they can be (I was comoletely wrong on my guess as to how the last go-round ended up).
For those who haven’t seen it, it works like this:
At the start of the game are two sets of three people. One set secretly votes which of the second set they want on their team. If one person is chosen by multiple people, then the chosen one gets to determine who they will go with. This is repeated as necessary until there are three teams of two.
At this point, the three pairs enter sound booths where they can hear each other as well as the host, but not the other two pairs. A few questions are asked, and to get credit (and the cash), both players must agree on one of four answers. If they wait too long or disagree, they get nothing for that one. This repeats for about five questions and the lowest scoring team is forced to leave.
Before they leave (and this is the interesting part), they face each other in the ‘friend or foe trial’. Each one has about 15 seconds to explain to the other why they are trustworthy. At that point, each secretly moves a switch to either Friend or Foe. If both players select Friend, then they split the prize money. If both players select Foe, nobody gets the money. If one selects Friend, and the other Foe, then the Foe gets ALL the money.
This process repeats a second and third time, allowing the groups still in the game to earn more money before deciding Friend or Foe.
(spoiler)
In the first episode, the first two out were two women who had earned $600. Both chose Friend, and took home $300 each.
The next pair out were two men who had earned $2600 (I think). In this case, both chose Foe and got nothing, but both had a good laugh about it.
The final pair, a man and a woman, had earned $7200. The woman plead her case, and sounded (and looked) very insincere about splitting the money. The man, however, seemed a good ol’ honest guy from Columbus, GA and said he’d be more than happy to split the cash.
The final voting showed differently as she chose Friend and he picked Foe, giving him all $7200 and leaving her in tears (what is worse, crying on television or crying and being comforted by the cynical Kennedy on television).
In any case, though I won’t go out of my way to watch it again, I won’t avoid it either as it is rather interesting.