Episode 1(Scrabble)

## Intro

It's time for Scrabble, these two families will play the exciting game of Scrabble like you've never seen it before this is Scrabble Showdown with your host, Justin Willman.

## Teams

* Greg and Katherine (L.A). (Blue)
* Kayla and Cathy (Burbank) (Red)

## Scrabble Flash

Prize: DXG Camcorder

Letters: CTHAE

### **Blue Team**

Greg: Cat (3)

Katherine: Hat (6)

Greg: Hate (10)

Katherine: Chat (14)

Greg: Cheat (19)

Katherine: The (22)

Greg: Heat (26) (on Buzzer)

Total: 26

### **Red Team**

Cathy: Hat (3)

Kayla: Cat (6)

Cathy: Hate (10)

Kayla: Eat (After Buzzer)

Total: 10. Not enough.

Greg and Katherine win Scrabble Flash and choose a bonus tile.

## Scrabble Knockout

Dream Trips

Greg and Katherine: Paris (They want the food)

Kayla and Cathy: Jamaica (They want to go on a cruise)

Prize: Peavey Guitar

### **Red Team**

Categories: Somebody Help and Step it Up

Chose: Somebody Help (Things you need if you want to be a superhero)

1. Costume (Coszjtumqe)
2. Sidekick (Sidwxekicrk)
3. Gloves (Gklovevfs)
4. Cape (Cgvapqe)
5. Gadgets (Gadwzgetps)

Final Time: 59 sec.

### **Blue Team**

Categories: Mom Can I Keep it and I'd Like a Large to Go

Chose: Mom Can I Keep it (Unlikely Pets)

1. Spider (Spqixzder)
2. Weasel (Wfkeaseml)
3. Raccoon (Rtaccyoosn)
4. Tiger (Tigvhner)
5. Chimp (Cwiqqmp)

Time: Win with 15 sec. left

Greg and Katherine choose 2 tiles.

### **Round 1**

Starting Time: 24 sec.

Starting Word: Mask

Greg: Mas**s**

Kayla: **B**ass

Katherine: Bas**e**

Cathy: **C**ase

Greg: Ca**g**e

Kayla: Ca**k**e (Time)

**Kayla is eliminated**

### **Round 2**

Starting Time: 28 sec.

Starting Word: Hope

Katherine: **R**ope

Cathy: Ro**s**e

Greg: **H**ose

Katherine: Ho**m**e

Cathy: **C**ome

Greg: **S**ome

Katherine: So**l**e (Time)

**Katherine is eliminated**

### **Final Round**

Starting Time: 25 sec.

Starting Word: Cage

Cathy: Ca**v**e

Greg: **H**ave

Cathy: H**i**ve (Mistakes: E and V)

Greg: Hi**k**e

Cathy: **B**ike

Greg: B**a**ke (Time)

**Greg is eliminated. Cathy is the winner**

Kayla and Cathy choose 3 tiles.

## Scrabble Lightning

### **Bonus Tiles**

Cathy and Kayla: F, Y, J = 16

Katherine and Greg K, V, Q = 19

### **Main Game**

1. PLTEA- A Pirate, Yankee or Dodger's home (7)

Kayla: Plate (23)

2. PEDORI (building on the P in PLATE)- It's the end of the line (9)

Cathy: Period (32) (Down)

3. SUMOE (building on the E in PLATE)- Trap it or click it (7)

Katherine: Mouse (26) (Up)

4. APLPAUSE (building on the U in MOUSE)- All hands (12)

Greg: Applause (38) (Across)

5. LESEVE (building on the E in PERIOD)- Kept at arm's length (9)

Kayla: Sleeve (41) (Left)

6. SAKEN (building on the S in SLEEVE)- It might rattle you (9)

Cathy: Snake (50) (Down)

7. SSEEAW (building on the A in APPLAUSE)- Has its ups and downs (Double:18)

Katherine: See**s**aw (56) (Across)

8. MTAGNE (building on the M in MOUSE)- It's really attractive (Double:18)

Cathy: Ma**g**net (68) (Right)

9. MEMAIDR (building on the E in MAGNET)- She's a little fishy (12)

Kayla: Mermaid (80) (Up and Down)

10. CLMEA (building on the E in SEESAW)- One hump or two (Double:18)

Greg: Ca**m**el (74) (Across)

11. FIWOKRER (building on the I in PERIOD)- Katy Perry's explosive tune (Pair of Doubles:72) (Win for either team)

Katherine: **F**irewo**r**k (146) (Across) (Win and highest score in the show's history)

Greg and Katherine win the trip to Paris.

## Trivia

* Due to this being the pilot episode there's a lot of major and minor changes including the following. (See major and minor changes)
* This is the first and only time the first word wasn't a double even though Justin said it was and the only time a word was worth quadruple(pair of doubles).
* The scores are shown on screen instead of the blocks.
* This episode aired the same day as FGN Season 2 Episode 25 and The Game of Life Episode 30.

#### **Major Changes**

* Instead of each game being worth 2 bonus tiles, the first game was worth 1, the second was worth 2 and the third was worth 3.
* In Scrabble Knockout, each team got 2 categories to choose from instead of there only being 2 categories.
* In the first two episodes, instead of choosing the bonus tiles electronically in the final round, the teams got to choose actual tiles from a Scrabble bag.

#### **Minor Changes**

* In Scrabble Flash, the table lights up when the teams got a word instead of the tiles.
* In Scrabble Knockout, there's no facecam for the parents.
* In Scrabble Knockout, Kayla and Cathy went first due to them being behind instead of Greg and Katherine choosing if they wanted to go first or not.
* In Scrabble Slam, the background was red.