A-100 D was an insane episode. Robin Edison was one of the strongest players this game has seen since Randy Amasia and before Steve Leblang. In her first round of charging, she plays unconventionally by taking middle path up the board and hits only one block on the way; but her charging in the tiebreaker is where she really shined.
Were the waiting contestants in the green room able to see the tapings in progress? If they were, she had to have been watching all of John's other games to know he would most certainly employ the "dragnet" approach on the blocks that once she got around them, she knew she could simply take the easy path up the board. She never said dollars in all her charges because she knows it saves her precious seconds, and it worked big time. Despite hitting two blocks between the first two levels, she gets to Level 6 with 12 seconds on the clock and goes straight for the $500, but it's blocked. Dashes to the $200 once she's free and wins on the "times up" call.
That, and you see how she tenses up the moment the blooper is revealed and is looking straight at the punchline, and she's monitoring the clock between calls to know how much time she has. Absolutely stellar game.
And I didn't even mention how the charger won all three rounds played, no Longshots were called and the Gauntlet was done in 61 seconds that it left a whole two minutes to fill with banter in act 5 before the credit roll. That's living up to your name of Whew!, all right.
I really hope the tape issues on the next episode are resolved at some point because I really want to see what happened next after an episode that good!
