DEBUT: "Exit"

Dez & Colette- Son/mom (No pain, no gain)
Chris & Heather (wearing purple hair)- HS friends (Nerdy is cool)
Jamie & Rebecca- BFFs (Cheerleaders kick butt)
Angelo & Elgin- Dance crew members (Spin it to win it)

Curt Dossett is the host.

R1 (The Beam Room): While sticking a small plunger to the wall, they have to stand on a 72-in. beam & solve some visual puzzles. The first team in line's given 20 sec. to solve a puzzle; for every sec. that goes by, they lose an in. of their beam.

1. HONEY + MOON (Event) = HONEYMOON (J & R: 68.06 left)
2. COPIER + CAT (Phrase) = COPY CAT (A & E: 66.83 left)
3. DEER + DIARY (Phrase) = DEAR DIARY (D & C: 52.07 left/C & H: 56.88 left/J & R: 56.84 left/A & E: 64.12 left)
4. FLASHING CAMERAS + MOB (People) = FLASH MOB (D & C: 49/18 left)
5. JAMS + PACKED OPEN SUITCASE (Phrase) = JAM-PACKED (C & H: 52.54 left)
6. KEYBOARD ARROW KEYS + WILL SMITH (Proper Name) = AEROSMITH (J & R: 50.34 left)
7. LUMBER + JACK (Person) = LUMBERJACK (A & E: 45.46 left/D & C: 36.11/C & H: 51.17 left)
8. BUZZ ALDRIN + SAW (Nickname) = BUZZSAW (J & R: 36.18 left)
9. TIE + TANNING + NICHOLAS CAGE (Movie Title) = "TITANIC" (A & E: 39.19 left)
10. CLASSIC RED CONVERTIBLE + HAIR BUN + FOOT + PRINT (Thing) = CARBON FOOTPRINT (D & C: 22.86 left/C & H: 49.9 left)
11. THE + WOK W/ STIR-FRY IN IT + KING OF HEARTS + DEAD METAL GUITARIST (TV Title) = "THE WALKING DEAD" (J & R: 17.25 left/A & E: 32.84 left)
12. FLEET OF SHIPS + WOOD + BERNIE MAC (Proper Name) = FLEETWOOD MAC- D & C OUT

R2 (The Freeze Blaster): The three remaining teams have to solve three puzzles before they can receive the combination that will unlock the wire cutters to stop TFB. To lock in a puzzle guess, they have to hit a red button & if they've made a mistake, will feel some frozen gas & Curt will tell 'em how many guesses they have wrong.

1. Movie monsters & how they were defeated
Monsters: King Kong, Alien, Frankenstein, Wicked Witch & The Blob
Choices: Machine guns (King Kong), exploding, launched in space (Alien), melting (Wicked Witch), fire (Frankenstein), germs & freezing (The Blob)

2. State Capitals
Cities: Columbia, Santa Fe, Boise, Harrisburg & Hartford
Choices: SC, AR, CT, ID, NM, PA & CO

3.Animals & their biological classifications
Animals: Tasmanian Devil, Chinchilla, Titmouse, Silverfish & Alligator
Choices: Marsupial (Tasmanian Devil), rodent (Chinchilla), bird (Titmouse), insect (Silverfish), reptile (Alligator), mollusk & amphibian

Wire Cutter Code: 207
ELIMINATED- J & R

R3 (Mind Shaft): Filled w/ seven tons of sand, the two semi-final teams are given alternating clues & they have five sec. to answer. Every mistake drops that team a little bit; the 15th sinks 'em out of this game.

#1:
1. I'm a red-green color blind, but I can see blue (A & E: Bat)
2. I'm a Taylor Swift fan on my facebook profile (C & H: Mark Zuckerberg)

#2:
1. I worked at a YMCA in Chicago (A & E: Chris Rock)
2. I'm part Greek & my middle name's Stamatina (C & H: Jay Leno)
3. I'm a big "Star Wars" geek (A & E: Kevin Smith)
4. I was the first female head writer on "SNL" (C & H: Tina Fey)

#3:
1. I was discovered in 1930 (A & E: Puerto Rico)
2. I'm named after the Roman god of the underworld (C & H: Easter Island; they were also thinking Haiti)
3. I'm always cold & can't be seen w/ the naked eye (A & E: "What is Pluto?")

#4:
1. I was once a live mosquito sorter in NJ (C & H: Bob Saget)
2. My real last name's Leibowitz (A & E: Jerry Seinfeld)
3. I might look taller, but I'm actually 5'7" (C & H: Jay Leno)
4. My show helped launch the careers of Steve Carell & Stephen Colbert (A & E: "Who is Jon Stewart?")

#5:
1. My father's Scottish & my mom's Swiss (C & H: Joakim Noah)
2. I have a three-in. scar on my face (A & E: "Who is Harry Potter?")
3. My wife was murdered on our wedding day (C & H: Al Pacino)
4. I was created by British author Ian Flemming (A & E: "Who is James Bond?")

#6:
1. I had a small role on "The Sopranos" (C & H: Jamie Lee Curtis)
2. I wore a see-through jumpsuit (A & E: Sasha Baron Cohen)
3. For the film "Gnomeo & Juliet", I sang a duet w/ Elton John (C & H: Lady GaGa)

#7:
1. I wrote a beekeeping handbook (A & E: "Who is Albert Einstein?")
2. I used cocaine & morphine, but it was legal then (C & H: Sherlock Holmes)

#8:
1. I got my first pair of shoes when I was six (A & E: Louis Vuitton)
2. "Chew" might not know it, but I have a fear of gum (C & H: Joe Blow)
3. I was named "Miss Fire Prevention" (A & E: Carmen Electra)
4. I've been ranked the richest African-American of the 20th Century (C & H: Oprah)

#9:
1. I founded a mime troupe called Feathers (A & E: Alicia Keys)
2. I produced the hit song "Walk on the Wild Side" (C & H: Lou Reed)
3. I'm a thin white Duke married to a tall black supermodel (A & E: David Bowie)

#10:
1. My first job was as a gas station attendant (C & H: Arnold Schwarzenegger)
2. I sang at Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban's wedding (A & E: "Who is LeAnn Rimes?")
3. I can bench press 300+ lbs. (C & H: LL Cool J)
4. I have scars from rehearsing w/ claws (A & E: Bruce Lee)
5. I lost the role of James Bond, but I got the role of Wolverine (C & H: Hugh Jackman)

#11:
1. Our nicknames were "Ullam" & "Bubs"
2. Neither of us received a HS diploma or (got) married (C & H: Bonnie & Clyde)
3. Our claim to fame's featured on the NC quarter (A & E: Sonny & Cher)- L (A: The Wright Bros.)

FOR $10K (The Cabin in the Woods): Three tasks have to be completed by the episode's finalists in 10 min., or else they'll be crushed by a falling ceiling.

1. Find five wooden planks marked w/ Horror movie titles & place 'em in chronological order above the fireplace.
ORDER: "The Shining" ('80), "Poltergeist" ('82), "The Silence of the Lambs" ('91), "Scream" ('96) & "(The) Blair Witch (Project)" ('99)(9:32 left)

2. Find a pile of logs & ID which four of these things are younger than Larry King by placing 'em in the fireplace- bikini, penicillin, Titanic sinking, Smokey the Bear, Brooklyn Bridge, Superman, yo-yo & Guinness Book (of World Records).
A: Bikini, Smokey, Superman & Guinness (2:53 left)

3. After grabbing the raccoon hat on top of the TV, answer five More or Less numerical Q's by placing that hat on the appropriate choice. The actual number for each statement carries over as the base number for the next statement. Once that part's done, they have to answer three pop culture queries before time expires for the $$$.

1. Bathrooms in The White House (18): MORE (35)
2. OSCARS won by the three "The Lord of the Rings" film: LESS (17)
3. Lifeboats on the Titanic: LESS (20)
4. Colors in the very first box of Crayola crayons: LESS (eight)
5. "Friday the 13th" movies: MORE (12)
6. Dollar value of the metal in a 2012 Olympic Bronze Medal: MORE ($5)
7. Weight of Shaquille O'Neal at birth, in lbs.: MORE (10- not revealed)

C & H had :32 remaining heading into the pop culture Q's.

1. What actor who played Batman was born w/ the name Michael Douglas?
G: Michael Keaton

2. As of Jul. 2002, what's the most popular search engine in the U.S.?
G: Google

3. Based on overall ratings, what was the highest-rated half-hr. sitcom of the '11-'12 primetime TV season?
G: "Two and a Half Men" (A: "Modern Family")

4. What U.S. state comes first alphabetically?
G: AL- W (:04 left)