Bob Hilton reads the opening as usual. Bill calls out Lacy and Susanna. He mentions if they've switched earrings. After that, he then gets the contestants out, in the middle of the second game. It's Ray (champion) vs. Peggy. Prize card is a trip to Hong Kong. The first question is for Ray. They surveyed 100 married men; they ask if they ever have romantic dreams for someone besides their wife. But do they usually daydream about their wife? Ray says 82. Peggy says lower. The actual number is 67. Peggy changes an 8. It is now an ace. She calls it lower, and ties up the match with a four. She is one step closer to winning a trip to Hong Kong.

 

The next game is a tiebreaker. Educated guess question now to Peggy. On average, how many months does it take a new one-dollar bill to wear out? Peggy says 12 months. Ray says lower. Bill agrees with Ray. The actual number of months is 18, it's higher. Peggy gets a 7 and changes it to an ace. She naturally calls it lower and the next card is a king. She calls lower again, the third card is a 9. She wins the match and the trip to Hong Kong. Bob Hilton describes her won vacation.

 

Second segment:

In the money cards, she starts with $200 as usual in the first level. The first card is a king. Peggy calls it lower and bets it all that it will be lower. She is right, wins $400, and the next card is a jack. She bets it all that it will be lower and she's right again. She now has $800. The next card is a 5. She changes it with card number 1. The five has now been replaced with a 6. Peggy conservatively wagers $50 higher than the 6, and gets an ace. Now she has $850, plus the $400 more that she gets with the second level, totaling $1250. With the ace, this next wager is "all of it lower." It's a 7. The total is now $2500. She switches the 7 with card number 2 and gets a much lower card, a 3. She bets $1000 higher. $1000 higher than the 3? It's a 7! She now has $3500. With the 7, she bets $100 higher. The card is a deuce. She is now down to $3400. It's now time for the Big Bet. With the deuce, she wagers "all of it higher!" The card is a 10. She makes it out with $6800!

 

Susanna hands her the joker for the car game. The car she could win is a Jeep Wrangler. Bob wishes her good luck. Peggy is about to place the joker on 6, but then moves to 1. Bill remarks, "As if by wizardry, you were drawn to number 1." Her reasoning is that she has a #1 son. She doesn't win the Jeep. Bill jokes that she should have three more kids, because the word "car" was behind 4.

 

Bill introduces new champion Ron. The new prize card is a trip to Puerto Viarca. Now, as on the Blockbusters '87 finale, Bill here also says that this is the last show of the season, even though this is the series finale. They want to make sure there's enough time for the game to be completed so they can play the money cards. When we hear this sound:*buzz-buzz-buzz*, don't go and answer the door. That means time is up and every question preceding it is sudden death. The audience poll this week is involving 10 married women. The question is, have you ever surprised your husband when they came home from work by being at the door totally nude? Bill asks Peggy, she replies that 2 have done it. Ron says lower. The actual number is 2! Peggy wins $100. Peggy's first card is a queen, she calls it lower, and the next card is a 3. She calls that higher. The next card is a king. Lower. The next one is a jack. She calls that lower also, and gets an 8. She wins game number 1.

 

We now hear the triple-buzz sound effect. Bill jokingly says "Somebody get the door!" It is now sudden death. The first question in game 2 goes to Ron. It asks: We surveyed 100 men over 65, if you could continue working after retirement age, would you have done it? How many said yes? Ron doesn't think it's a high number. He says 35. Peggy, after getting reassurance from the question being repeated, says lower. The actual number is 45. In this case, Bill turns over both players' cards, and first asks Ron if he wants to play off his 6. He passes. Peggy's card is a 9. She calls it lower, it's an 8. She calls it higher, it's a 3. Now over to Ron. Ron automatically wins game number 2. We now have a tiebreaker situation.

 

In the tiebreaker, Peggy gets the first question. It surveyed 100 16-year-old girls. Do they think it's important for a girl to be a virgin when she marries? Peggy says 60. Ron suggests higher. The actual number is 75. Both players' cards are turned over again. Ron passes on his 8, and forces Peggy to play. Peggy says higher than a 6, it is not, and Ron wins the match. Peggy's departing total is $10,100.

 

A surprising thing happens: all the jokers are taken out of the deck. But... Susanna is holding all 4 of them! He'll get to play with all four later. Now Rafferty says it's the last show of the series. Starts with $200 and an 8. He changes with number 3. The new card is a 7. He wagers $100 higher, it's a 4. $50 higher than a 4, it's a 3. $50 higher than a three? It's an ace. Yes. Now he has $100. $400 more on the second level. Ron bets all $500 that it's lower than the ace, and it's a push with another ace. No win, no loss. $500 lower than the next ace. It is, $1000 and the card is a jack. $750 lower than the jack, it is with a 2. In the big bet with the card being a 2, he naturally bets it all higher. All $1750 higher? It is with a queen! He wins $3500!

 

Now here comes all four jokers to Ron from Susanna. He places jokers on, 2, 3, 4, and 6. Bill remarks that he's going to call them down the line in reverse order. "It's the last show, fire me." Is it under the 6? No. 4? No. Ron wants Bill to turn over number 2. Is "car" behind number 2? No. Is it number 3? Yes! No cab for Ron! He wins the Jeep Wrangler. His total is $15,265! Bill says "What a way to end the season!"

 

Bill says once again it's the final show of the season. He thanks Lacy and Susanna, remarking how great they've been. Bill states to pay attention to the long credit roll at the end since those are the people responsible for making the show happen. "Thank you so much," he says, "bye-bye."

 

Bob Hilton reads the fee-plugs, but actually there is no long credit roll at the very end. Just the lists of prizes and products, the Mark Goodson logo, the show's distribution company, and the copyright date, 1987.

 

Summary by Brandon B. Card Sharks remains properties of the respective companies of Mark Goodson Productions and Fremantle Media. No challenge of ownership is implied.