CLINTON SMITH Cincinnati, OH
Last time on Tuesday, Clinton didn't know a lot of things. For example, he couldn't reason on his own power his wedding date, his engagement date, or the literal meaning of "schizophrenic". But he charms his way up to $50,000, and a few interviews later, goes for $100,000 and the key to the next dimension. Can he make it?

For a guaranteed $100,000:

Clinton doesn't know it off the bat. He goes for the PAF, calling Ron. Ron runs out of time without giving an answer, so Clinton pushes the panic button, bailing with $50,000. Correct answer: C. So now we move to tonight's Ring of Fire and the first Fastest Finger question.

Correct order: CDBA. Seven in with the right answer, and the fastest time, at 3.97 seconds, goes to Jonathan Criswell!

JONATHAN CRISWELL Newark, DE
Jonathan's an investment account who has never won anything and has really quit trying. But he did wind up in the hot seat. Here's hoping that his first win is a big one. His wife Michelle is watching from the stands. Michelle is very proud to see her husband be proactive... for once.

For $1000:
 

She dumped Ken to be with Aussie Blaine. Oh, doll love. Jonathan's right with A and we go for $2000.

He knows it's D for $2000. Onto $3000.

He gets the three grand from a load of guacamole. Now let's go for chips. Here's the $4000 question.

Jonathan had to burn an early lifeline here, where 96% of the audience was trying to tell him that an antihistamine is a type of drug widely used to treat allergies. He goes for it for $4000 and the right to look at this question for $5000.

He turns Japanese for the guaranteed $5000. Now we try to double up.

He thinks for a bit, phoning up his aunt Barbara. "I'm not sure, how much time we have?" "None." He 50/50s to Let freedom ring and Free at last. He takes the latter... and wins $10,000. Completely out of lifelines, here's the $20,000.

Jonathan thinks that this is it. He pulls out without having a second though, becoming the first player in Millionaire history to bow out after looking at the seventh question. But if you don't know, you don't know and you don't deserve to continue this game, and $10,000 is more money than he made for only 10 minutes work. But now it's time to rustle up another player. So here's another FFF.

Correct order: BCAD. Again, seven in with the right answer, and of them, the fastest, at 3.73, is Jessica McCartney.

JESSICA McCARTNEY Frisco, TX
Jessica is an assistant retail manager in Frisco, TX, and, at 21, the youngest player so far. She is married to not only her husband, but her legal guardian. And as far as I know, they're the same person. "He has to be home by curfew." Justin, said husband, is 20, and therefore, by Texas law, she is his legal guardian. Well that makes sense. Right now, down to business.

For $1000:
 

Jessica shakes her way to $1000, and we shake out the $2000 question.

The cows are sacred in India, so they eat sheep instead. That's good for $2000, and we move to $3000.

I would've said confidence, but only because my Americana professor, Dr. Kasson, said so. And I would've won $3000. Now for $4000.

Right is right for $4000. Here's the $5000 milestone.

Jessica makes B her final answer for $5000. Here's the $10,000 question.

Would be Lionel Richie for $10,000. Now for $20,000.

Jessica is stalled. She asks the audience, and 61 percent go with flea, with 29 at moth. She goes with the audience. And 61 percent of the audience... is wrong. The 29 percent is right with D, so Jessica leaves with $5000. So we go for another player in the next FFF.

Correct order: CABD. Only three in right, and the fastest, at 4.69, is Michael Koehn!

MICHAEL KOEHN Eau Claire, WI
Michael's an attorney with a reputation of being a winner. He keeps telling people that it's just random, but with trips to lottery shows, a free suit, cash, prizes, tickets, and now a stint in the hot seat, there might be something to it. But he'll need more than luck if he's to make it to the next dimension.

For $1000:
 

He would've said "tax refund", but he goes for the right answer of A for $1000. Now for $2000.

Michael goes for D for $2000. Onto $3000.

He goes with the obvious Pac-Man to gobble up $3000. For $4000...

He goes with B to get $4000 and a chance at a guaranteed $5000.

He goes to the audience, and damn near all of them, 84 percent, goes to Tyra Banks for $5000. Now for the doubler free-ball for $10,000. But first, since we're pressed for time and we don't really know that they will be used today, we reveal the identities of the 3 Wise Men. They are:

Dr. Kevin Olmsted - The richest winner in the history of American game shows
Dr. Curly Bonds - Professor of psychiatry at UCLA's School of Medicine
Lisa Schwarzbaum - film critic for "Entertainment Weekly"

An economics student, Michael remembers that the theory was that if you give tax cuts to the top, it trickles down. So far, that has yet to be the case, but that gets him the $10,000. Onto $20,000.

Hard question, so he tries to reason at 5280 feet, going for B. He's got the $20,000! Going for three

Before he goes any further, he calls up Jim. He's 95 percent sure of Patrick O'Brian, Michael's first inkling. And he's for it for $30,000! Trying for $50,000 now...

He remembers seeing camera shots of Tom Brady for $50,000! Now to the big one for $100,000.

Michael uses the 50:50 to decide between bee stings or poison ivy. He thinks it's poison ivy and goes for it.... and he enters the next dimension with the two new lifelines! Now he has Kevin, Curly, and Lisa to ask for help should he need them. Going for $500,000...

He goes for the Wise Men first, who think that it's C (thanks to Kevin's quick brain). Michael saved the Double Dip and trusted the Wise Men's suggestion, but he should've went for Kevin's instinct about the Earth's age which is indeed 4 billion years, where two amino acids developed at that time period. Michael leaves with $100,000, and a new player enters the hot seat on Friday, the final show of Super Millionaire.