Qwerty Page #8

Well, it's bringing back

memories. I know what it's like.

I know what it's like to be

there for the first time.

And the nerves,

the frayed nerves.

What she's going through,

it's exciting.

[ANNCR]:
The one thing she's got

going for her is history.

I have gum.

You're mad.

Yes, I'm mad.

I'm out there,

kicking so much ass.

And you, where have you been?

Why weren't you here?

You don't need me.

What?

You don't need me.

You think I'm with you

because I need you?

I'm with you because I love you.

Not because I need you.

I love you more than

anything in this world.

I love you.

...and need you.

Is that okay?

I'm right here, Mucky.

Are you going to tell me

where you were?

Not right now.

Later... maybe.

- You have something in your hair.

- It's bird sh*t.

- [LAUGHS]

- I'm covered in it.

You're wearing one too.

Who do you think came up

with the idea?

[LAUGHS]

Are you ready to go

kick some ass?

There are cameras out there.

Two of them... ESPN 5.

Baby, you need to

listen to me...

Nobody on this planet

watches ESPN 5.

Really?

Really.

[LAUGHS]

Well, I guess I better go

kick some ass.

[ANNCR]:
What would you suggest

Zoe do going into this match?

Uh, she has to keep Dirk out of

her head, number one priority.

He is... and I can say this from first-hand

experience. He's a master of the mind game.

He gets in there and messes

around, you know what I'm saying?

He digs, like with a couple of chopsticks,

right, right underneath the eyeball...

- into the cerebral cortex.

- Cortex, very good word.

You jiggle that a little bit, and that's about

what it feels like to play Dirk Franke.

- Each will draw one tile.

- You have to shut off. You have to be able to

turn a switch to just focus on

the words, the letters.

I've seen it

in the previous matches.

I've been here watching,

and she's got talent.

I don't know who she is, I don't

know where she came from,

but she can do it...

- Dirk will play first!

- if she stays in her own mental space.

- Zoe second.

- Dammit.

Fifty seven percent of the time,

the person who goes first wins.

- Sorry

- And...

PLA-A-AY SCRABBLE!!!

[ANNCR]:
And it looks like we're going

into the match now with Dirk going first,

starting with EURO.

Just recently becoming a word with Merriam

Webster's within the past ten years.

- Oh and it looks like Zoe lays down PISMIRE.

- Yes!

She gets points for both her

word and the enemy's first word!

- Enemy?

- The person in the other chair, Lewis.

She is off to the races,

that's a fifty point bonus.

A bingo out of the gate,

that's a gift.

It's also a subtle insult being

that pismire means piss-ant.

Such a strong start for Zoe,

a weak start for Dirk.

That's the luck of the draw though.

That's how this game is played.

- Okay, Zoe comes in with the

word VENEER. - That dreaded V-word.

Followed up by Dirk's FATTY.

Ha ha ha.

Sometimes a word'll

just crack you up.

And you have to wonder if they're

sending messages to each other.

I just don't think it's nice.

I'll tell you one thing though

those two are not laughing.

Let's see what she does

with this next play

The game is tied right now.

- This could be a turning point.

- Dirk has tied it up.

A straight up point

for point tie. Incredible.

122 points to 122 points.

- Oh wow!

- Look at what she did there.

- Yes!

- A parallel play!

That is a play

that I can respect.

- That's good, right?

- It's all about the parallel plays.

So would you say this is typical

for a new player?

I'm going to stop you right

there, Phillip. Look at that word.

- Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness.

- Oh wow! EXONERATE.

Playing off the existing word ER, I

mean you couldn't have seen it coming.

- Dirk just got himself a bingo.

- That was 84 points.

He's turned it around,

he's come back.

I mean the momentum,

after that first play...

from Dirk, has been

pretty enormous.

And Zoe's either going to pull

out here or fall behind.

What is the strategy when we

get to this point?

These players,

they're good enough,

they know what the other player

has on their racks.

There's a couple of big letters

left out there.

I mean every move

really counts right now.

There's a J and there's a Z.

If you're not looking

at one of those right now...

...you're freaking out.

We're going to need to see

Zoe step up her game.

If we pay attention

to the clocks here,

we'll see that Dirk

has more time left than Zoe...

and that always plays psychologically

into the players' minds.

It's such a fight for her

right now.

It's remained neck and neck.

Well, he seems to be maybe

saving tiles

Or this is one of the best defensively

played championships I have seen.

These players are being

blocked left and right.

I just feel like they're both

holding onto something,

and we're going to see how

this plays out.

You can hear a pin drop

down on that stage.

- She only has four tiles.

- It's over when you run out of tiles.

There's still a Z out there.

It's worth 10 points.

The look on Dirk's face

says he has won it.

- It's not fun to be 3 feet away

from that face.

And Dirk plays what will be one

of the last plays of the game,

if not the last, uh...

Bras. -Bras?

- That's a surprise.

- I think he's playing defense.

He's playing big time defense on

that triple word score.

- Would you have done the same thing in his

position? - Uh, its hard to tell.

You don't know the man's rack. In fact,

there's two letters left on that rack,

if one of them's a Z,

Zoe is out of luck.

But even with the Z,

at this point

there's not much room

to play it.

274 to 304.

Not looking good

in these final moments

for newcomer Zoe Rezillo.

Deep in thought, she is.

She fought hard. She's played a

tough game, and it was amazing

that she was in this

final round.

Yeah, looks like she's making a play, and it

looks like she going to play off the bras.

ZEBRASS for triple word

score and 54 points.

- Zebrass?

- She used an extra S.

- Now is that a word?

- That's not a word.

- What if it is a word?

- Yeah, look it up.

That would not be the plural

of Zebras, would it?

- Now it has been challenged.

- I challenge...

that Zebra-s-s is not

a real word.

- What's going on?

- It seems dirty, but it's smart.

He's doing what he had to do.

Well, if the enemy's right

and its not a real word,

she loses her turn, and the

enemy wins the game.

- No man is an enemy in God's eyes.

- Clam it, Lewis.

The dictionary determines the

game from this point.

Wow, this is an

incredible finish!

- ZEBRASS.

- Game over!

The offspring of a

Zebra and an Ass.

- It is a word.

- Challenge is denied!

- Wow!

- Miss Rezillo wins!

[APPLAUSE] Incredible! Zoe

Rezillo takes it for the win!

She's done it,

from out of nowhere!

This is amazing to watch, and look

at these fans, they're eating it up!

This is a rags-to-riches

cinderella-story that we're watching.

An enviable run from what we all

thought was a, a lay person!

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