My wife and I watched all the James shows. Yesterday morning at work I saw a headline on some website about James losing to a woman. I clicked on it and the author wrote that the woman who beat him was named Emma and that her bid on Final Jeopary was $20,000 and that James only bet $1,900. I told my wife about it as we were sitting waiting for the show to begin. When I noticed the woman on the right named “Emma” is said “Uh oh” and then noticed that James was wearing a collared shirt which was the first time I recall seeing him in anything but collar-less I told me wife that the internet rumor was probably true and sure enough it was over for him. We both agreed that he would probably decide when it was time to go and it appeared that last night he did not do much to snatch victory away. It was probably time for him to get the hell out of LA and back to his home and young family. Plus the NFL 2019 season is developing with organized team activities so he is probably boning up on the upcoming season. Good luck with your bets, James.
“Plus the NFL 2019 season is developing with organized team activities so he is probably boning up on the upcoming season”
These shows were taped in March
Emma bet the minimum amount on final jeopardy so that she would still win if both she and James got the final answer correct and he bet his entire amount. If he had bet his entire amount, she would still have won by exactly one dollar. She needed to beat the third player as well. She was a terrific player.
Same exact story with us.
As I saw him holding back and not ringing in on so many questions where he’d have easily done it before I realized it was probably his swan song. Either he or his wife, or both decided it was enough. Time to end it with Jennings’ record intact, and take that 12 month vacay in Europe he’d mentioned, before their daughter is old enough to start school.