[The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for the Monday, May 19, episode of Jeopardy!]

Jeopardy! followers mentioned a ruling from the judges after a contestant was marked flawed on a Every day Double however, as soon as it was overturned, it gave him a runaway win.

One-day Jeopardy! champion Mitch Loflin, from Lengthy Seaside, California, is again for his second sport in opposition to Micah Inexperienced, from School Station, Texas, and Catherine Carnovale, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Monday, Could 19. He had a complete of $8,400.

“Following a come-from-behind win on Friday, our new champion, Mitch Loflin spent the weekend as our reigning Jeopardy! champion, however break time is over, Mitch. Time to get again to work,” host Ken Jennings mentioned at first of the episode.

The sport began out fairly even among the many contestants. Inexperienced, a chemical engineer, discovered the primary Every day Double on query 11. He was tied with Loflin, a set ornament coordinator, with $1,200. Inexperienced made it a real Every day Double and wagered all of his cash. In “Canadian Historical past,” the clue learn, “Lovers of Latin will need to have rejoiced when this identify was formally adopted in 1713; it’s nonetheless on a province.”

“What’s Nova Scotia?” he answered appropriately, giving him $2,400, and the lead. By the primary business break, Loflin was solely $200 behind Inexperienced.

Throughout the interview spherical, Inexperienced revealed that he’s not the primary individual in his household to seem on Jeopardy!. His Aunt Mary was a four-day champion in January 1969. “And she or he nonetheless watches to at the present time,” he revealed.

“Properly, I’m glad you made it on as properly,” Jennings mentioned.

By the top of the spherical, all three contestants had low totals. Inexperienced led with $4,800. Carnovale, a professor and artistic producer, was solely $200 behind with $4,600. The reigning champion trailed with $2,800.

The primary Every day Double in Double Jeopardy didn’t come till query 15. Loflin discovered it and tried to get out of third place. He wagered $3,500, which might put him into the lead. In “All of the Kings’ Menus,” the clue was, “This successor to a Solar King beloved sizzling chocolate & generally made his personal.”

“Who’s Louis XV?” he answered appropriately, placing him in first with $9,100. Carnovale was solely $100 behind him.

Seven questions later, Loflin discovered the final DD of the sport. With $13,100 in his financial institution, he held the lead. Loflin wagered $5,000. In “Grammar Police,” the clue learn, “Within the sentence ‘I fought the legislation and the legislation gained’, the phrase ‘and’ is this sort of conjunction.” Loflin hesitated earlier than saying, “What’s additive?”

“Sorry, no. It’s a coordinating conjunction,” Ken Jennings let him know. This dropped him all the way down to $8,100, and second place.

Nonetheless, Loflin, a father to seven tortoises, answered many of the remaining questions appropriately, giving him a large lead with $15,300. Carnovale had $11,400. Inexperienced was in third with $6,800.

When the sport present got here again from a business, Ken Jennings shared that the judges dominated “addictive conjunctions” to be right on Loflin’s DD. This gave him a complete of $25,300.

The class for Ultimate Jeopardy was “Drama.” The clue was, “The primary time a lady performed a job on the skilled stage in England, it was as this spouse of a soldier in a play 50-some years outdated.”

Inexperienced answered, “Who’s Lucilla?” That was flawed so he dropped all the way down to $2,199, after wagering $4,601. Carnovale was additionally flawed with “Who’s Woman Macbeth?” She wagered $2,201, giving her a closing whole of $9,199. Loflin was the one one right on Ultimate Jeopardy. He answered, “Who’s Desdemona?” Loflin wagered $2,000, ending with $27,300.

This made him the night time’s winner and a two-day whole of $35,700. He might be again on Tuesday, Could 20, for his third sport in opposition to two new opponents.

Reddit customers reacted to the ruling. “Didn’t find yourself mattering an excessive amount of, however the writers actually ought to verify they’ve received all of the alt solutions lined—no less than for Every day Doubles,” one mentioned.

“Kudos to Mitch for not letting a nasty ruling throw him off his sport and coming again with a powerful end,” a fan replied.

“Significantly… that looks as if a fairly primary factor to be on prime of,” replied one other.

“I don’t bear in mind seeing a $10,000 swing throughout the FJ break earlier than. Had the DD gone his method initially, he would have had a runaway for the second, however there was a good bit of sport left to play. Having it leap so rapidly was odd. It even felt to me that the Assume music sounded subdued as the result of the sport had so rapidly grow to be a carried out deal,” a Reddit person wrote.

“Wild swing again on DD3, been some time since I might bear in mind a giant reversal like that lol,” mentioned one other.

“So impressed with Mitch’s efficiency at the moment. He was so behind after the Jeopardy spherical however saved plugging away,” a fan wrote.