From the outset it was game on. No slow build here in this new-to-our screens quiz show The Wall on TV One.
Two competitors are selected each week to pit themselves against the perilous, unpredictable wall.
The Wall is a five-storey-tall pegboard with the bottom of the board divided into 15 slots marked with various dollar amounts.
The chosen team of two play for a potential top prize of around $12 million.
The build-up of nerves and excitement means competition is fierce and emotional.
Round One is titled Free Fall and I'm convinced it was designed to jolly the contestants along by building their hopes for huge windfall of cash.
The following rounds meant one contestant stood on stage beside the wall, while the other was set in isolation behind the wall. That person had to answer the questions for the rest of the game never knowing if their answers were right or wrong.
It was all about money which meant winning a round caused absolute maniacal excitement for the stage contestant.
But when it came to praying to the wall to send the balls into the right slots my interest dropped several notches. I mean really?
"Dear Lord send my ball into the $250k slot. Please Lord don't let us lose. Oh Lord let us win we really need the money."
If the team's bank balance was zero (which it was last week) at the end of this round, the game was over and they leave with nowt.
The show has been touted as giving "good opportunities for good people". So what defines "good people"?
The episode I saw featured a caring man, (a male nurse) who had single-handedly raised his five children and was now caring for an old mate with Parkinsons Disease. He was most endearing.
His partner was a daughter-in-law and damn it they lost big time folding up with a zero score. It was hard to watch their "brave faces" at the end.
However, if your life is dependent on skittering balls down chutes then it's daft really. As daft as pokey machines where people can sit staring fixedly into rolling strawberries or whatever on a screen in the hopes they might win enough to get the car fixed or head off on a cruise ship for a slap up holiday.
But let's face it - trivia appeals so the show goes on.