Contestants answer a series of 21 increasingly personal and embarrassing questions to receive cash prizes.

'"[3] The series requires contestants to sign an agreement that they will accept the conclusions drawn by the polygraph examiner.

[5] On the fifth episode, which aired on February 25, 2008,[6] contestant Lauren Cleri truthfully admitted over the course of play that: she had been fired for stealing money from an employer; she believed that her ex-boyfriend (who was present, and asked this question) is the man she should be married to; and that, since her wedding day two years earlier, she had sexual relations with someone other than her husband.

[7][8] After truthfully admitting to these actions, with her mother staring furiously at her and her husband sitting with his head in his hands, she was eliminated for answering "yes" on the question of whether she believed she is a good person.

[8] Cleri, who could have stopped and left with $100,000 based on her already dramatic revelations, later said that she continued trying to win more money in order to achieve "fame and fortune".