History Recap / TalesFromTheDarksideS1E2IllGiveYouAMilion

Jack Blaine and Duncan Williams (Creator/KennanWynn and Creator/GeorgePetrie), a pair of heartless elderly millionaires, come up with a peculiar wager against one another. Duncan offers Jack $1 million in exchange for his soul, and Jack accepts with eagerness, as he's an atheist and doesn't believe in the concept of the soul. When Jack falls ill and dies of liver failure shortly after the contract is signed, another party soon becomes interested in his soul, prompting Duncan to race to the soul and claim what's rightfully his.

Jack Blaine and Duncan Williams, a pair of heartless elderly millionaires, come up with a peculiar wager against one another. Duncan offers Jack $1 million in exchange for his soul, and Jack accepts with eagerness, as he's an atheist and doesn't believe in the concept of the soul. When Jack falls ill and dies of liver failure shortly after the contract is signed, another party soon becomes interested in his soul, prompting Duncan to race to the soul and claim what's rightfully his.

* LoopholeAbuse: Duncan offers Jack the titular million if he buys his soul, the stipulations being that if the buyer dies before the taking the soul, the contract is null and void. If, however, the buyer dies of foul play, the million has to be paid back with interest. Jack dies of liver failure, but his ghost returns to tell Duncan that he ''has'' to take his soul, otherwise "he" will take it. Duncan can't bring himself to go along with this, and in trying to burn the contract, he dies of a heart attack. Satan then shows up and, taking advantage of the "null and void" clause, takes ''both'' of their souls, as he's had "liens on this property" for some time.

* ChromosomeCasting: The only woman featured in the episode is Jack's housekeeper Jenny, who calls Duncan to let him know Jack his dead.

Jack Blaine and Duncan Williams, a pair of aging heartless millionaires, come up with a peculiar wager against one another. Duncan offers Jack $1 million in exchange for his soul, Jack accepting with eagerness because he doesn't believe in the concept of a soul. When Jack falls ill and dies shortly after the wager's contract is signed, another party soon becomes interested in the soul, prompting Duncan to race to the soul before them.

!!"I'll Give You a Million" provides examples of:

* DealWithTheDevil: It's implied that Jack made a deal with the Devil, thus both the nature of Jack's money and why Satan is so interested in obtaining his soul, as well as his saying he already has "liens on the property".
* DramaticThunder: Thunder begins rumbling as Jack and Duncan toast to their deal.
* DraggedOffToHell: The ultimate fate of Jack and Duncan.
* LoopholeAbuse: The contract that Duncan and Jack sign contains a stipulation in which the contract shall be rendered null and void if the buyer dies before taking possession of the soul. Jack dies of liver failure halfway through the episode, and Duncan suffers a fatal heart attack before collecting his soul. In response to this, Satan, who is revealed to have "liens on the property", takes advantage of the clause and takes ''both'' of their souls.
* {{Satan}}: He shows up at the end of the episode, taking the form of a [[ManOfWealthAndTaste dapper man wearing a morning suit]], in order to take both Duncan and Jack's souls to Hell.
* VillainProtagonist: Jack and Duncan, a duo of elderly millionaires who use their riches to make people suffer just for kicks.

* DealWithTheDevil: It's implies that Jack made a deal with the Devil, thus both the nature of Jack's money and why Satan is so interested in obtaining his soul, as well as his saying he already has "liens on the property".