On Monday night’s episode of Jeopardy, a New York City bartender and aspiring filmmaker named Tom came sashaying into the CBS studio and forever changed the perception of what it means to be a “real life 5.5 and a Jeopardy 9.” From what I gather from those who saw the episode, Tom was very good at having a chiseled jawline and catching glimpses of his own reflection in the cameras… but not much else.
During the “Final Jeopardy” round, when asked to identify which 1984 blockbuster had been the first music CD ever mass-produced in the United States, Tom blew his second-place lead with $8,400, thanks to this non-answer:
“What.” No question mark, no punctuation… just “what.” It’s not like they asked him to name the first French astrophysicist to have successfully launched a rocket or anything like that. Name a damn popular song from the mid-’80s, for f*ck’s sake! At any rate, the combination of Tom’s dashing good looks and abundance of indifferent confidence effectively won the heart of the internet, and Twitter has been a glow since he came into our lives; despite it being for all too brief a time.
The look of a person who just doesn't give a shit about Final Jeopardy! #What #Jeopardy pic.twitter.com/0fV6vF5rBN
— Tim Colby (@timjcolby) October 26, 2015
Tom be like….WHAT #jeopardy pic.twitter.com/Lg9bvxjned
— Mary (@jeepin713) October 26, 2015
When you know where the last daily double is hiding. #tom #jeopardy pic.twitter.com/96JkxdU5Gf
— James Mullins (@JamesMullins) October 26, 2015
Tom keeps looking at himself way too often. Dude, you're cute but not that cute. #Jeopardy #FeelSorryForBeth
— Nikko Dalessi 💙💛 (@norcalnick) October 27, 2015
"Don't these people know who I am?" #jeopardy #BringTomBack pic.twitter.com/YrU5jrsCqp
— K (@kclogson) October 27, 2015
Easy Tom, this is #Jeopardy-not your audition for working at Abercrombie and Fitch. #what pic.twitter.com/Z117liFzPz
— Nicole Miller – Abuhakmeh (@NicoleAbuhakmeh) October 27, 2015
Tom, #what planet are you from? #Jeopardy pic.twitter.com/dZTakE4Ye7
— j.killin (@jack__ie) October 26, 2015
https://twitter.com/KidKKeith/status/658793351081279488
https://twitter.com/davieishere/status/658830262059401216
https://twitter.com/lauren_weddle/status/658789969834610688
https://twitter.com/probstazorus/status/659068728320118784
Why hello there, Tom from Jeopardy 🔥😍 Thought this was a GQ shoot for a sec… pic.twitter.com/j7h8hGIVeQ
— Amy Binkowski (@amescayshe) October 27, 2015