The Wylies, a local Christian family from Johnson County, were recently featured on an episode of the CBS show The Briefcase.
Believing they were participating in a documentary about families and their finances, Matt and Becky Wylie were surprised to discover they had instead been cast in a new TV reality show.
The premise of The Briefcase is that hardworking families who are experiencing financial setbacks are presented with a briefcase containing a large sum of money. They can keep all of the money for themselves or give all or part of it to another family in need.
Matt and Becky and their two daughters, 16-year-old Haley and 20-year-old Skyler, were presented with a briefcase containing $101,000. They were then told that there was a couple in Boston that was struggling just as much as they were, and the Wylies could share as much or as little as they wanted with this other family.
As an added twist, the Boston family had a briefcase as well. They were presented with the same scenario of giving an amount to the Wylies.
The episode concludes with the two families meeting and telling each other how much they decided to share.
-FWTX Staff
