-Welcome back to "The Tonight Show," everybody.
I'm Steve Higgins, and it's time to play "Password"!
-"Password"! Oh! [ Cheers and applause ]
-All right, let's meet our contestants.
To my left, she's starring in the FX series
"Fleishman Is in Trouble," streaming now on Hulu.
It's Claire Danes.
-Claire Danes! [ Cheers and applause ]
-Claire, your partner this evening
is the host of NBC's "Tonight Show,"
Grammy Award-winning,
"New York Times" best-selling author
[Laughing] Jimmy Fallon.
Wow. -Oh, my God. Thank you.
Thank you. [ Cheers and applause ]
It's Grammy -- -Wow.
-Almost Grammy weekend. I'm excited.
-Your first opponent
is a member of the legendary Roots crew.
Say hello to Tariq Trotter! -Alright.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I didn't know he was in a group.
-And his partner will be at the Royal Rumble tomorrow,
streaming live on Peacock.
Give it up for Roman Reigns!
-Yeah! [ Cheers and applause ]
Good to see you, buddy. Thanks for playing.
-Alright. The rules of the game are very simple.
I will give each of you a password,
then you'll give a one-word -- one-word clue only --
to get your partner to guess the password.
The team with the most points after four words wins.
Any questions?
-Well, I was just -- -All right. Never mind.
First clue -- Jimmy and Tariq.
-The password is...
-Red.
-[ Chuckles ]
[ Laughter ]
Um.
[ Laughter ]
Is that all you got? [ Laughter ]
-That's all he can give. That's all he can give.
-Yeah, he actually gave -- -He mime-- he mimed.
-Ah! -What did you say?
-Light. -No.
-You said red? -Red.
-I did. I did. -He said..."Red."
-Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, he actually gave a little mustard on it.
Red. Okay. -Okay.
-Dijon called. -Ready?
-Uh-huh. -Five points.
-Mm-hmm.
-Dozen. -Oh.
-Ohh.
[ Laughter ]
-Uh.
Eg-g-g-gs?
[ Laughter ]
-"Eg-g-g-gs"? How many syllables are in "eggs"?
-I didn't see the red -- -Red?
-Red dozen. -Red dozen?
-Tariq. -Red dozen.
-Red dozen?
-Flowers.
-Oh! [ Thumps table ]
-Roses. -Ohh!
-What?! -What?!
-Oh! [ Cheers and applause ]
-[ Laughs ]
-What are you talking about?! Eggs!
-Red dozen. [ Laughter ]
Claire and Roman. -I mean, I'm pregnant.
-The password is...
-Red dozen.
-Claire, you're up first.
Eggs on the brain. -Okay. Alright.
-[ Laughs ] -Alright. Okay.
-It wasn't even eggs -- it was eg-g-g-gs.
It was like it was three words. [ Laughter ]
-Alright. -Okay. All right.
Oh, um...
[ Clicks tongue ]
[ Light laughter ]
Uhhh.
Uh. Costner.
-Nice.
-She stole mine.
[ Laughter ]
-"Yellowstone"? -Yeah!
[ Cheers and applause ]
-We got to go back... -Whoa!
Whoa!
Zing zong ziggity zing zong ziggy
zing zong ziggity zong.
-Okay. Okay, cool.
-Tariq, Jimmy, the next clue is for you.
-"Yel-low-stone."
-The password is...
-Jimmy, you are going to start us off this time.
-Alright, ready? We got this. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-One word, okay. -Okay.
-One word.
-Mnh. [ Light laughter ]
[ Laughter ]
Safety.
-Net.
-Oh, a good, good guess -- wrong though.
-Oh. -But good.
[ Laughter ] But it was good.
It's still good. -Yeah.
-No, you can't mime it! [ Indistinct shouting ]
-What is that?! [ Buzzer ]
-[ Chuckling ] What? -You can't mime!
-What in the red roses --
What in the red roses are you thinking about doing?
-Oh, my God. -Okay, okay.
-The whole room just turned. -Okay, okay, okay.
-No, don't even act like, "Okay."
You did this! -We're tossing it out.
-You were putting on a helmet. [ Laughter ]
That's insane. Alright.
-Okay. Cool. Alright. -Alright.
-Might as well just say "helmet."
-Okay. -Claire and Roman...
-Alright, here we go.
-...we're gonna give you the last clue.
It's worth a billion points. -Wait.
[ Laughter ]
-The password is...
-No, that was thrown away.
Roman, why don't you start us off?
-Okay, great. -Mm.
-Must be nice to cheat.
[ Laughter ]
-Wow! -Wow!
[ Laughter ] -Wow!
-Wow! -Okay.
Let's go back to all the other times
we played "Password."
-No, no. This is a brand-new game.
-Okay. -Here we go.
[ Laughter ]
-Roman, looks like -- you look confident.
-There's just no way to do this one.
One word? -You got it.
You got it. You got it. Trust me.
-Tariq has faith in you.
-Um...
[ Sighs ]
Long game here. We're gonna go back and forth here.
-Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
-Candy. -Candy.
-If you guess this, now, I swear to --
-I would be amazed. Candy.
Do you want me to make it easier for you?
-No, hey, no -- -Candy.
-There we go. [ Laughter and applause ]
-Yeah. -Candy.
-Oh. -Candy, candy.
-Chocolates.
-Chocolates. No.
[ Laughs ]
[ Light laughter ]
-Easter. -Oh!
[ Light laughter ]
-Hm.
-[ Chuckles ]
[ Laughter ]
Jellybean?
-[ Laughing ] No! -What are you talking about?!
-No! Boo, no, no, no. -[ Laughs ]
No. -No, no, no.
No, that's not good. -That's fair.
-Yeah. No. No. -Just incorrect.
-I think Roman's going to win this one.
-It's fine. -Just remember where we're at.
-Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. -Oh, gosh.
-[ Sighs ]
Chicken. -Ooh.
[ Audience ohhs ]
-Ooh.
[ Light laughter ]
-Chicken, candy, Easter.
-I mean, 'cause it could be two things.
-Mm. -Pick one of them.
-Ah. [ Laughter ]
Cadbury Egg? -Ohh!
[ Audience oohs ] -Ohh!
Ohh! So close. -One word.
-Yeah, one word. -Yeah.
-It's right there. -Uh, uh.
Pastel. I don't know.
[ Audience ohhs ] -Oh.
-[ Laughs ]
[ Laughing ] What?
What in the -- What in the world?!
-Hold on. Pastel. -Blew his brain up.
-Wait, pastel. -Okay.
-Pastel. Chicken.
-I just thought it was such a given.
-Yeah, it should be a given. -Eggs.
-Sorry. I -- -I'm going to say eg-g-g-gs.
[ Laughter and applause ] -Alright.
-Okay, okay, okay. -Okay.
-Roman, your turn. -Ah!
-Roman's turn. -Ah!
-No, it's not eg-g-g-gs. -Eg-g-g-gs.
-It's not eg-g-g-g-g-g-gs. -Easter.
Chicken. -Come on, come on.
Pastel. -You got this.
-Tariq's got this. -Eg-g-g-gs!
-Roman, you got it. Roman, you got it.
-This is just an opinion here, right?
-Okay. -Nasty.
-Ooh. -Ooh.
-Peeps. -Yeah!
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Oh, my God.
Tie game!
-Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!
-Ah!
-Oh, it is a tie game. -Oh, my God.
Alright, we'll give it to -- Come on.
Claire Danes, Roman Reigns, Tariq Trotter.
[ Cheers and applause ]
We're talking to Claire after the break.
Stick around, everybody. [ Cheers and applause ]