The Mole: tasks for tots.
We’re down to four, and I’m still leaning toward Paul being the Mole – how about you? of course, that may see him eliminated, as I thought it could be Clay last week and yeah, bye bye Clay!
We start off dividing up into young at heart and a camera guy. Paul and Mark are together, and Nicole and Craig. It’s dexterity tests for tots though the catch is the young at heart player is blindfolded with their only view from the camera in their partner’s hands – which is a mirrored image. Harder then it looks, as the mind plays tricks on you, and your partner with the camera can not give you a good enough view. They put shaped blocks into the proper holes, kick a soccer ball into the net, and pour tea into teacups. There’s a whole bunch of mole-ish behavior, with zoomed cameras and spilled tea, and no one making a soccer goal. And then it’s the big test…
They have to walk across a plank between two buildings 2 stories high. Still with the camera/blindfold deal. So much for tot tasks! And of course it’s not that easy, they have to stop halfway across, pick up a piece of chalk, and then on the other end write “the Mole was here” on a chalkboard. Nice. (And also? not happening for me! Yikes! Sure, they’re all safety lined in and all, but still…)
Mark and Paul are first, and Paul is laughing, but it’s very shaky and nervous laughter. Oh and after the get the chalk, they only have 1 minute to get the message written. He makes it with seconds to spare! But of course, this makes Mark suspicious that Paul is the Mole since he did well on that one, but couldn’t make a goal with the soccer ball.
It’s Craigs turn, and his vertigo is kicking in, and he’s scared to death. Nicole follows his instructions as he says zoom in on the chalk – and he’s not even close to it… he makes it and picks up the chalk, and he starts across to the other side, and he’s taking too long to get to the other side. He makes it across without falling, but not in time to write the message on the board. Nicole says “even if he’s the mole, he didn’t have to mole it up that bad!”
Total pot is $353,500 after today’s efforts. Paul says Craig is his top suspect, especially after today.
Jon Kelly tells them straight up that the fun is over now because they’re fighting for the final exemption. The gameis called sell out. There’s four cells, and are locked inside. They’ll fine a puzzle where they have to change one letter at a time to change the word Cell to the word Mole. WHen you have it correct, the door opens and they’re set free to run into the paint ball course. The first player out gets to be the sniper, and that person is the only one who has the chance at an exemption. The other players race through the course – whoever makes it to the end without getting shot adds money to the pot. One of the players has an exemption, though no one knows it – if the sniper hits that person, the sniper gets the exemption.
Nicole, of course is excited because she wants to shoot people and has since the beginning of the game. And she expect to solve the puzzle first – but says she froze. Paul is shocked when he hears a cell open – Mark solved it in 53 seconds. He’s the sniper. Nicole’s first try is wrong. Craig is second, and is surprised. He wanted to shoot people. 7 minutes in and Paul is still working on it. Nicole solves the puzzle, and she and Craig decide to wait for Paul, who takes 15 minutes. He’s glad to see that Nicole and Craig waiting for him since he’s played paintball before.
They create a plan, send someone in first to draw fire – Paul, Nicole and Craig work well together, leapfrogging through the course. Mark hit paul, but it didn’t break and he’s really aggitated about it. Nicole is amused at how aggitated she is – and then she gets hit. She, of course says it was a lucky hit. Paul makes it through without getting hit – Mark just barely misses him.
Craig makes a run for it, and gets hit right away. Lucky for Mark, Craig was holding the exemption, and Mark gets it. There is 15k added to the pot because Paul made it through. Time for the awkward dinner conversation, then the quiz.
Well. I called that one. Since I thought he was the mole, he gets the ax. Paul is executed and heads back home to his family, leaving Nicole, Craig and Mark in the final three.
You know, I thought Craig was the mole at the beginning. Mark was the mole in between. But I’ve never once thought Nicole was the mole, because that would be too obvious… who do YOU think it is?!
