The Mole 7/21- The Loved Ones Visit

Previously on The Mole, the Players missed home, Nicole was the last girl left, and the players all did really good on one mission and sucked on the other. Oh, and my mole suspect got executed. Frickin’ A. I’m guessing Craig is the mole now. Which means he’s probably going home tonight. Mark is relieved that Alex is gone. Nicole hopes she knows who the mole is. I think everyone does, Nicole.

Jon welcomes them to their next mission, where they have to divide into the smart kids, Mark, Clay, and Paul and the dumb ones, Craig and Nicole. It’s a big scavenger hunt with riddles that lead to a numeric combination. But there’s no writing down answers, so every number must be remembered. Mark is nervous at the pairing of Nicole and Craig, especially since, as the dumb kids, they have to remember more numbers. The smart kids seem to be having more math trouble, which is bad since their math is harder. Clay is especially bad. But Craig and Nicole seem to be kind of crushing it. Craig seems to be sabotaging somewhat, which makes me hopeful that I’m right this time. Paul may also be sabotaging in the reading of directions, putting them far away from their final destination. Nicole also jumps in on the sabotaging, possibly screwing up on the last counting for their team. The teams both finish their counts and return to enter their answers. But one of the dumb teams answers is wrong. So Nicole is given 20 minutes to go back and recount it. Nicole realizes it was one number lower, but meanwhile Clay is looking for codes. Nicole gets back in time with her number, but Clay has found a code and enters his number. And it turns out he’s right. So the team adds $30 grand into the pot, putting the total up to $281,000. Mark has no idea which mole was at work, since there were like 4.

Back at the hotel, Clay and Mark are strategizing. Mark is still solid and they decide that it’s down to Nicole and Craig. Mark is especially leaning towards Nicole. But it turns out Clay doesn’t trust Mark. And meets with Nicole behind his back, suggesting Craig or Mark as the mole. I guess no one suspects Paul. Clay and Nicole decide on Mark it seems. Dun dun duh.

The next morning, everyone leaves Mendoza for Buenos Aires and everyone is starting to miss their families a lot. They all meet Jon at a swanky club and learn they could earn $50,000. Everyone has to pick who they trust the most. Craig and Mark trust Clay, Clay trusts Nicole, and Paul and Nicole trust Mark. Although Nicole really trusts Clay. Jon says everyone’s families are on their way, on trains. But whether they add money or get to see their families depends on the player they trust the most. Craig and Clay are up first. Clay has to answer questions about Craig’s friend, after learning answers from Craig. If Clay gets 3 out of 5 right, Craig’s friend gets to visit. If he doesn’t, the train keeps moving. Clay seems to maybe botch his answers, but we go to a break before we find out if he succeeded.

But, it seems that Clay did in fact succeed, since Craig’s friend Brendi gets to get off the train and ten grand is added to the pot. Clay and Nicole are up next. Nicole seems to know the answers really well. Which is why Clay’s wife gets off her train and adds ten grand to the pot. Mark and Nicole are up next. Mark seems to be dawdling in asking the questions, but it doesn’t seem to matter, since Nicole’s mom gets off the train too. Clay and Mark are up next, and Mark needs Clay to win this for him. Clay draws a blank on one, meaning Clay needed 3 of the other four. But Clay was successful and Mark is reunited with his emotional wife. Although she’s knocked up, so she gets to be emotional. Paul is the last one up, and he doesn’t seem to have answers for a bunch of the questions. Meaning he doesn’t know basic facts about his wife. We go to commercial before we find out if Mark pulled out a win for him.

Sidenote: All the Sprint Instinct ads suck. Hardcore. I mean, who wouldn’t want a phone used by bad robbers, crazy women, and serial killers?

We come back and Paul is freaking out. But Mark manages to pull out the win for him. Meaning the team added $50,000 to the pot as well. Meaning the grand total is up to $331,000. Everyone agrees no one would have sabotaged that mission. Everyone relaxes with their families, but Nicole is feeling beat down by the game. And Paul. Nicole even suggests quitting the game. Her mom seems to cheer her on in terms of quitting. Wow, her mom is really supportive. Nicole seems to be planning to throw the quiz. Everyone goes to the quiz dinner with Jon and their families. The families all profess their belief to their loved ones molieness. I can really see where Nicole gets her personality.

Quiz Time
I suspect Craig
Nicole is still throwing the quiz and has a bad explanation of why
Craig suspects Nicole
Paul is suspicious of Clay’s mission success
Mark is between Craig and Nicole
Clay is not changing his strategy of guessing wrong people

Jon welcomes everyone and their family to the seventh execution. There’s a tie, which means someone was as bad as Nicole throwing the quiz. Ouch. Paul is up first and he’s safe. Nicole is up next, and her throwing it failed, since she’s safe. I’m guessing she didn’t actually throw it. Clay’s strategy of picking the wrong person continues, since he’s executed. Clay is excited to be able to go home with his wife. Paul tries to be nice. Mark is actually nice. Next time on The Mole, everyone walks the plank, gets locked in a cell, and shoots each other.