The Mole -- Week 5... Still Enjoying It

I took off last week frm writing about the Mole since we were in NC and watching it from our awesome little oceanfront room, but we were sad to see that both TW and I lost a player this week in a very endearing Victoria.

Let's get to this week's episode...



We were reminded of who lost... Clay almost died... Craig loves Jesus... Paul is purposely ticking people off... and now they arrive at their first challenge. It's cold outside.

They arrive at an abandoned train station for their mission. They are all chained up to some steel bars since it's where prisoners used to be chained. They must all work together and get a key to set themselves free. The only way to get the key is have everyone move into position to let someone reach the key. It's a game of talking everyone into letting you go get the key and not the exemption. Next to the key is an exemption and if someone takes it... everyone left will sleep in the cold and no money will be won.

They all talk and Craig offers himself since he's cold and almost died the day before. Clay is a pain in the ass.

Craig is freed... and leaves the exemption. There are some incredibly tense conversations between Kristen and Clay... Paul and Clay... Alex and Clay... Eventually... they push and Kristen gets to stretch out and grab a key... and leaves the exemption. Paul is next... and we go to commercial as he reaches above the exemption... we come back... and we see that Paul actually grabs the... key (since he swore on his daughter's life.) More conversations are left for Alex, Clay, Mark, and Nicole. Who's next? Clay goes next and grabs the key even though he is scared that Mark will take the exemption.

Mark is a pain in the ass and now Nicole walks up and takes the key... not the exemption so we are down to Alex and Mark. Alex goes up and takes the key and Mark is left behind... will he take the key and $25,000 for the pot or the exemption. He walkes up and stares at both. It could turn the game either way... "Make him look like the Mole or a player..." He reaches.... Of course... commercial.

He walks into dinner after everyone guesses... Mark makes them tell him what they thought he would do before he tells them. He took the key so no one knows who the Mole is from this game.

They get new journals and Mark is still an odd bird. They are going to Mendoza, Argentina next. The car ride is tense again and Paul and Clay are still fighting. Really fighting. Paul and Clay are horrible to each other. Extremely horrible. There is some physical stuff too with stuff being thrown. They switch vans and it's annoying as songs are sung...

Finally...another mission called Travelers where they have to go 5.5 miles to a statue. For each team to get there, they get $10,000 so this challenge is worth $30,000. Criag gets a chance as he has to give a mode of trasnportation to each team. If no one reaches it in time, he gets an exemption and no money. He makes the following assignments as he admits that he is going for the exemption:

Alex must dress up as a conquistador with a donkey and Mark as a scuba diver with flippers.
Paul and Nicole were going to be dressed up as a llama with Nicole as the head.
Clay and Kristen are a team. Kristen will be on the stilts and Clay will be on a unicycle.

Mark, Nicole, and Paul opt out real quickly... that forces the other pairs to quit as well. Kristen, Alex, and Clay all quit too and they all talk horribly about Craig so they get in the van and drive up to the statue and act as children.

I hope the rest of the season is this good... everyone's just super pissed off at everyone. It's kind of awesome and why the show is pretty awesome.

Craig thinks that he is sane and surrounded by all crazy people and at dinner, they all talk about how much they miss home. Oh well... it's time for the next exam... and that means... a commercial....................

They take the quiz... Time to get the results. Craig can't go home and once again, they have a tie and the difference in time was ONE SECOND. Phew... that sucks.

Alex is up first.... He is... safe.
Paul is up second... He is... safe.
Kristen is up third... She is... executed.

Who Will Win?

I Am The Mo
Victoria -- EXECUTED NIGHT FOUR
Craig
Paul

Team 360°
Bobby -- EXECUTED NIGHT THREE
Nicole
Marcie -- EXECUTED NIGHT ONE

Tucker’s Nuts
Kristen -- EXECUTED NIGHT FIVE
Alex
Liz -- EXECUTED NIGHT TWO

I HEART Anderson Cooper
Mark
Clay
Ali -- QUITS NIGHT THREE

Who is the Mole?

I HEART Anderson Cooper
Paul
Marcie -- EXECUTED NIGHT ONE
Kristen -- EXECUTED NIGHT FIVE

Tucker’s Nuts
Victoria -- EXECTUTED NIGHT FOUR
Nicole
Mark

Team 360°
Alex
Craig
Liz -- EXECUTED NIGHT TWO

I Am The Mo
Clay
Bobby -- EXECUTED NIGHT THREE
Ali -- QUITS NIGHT THREE