The Mole - episode seven...

Nicole is The Mole! Right?

But Craig was definitely looking suspicious. And the fact that Mark is still in the game is suspicious - someone that paranoid and outwardly anal about every tiny detail usually doesn't last in this game (unless they're The Mole).

The highlight of this episode was someone not even playing the game though - Nicole's Mom. She was hysterical. From her anger at the subway door not opening immediately to her shock at Nicole's idea for how to dispose of Paul's body, she made this episode a riot.

If ever there was a two-player team Mole, that's a team that would make the show a giant hit.

That's actually something Dave Edwards, Star's former night guy, really wants - a two-player team Mole. We were talking about this a week ago - he's convinced that me and him would destroy the other teams and win the entire thing. I think he's right. The other teams wouldn't stand a chance.

As for Nicole wanting to throw the quiz and leave the game, I didn't buy that for a second. It seemed too set up (on Nicole's part, not the producers). She pulled an Omarosa there, seeming to stage that whole quit thing which just about guaranteed her more on-screen time in the episode. It was funny how her Mom even brought up Omarosa at one point. I'm sure that was by chance though, as her Mom couldn't be in on what's going on - the producers would never allow that.

Clay going home only makes me even more sure that Nicole is The Mole. I think his private talk with her threw him off to who the real Mole is - her.

By the way, last week I mentioned a screencap that had me suspicious. It was something the players probably didn't see - just the TV viewers. Here's what I was talking about. I'm sure this points to The Mole somehow.

I also talked with Bill again last week. You can hear what he had to say about last week's episode here.

So how does Bill McDaniel feel now that Clay is gone? Let's find out...

OK, sorry Heather, it's not Clay. (Our year on The Mole has been trying to figure out who the mole is as well; Heather picked Clay early on.) And, Paul is still here. Clay's a lawyer; he's supposed to know better.

First off, to start from the end, no mole worth his (or her) salt would jeopardize folks seeing their families. And, Paul actually came off as...well, likable! Shoot, how can you have a daughter that delightful and smart, and a girlfriend that delightful, and be as obnoxious as he has appeared thus far? Opposites attract? Maybe, but not that much. (Hmm. I'm thinking or Rob and Amber from Survivor; there polar opposites did indeed attract.) I saw no molish activities in the family game...other than some of Nicole's statements. She keeps trying to make us think she is the Mole. Well, to quote Al from Season 2...maybe she is!

Not a lot to go on in the game of the Dumb versus Smart ones. The most obvious person who appeared to sabotage...then come up with some sort of Dorothy-like magical math answer to Nicole's mistaken solution...and who I then started really reconsidering as the Mole...was Clay. And, make no mistake about it, he's not the Mole...unless we have a previously not considered twist to this entire show! Forget Clay.

Nicole. Bad in math, not a good counter beyond the number of fingers and toes she has? Or, deliberately sabotaging...very obviously. On the other hand, when Craig screwed up the numbers early on, she salvaged it. So, could it be Craig? Could be.

Mark. Not much action this week. No apparent sabotage.

So, who sabotaged the most? Clearly, it was Clay. Heather must be right; he must be the Mole...just as Elavia was clearly the Mole in Season 2.

Geez. How's a guy to pick? 1. Mark. 2. Nicole 3. Craig 4. There is no 4. Paul...nicer than I thought, but not the Mole.

Time will tell.

Bill
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